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darimi:3066Yazīd > Ashʿath > Ibn Sīrīn > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUtbah

[Machine] "It died and left her nephew to his father and mother, and her nephew to his father. Omar wrote, 'Indeed, loyalty is to the elder.'"  

الدارمي:٣٠٦٦حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ حَدَّثَنَا أَشْعَثُ عَنْ ابْنِ سِيرِينَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُتْبَةَ قَالَ كُتِبَ إِلَى عُمَرَ فِي شَأْنِ فُكَيْهَةَ بِنْتِ سَمْعَانَ

أَنَّهَا مَاتَتْ وَتَرَكَتِ ابْنَ أَخِيهَا لِأَبِيهَا وَأُمِّهَا وَابْنَ أَخِيهَا لِأَبِيهَا فَكَتَبَ عُمَرُ «إِنَّ الْوَلَاءَ لِلْكُبْرِ»