Musnad Ahmad 1782

Translation

✧ While I was sitting with him, his doorkeeper Yarfa' came to him and said to Umar, 'Will you see Uthman, Abd al-Rahman, Sa'd, and al-Zubayr? They are asking permission.' He said, 'Yes, give them permission.' They entered, greeted, and sat. Then Yarfa' waited a little and said to Umar, 'Will you see Ali and Abbas?' He said, 'Yes,' and he gave them permission. When they entered and sat, Abbas said, 'O Commander of the Faithful, judge between me and Ali.' The group—Uthman and his companions—said, 'Judge between them and relieve one of them from the other.' Umar said, 'Wait. I adjure you by Allah, by Whose permission the heaven and the earth stand: do you know that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "We are not inherited from; what we leave is charity"?'—meaning by that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ himself. The group said, 'He did say that.' Then Umar turned to Ali and Abbas and said, 'I adjure you both by Allah: do you know that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ [indeed] said that?' They said, 'He did say that.' Umar said, 'I will tell you about this matter. Allah, Mighty and Majestic, singled out His Messenger in this fay' with something He gave no one else. Allah [Most High] said, "And what Allah restored to His Messenger from them—you did not spur for it any horses or camels"—the verse. This verse was a special right of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. Then, by Allah, he did not keep it from you or monopolize it over you; he gave it to you and distributed it among you until this wealth remained. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to spend on his family their yearly expenses from this wealth, then take what remained and make it the property of Allah. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ acted on that throughout his life. I adjure you by Allah: do you know that?' They said, 'Yes.' He said to Ali and Abbas, 'I adjure you both by Allah: do you know that?' They said, 'Yes.' Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ died, and Abu Bakr said, "I am the successor of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ." Abu Bakr took charge of it and acted with it as the Messenger of Allah ﷺ had acted with it, while you at that time'—and he turned to Ali and Abbas—'claimed that Abu Bakr in it was such-and-such. By Allah, he was in it truthful, righteous, rightly guided, a follower of the truth.'

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