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  "ar": "سليط بن قيس",
  "en": "Sulayt ibn Qays"
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  "ar": "أحد أهل بدر، أشركه عمر مع أبي عبيدة وأوصاه أن يستشيره ولا يخالفه، وكان رأيه ألا يعبر الفرات حتى يعبر إليهم العدو ولا يقطع الجسر ليبقى للمسلمين ملجأ ومرجع من هزيمة، فلما قال له أبو عبيد جبنت قال والله ما جبنت وأنا أجرأ منك نفساً وقبيلاً ولكن أشرت بالرأي، وقال لولا أني أكره خلاف الطاعة لأنجزت بالناس ولكني أسمع وأطيع {cite:muruj-al-dhahab p. 604}.",
  "en": "The Badri Umar bound to Abu 'Ubayda as advisor — his counsel: let the enemy cross, keep the bridge for retreat — who answered the taunt of cowardice 'I am bolder than you in soul and tribe, but I advised'; and obeyed though unconvinced {cite:muruj-al-dhahab p. 604}."
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   "layer": "own-research",
   "source": "مروج الذهب للمسعودي (ط الدار الإفريقية/الشركة العالمية) ج1 ص 604",
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   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "موجز",
     "markdown": "سليط بن قيس أحد أهل بدر، وردت أخباره عند المسعودي في خبر معركة الجسر. {cite:muruj-al-dhahab p.604}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "مشورته",
     "markdown": "يذكر المسعودي أن عمر أشركه مع أبي عبيد وأوصاه أن يستشيره ولا يخالفه. كان رأيه ألا يعبر المسلمون الفرات حتى يعبر إليهم العدو، وألا يُقطع الجسر ليبقى لهم ملجأ إن هُزموا. {cite:muruj-al-dhahab p.604}\n\nولما قال له أبو عبيد: جبنت، أجابه بأنه أجرأ منه نفساً وقبيلاً، وأنه إنما أشار بالرأي. وقال إنه يسمع ويطيع كراهةً لخلاف الطاعة. {cite:muruj-al-dhahab p.604}"
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   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "Overview",
     "markdown": "Sulayt ibn Qays, one of the people of Badr, whose reports appear in al-Mas'udi's account of the Battle of the Bridge {cite:muruj-al-dhahab p.604}."
    },
    {
     "heading": "His counsel",
     "markdown": "al-Mas'udi reports that Umar associated him with Abu Ubayd and instructed him to consult him and not to oppose him. His view was that the Muslims should not cross the Euphrates until the enemy crossed to them, and that the bridge should not be cut, so that it would remain a refuge for them if they were defeated {cite:muruj-al-dhahab p.604}.\n\nWhen Abu Ubayd said to him, \"You have been cowardly\", he answered that he was bolder of spirit and of tribe than he was, and that he had only given his opinion. He said that he would hear and obey, out of dislike for disobeying the obedience {cite:muruj-al-dhahab p.604}."
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    "lang": "en",
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    "translators": [
     "Claude Haiku 5.5 (claude-haiku-5-5), draft translation"
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