Jami' al-Saghir / Jam' al-Jawami' (al-Suyuti) 2-2992b
"عَنْ عبدِ اللَّه بْن الزُّبَيْرِ قَالَ: أَتَى أَعْرَابِىٌّ عُمَرَ فَقَالَ: يَا أَمِيرَ المُؤمِنِينَ: بِلادُنَا قَاتَلْنا عَلَيْهَا في الجَاهِلِيةِ وَأَسْلَمْنَا عَلَيهَا في الإِسْلَامِ، عَلَامَ تَحْمِيها؟ فَأَطْرَقَ عُمَرُ وَجَعَلَ يَنْفُخُ وَيَفْتِلُ شَاربَه، وَكَانَ إِذَا كَرَبَهُ أَمْرٌ فَتَلَ شَارِبَه وَنفَخَ، فَلَمَّا رَأَى الأَعْرَابِى مَا بِهِ جَعَلَ يُرَدِّدُ ذَلِك، فَقَال عُمَرُ: المالُ مَالُ اللَّه، وَالعبادُ عِبادُ اللَّه وَلَوْلَا مَا أَحْمِل عَلَيه في سَبِيلِ اللَّه مَا أَحْمَيْتُ مِن الأَرْضِ شِبْرًا في شِبْر".
Translation
Chain of narrators
- ʿBd Allāh b. al-Zubayr
- Atá Aʿrābi ʿUmar
Machine translation, not reviewed
"From 'Abdullah ibn al-Zubayr, who said: A Bedouin came to 'Umar and said: 'O Commander of the Believers, we fought for our lands in the Jahiliyyah and embraced Islam for them. Why do you protect them?' 'Umar lowered his head and began to blow and twist his mustache, and when a matter distressed him, he would twist his mustache and blow. When the Bedouin saw what was on him, he kept repeating that. 'Umar said: 'The wealth is the wealth of Allah, and the servants are the servants of Allah. Had it not been for what I would carry in the way of Allah, I would not have protected a span of land by a span.'"
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