Jami' al-Saghir / Jam' al-Jawami' (al-Suyuti) 2-1785b
"عن جهم بن أَبى جهم قال: قَدِمَ خَالِدُ بْنُ عُرْفُطَةَ الْعُذْرِىِّ عَلَى عُمَرَ فَسَأَلَهُ عَمَّا وَرَاءَهُ فَقَالَ: يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ، تَرَكْتُ مَنْ وَرَائِى يَسْأَلُونَ اللَّه أَنْ يَزِيدَ في عُمُرِكَ مِنْ أَعْمَارهمْ، مَا وَطِئَ أحَدٌ الْقَادِسِيَّةَ إِلَّا عَطَاؤُهُ أَلْفَانِ أَوْ خَمْسَ عَشْرَةَ مِائَةً، وَمَا مِنْ مَوْلُودٍ يُولَدُ إلَّا أُلْحَقَ عَلَى مِائَةٍ وَجَرِيَبْينِ كُلَّ شَهْرٍ ذَكَرًا كَانَ أَوْ أُنثَى، وَمَا يبْلُغُ لَنَا ذَكَرٌ إلَّا أُلْحِقَ عَلَى خَمْسِمَائِةٍ أَوَ سِتِّمَائَة، فَإِذَا خَرجَ هَذَا لأَهْلِ بَيْتٍ مِنهُمْ مَنْ يَأكُلُ الطَّعَامَ، وَمِنْهُمْ مَنْ لَا يَأكُلُ الطَّعَامَ، فَمَا ظَنُّكَ به؟ فَإِنَّهُ لَيُنْفقه فِيمَا يَنْبَغى وَفِيمَا لَا يَنْبَغِى؛ قَالَ عُمَرُ: فَاللَّه الْمُسْتَعَانُ، إِنَّما هُوَ حَقُّهُمْ أُعطُوهُ، وَأَنَا أَسْعَدُ بِأَدَائه إلَيْهِمْ مِنْهُمْ بِأَخذِهِ، فَلَا تَحْمَدنى عَلَيْه، فَإِنَّه لَوْ كَانَ مِنْ مَال الْخَطَّابِ مَا أُعْطيتُموهُ، وَلَكنِّى قَدْ عَلِمْتُ أنَّ فِيه فَضْلًا وَلَا يَنْبَغِى أَنْ أحْبِسَهُ عَنْهُمْ، فَلَوْ أنَّهُ إِذَا خَرجَ عَطَاءُ أحَدِ هَؤُلَاءِ الْعُرَيْبِ ابْتَاعَ مِنْهُ غَنَمًا فَجَعَلَهَا بِسَوَادِهِمْ، ثُمَّ إِذَا خَرَجَ العَطَاءُ الثَّانِيَةَ ابْتَاعَ الرَّأسَ فَجَعلَهُ فِيهَا فإنى -وَيْحَكَ يَا خَالِدُ بْنَ عُرْفُطةَ- أخَافُ عَلَيكمْ أَنْ يَلِيَكُم بَعْدى وُلَاةٌ يُعَدُّ الْعَطَاءُ في زَمَانِهِمْ مَالًا، فَإِنْ بَقِى أحَدٌ مِنْهُمْ، أوَ أحَد مِنْ وَلَدِهِ كَانَ لَهم شَىْءٌ قد اعتقدوه فَيَتَّكئُونَ عليه، فَإِنَّ نَصِيحَتِى لَكَ وَأَنْتَ عِنْدىِ جَالِسٌ كَنَصِيحَتِى مَنْ هُوَ بِزَقْصَى ثَغْرٍ مِنْ ثُغُورِ الْمُسْلَمينَ، وَذَلِكَ لمَا طَوَّقَنِى اللَّه مِنْ أُمُورِهِمْ، قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّه ﷺ: "مَنْ مَاتَ غَاشًا لِرَعيَّتهِ لَمْ يِرحْ رَائِحَةَ الجنَّةِ".
Translation
Chain of narrators
- Jhm b. Abá Jhm
- Qadim Khālid b.
Machine translation, not reviewed
Jahm ibn Abi Jahm said: "Khalid ibn 'Urfutah al-'Udhri came to 'Umar, and he asked him about what was behind him. He said: 'O Commander of the Believers, I left behind me people who ask Allah to add to your life from their lives. No one has set foot in al-Qadisiyyah except that his stipend was two thousand or fifteen hundred. And there is no newborn who is born except that he is added to the list at one hundred and two jaribs each month, male or female. And no male among us reaches maturity except that he is added to the list at five hundred or six hundred. So when this comes out for a household, among them is one who eats food and among them is one who does not eat food. So what is your opinion of it? For he will spend it on what is appropriate and what is not appropriate.' 'Umar said: 'Allah is the One sought for help. It is only their right, so give it to them. I am happier to deliver it to them than they are to take it, so do not praise me for it. For if it were from the wealth of al-Khattab, you would not have been given it. But I know that there is surplus in it, and it is not fitting that I withhold it from them. If, when the stipend of one of these Bedouins comes out, he buys sheep with it and places them with his livestock, then when the second stipend comes out he buys camels and places them with them, then I, woe to you, O Khalid ibn 'Urfutah, fear for you that rulers will come after me who will consider the stipend to be wealth during their time. If one of them remains, or one of his descendants remains, there will be something they have come to regard as theirs and they will lean upon it. My advice to you, while you sit with me, is like my advice to one who is at the farthest frontier of the frontiers of the Muslims, and that is because Allah has entrusted me with their affairs.' The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'Whoever dies while deceiving his subjects will not smell the fragrance of Paradise.'"
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Notes
ابن سعد، [كر] ابن عساكر في تاريخه
machine translationIbn Saʿd; [Kr] Ibn ʿAsākir in his Tārīkh.
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