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مصنف ابن ابي شيبه
Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah
كتاب الأوائل
Book of Firsts
(باب أول ما فعل ومن فعله)
Chapter: the first to do a thing, and who did it
Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 38571 — the first to do a thing, and who did
٣٨٥٧١ - حدثنا مالك (١) (حدثنا) (٢) مسعود بن سعد عن (مجالد) (٣) عن الشعبي قال: أول العرب كتب -يعني بالعربية- حرب بن أمية بن عبد شمس، قيل: (ممن) (٤) تعلم ذلك؟ قال: من أهل الحيرة، قال: (ممن) (٥) تعلم أهل الحيرة؟ قال: (من) (٦) أهل الأنبار (٧).
Al-Sha'bi said: The first of the Arabs to write, meaning in Arabic, was Harb bin Umayyah bin Abd Shams. He was asked: Where did he learn writing? He said: From the people of al-Hirah. It was asked: Where did the people of al-Hirah learn writing? He said: From the people of al-Anbar.
