Jami' al-Saghir / Jam' al-Jawami' (al-Suyuti) 2-1746b
"عن إبراهيم أن عمر بن الخطاب كان يتحرك وهو خليفة وجهز عيرًا إلى الشام، فبعث إلى عبد الرحمن بن عوف ليستقرضه أربعة آلاف درهم، فقال للرسول: قل له يأخذها من بيت المال، ثم ليردها، فلما جاءه الرسول فأخبره بما قال، شق ذلك عليه، فلقيه عمر فقال: أنت القائل: ليأخذها من بيت المال؟ فإن مت قبل أن تجئ قُلتم أخذها أمير المؤمنين دعوها له، وأُوخذ بها يومَ القيامةِ؟ لا, ولكن أردتُ أن آخذها من رَجُلٍ حريصٍ شحيحٍ مثلك فإن متُّ أخذها من ميراثى".
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"Ibrahim narrated that 'Umar ibn al-Khattab, while he was caliph, was moving about and equipped a caravan to Syria. He sent to 'Abd al-Rahman ibn 'Awf to borrow four thousand dirhams from him. He said to the messenger: 'Tell him to take it from the Bayt al-Mal and then return it.' When the messenger came to him and informed him of what he had said, it grieved him. 'Umar met him and said: 'Did you say: take it from the Bayt al-Mal? If I die before you come (to repay), you will say: the Commander of the Faithful took it, leave it to him, and I will be held accountable for it on the Day of Resurrection? No, but I wanted to take it from a greedy, miserly man like you. If I die, I will take it from my inheritance.'"
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أبو عبيد في الأموال، وابن سعد، [كر] ابن عساكر في تاريخه
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