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suyuti:2-1697bʿUmar > Inniá Lʾuḥib
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السيوطي:٢-١٦٩٧b

"عَنْ عُمَرَ قَالَ: إِنِّى لأُحِبُّ أَنْ أَنْظُرَ (إلَى الْقَارِئِ) أَبْيَضَ الثِّيَابِ".  

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malik:48-2Mālik > Balaghah > ʿUmar b. al-Khaṭṭāb > Innī Lʾuḥib

Yahya related to me from Malik that he heard that Umar ibn al- Khattab said, "I love to look at a Qur'an reader in white garments."  

مالك:٤٨-٢وَحَدَّثَنِي عَنْ مَالِكٍ أَنَّهُ بَلَغَهُ أَنَّ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ قَالَ إِنِّي لأُحِبُّ

أَنْ أَنْظُرَ إِلَى الْقَارِئِ أَبْيَضَ الثِّيَابِ