مسند أحمد
Musnad Ahmad Hadith 232
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Original Arabic
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو كَامِلٍ، حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ شِهَابٍ، (ح) وحَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ، أَخْبَرَنَا مَعْمَرٌ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، الْمَعْنَى، عَنْ أَبِي الطُّفَيْلِ عَامِرِ بْنِ وَاثِلَةَ:، أَنَّ نَافِعَ بْنَ عَبْدِ الْحَارِثِ لَقِيَ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ بِعُسْفَانَ، وَكَانَ عُمَرُ اسْتَعْمَلَهُ عَلَى مَكَّةَ، فَقَالَ لَهُ عُمَرُ: مَنِ اسْتَخْلَفْتَ عَلَى أَهْلِ الْوَادِي؟ قَالَ: اسْتَخْلَفْتُ عَلَيْهِمُ ابْنَ أَبْزَى. فقَالَ: وَمَا ابْنُ أَبْزَى؟ فَقَالَ: رَجُلٌ مِنْ مَوَالِينَا. فَقَالَ عُمَرُ: اسْتَخْلَفْتَ عَلَيْهِمْ مَوْلًى! فَقَالَ: إِنَّهُ قَارِئٌ لِكِتَابِ اللهِ، عَالِمٌ بِالْفَرَائِضِ قَاضٍ، فَقَالَ عُمَرُ: أَمَا إِنَّ نَبِيَّكُمْ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَدْ قَالَ: " إِنَّ اللهَ يَرْفَعُ بِهَذَا الْكِتَابِ أَقْوَامًا، وَيَضَعُ بِهِ آخَرِينَ " (٣) .، ،
Translation
English translation
It was narrated that Nafi’ bin 'Abdul-Harith met 'Umar bin al-Khattab in ‘Usfan, when he was his governor in Makkah. Umar asked:
Whom have you appointed as your deputy over the people of the valley? He said: I have appointed Ibn Abza over them, ‘Umar said: Who is Ibn Abza? Nafiʼ said: One of our freed slaves. ‘Umar said: Have you appointed a freed slave over them? Nafi’ said: He has great knowledge of the Book of Allah, is well versed in the rules of inheritance (al-fara'id) and is a (good) qadi (judge). 'Umar said. Indeed your Prophet (ﷺ) said, “Allah raises some people (in status) by means of this Book and brings others low by means of it.”
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This is Hadith 232 in Musnad Ahmad. It appears in Book 2, Musnad `Umar b. al-Khattab (ra), as in-book entry 151.
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Musnad Ahmad 232 Arabic/English book : Book 2, Hadith 232
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