Jami' al-Saghir / Jam' al-Jawami' (al-Suyuti) 2-1781b
"عن جبير بن الحويرث: أنَّ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ اسْتَشَارَ الْمُسْلمِينَ في تَدْوِينِ الدِّيوانِ، فَقَالَ لَهُ عَلىُّ بْنُ أَبِى طَالِبٍ: تَقْسِمُ كُلَّ سَنَةٍ مَا اجْتَمَعَ إِلَيْكَ مِنْ مَالٍ وَلَا تُمْسِكُ مِنْهُ شَيْئًا، وقال عثمان بن عفان: أَرَى مَالًا كَثيرًا يَسَعُ النَّاسَ وَإِنْ لَمْ يُحْصَوْا حَتَّى تَعْرِفَ مَنْ أخَذَ مِمَّنْ لَمْ يَأخُذْ، خَشِيتُ أَنْ يَنْتَشِرَ الأَمْرُ، فَقَال لَهُ الْوَلِيدُ بْنُ هِشَامِ بْنِ المُغِيرَةِ: يَا أَمِيرَ المُؤْمِنيِنَ قَدْ جِئْتُ الشَّامَ فَرَأَيْتُ مُلُوكًا قَدْ دَوَّنُوا دِيوَانًا وَجنَّدُوا جُنُودًا، فَأَخَذَ بقْولِهِ، فَدَعَا عَقِيْلَ بْنَ أَبِى طَالِبٍ، وَمَخْرمَةَ بنَ نَوْفَلٍ، وجُبَيْرَ بنَ مُطعَمٍ، وَكَانُوا مِنْ نُسَّاب قُرَيْشٍ فَقَالَ: اكْتُبُوا النَّاسَ عَلَى مَنَازِلِهِمْ، فَكَتَبُوا فَبَدَأُوا بِبَنِى هَاشِمٍ ثم أَتْبَعُوهُمْ أبَا بَكْرٍ وَقَومَهُ، ثُمَّ عُمَرَ وَقَوْمَهُ عَلَى الْخِلَافَة، فَلَمَّا نَظَر فِيه عُمَرُ قَالَ: وَدِدْتُ وَاللَّه أنَّهُ هكذا ابْتَدَأُوا بِقرَابَةِ النَّبِىِّ ﷺ الأَقْرَبَ فَالأَقْرَبَ حَتَّى تَضَعُوا عُمَرَ حَيْثَ وَضَعَهُ اللَّه".
Translation
Chain of narrators
- Jbyr b. al-Ḥwyrth n ʿUmar b. al-Khaṭṭāb
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"Jubayr ibn al-Huwayrith: 'Umar ibn al-Khattab consulted the Muslims about recording the register (diwan). 'Ali ibn Abi Talib said to him: 'You distribute each year what has come to you of wealth and keep none of it.' 'Uthman ibn 'Affan said: 'I see a large amount of wealth that will suffice the people even if they are not counted, until you know who has taken from one who has not taken. I fear the matter will spread.' al-Walid ibn Hisham ibn al-Mughirah said to him: 'O Commander of the Faithful, I came to Syria and saw kings who had recorded a register and mustered armies.' He adopted his view, and called 'Aqil ibn Abi Talib, Makhramah ibn Nawfal, and Jubayr ibn Mut'im, who were among the genealogists of Quraysh, and said: 'Write the people according to their ranks.' They wrote, beginning with Bani Hashim, then followed them with Abu Bakr and his people, then 'Umar and his people in the caliphate. When 'Umar looked at it he said: 'I wish, by Allah, that they had begun with the closest kin of the Prophet ﷺ, the nearest and then the next nearest, until you place 'Umar where Allah placed him.'"
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Notes
ابن سعد
machine translationIbn Saʿd
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