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suyuti:2-3476bMḥmd b. Syryn
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"عن محمد بن سيرين قال: قال عمرُ على المنبرِ: أتدرون كم ينكح العبد؟ فقام رجل فقال: أنا، قال: كم؟ قال: اثنتين".  

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[Machine] Umar said from the pulpit, "Do you know how many times a slave gets married?" A man stood up and said, "I do." Umar asked, "How many times?" The man replied, "Two." Others added more to it, but Umar fell silent and said, then another man from the Ansar stood up...  

البيهقي:١٣٨٩٦أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو حَازِمٍ الْحَافِظُ أنبأ أَبُو الْفَضْلِ بْنُ خُمَيْرَوَيْهِ ثنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ نَجْدَةَ ثنا سَعِيدُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ ثنا سُفْيَانُ ثنا أَيُّوبَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سِيرِينَ قَالَ

قَالَ عُمَرُ ؓ عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ أَتَدْرُونَ كَمْ يَنْكِحُ الْعَبْدُ؟ فَقَامَ إِلَيْهِ رَجُلٌ فَقَالَ أَنَا قَالَ كَمْ؟ قَالَ اثْنَتَيْنِ زَادَ فِيهِ غَيْرُهُ فَسَكَتَ عُمَرُ وَقَالَ فَقَامَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ