Musnad Ahmad 100

Translation

✧ He came to Umar b. al-Khattab during his caliphate, and Umar said to him: “Have I not been told that you take charge of some of the people’s affairs, and when you are given a worker’s remuneration you dislike it?” He said: I said: “Yes.” Umar said: “What do you intend by that?” I said: “I have horses and slaves, and I am well off, and I want my remuneration to be charity for the Muslims.” Umar said: “Do not do that, for I had intended what you intended, but the Prophet ﷺ used to give me a gift, and I would say: Give it to someone poorer than I, until one time he gave me wealth and I said: Give it to someone poorer than I. He said: The Prophet ﷺ said to him: Take it, then make it your own and give charity from it. Whatever comes to you of this wealth while you are not eager for it or asking, take it; otherwise, do not let your soul pursue it.”

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