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suyuti:2-1967bʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Ghanm > In Awwal Jad And Rith Fiá al-Islām ʿUmar b. al-Khaṭṭāb Faʾarād
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"عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ غَنْمٍ قَالَ: إِنَّ أَوَّلَ جَدٍّ وَرِثَ فِى الإِسْلام عُمَرُ بْنُ الخَطَّابِ، فَأَرَادَ أَنْ يَحْتَازَ المَالَ، فَقُلْتُ لَهُ: يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ: إِنَّهُم شَجَرَةٌ دُونَكَ يَعْنِى بَنِى بَنيهِ".  

[ش] ابن أبى شيبة