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Narrated `Adi bin Hatim:We came to `Umar in a delegation (during his rule). He started calling the men one by one, calling each by his name. (As he did not call me early) I said to him. "Don't you know me, O chief of the Believers?" He said, "Yes, you embraced Islam when they (i.e. your people) disbelieved; you have come (to the Truth) when they ran away; you fulfilled your promises when they broke theirs; and you recognized it (i.e. the Truth of Islam) when they denied it." On that, `Adi said, "I therefore don't care

حدثنا موسى بن اسماعيل، حدثنا ابو عوانة، حدثنا عبد الملك، عن عمرو بن حريث، عن عدي بن حاتم، قال اتينا عمر في وفد، فجعل يدعو رجلا رجلا ويسميهم فقلت اما تعرفني يا امير المومنين قال بلى، اسلمت اذ كفروا، واقبلت اذ ادبروا، ووفيت اذ غدروا، وعرفت اذ انكروا. فقال عدي فلا ابالي اذا