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bayhaqi:9864Abū Bakr Aḥmad b. al-Ḥasan al-Qāḍī > Abū al-ʿAbbās al-Aṣam > al-Rabīʿ Nbā al-Shāfiʿī > Ibn ʿUyaynah > Mukhāriq > Ṭāriq b. Shihāb > Kharajnā Ḥujjāj Faʾawṭaʾ a man Minnā Yuqāl Lah Arbad Ḍab Fafazar

[Machine] It is said that Arbad interpreted a dream and his interpretation turned out to be correct. So we went to Umar and Arbad asked him, and Umar said, "Judge, O Arbad." Arbad replied, "You are better than me, O Commander of the Faithful, and more knowledgeable." Umar said, "I only commanded you to judge in the matter, I did not command you to praise me." Arbad said, "I see in him a wise man who has gathered water and trees." Umar said, "That is indeed the case."  

البيهقي:٩٨٦٤أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ الْقَاضِي ثنا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ الْأَصَمُّ أنبأ الرَّبِيعُ أنبا الشَّافِعِيُّ أنبأ ابْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ أنبأ مُخَارِقٌ عَنْ طَارِقِ بْنِ شِهَابٍ قَالَ خَرَجْنَا حُجَّاجًا فَأَوْطَأَ رَجُلٌ مِنَّا

يُقَالُ لَهُ أَرْبَدُ ضَبًّا فَفَزَرَ ظَهْرَهُ فَقَدِمْنَا عَلَى عُمَرَ ؓ فَسَأَلَهُ أَرْبَدُ فَقَالَ عُمَرُ ؓ احْكُمْ يَا أَرْبَدُ فَقَالَ أَنْتَ خَيْرٌ مِنِّي يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَأَعْلَمُ فَقَالَ عُمَرُ ؓ إِنَّمَا أَمَرْتُكَ أَنْ تَحْكُمَ فِيهِ وَلَمْ آمُرْكَ أَنْ تُزَكِّيَنِي فَقَالَ أَرْبَدُ أَرَى فِيهِ جَدْيًا قَدْ جَمَعَ الْمَاءَ وَالشَّجَرَ فَقَالَ عُمَرُ ؓ فَذَاكَ فِيهِ