Jami' al-Saghir / Jam' al-Jawami' (al-Suyuti) 2-1284b

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"From Aslam: 'Umar ibn al-Khattab appointed a freedman of his named Hunay over the protected pasture, and said to him: O Hunay, lower your wing over the Muslims, and beware the supplication of the oppressed, for the supplication of the oppressed is answered. Admit the owners of the small herd and the owners of the flock, but beware of the camels of Ibn 'Awf and the camels of Ibn 'Affan, for if their livestock perish, they will return to palm trees and crops. But the owner of the small herd and the flock, if his livestock perish, he will come to me with his children and say: O Commander of the Believers! Will I leave them? No father for you! Pasture is easier for me than gold and silver. By Allah, they think that I have wronged them, but it is their land; they fought over it in the Jahiliyyah and embraced Islam upon it. By Him in whose hand my soul is, were it not for the wealth which I carry for the sake of Allah, I would not have protected a single span of land from the people."........

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