Jami' al-Saghir / Jam' al-Jawami' (al-Suyuti) 2-3478b
"عن السايب بن الأقرع: أن عمر استعمله على المدائن فبينا هو جالس في إيوان كسرى نَظَر إلى تمثال يشير بأصبعه إلى موضع، قال: فوقع في روعى () أنه يشير إلى كنز قال: فاحتفرت ذلك الموضع فاستخرجت كنزًا عظيما فكتبت إلى عمر أخبره، وكتبت: أن هذا شئ أفاءه الله عَلَى دون المسلمين، قال: فكتب إلى عمر: إنك أمير من أمراء المسلمين، فاقسمه بين المسلمين".
Translation
Chain of narrators
- al-Sāyb b. al-Qrʿ n ʿMr
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"From al-Sa'ib ibn al-Aqra': that 'Umar appointed him over al-Mada'in. While he was sitting in the iwan of Kisra, he looked at a statue pointing its finger at a place. It came to my mind that it was pointing to a treasure, so I excavated that place and extracted a great treasure. I wrote to 'Umar informing him, and I wrote: 'This is something Allah has granted me as fay', apart from the Muslims.' He said: 'So 'Umar wrote to me: 'You are one of the commanders of the Muslims, so distribute it among the Muslims.'"
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