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suyuti:1-416b – Mʿāwyh b. Bá Sfyān
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السيوطي:١-٤١٦b –

"عنْ معاوية بن أبى سفيان قال: إِنَّ الدُّنْيَا لَمْ تُرِدْ أَبَا بَكْرٍ وَلَمْ يُرِدْهَا، وَأَرَادَتِ ابْنَ الْخَطَّابِ وَلَمْ يُرِدْهَا".  

[حم] أحمد فيه

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[Machine] "Verily, the world did not want Abu Bakr, nor did he want it, and it wanted Ibn Al-Khattab, but he did not want it."  

الزهد لأحمد:٥٨٦ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنِي أبِي حَدَّثَنَا حَرَمِيُّ بْنُ عُمَارَةَ حَدَّثَنِي الْحَسَنُ بْنُ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا عُمَارَةُ بْنُ أَبِي حَفْصٍ عَنْ أَبِي مِجْلَزٍ أَنَّ مُعَاوِيَةَ بْنَ أَبِي سُفْيَانَ قَالَ

«إِنَّ الدُّنْيَا لَمْ تُرِدْ أَبَا بَكْرٍ وَلَمْ يُرِدْهَا وَأَرَادَتِ ابْنَ الْخَطَّابِ وَلَمْ يُرِدْهَا»