al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2547
✧ What is lawful for the governor from the subjects' wealth
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وَقَالَ الْحَارِثُ: حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ، ثَنَا عَاصِمٌ، عَنْ أَبِي عُثْمَانَ، قَالَ:
كُنْتُ مَعَ عُتْبَةَ بْنِ فَرْقَدٍ بِأَذْرَبِيجَانَ، فَبَعَثَ سُحَيْمًا وَآخَرَ إِلَى عُمَرَ ؓ عَلَى ثَلَاثِ رَوَاحِلَ بِسَفَطَيْنِ وَجَعَلَ فِيهِمَا خَبِيصًا، وَجَعَلَ عَلَيْهِمَا أُدْمًا، وَجَعَلَ فَوْقَ الْأُدْمِ لُبُودًا، فَلَمَّا قَدِمَا الْمَدِينَةَ، قِيلَ: جَاءَ سُحَيْمٌ مَوْلَى عُتْبَةَ وَآخَرُ عَلَى ثَلَاثِ رَوَاحِلَ، فَأَذِنَ لَهُمَا فَدَخَلَا، فَسَأَلَهُمَا عُمَرُ ؓ: أَذَهَبًا، أَوْ وَرِقًا ؟ قَالَا: لَا. قَالَ: فَمَا جِئْتُمَا بِهِ ؟ قَالَا: طَعَامٌ. قَالَ: طَعَامُ رَجُلَيْنِ عَلَى ثَلَاثِ رَوَاحِلَ !! هَاتَا مَا جِئْتُمَا بِهِ، فَجِيءَ بِهِ، فَكَشَفَ اللُّبُودَ وَالْأُدْمَ. فَجَاءَ عُمَرُ، وَقَالَ بِيَدِهِ فِيهِ، فَوَجَدَهُ لَيِّنًا، فَقَالَ ؓ: أَكُلُّ الْمُهَاجِرِينَ يَشْبَعُ مِنْ هَذَا ؟ قَالَ: لَا، وَلَكِنْ هَذَا شَيْءٌ اخْتُصَّ بِهِ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ. فَقَالَ: يَا فُلَانُ، هَاتِ الدَّوَاةَ. اكْتُبْ: مِنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ إِلَى عُتْبَةَ بْنِ فَرْقَدٍ وَمَنْ مَعَهُ مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ، سَلَامٌ عَلَيْكُمْ، أَمَّا بَعْدُ: فَإِنِّي أَحْمَدُ إِلَيْكُمُ اللهَ الَّذِي لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا هُوَ. أَمَّا بَعْدُ: فَإِنَّهُ لَيْسَ مِنْ كَسْبِكَ وَلَا كَسْبِ أَبِيكَ، وَلَا كَسْبِ أُمِّكِ يَا عُتْبَةُ بْنَ فَرْقَدٍ. فَذَكَرَ الْحَدِيثَ. قَالَ: وَفِي كِتَابِ عُمَرَ ؓ: " اقْطَعُوا الرَّكْبَ، وَانْزُوا عَلَى الْخَيْلِ نَزْوًا، قَالَ أَبُو عُثْمَانَ: فَلَقَدْ رَأَيْتُ الشَّيْخَ يَنْزُو فَيَقَعُ عَلَى بَطْنِهِ، وَيَنْزُو فَيَقَعُ عَلَى بَطْنِهِ، ثُمَّ رَأَيْتُهُ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ يَنْزُو كَمَا يَنْزُو الْغُلَامُ
Translation
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- al-Ḥārith
- Yazīd
- ʿĀṣim
- Abū ʿUthmān
✧ I was with Utbah b. Farqad in Azerbaijan. He sent Suhaym and another to Umar ؓ on three mounts with two baskets, and he put in them khabis, and put over them leather covers, and over the leather covers felt. When they arrived in Madinah, it was said: "Suhaym, the freedman of Utbah, and another have come on three mounts." He gave them permission and they entered. Umar ؓ asked them: "Gold or silver?" They said: "No." He said: "What have you brought?" They said: "Food." He said: "Food of two men on three mounts! Bring what you have brought." It was brought, and he uncovered the felt and the leather. Umar came and put his hand in it and found it soft. He said ؓ: "Will all the emigrants be satiated from this?" He said: "No, but this is something reserved for the Commander of the Faithful." He said: "O so-and-so, bring the inkwell. Write: From the servant of God, Commander of the Faithful, to Utbah b. Farqad and those with him of the Muslims. Peace be upon you. To proceed: I praise to you God, besides whom there is no deity. To proceed: It is not from your earnings nor your father's earnings nor your mother's earnings, O Utbah b. Farqad." Then he mentioned the hadith. He said: "And in Umar's ؓ letter: 'Cut the saddles, and leap onto the horses with a leap.'" Abu Uthman said: "I saw the old man leap and fall on his belly, and leap and fall on his belly, then after that I saw him leap as a boy leaps."
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- Dāraquṭnī
رواه سالم بن نوح عن عمر بن عامر عن قتادة عن أبي عثمان عن عثمان ووهم فيه وإنما رواه أبو عثمان النهدي عن عمر بن الخطاب كذلك رواه سليمان التيمي وعاصم الأحول وغيرهما
machine translationSālim b. Nūḥ narrated it from ʿUmar b. ʿĀmir, from Qatādah, from Abū ʿUthmān, from ʿUthmān, but he erred in it (wahima fīhi). Rather, Abū ʿUthmān al-Nahdī narrated it from ʿUmar b. al-Khaṭṭāb. Likewise it was narrated by Sulaymān al-Taymī, ʿĀṣim al-Aḥwal, and others.
in المطالب العالية, p. 2547
Other narrations of this report
al-Mu'jam al-Awsat 6067Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 24186Musannaf 'Abd al-Razzaq 20071al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Bayhaqi) 20473Musnad Abi Ya'la 212al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2548
Narrators
- Commander of the Faithful (amīr al-muʾminīn), well-known, of abundant virtues (jamm al-manāqib)d. 23 AH, also said: 24 AHعُمَر بْن الْخَطَّابأمير المؤمنين مشهور جم المناقبفي حكم العنعنة
- trustworthy (thiqah), firmly reliable (thabt), devout (ʿābid)d. 75 AH, or 81 AH, or 95 AH, or 100 AH, or shortly after it, also said: after the year 95 AHأَبِي عُثْمَانَثقة ثبت عابدعن
- trustworthy (thiqah)d. 141 AH, or: 142 AH, or: 143 AHعَاصِمٌثقةحدثنا
- Trustworthy (thiqah), meticulous (mutqin), devout (ʿābid).d. 206 AH.يَزِيدُثقة متقن عابد .حدثنا
- d. 279 AH or 282 AHالْحَارِثُ
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