Arabic (Original)
Ḥadīth | Ṭabarānī (الطبراني) tabarani:48a حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الزِّنْبَاعِ رَوْحُ بْنُ الْفَرَجِ ثنا عَمْرُو بْنُ خَالِدٍ الْحَرَّانِيُّ ثنا يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ عَنْ مُوسَى بْنِ عُقْبَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ ق��الَ قَالَ عُمَرُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ لِأَبِي بَكْرِ بْنِ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ أَبِي حَثْمَةَ مِنْ أَوَّلِ مَنْ كَتَبَ مِنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ؟ فَقَالَ أَخْبَرَتْنِي الشِّفَاءُ بِنْتُ عَبْدِ اللهِ وَكَانَتْ مِنَ الْمُهَاجِرَاتِ الْأُوَلِ أَنَّ لَبِيدَ بْنَ رَبِيعَةَ وَعَدِيَّ بْنَ حَاتِمٍ قَدِمَا الْمَدِينَةَ وَأَتَيَا الْمَسْجِدَ فَوَجَدَا عَمْرَو بْنَ الْعَاصِ فَقَالَا يَا ابْنَ الْعَاصِ اسْتَأْذِنْ لَنَا عَلَى أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ فَقَالَ أَنْتُمَا وَاللهِ أَصَبْتُمَا اسْمَهُ هُوَ الْأَمِيرُ وَنَحْنُ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ فَدَخَلَ عَمرٌو عَلَى عُمَرَ فَقَالَ السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ فَقَالَ لَهُ عُمَرُ مَا هَذَا؟ فَقَالَ أَنْتَ الْأَمِيرُ وَنَحْنُ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ فَجَرَى الْكِتَابُ مِنْ يَوْمَئِذٍ
English Translation
Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz asked Abu Bakr ibn Sulayman ibn Abi Hathmah: Who was the first to write 'From Abdullah, Commander of the Faithful'? He said: Al-Shifa bint Abdullah, one of the early emigrant women, told me that Labid ibn Rabi'ah and Adi ibn Hatim came to Madinah and went to the mosque, where they found Amr ibn al-As. They said: 'O Ibn al-As, seek permission for us to see the Commander of the Faithful.' He said: 'By Allah, you have hit upon his name. He is the Commander (Amir) and we are the Believers (Mu'minun).' So Amr went in to Umar and said: 'Peace be upon you, O Commander of the Faithful.' Umar said to him: 'What is this?' He said: 'You are the Commander and we are the Believers.' And the title was used in correspondence from that day on.