[Machine] Umar wrote to the people of Kufa, "Indeed, I have appointed Ammar as a leader and Abdullah ibn Mas'ood as a teacher and minister, and they are from the noble companions of Muhammad, from the people of Badr and Uhud. So follow their example and listen to their words. I have preferred Abdullah over myself for you."
كَتَبَ عُمَرُ إِلَى أَهْلِ الْكُوفَةِ «إِنِّي قَدْ بَعَثْتُ عَمَّارًا أَمِيرًا وَعَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ مَسْعُودٍ مُعَلِّمًا وَوَزِيرًا وَهُمَا مِنَ النُّجَبَاءِ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ مُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ مِنْ أَهْلِ بَدْرٍ وَأُحُدٍ فَاقْتَدُوا بِهِمَا وَاسْمَعُوا مِنْ قَوْلِهُمَا وَقَدْ آثَرْتُكُمْ بِعَبْدِ اللهِ عَلَى نَفْسِي»