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suyuti:2-3006bSaʿīd b. al-Musyyb > Baynamā Ḥassān b. Thābit Yanshid al-Shiʿr Fy
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"عَنْ سَعِيد بْنِ المُسيّب قَالَ: بَيْنَمَا حَسَّانُ بْنُ ثَابِتٍ يَنْشِدُ الشِّعْرَ في مَسْجدِ رَسُولِ اللَّه ﷺ (فجاء عمر فقال: يا حسان أتنشد في مسجد رسول اللَّه ﷺ ؟ ) قَالَ: قَدْ أَنْشَدْتُ وَفِيهِ مَنْ هُوَ خَيْرٌ مِنْكَ، قَالَ: صَدَقْتَ، وانْصَرَفَ".  

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