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1715 – ʿAbd Allah narrated to us; Hārūn narrated to us; Ḍamrah narrated to us; Ibn Shawdhub said:
Ṣāliḥ ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān, together with a colleague whom ʿUmar ibn ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz had appointed to some post in Iraq, wrote to ʿUmar suggesting that “people cannot be reformed except by the sword.” He replied to them: “You two wretches, spawned from wretchedness—vile men sprung from vileness! You come to me proposing the shedding of Muslim blood? By Allah, the blood of every person is dearer to me than yours.”
١٧١٥ - حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ، حَدَّثَنَا هَارُونُ، حَدَّثَنَا ضَمْرَةُ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ شَوْذَبٍ قَالَ: كَتَبَ صَالِحُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ وَصَاحِبٌ لَهُ قَدْ وَلَّاهُمَا عُمَرُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ شَيْئًا مِنْ أُمُورِ الْعِرَاقِ قَالَ: فَكَتَبَا إِلَى عُمَرَ يُعْرِضَانِ عَلَيْهِ أنَّ النَّاسَ لَا يُصْلِحُهُمْ إِلَّا السَّيْفُ قَالَ: فَكَتَبَ إِلَيْهِمَا: خَبِيثَيْنِ مِنَ الْخُبْثِ رَدِيئَيْنِ مِنَ الرَّدِيءِ تُعْرِضَانِ إِلَيَّ بِدِمَاءِ الْمُسْلِمِينَ مَا أَحَدٌ مِنَ النَّاسِ إِلَّا وَدَمُكُمَا أَهْوَنُ عَلَيَّ مِنْ دَمِهِ "