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suyuti:377-6b – Zayd b. Slam > ʿUmar b. al-Khaṭṭāb > Lṣuhayb
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السيوطي:٣٧٧-٦b –

"عَنْ زَيْد بْن أسْلَمَ أَن عُمَرَ بْن الخَطَّابِ قَالَ لصُهَيبِ: لَوْلاَ ثَلاَثُ خِصَالٍ مِنْكَ لَمْ يَكُنْ بكَ بأس، قَالَ: وَمَا هُن؟ فَوَالله مَا نَرَاكَ تَعِيبُ شَيْئًا، قَالَ: اكْتِنَاؤُكَ بِأَبى يَحْيىَ وَلَيْسَ لَكَ وَلَد، وَادِّعَاؤكُ إِلَى النَّمْر بْنِ قَاسِط وَأنْتَ رَجُل ألكَنُ (*)، وِإنَّكَ لاَ تمْسكُ المَالَ، قَالَ أمَّا اكْتنَائِى بأبى يَحْيى فَإِن رَسُولَ الله ﷺ كنَّانى بِهَا فَلاَ أدَعُها حَتَّى ألقَاهُ، وأمَّا ادعائِى إِلَى النَّمْر بْنِ قَاسطٍ فَإِنّى امْرُؤ منْهُمْ وَلَكِنْ اسْتَرضع لى بِالأيلِة فَهَذهِ مِنْ ذَاكَ، وَأما المالُ فَهَلْ تَرَانِى أنْفِقُ إِلا في حَقٍّ".

[حم] أحمد [كر] ابن عساكر في تاريخه ووصله [كر] ابن عساكر في تاريخه عن طريق زيد بن أسلم، عن أبيه

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Suhayb's response to Umar's three objections

ahmad:18942 – Bahz > Ḥammād b. Salamah > Zayd b. Aslam > ʿUmar b. al-Khaṭṭāb

[AI] He said to Suhayb, "Were it not for three traits in you, there would be nothing wrong with you." He said, "What are they? By Allah, I do not think you would fault anything without cause." He said, "Your taking the kunyah Abu Yahya when you have no child, your claiming relation to al-Namir ibn Qasit while you are a man with an accent, and that you do not keep wealth." He said, "As for my kunyah Abu Yahya, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ gave it to me, so I will not leave it until I meet him. As for my claiming relation to al-Namir ibn Qasit, I am a man from them, but I was nursed in al-Ubulla, and this accent comes from that. As for wealth, do you see me spending except in what is right?"

أحمد:١٨٩٤٢ – حَدَّثَنَا بَهْزٌ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ أَخْبَرَنَا زَيْدُ بْنُ أَسْلَمَ أَنَّ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ قَالَ

لِصُهَيْبٍ: لَوْلَا ثَلَاثُ خِصَالٍ فِيكَ لَمْ يَكُنْ بِكَ بَأْسٌ. قَالَ: وَمَا هُنَّ؟ فَوَاللهِ، مَا نَرَاكَ تَعِيبُ شَيْئًا. قَالَ: اكْتِنَاؤُكَ بِأَبِي يَحْيَى وَلَيْسَ لَكَ وَلَدٌ، وَادِّعَاؤُكَ إِلَى النَّمِرِ بْنِ قَاسِطٍ وَأَنْتَ رَجُلٌ أَلْكَنُ، وَأَنَّكَ لَا تُمْسِكُ الْمَالَ. قَالَ: أَمَّا اكْتِنَائِي بِأَبِي يَحْيَى، فَإِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ كَنَّانِي بِهَا، فَلَا أَدَعُهَا حَتَّى أَلْقَاهُ. وَأَمَّا ادِّعَائِي إِلَى النَّمِرِ بْنِ قَاسِطٍ، فَإِنِّي امْرُؤٌ مِنْهُمْ، وَلَكِنْ اسْتُرْضِعَ لِي بِالْأَبْلَةِ، فَهَذِهِ اللُّكْنَةُ مِنْ ذَاكَ. وَأَمَّا الْمَالُ، فَهَلْ تُرَانِي أُنْفِقُ إِلَّا فِي حَقٍّ؟