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72 – ʿAbd Allah narrated to us; Salm ibn Junadah told me; he said: a shaykh narrated to us, from Mujalid, from al-Shaʿbi, who said: Al-Hutayʾa and Kaʿb were with ʿUmar when al-Hutayʾa recited:
“Whoever does good will never be denied my recompense;
Kindness is never lost between Allah and people.”
Kaʿb said, “By Allah, these very words are in the Torah: ‘Kindness is never lost between Allah and His creation.’”
٧٢ - حدثنا عبد الله حَدَّثَنِي سَلْمُ بْنُ جُنَادَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شَيْخٌ عَنْ مُجَالِدٍ عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ قَالَ كَانَ الْحُطَيْئَةُ وَكَعْبٌ عنْد عُمَرَ فَأَنْشَدَ الْحُطَيْئَةُ
مَنْ يَفْعَلِ الْخَيْرَ لَا يُعْدَمْ جَوَازِيَهُ ... لَا يَذْهَبُ الْعُرْفُ بَيْنَ اللَّهِ وَالنَّاسِ
فَقَالَ كَعْبٌ هِيَ وَاللَّهِ فِي التَّوْرَاةِ لَا يَذْهَبُ الْعُرْفُ بين الله وبين خلقه.