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332 — ‘Abd Allāh narrated to us: ‘Ubayd Allāh ibn Mu‘ādh, Abū ‘Amr al-‘Anbarī, narrated to us: al-Mu‘tamir narrated to us: My father said: Abū ‘Uthmān also said:
“‘Umar was nothing but a balance; he would say neither this nor that.”
٣٣٢ - حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ قثنا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُعَاذٍ أَبُو عَمْرٍو الْعَنْبَرِيُّ قثنا الْمُعْتَمِرُ قَالَ: قَالَ أَبِي: وَقَالَ أَبُو عُثْمَانَ: إِنَّمَا كَانَ عُمَرُ مِيزَانًا، لَا يَقُولُ كَذَا وَلَا يَقُولُ كَذَا.