Ubay bin Ka`b said to `Umar bin al-Khattab, “Why do you not appoint me [in your administration]?” He said, “I hate for your religious [reputation] to become tarnished.”
[Siyar A`lam al-Nubala’, al-Dhahabi (1/398)]
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Ubay bin Ka`b said to `Umar bin al-Khattab, “Why do you not appoint me [in your administration]?” He said, “I hate for your religious [reputation] to become tarnished.”
[Siyar A`lam al-Nubala’, al-Dhahabi (1/398)]
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