Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 35240 — What they said on the governor: may

Muhammad bin Ubaydullah al-Thaqafi (may Allah have mercy on him) said: A man from the tribe of Thaqif named Nafi' Abu Abdullah came to Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him). He was the first man to rear colts in Basra. He said: "O Commander of the Believers! On our side, in Basra, there is a piece of land that is not land-tax land, and it will not harm any of the Muslims. If you see fit, assign it to me, and I will grow fodder in it for my horses. Please do so." The narrator said: Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) wrote to Sayyiduna Abu Musa (may Allah be pleased with him): "If the matter is as he has said, then assign that land to him."