Jami' al-Saghir / Jam' al-Jawami' (al-Suyuti) 2-3531b

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"On the authority of Yazid ibn Abi Habib, who said: The reason for 'Umar ibn al-Khattab's sharing out (muqasamah) with the governors was that Khalid ibn al-Sa'q recited a poem, which he wrote to 'Umar ibn al-Khattab: Convey to the Commander of the Believers a message... You are the friend of Allah in wealth and in affairs, so do not leave the people of the outlying districts and the ... who spread the wealth of Allah on leather goods in abundance. So send for al-Nu'man and learn his account... and send for Juz', and send for Bishr, and do not forget the two beneficial ones... and the in-law of the sons of Ghazwan is with you, rich in wealth. And do not summon me to testify, for I... am absent, but I see the wonder of the age: horses like gazelles, and white maidens and dolls... and what is not forgotten of hangings and curtains, and a striped garment folded in its wrapping... and folded veils dyed saffron, red... When the Indian merchant comes with a jar of musk, it goes onto their heads... They sell when they sell, and when they campaign they campaign, so how would they have wealth, when we are not of abundant wealth? So share out my own self as ransom for you, for they will be pleased if you share with them half of what is yours. So 'Umar shared with them half of their wealth. And in another narration, 'Umar said: Indeed we have excused him from testimony, and we take from them half of their wealth, so he took half."

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