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مصنف ابن ابي شيبه
Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah
كتاب الزهد
Book of Asceticism
كلام عمر بن الخطاب ﵁
The words of Umar bin al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him)
Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 37190 — The words of Umar bin al-Khattab
٣٧١٩٠ - حدثنا سفيان ابن عيينة عن أبي فروة عن عبد الرحمن بن أبي ليلى ⦗٣١٢⦘ قال: قدم على عمر ناس من (١) العراق، فرأى كأنهم يأكلون تعذيرا (٢)، فقال: ما هذا يا أهل العراق؟ لو شئت أن يدهمق (٣) (لي) (٤) كما يدهمق لكم لفعلت، ولكننا نستبقي من دنيانا (ما) (٥) نجده في آخرتنا، أما سمعتم اللَّه قال: ﴿أَذْهَبْتُمْ طَيِّبَاتِكُمْ فِي حَيَاتِكُمُ الدُّنْيَا وَاسْتَمْتَعْتُمْ بِهَا﴾ (٦).
It is narrated from Abd al-Rahman bin Abi Layla, who said: Some people from Iraq came to Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him). Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) saw that they seemed to be eating only a little. Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: O people of Iraq, what is this? If I wished to have food finely prepared for me as it is prepared for you, I could have it done. But we save from our world what we shall find in our Hereafter. Have you not heard the statement of Allah Almighty: "You exhausted your good things in your worldly life and enjoyed them."
