Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 38641 — the first to do a thing, and who did

Sayyiduna Adi bin Hatim (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I came to Sayyiduna Umar bin al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) with some people of my tribe. He was fixing stipends of two thousand for some men of the tribe of Tayy and was turning away from me. I said to him: "O Commander of the Faithful, do you not know me?" Hearing this, Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) laughed, and he laughed until he began to lie back. Then he said: "By Allah, I know you very well. When all the people disbelieved, you believed, and when all of them turned away, you turned toward Islam." Then, offering an excuse, he said: "I have only fixed stipends for people whom poverty has ruined. They are the notables of their clans, and this is because of the obligations that fall upon them."