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240
كتاب الفتن
نعيم بن حماد المروزي (ت ٢٢٨ هـ)

Kitab al-Fitan (Nu'aym ibn Hammad) 241

معرفة الخلفاء من الملوك
242
Kitab al-Fitan (Nu'aym ibn Hammad)vol. 1, p. 102Ungradedكتاب الفتن لنعيم بن حمادج ١ ص ١٠٢ · عن كعبمعرفة الخلفاء من الملوك

Kitab al-Fitan of Nu'aym ibn Hammad: ungraded, and weak overall. Never established on its own.

Traced to Ka'b al-Ahbar (automatic guess): a report of earlier scriptures, not a hadith of the Prophet ﷺ.

حدثنا الحكم بن نافع، أنا صفوان بن عمرو، عن أبي اليمان، وشريح بن عبيد، عن كعب، قال: قال عمر بن الخطاب رضي الله عنه: «أنشدك الله يا كعب، أتجدني خليفة أم ملكا؟» قال: قلت: بل خليفة، فاستحلفه، فقال كعب: خليفة والله من خير الخلفاء، وزمانك خير زمان

I ask you by Allah, O Kaab, do you find me a caliph or a king? He said: I said: Rather, a caliph, so he asked him to swear, and Ka’b said: A caliph, by Allah, one of the best caliphs, and your time is the best of times.

الحكم بن نافعبن عمروأبي اليمان وشريح بن عبيدكعبautomatic reading, unverified

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[Collection & Reference]: Narration #241 in Kitab al-Fitan (Nu'aym ibn Hammad).

[Scholarly Verification Notice]: Recorded in Nu'aym ibn Hammad's Kitab al-Fitan (d. 228 AH). Hadith scholars classify this historical compilation as ungraded and weak overall; its isolated reports are not accepted as established doctrine unless corroborated by standard Sahih works.

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