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Sahih Muslim
كتاب صلاة المسافرين وقصرها
The Book of Prayer - Travellers
" إِنَّ اللَّهَ يَرْفَعُ بِهَذَا الْكِتَابِ أَقْوَامًا وَيَضَعُ بِهِ آخَرِينَ "
Whom have you appointed as collector over the people of the valley? He said: Ibn Abza. He said: Who is Ibn Abza? He said: He is one of our freed slaves. He (Hadrat 'Umar) said: So you have appointed a freed slave over them. He said: He is well versed In the Book of Allah. the Exalted and Great, and he is well versed In the commandments and injunctions (of the Shari'ah). 'Umar said: So the Prophet (ﷺ) said: By this Book, Allah would exalt some peoples and degrade others.
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- Hadith 815a
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- Hadith 816
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- Hadith 710d
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- Hadith 795c
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of al-Bara' with a slight modification of words.