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10 – ʿAbd Allah narrated to us; ʿAlī ibn al-Ḥusayn al-ʿĀmirī told me; Yazīd ibn Hārūn narrated to us; ʿAwn ibn Mūsā, from Muʿāwiya ibn Qurra, reported that ʿUmar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb came upon a group from Yemen and asked, “Who are you?” They replied, “We are al-mutawakkilūn (those who rely upon Allah).” He said, “No, you are al-muttakilūn (those who merely depend on others). The true mutawakkil is the one who scatters his seed upon the earth and then relies upon Allah.”
١٠ - حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ، حَدَّثَنِي عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ الْعَامِرِيُّ، نا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ، أنا عَوْنُ بْنُ مُوسَى، عَنْ مُعَاوِيَةَ بْنِ قُرَّةَ، أَنَّ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ، لَقِيَ نَاسًا مِنْ أَهْلِ الْيَمَنِ، فَقَالَ: مَنْ أَنْتُمْ؟ قَالُوا: نَحْنُ الْمُتَوَكِّلُونَ. قَالَ: بَلْ أَنْتُمُ الْمُتَّكِلُونَ، إِنَّمَا «الْمُتَوَكِّلُ الَّذِي يُلْقِي حَبَّهُ فِي الْأَرْضِ، وَيَتَوَكَّلُ عَلَى اللَّهِ»