Jami' al-Saghir / Jam' al-Jawami' (al-Suyuti) 2-2187b

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“Yahya ibn ‘Abd Allah ibn Malik al-Dar narrated that ‘Umar ibn al-Khattab wrote to ‘Amr ibn al-‘As to carry food from Egypt by sea until it is landed at Bula’, and the coast was to distribute it among the people according to their circumstances and their dependents. The people of Madinah were a confined people and not a land of crops. So ‘Amr ibn al-‘As sent twenty ships by sea, and he sent in one ship three thousand ardabs of grain or more or less, until it reached al-Jar, which is today al-Marfa’. When ‘Umar ibn al-Khattab learned of its arrival, he went out, and the senior companions of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ went out with him. He looked at the ships, praised Allah who had made the sea submissive to them so that the benefits of the Muslims flowed by it to Madinah, and he ordered the chief of al-Jar to receive that food and to take it in full. When ‘Umar came to Madinah, he distributed that food among the people and wrote them tickets to al-Jar, so they went out and received it.”

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