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was assailing us and doing this and that. Umar then wrote to Dabbah, ordering him(1) to come to him. Abū Mūsā sent him, and when Dabbah came to Umar—may Allah be pleased with him—in Medina, the chamberlain said to him(2), “Dabbah al-Anazī is at the door.” He granted him permission to enter. When Dabbah entered [before him](3), Umar said, “Dabbah is neither welcome nor among family.”

Dabbah replied, “As for welcome, it comes from Allah; and as for family, I have neither family nor wealth. On what grounds have you deemed it lawful to summon me away from my town when I have committed no sin and done no wrong?”

Umar asked, “What dispute arose between you and your governor?”

I said(4), “Now I shall tell you, Commander of the Faithful. Whenever he delivered a sermon, he would praise Allah and extol Him(5), invoke blessings upon the Prophet—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—and [then] follow this(6) by supplicating for you. This angered me(7), and I said, ‘What about(8) his companion? Do you prefer Umar to him?’ He then wrote to you complaining about me.”

Umar—may Allah be pleased with him—burst into tears and said, “By Allah, you are more correct and better guided than he is. Will you forgive me my offense? May Allah forgive you.”

I replied, “May Allah forgive you, Commander of the Faithful.” Then he again burst into tears while he(9)

(1) “Ordering him” is omitted in A and B. (2) A and B read: “Then the chamberlain said.” (3) “Before him” is added in A and B. (4) M alone reads: “He said.” (5) A, B, and M read: “He praised Allah and extolled Him.” (6) W and R read: “and followed this.” “Then” is omitted in N, M, S, and H. (7) A, N, M, W, and R read: *fa-ghādani* (“so it angered me”); B reads: *fa-ghādabanī* (“so it angered me”). (8) B reads: “from”; N reads: “about whom.” (9) “While he” is omitted in A and B.

يَطْعَنُ عَلَيْنَا وَيَفْعَلُ، فَكَتَبَ عُمَرُ إِلَى ضَبَّةَ يَأْمُرُهُ (١) أَنْ يَخْرُجَ إِلَيْهِ، فَبَعَثَ بِهِ أَبُو مُوسَى، فَلَمَّا قَدِمَ ضَبَّةُ الْمَدِينَةَ عَلَى عُمَرَ - رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ - قَالَ لَهُ الْحَاجِبُ (٢) : ضَبَّةُ الْعَنَزِيُّ بِالْبَابِ. فَأَذِنَ لَهُ، فَلَمَّا دَخَلَ [عَلَيْهِ] (٣) قَالَ: لَا مَرْحَبًا بِضَبَّةَ وَلَا أَهْلًا. قَالَ ضَبَّةُ: أَمَّا الْمَرْحَبُ فَمِنَ اللَّهِ، وَأَمَّا الْأَهْلُ فَلَا أَهْلَ وَلَا مَالَ، فَبِمَ اسْتَحْلَلْتَ إِشْخَاصِي مِنْ مِصْرِي بِلَا ذَنْبٍ أَذْنَبْتُ وَلَا شَيْءٍ أَتَيْتُ؟ قَالَ: مَا الَّذِي شَجَرَ بَيْنَكَ وَبَيْنَ عَامِلِكَ؟ . قُلْتُ (٤) : الْآنَ أُخْبِرُكَ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ: إِنَّهُ كَانَ إِذَا خَطَبَ فَحَمِدَ اللَّهَ فَأَثْنَى عَلَيْهِ (٥) وَصَلَّى عَلَى النَّبِيِّ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ -، [ثُمَّ] ثَنَّى (٦) يَدْعُو لَكَ، فَغَاظَنِي (٧) ذَلِكَ مِنْهُ، وَقُلْتُ: أَيْنَ أَنْتَ عَنْ (٨) صَاحِبِهِ: تُفَضِّلُهُ عَلَيْهِ؟ فَكَتَبَ إِلَيْكَ يَشْكُونِي. قَالَ: فَانْدَفَعَ عُمَرُ - رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ - بَاكِيًا وَهُوَ يَقُولُ: أَنْتَ وَاللَّهِ أَوْفَقُ مِنْهُ وَأَرْشَدُ مِنْهُ، فَهَلْ أَنْتَ غَافِرٌ لِي ذَنْبِي، يَغْفِرُ اللَّهُ لَكَ؟ قُلْتُ: غَفَرَ اللَّهُ لَكَ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ، ثُمَّ انْدَفَعَ بَاكِيًا وَهُوَ (٩)

(١) يَأْمُرُهُ: سَاقِطَةٌ مِنْ (أ) ، (ب) . (٢) أ، ب: فَقَالَ الْحَاجِبُ. (٣) عَلَيْهِ: زِيَادَةٌ فِي (أ) ، (ب) . (٤) م (فَقَطْ) : قَالَ. (٥) أ، ب، م: حَمِدَ اللَّهَ وَأَثْنَى عَلَيْهِ. (٦) و، ر: وَثَنَّى. وَسَقَطَتْ " ثُمَّ " مِنْ (ن) ، (م) ، (ص) ، (هـ) . (٧) أ، ن، م، و، ر: فَغَاضَنِي؛ ب: فَغَاضَبَنِي. (٨) ب: مِنْ؛ ن: عَمَّنْ. (٩) وَهُوَ: سَاقِطَةٌ مِنْ (أ) ، (ب) .