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suyuti:2-3353bMakhlad b. Qays al-ʿIjli from his father
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"عَنْ مَخْلَدِ بْنِ قَيْسٍ الْعِجْلِىِّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ: لَمَّا قَدِمَ سَيْفُ كِسْرَى وَمِنْطَقَتُهُ وَزَبَرْجَدَتُهُ عَلَى عُمَرَ قَالَ: إِنَّ أَقْوَامًا أَدَّوَا هَذَا لَذَوُو أَمَانَةٍ، فَقَالَ: إِنَّكَ عَفَفْتَ فَعَفَّتِ الرَّعِيَّةُ".  

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