[Machine] "I read in the book of 'Umar to the people of Yemen and Kufa, 'Afterwards, you are the head of the Arabs and its skull, and you are my arrow that I shoot if anything comes from here and here. I have sent to you Abdullah, chosen him for you and preferred you over myself.'" Al-Dhahabi did not mention it in the summary."
قَرَأْتُ فِي كِتَابِ عُمَرَ إِلَى أَهْلِ الْيَمَنِ وَالْكُوفَةِ «أَمَّا بَعْدُ فَأَنْتُمْ رَأْسُ الْعَرَبِ وَجُمْجُمَتُهَا وَأَنْتُمْ سَهْمِي الَّذِي أَرْمِي بِهِ إِنْ جَاءَ شَيْءٌ مِنْ هَا هُنَا وَهَا هُنَا وَقَدْ بَعَثْتُ إِلَيْكُمْ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ وَاخْتَرْتُهُ لَكُمْ وآثَرْتُكُمْ بِهِ عَلَى نَفْسِي» سكت عنه الذهبي في التلخيص