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tabarani:10468aMuḥammad b. Aḥmad b. Abū Khaythamah > Surayj b. Yūnus > ʿUbayd b. al-Qāsim > al-Aʿmash > Abū Wāʾil > ʿAbdullāh

[Machine] A Jewish man came to the Prophet ﷺ and said, "What a great nation is your nation, if only they would be fair." The Prophet ﷺ asked, "How do they not act fairly?" The man replied, "They say, 'What Allah wills and you will,' but they should say, 'What Allah wills and then what you will.'"  

الطبراني:١٠٤٦٨aحَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ أَبِي خَيْثَمَةَ ثنا سُرَيْجُ بْنُ يُونُسَ ثنا عُبَيْدُ بْنُ الْقَاسِمِ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ أَبِي وَائِلٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ قَالَ

جَاءَ يَهُودِيٌّ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ نِعْمَ الْأُمَّةُ أُمَّتُكَ لَوْلَا أَنَّهُمْ يَعْدِلُونَ قَالَ «كَيْفَ يَعْدِلُونَ؟» قَالَ يَقُولُونَ مَا شَاءَ اللهُ وَشِئْتَ قَالَ إِنَّهُ لَيَقُولُ قَوْلًا قُولُوا مَا شَاءَ اللهُ ثُمَّ شِئْتَ  

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