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suyuti:2-640b – ʿUmar
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السيوطي:٢-٦٤٠b –

"عَنْ عُمَرَ قَالَ: إنَّمَا وَجَدْنَا (خَيْرَ) عَيشِنَا الصَّبْرَ".  

ابن المبارك، [حم] أحمد في الزهد، [حل] أبى نعيم في الحلية

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ahmad-zuhd:612 – ʿAbdullāh > Bī > Muʿāwiyah > al-Aʿmash > Mujāhid

[Machine] Umar said, "We have found the best way to live through patience."  

الزهد لأحمد:٦١٢ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنَا أبِي حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاوِيَةُ حَدَّثَنَا الْأَعْمَشُ عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ قَالَ

قَالَ عُمَرُ «وَجَدْنَا خَيْرَ عَيْشِنَا بِالصَّبْرِ»