Jami' al-Saghir / Jam' al-Jawami' (al-Suyuti) 2-2347b

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"'Uthman ibn 'Urwah said: 'Umar ibn al-Khattab had borrowed eighty thousand from the public treasury. He called 'Abdullah ibn 'Umar and said: 'Sell the wealth of the family of 'Umar for it. If it suffices, well and good; otherwise ask Banu 'Adi, and if it still does not suffice, ask Quraysh, and do not leave them out.' 'Abd al-Rahman ibn 'Awf said: 'Will you not borrow it from the public treasury until you repay it?' He said: 'God forbid that you and your companions after me should say: As for us, we left our share to 'Umar, and so you would tempt me with that, and it would follow me, and I would fall into a matter from which only exit from it would save me.' Then he said to 'Abdullah ibn 'Umar: 'Guarantee it.' He guaranteed it. 'Umar was not buried until Ibn 'Umar called as witnesses the people of the consultation and a number of the Ansar that he had taken it upon himself. A week had not passed after 'Umar was buried before Ibn 'Umar brought the money to 'Uthman ibn 'Affan and summoned witnesses to his release from the debt upon payment of the money."

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