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2261. It was narrated from 'Abdullāh bin Dīnār, that Ibn 'Umar said: "The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: 'When my Ummah walks in a proud march, and its servants are the children of kings, children of Persians and Romans, the vilest of them will be set over the best of them'" (Ṣaḥīḥ)
[Abū 'Eisā said:] This Ḥadīth is Gharīb, Abū Mu'āwiyah reported it from Yaḥya bin Sa'eed Al-Anṣārī.
(Another chain) from Abū Mu'āwiyah, from Yaḥya bin Sa'eed Al-Anṣārī, from 'Abdullāh bin Dīnār, from Ibn 'Umar from the Prophet ﷺ with similar meaning. And there is no basis known for the narration of Abū Mu'āwiyah from Yaḥya bin Sa'eed, from 'Abdullāh bin Dīnār, from Ibn 'Umar; what is known is only the narration of Mūsā bin 'Ubaidah (the chain and narration of no. 2261). And Mālik bin Anas has reported this Ḥadīth from Yaḥya bin Sa'eed, in Mursal form, and he did not mention in it: "Abdullāh bin Dīnār, from Ibn 'Umar."
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When the Persian and Roman empires fell to the Islamic forces during the
caliphate of 'Uthmān ؓ, and their treasures fell into the hands of Muslims, and the princes of yesterday became the pages of today, the lifestyle of the new entrants to the Islamic faith also started undergoing unwelcome changes. A campaign of unrest was then started by these new converts against the caliphate, which culminated in the assassination of the Caliph himself. This heralded the weakening of the Ummah (Tuhfatul-Ahwadhi, v.3, p.245).
