What they said about Arabic Narrated with its chain
Writing to Abu Musa al-Ash‘ari:
“To proceed: gain understanding in the Sunna, gain understanding in Arabic, and recite the Qur'an with correct inflection, for it is Arabic; and live by the hardy ways of Ma'add, for you are of Ma'add.”
Umar ibn al-Khattab
d. 23 AH / 644 CE
The second Caliph, in a letter to Abu Musa al-Ash'ari
The Arabic original
أَمّا بَعْدُ فَتَفَقَّهُوا فِي السُّنَّةِ وَتَفَقَّهُوا فِي العَرَبِيَّةِ، وَأَعْرِبُوا القُرْآنَ فَإِنَّهُ عَرَبِيٌّ، وَتَمَعْدَدُوا فَإِنَّكُمْ مَعَدِّيُّونَ
Source
Ibn Abi Shayba, al-Musannaf, ed. Sa'd al-Shithri, Kunuz Ishbiliya, Riyadh, 2015, no. 31905, vol. 16, pp. 389-390 (al-Hut ed. no. 29914, vol. 6, p. 116)
The English translation is Voice of Arabic's, made from the original.
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