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suyuti:2-1889bʿMr
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السيوطي:٢-١٨٨٩b

"عن عمرَ أَنَّه كان يذهبُ إِلى العَوالِى في كل سَبْتٍ، فإذا وجدَ عبدًا في عملٍ لا يُطِيقُه وَضَعَ عَنْه".  

مالك، [عب] عبد الرازق [هب] البيهقى في شعب الإيمان

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malik:54-42Mālik > Balaghah

Malik related to me that he heard that Umar ibn al-Khattab went to the villages every Saturday. If he found a slave doing work which he was not capable of doing, he lightened it for him.  

مالك:٥٤-٤٢وَحَدَّثَنِي مَالِكٌ أَنَّهُ بَلَغَهُ

أَنَّ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ كَانَ يَذْهَبُ إِلَى الْعَوَالِي كُلَّ يَوْمِ سَبْتٍ فَإِذَا وَجَدَ عَبْدًا فِي عَمَلٍ لاَ يُطِيقُهُ وَضَعَ عَنْهُ مِنْهُ