Jami' al-Saghir / Jam' al-Jawami' (al-Suyuti) 2-1787b

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Ibn 'Umar said: "A caravan of merchants arrived and they camped at al-Musalla. 'Umar said to 'Abd al-Rahman ibn 'Awf: 'Would you like us to guard them tonight from thieves?' So they spent the night guarding them and praying what Allah had decreed for them. 'Umar heard the crying of a child, so he went toward it and said to its mother: 'Fear Allah and be good to your child.' Then he returned to his place, and he heard its crying again, so he went back to its mother and said to her the same thing. (Then he returned to his place, and when it was the last part of the night he heard its crying, so he came to its mother and said: 'Woe to you') () 'I see you as a bad mother. What is wrong with me, I see your son has not been calm since tonight?' She said: 'O servant of Allah, you have wearied me since tonight. I try to wean him from breastfeeding, but he refuses.' He said: 'And why?' She said: 'Because 'Umar only assigns a stipend to those who have been weaned.' He said: 'And how much does he get?' She said: 'Such and such a number of months.' He said: ( ) 'Woe to you, do not hasten him.' Then he prayed the dawn prayer, and the people could not make out his recitation because of the overwhelming crying. When he finished the prayer he said: 'Woe to 'Umar! How many children of the Muslims has he killed!' Then he ordered a herald, who called out: 'Do not hasten your children to weaning, for we assign a stipend to every newborn in Islam.' He wrote about this to the provinces: 'We assign a stipend to every newborn in Islam.'"

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