Jami' al-Saghir / Jam' al-Jawami' (al-Suyuti) 2-1319b

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"It is narrated from Abu Hurayrah that he said: I came to 'Umar ibn al-Khattab from Abu Musa al-Ash'ari with eight hundred thousand dirhams. He said to me: What have you come with? I said: I have come with eight hundred thousand dirhams. He said: You have only come with eighty thousand dirhams. I said: Rather, I have come with eight hundred thousand dirhams. (He said: Did I not tell you: you are a foolish Yemeni. You have only come with eighty thousand dirhams. So how much is eight hundred thousand? I counted one hundred thousand and one hundred thousand until I had counted eight hundred thousand.) He said: Is it good, woe to you? I said: Yes. 'Umar spent his night sleepless until when the call to the dawn prayer was made. His wife said to him: You did not sleep last night. He said: How can 'Umar ibn al-Khattab sleep when there has come to the people what has not come to them like it since Islam began? Is 'Umar secure if he dies while that wealth is with him and he has not placed it in its right place? When he prayed the dawn prayer, a group of the companions of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ gathered around him. He said to them: Indeed, there has come to the people tonight what has not come to them like it since Islam began, and I have considered an opinion, so advise me. I see that I should measure out to the people by measure. They said: Do not do that, O Commander of the Faithful. Indeed, the people are entering Islam and the wealth is increasing, but give to them according to a register, so that whenever the people increase and the wealth increases, you give them according to it. (So advise me on whom I should begin with among them?) They said: With you, O Commander of the Faithful, for you are the guardian of this affair. Some of them said: The Commander of the Faithful knows best. He said: No, but I will begin with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, then the nearest, then the nearest to him. So he set up the registers on that basis. He began with the Banu Hashim and al-Muttalib and gave them all, then he gave the Banu 'Abd Shams, then the Banu Nawfal, then the Banu 'Abd Manaf. He began with the Banu 'Abd Shams only because he was the brother of Hashim through his mother."

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