Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 36031 — The affair of al-Qadisiyyah

Muhammad bin Ubaydullah said: Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) appointed Sayyiduna al-Sa'ib bin al-Aqra' (may Allah be pleased with him) governor of al-Mada'in. One day, as he sat in his gathering, a copper statue was brought to him, in the form of a man gesturing with his hands like this, and the narrator spread his hands and closed some of his fingers. Al-Sa'ib bin al-Aqra' said: "This is mine; it is part of what Allah has granted me." Then he wrote to Sayyiduna Umar about this, and Sayyiduna Umar said: "You are only one of the governors of the Muslims. Deposit all of it in the public treasury of the Muslims."