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suyuti:2-1892bNs b. Mālk
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السيوطي:٢-١٨٩٢b

"عن أنس بن مالك قال: رأيت عمرَ بنَ الخطابِ -وهو يومئذٍ أميرُ المؤمنين- وقد رقع بين كَتِفَيه برقائِع ثلاثٍ، لَبَّد بعضها فوق بعض".  

مالك، [هب] البيهقى في شعب الإيمان

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malik:48-20Mālik > Isḥāq b. ʿAbdullāh b. Abū Ṭalḥah

Yahya related to me from Malik that Ishaq ibn Abdullah ibn Abi Talha said, "Anas ibn Malik said, 'I saw Umar ibn al-Khattab when he was the amir of Madina. Three patches were sewn between his shoulders, one patched over the other.' ''  

مالك:٤٨-٢٠وَحَدَّثَنِي عَنْ مَالِكٍ عَنْ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي طَلْحَةَ

أَنَّهُ قَالَ قَالَ أَنَسُ بْنُ مَالِكٍ رَأَيْتُ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ وَهُوَ يَوْمَئِذٍ أَمِيرُ الْمَدِينَةِ وَقَدْ رَقَعَ بَيْنَ كَتِفَيْهِ بِرُقَعٍ ثَلاَثٍ لَبَّدَ بَعْضَهَا فَوْقَ بَعْضٍ