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1248 — ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn ʿAbd Allāh informed us; he said: Aḥmad informed us; ʿAbd Allāh related to us; my father related to me; he said: ʿAbd al-Razzāq related to us; he said: Maʿmar informed us that ʿUmar ibn ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz wrote to ʿAdī ibn Arṭāʾah: “To proceed: your appointment of Saʿd ibn Masʿūd as governor of Oman is among the sins that Allah decreed for you and decreed that you be tested by.”
١٢٤٨ - أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، قَالَ: أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ , ثنا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ , حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي، قَالَ: ثنا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ، قَالَ: أَخْبَرَنَا مَعْمَرٌ قَالَ: كَتَبَ عُمَرُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ إِلَى عَدِيِّ بْنِ أَرْطَأَةَ: أَمَّا بَعْدُ فَإِنَّ اسْتِعْمَالَكَ سَعْدَ بْنَ مَسْعُودٍ عَلَى عُمَانَ مِنَ الْخَطَايَا الَّتِي قَدَّرَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْكَ وَقَدَّرَ أَنْ تُبْتَلَى بِهَا