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مسند أبي يعلى الموصلي
Musnad Abi Ya'la al-Mawsili
مسند عمر بن الخطاب رضي الله عنه
Musnad of Umar bin al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him)
مُسْنَدُ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ
Musnad of Umar bin al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him)
Musnad Abi Ya'la 213 — Sayyiduna Umar bin al-Khattab sent a letter
حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ الْحَجَّاجِ السَّامِيُّ ، حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ ، عَنْ عَاصِمٍ الْأَحْوَلِ ، عَنْ أَبِي عُثْمَانَ النَّهْدِيِّ ، قَالَ : كَتَبَ عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ إِلَى عُتْبَةَ بْنِ فَرْقَدٍ : سَلَامٌ عَلَيْكَ ، أَمَّا بَعْدُ : فَارْتَدُوا وَاتَّزِرُوا وَأَلْقُوا السَّرَاوِيلَاتِ ، وَانْتَعِلُوا وَأَلْقُوا الْخِفَافَ ، وَارْمُوا الْأَغْرَاضَ وَاقْطَعُوا الرُّكُبَ ، وَانْزُوا عَلَى الْخَيْلِ نَزْوًا ، وَعَلَيْكُمْ بِالْجُرَمِيَّةِ وَالْمَعَدِّيَّةِ ، وَإِيَّاكُمْ وَالتَّنَطُّعَ وَزِيَّ الْعَجَمِ ، فَإِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ نَهَى عَنِ الْحَرِيرِ إِلَّا مَا كَانَ هَكَذَا ، ثَلَاثَ أَصَابِعَ ، أَوْ هَكَذَا ، أَرْبَعَ أَصَابِعَ .
It is narrated from Abu Uthman al-Nahdi (may Allah have mercy on him) that Sayyiduna Umar bin al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) sent a letter to Sayyiduna Utbah bin Farqad (may Allah be pleased with him): "Peace be upon you. To proceed: Wear wraps (over the upper body), tie waist-wrappers, and give up wearing trousers; wear sandals and leave off leather socks; make your aim sure (by shooting at targets) and cut off the stirrups (of your horses); and mount horses by leaping onto them with agility. Hold fast to hardiness and to the simple, dignified life of the descendants of Ma'add bin Adnan, that is, the early Arabs. And beware of excessive adornment and affectation, and of the dress and manner of the non-Arabs, for the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade the wearing of silk except for this much, that is, the width of three fingers or of four fingers."
