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307 — ‘Abdullāh narrated to us: ‘Abdullāh ibn ‘Umar al-Qurashī narrated to me: ‘Abd al-Rahmān al-Muhāribī narrated to us, from Raqaba ibn Masqala al-‘Abdī, from ‘Āsim ibn Abī al-Najūd, from Zirr ibn Hubaysh, from ‘Abdullāh ibn Mas‘ūd, who said:
“I loved ‘Umar so deeply that I even feared Allah. If I knew that ‘Umar loved a dog, I would love it too. I wished I could be ‘Umar’s servant until my death. Everything felt his loss—even the thorn trees. Indeed, his acceptance of Islam was a victory, his migration a triumph, and his rule a mercy.”
٣٠٧ - حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ الْقُرَشِيُّ، نا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ الْمُحَارِبِيُّ، عَنْ رَقَبَةَ بْنِ مَصْقَلَةَ الْعَبْدِيِّ، عَنْ عَاصِمِ بْنِ أَبِي النَّجُودِ، عَنْ زِرِّ بْنِ حُبَيْشٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ قَالَ: لَقَدْ أَحْبَبْتُ عُمَرَ حُبًّا حَتَّى لَقَدْ خِفْتُ اللَّهَ، لَوْ أَنِّي أَعْلَمُ أَنَّ كَلْبًا يُحِبُّهُ عُمَرُ لَأَحْبَبْتُهُ، وَلَوَدِدْتُ أَنِّي كُنْتُ خَادِمًا لِعُمَرَ حَتَّى أَمُوتَ، وَلَقَدْ وَجَدَ فَقْدَهُ كُلُّ شَيْءٍ حَتَّى الْعِضَاهُ، إِنَّ إِسْلَامَهُ كَانَ فَتْحًا، وَإِنَّ هِجْرَتَهُ كَانَتْ نَصْرًا، وَإِنَّ سُلْطَانَهُ كَانَ رَحْمَةً.