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ahmad:15382Wakīʿ > Sufyān > Wāṣil al-Aḥdab > Abū Wāʾil > Jalast > Shaybah b. ʿUthmān

[Machine] That I do not leave anything yellow or white in the Kaaba except for me to distribute it among the people. He said, I said, that is not for you, your companions have preceded you and they did not do that. So he said, they are the two men whom people should follow.  

أحمد:١٥٣٨٢حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ وَاصِلٍ الْأَحْدَبِ عَنْ أَبِي وَائِلٍ قَالَ جَلَسْتُ إِلَى شَيْبَةَ بْنِ عُثْمَانَ فَقَالَ جَلَسَ عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ فِي مَجْلِسَكَ هَذَا فَقَالَ لَقَدْ هَمَمْتُ

أَنْ لَا أَدَعَ فِي الْكَعْبَةِ صَفْرَاءَ وَلَا بَيْضَاءَ إِلَّا قَسَمْتُهَا بَيْنَ النَّاسِ قَالَ قُلْتُ لَيْسَ ذَلِكَ لَكَ قَدْ سَبَقَكَ صَاحِبَاكَ لَمْ يَفْعَلَا ذَلِكَ فَقَالَ هُمَا الْمَرْءَانِ يُقْتَدَى بِهِمَا  


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ahmad:15383ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Sufyān > Wāṣil > Abū Wāʾil

[Machine] "That I will not leave in it (referring to a specific context) neither the yellow nor the white, unless I divide it between the Muslims." He (someone) said, "I asked, what are you doing?" He (the person speaking in the passage) said, "Why?" I said, "Didn't your companions do it?" He said, "They are the two individuals that people should follow."  

أحمد:١٥٣٨٣حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ عَنْ وَاصِلٍ عَنْ أَبِي وَائِلٍ قَالَ جَلَسْتُ إِلَى شَيْبَةَ بْنِ عُثْمَانَ فِي هَذَا الْمَسْجِدِ فَقَالَ جَلَسَ إِلَيَّ عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ مَجْلِسَكَ هَذَا فَقَالَ لَقَدْ هَمَمْتُ

أَنْ لَا أَدَعَ فِيهَا صَفْرَاءَ وَلَا بَيْضَاءَ إِلَّا قَسَمْتُهَا بَيْنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ قَالَ قُلْتُ مَا أَنْتَ بِفَاعِلٍ قَالَ لِمَ؟ قُلْتُ لَمْ يَفْعَلْهُ صَاحِبَاكَ قَالَ هُمَا الْمَرْءَانِ يُقْتَدَى بِهِمَا