Jami' al-Saghir / Jam' al-Jawami' (al-Suyuti) 2-2850b
"عن عبد الرَّحمنِ بنِ عَوفٍ قال: بَعَثَ إِلىَّ عُمرُ (أظنهُ قال ظهرًا) () فَأتَيْتُهُ، فَلَمَّا بَلغتُ البَابَ سَمِعْتُ نَحِيبَه فَقُلْتُ (إنَّا للَّه وإنَّا إِلَيْه رَاجعونَ) اعْتُرِى وَاللَّه أميرُ المؤمنينَ اعْتُرِى، فَدَخَلْتُ فَأَخَذْتُ بِمِنْكَبهِ وَقلتُ: لَا بَأسَ يَا أميرَ المُؤمنين، قَال: بَلْ أشَدُّ البَأسِ، فَأخَذَ بيدى فَأدْخَلَنِى البَابَ فإذَا حقائب بَعْضُها فَوْقَ بَعْضٍ، فَقَال: الآن هَانَ آلُ الخَطَّابِ عَلَى اللَّه تَعالَى، إِنَّ اللَّه لَوْ شَاءَ لَجَعَلَ هَذَا إِلَى صَاحِبَىَّ -يَعْنى النَّبِىَّ ﷺ وَأَبَا بَكْرٍ- فَسَنَّا لِى مِنه سُنَّةً أَقْتدِى بِهَا، فَقُلْتُ: اجْلِسْ بِنَا نُفَكِّرُ فَجَعلنَا لأُمَّهَاتِ المُؤمنين أَرْبَعة آلافٍ، أربعة آلاف، وجعلنا للمهاجرين أربعة آلاف، أربعة آلاف، ولِسَائِر النَّاسِ أَلفَينِ أَلْفينِ حَتَّى وَزَّعْنَا ذلِك المَالَ".
Translation
Chain of narrators
- ʿBd al-Raḥmn b. ʿAwf
- Baʿath Il ʿUmr Ẓnh
- Ẓhr Faʾtaytuh Falammā Balght al-Bāb
- Naḥībah Faqult Nnā
Machine translation, not reviewed
"On the authority of 'Abd al-Rahman ibn 'Awf, who said: Umar sent for me (I think he said at midday) (). I came to him, and when I reached the door I heard his sobbing. I said: '(Indeed we belong to Allah and to Him we return). By Allah, the Commander of the Believers has been afflicted, the Commander of the Believers has been afflicted!' I entered, took him by the shoulder, and said: 'There is no harm, O Commander of the Believers.' He said: 'Rather, it is the greatest harm.' He took my hand and brought me in, and there were saddlebags, some on top of others. He said: 'Now the family of al-Khattab has been humiliated before Allah the Exalted. If Allah had willed, He would have given this to my two companions (meaning the Prophet ﷺ and Abu Bakr). So set for me a sunnah which I may follow.' I said: 'Sit with us so we may consider.' We set for the Mothers of the Believers four thousand, four thousand, and for the Muhajirun four thousand, four thousand, and for the rest of the people two thousand, two thousand, until we distributed that wealth."
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أبو عبيد في الأموال، والعدنى
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