Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 38551 — the first to do a thing, and who did

Humayd bin Hilal said: Sayyiduna al-Ala bin al-Hadrami (may Allah be pleased with him) sent 800,000 dirhams from the land tax (kharaj) of Bahrain to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). This was the first land tax brought to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). He gave the order, and the wealth was poured out on a mat spread in the mosque. The muezzin called the adhan and he (peace and blessings be upon him) led the prayer. Then he came to the wealth and stood by it; he gave nothing to anyone who stayed silent and refused no one who asked. A man would come and say: Give to me, and he would say to him: Take a handful. Then a man would come and say: Give to me, and he would say to him: Take two handfuls. Then a man would come and say: Give to me, and he would say to him: Take three handfuls. Then Sayyiduna al-Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) came and said: O Messenger of Allah! Give to me from this wealth as well, for I paid my ransom and the ransom of Aqil at the Battle of Badr, while Aqil had no wealth. Then Sayyiduna al-Abbas began filling the cloak he was wearing with the wealth. When he had filled the cloak and went to lift it, he could not lift it. He said: O Messenger of Allah! Have it loaded onto me. He looked at him and laughed until his blessed teeth showed. He said to him: Reduce the wealth and carry as much as you can carry. When Sayyiduna al-Abbas turned away, he said: Of the two things Allah promised us, He has fulfilled one, and we are waiting for the other. That is the saying of Allah Almighty: "O Prophet, say to those captives who are in your hands: If Allah knows any good in your hearts" [Al-Anfal: 70], to the end of the verse. Allah has fulfilled this, and we are waiting for the other to be fulfilled.