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suyuti:2-3561b – Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh
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السيوطي:٢-٣٥٦١b –

"عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ قَالَ: أَوَّلُ مَنْ دَوَّنَ الدَّوَاوِينَ وَعَرَّفَ الْعُرَفَاءَ عُمَرُ ابْنُ الْخَطَّابِ".  

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bayhaqi:16381 – Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ > ʿAbdullāh b. Muḥammad al-Ṣaydalānī > Ismāʿīl b. Qutaybah > ʿUthmān b. Abū Shaybah > Ghassān b. Muḍar > Saʿīd b. Yazīd > Abū Naḍrah > Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh > Awwal

[Machine] The first person to write down the official documents and establish the tradition of recognizing eminent individuals was Umar ibn al-Khattab.  

البيهقي:١٦٣٨١ – وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ أَخْبَرَنِي عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الصَّيْدَلَانِيُّ ثنا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ قُتَيْبَةَ ثنا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ ثنا غَسَّانُ بْنُ مُضَرَ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ عَنْ أَبِي نَضْرَةَ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ قَالَ

أَوَّلُ مَنْ دَوَّنَ الدَّوَاوِينَ وَعَرَّفَ الْعُرَفَاءَ عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ ؓ