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ahmad:293 – ʿAbd al-Quddūs b. al-Ḥajjāj > Ṣafwān > Abū al-Mukhāriq Zuhayr b.

I am going to ask you about something, so do not hide it from me. [Kaʿb said: By Allah I will not hide anything I know. ‘Umar said: What do you fear most for the ummah of Muhammad ﷺ? He said: Misleading leaders. ʿUmar said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ told me about that in private and informed me of it.  

أحمد:٢٩٣ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْقُدُّوسِ بْنُ الْحَجَّاجِ حَدَّثَنَا صَفْوَانُ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو الْمُخَارِقِ زُهَيْرُ بْنُ سَالِمٍأَنَّ عُمَيْرَ بْنَ سَعْدٍ الْأَنْصَارِيَّ كَانَ وَلَّاهُ عُمَرُ حِمْصَ فَذَكَرَ الْحَدِيثَ قَالَ عُمَرُ يَعْنِي لِكَعْبٍ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ عَنْ أَمْرٍ فَلا تَكْتُمْنِي قَالَ وَاللهِ لَا أَكْتُمُكَ شَيْئًا أَعْلَمُهُ قَالَ

مَا أَخْوَفُ شَيْءٍ تَخَوَّفُهُ عَلَى أُمَّةِمُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ؟ قَالَ أَئِمَّةً مُضِلِّينَ قَالَ عُمَرُ صَدَقْتَ قَدْ أَسَرَّ ذَلِكَ إِلَيَّ وَأَعْلَمَنِيهِ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ  

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suyuti:2-97b – ʿUmayr b. Saʿd al-Anṣāri > Qāl ʿUmar Likaʿb Inniá Asʾaluk > Amr Falā Taktumniá > And al-Lh Lā Aktumuk Shayʾ Aʿlamuh > Mā Akhwf Shaʾ Takhuwwafuh > Ummah Muḥammid ﷺ > Aʾimmah Muḍillūn
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السيوطي:٢-٩٧b –

"عَنْ عُمَيْرِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ الأَنْصَارِىِّ قَالَ: قَالَ عُمَرُ لِكَعْبٍ: إِنِّى أَسْأَلُكَ عَنْ أَمْرٍ فَلَا تَكْتُمْنِى، قَالَ: وَاللهِ لَا أَكْتُمُكَ شَيْئًا أَعْلَمُهُ، قَالَ: ما أَخْوفُ شَىْءٍ تَخُوَّفُهُ عَلَى أُمَّةِ مُحَمِّدٍ ﷺ ؟ قَالَ: أَئِمَّةٌ مُضِلُّونَ، قَالَ: عُمَرُ: صَدَقْتَ، قَدْ أَسَرَّ ذَلِكَ إِلَىَّ وَأَعْلَمَنِيهِ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ ".  

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