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suyuti:2-1379b – ʿMr > Dhā Ḥaḍartmwnā Fāsʾlwná al-ʿFw Jhdkm Fʾnniá
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السيوطي:٢-١٣٧٩b –

"عن عمرَ قال: إذا حَضَرْتمونا فاسألونى العفو جهدكم، فإنِّى أَن أخْطِئَ في العَفوِ أحبُّ إلىَّ من أن أخطِئَ في العقوبة".  

[ق] البيهقى في السنن

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bayhaqi:17061 – Abū Ṭāhir al-Faqīh > Abū Bakr al-Qaṭṭān > Ibrāhīm b. al-Ḥārith > Yaḥyá b. Abū Bukayr > al-Ḥasan b. Ṣāliḥ from his father > Balaghanī or Balaghanā > ʿUmar

[Machine] If you come to us, ask about your efforts in the covenant, for if I make a mistake in forgiveness, it is more beloved to me than making a mistake in punishment that is permanent and suspended.  

البيهقي:١٧٠٦١ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو طَاهِرٍ الْفَقِيهُ أنبأ أَبُو بَكْرٍ الْقَطَّانُ ثنا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ الْحَارِثِ ثنا يَحْيَى بْنُ أَبِي بُكَيْرٍ ثنا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ صَالِحٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ بَلَغَنِي أَوْ بَلَغَنَا أَنَّ عُمَرَ ؓ قَالَ

إِذَا حَضَرْتُمُونَا فَاسْأَلُوا فِي الْعَهْدِ جَهْدَكُمْ فَإِنِّي إِنْ أُخْطِئْ فِي الْعَفْوِ أَحَبُّ إِلِيَّ مِنْ أَنْ أُخْطِئَ فِي الْعُقُوبَةِ مُنْقَطِعٌ وَمَوْقُوفٌ