Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah

Hazrat Abu Salamah (may Allah have mercy on him) narrates that Hazrat Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: He came to Hazrat Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) from Bahrain. He (may Allah be pleased with him) says: I came and performed the Isha prayer with Hazrat Umar (may Allah be pleased with him). When he saw me, I greeted him with salam. He asked: What have you brought with you? I said: I have brought five hundred thousand. He asked: Do you know what you are saying? I said: I have brought five hundred thousand. He said: You are saying one hundred thousand, and one hundred thousand, and one hundred thousand, and one hundred thousand, and one hundred thousand—until he counted five times. And he said: Surely, you are feeling drowsy. Go to your home and sleep. Then come to me tomorrow. Hazrat Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) says: The next day I came to him. He asked: What have you brought? I said: Five hundred thousand. He asked: Really? I said: Really, and that is all I know. He (may Allah be pleased with him) said to the people: A great amount of wealth has come to me. If you wish, I will count the wealth for you, and if you wish, I will measure it for you. At this, a man said: O Commander of the Faithful! Indeed, I have seen those non-Arabs who record a register of justice and distribute to people based on it. Then Hazrat Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) had a register of justice recorded, and he fixed five thousand each for the Muhajireen, and four thousand each for the Ansar Companions (may Allah be pleased with them), and twelve thousand each for the pure wives of the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him).

Hazrat Qais bin Abi Hazim narrates that Hazrat Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) fixed five thousand (dirhams) each for the Badri Companions (may Allah be pleased with them) and their slaves who were of Arab descent, and said: "I will certainly give them preference over others."

Hazrat Mus'ab bin Sa'd (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that Hazrat Umar bin Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) fixed six thousand each for the Badri Companions (may Allah be pleased with them). And he fixed ten thousand each for the Mothers of the Believers, and due to the special love of the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) for Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her), he added two thousand more for her. Except for two wives, Hazrat Safiyyah bint Huyayy (may Allah be pleased with her) and Hazrat Juwayriyyah bint Harith (may Allah be pleased with her), for whom he fixed six thousand each. And for some women among the Muslim women, he fixed one thousand each. Among these women was Hazrat Umm Abd as well.

Hazrat Qais, may Allah have mercy on him, says that I brought my cousin to Hazrat Ali, may Allah be pleased with him, and I submitted: O Commander of the Faithful, fix an allowance for him as well. He, may Allah be pleased with him, said: Four hundred dirhams. I submitted: Surely, four hundred dirhams will not benefit him much. He, may Allah be pleased with him, increased two hundred dirhams more for him, just as he had increased for the people. He, may Allah be pleased with him, said: It has been increased for him as well. The narrator says: He, may Allah be pleased with him, had increased two hundred dirhams for the people.

Hazrat Umar, who was the freed slave of Hazrat Ghafrah (may Allah be pleased with him), narrates that when the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) passed away, a large amount of wealth came from Bahrain. Hazrat Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Whoever has any debt upon the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) or is owed anything by him, should stand up and take from this wealth. Hazrat Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) stood up and said: Indeed, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) had said: If wealth comes to me from Bahrain, I will surely give you such and such an amount. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said this three times and filled his hand as a gesture. Therefore, Hazrat Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) said to him: Stand up and take with your own hand. So he (may Allah be pleased with him) took it, and it was five hundred dirhams. He (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Count it and give him a thousand. And he (may Allah be pleased with him) distributed ten dirhams each among the people. And he said: These are the promises that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) made to the people.

2. Until the next year came and much more wealth arrived. So he (may Allah be pleased with him) distributed twenty dirhams each among the people, and still, wealth remained. Therefore, he (may Allah be pleased with him) distributed five dirhams each among the slaves as well and said: Indeed, your servants serve you and manage your affairs, so we have given them some wealth as well. The people said: If you (may Allah be pleased with him) had given preference to the Muhajireen and Ansar due to their precedence and higher status with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), it would have been better! He (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Their reward is with Allah. Indeed, equality in this wealth is better than giving preference to anyone. The narrator says: He (may Allah be pleased with him) continued to act in this way during his caliphate until he passed away in the last nights of Jumada al-Akhirah in the thirteenth year of Hijrah.

3. Hazrat Umar bin Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) assumed the caliphate, and many conquests took place, and a great deal of wealth came. He (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Indeed, Hazrat Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) adopted one opinion in this matter, and I have another opinion. I will not equate the one who fought against the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) with the one who fought alongside the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). And he (may Allah be pleased with him) fixed five thousand each for those companions among the Muhajireen and Ansar who participated in the Battle of Badr. And for those Muslims who were like the participants of Badr in accepting Islam but could not be present at Badr, he (may Allah be pleased with him) fixed four thousand each.

4. And he (may Allah be pleased with him) fixed twelve thousand each for the noble wives of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), except for Hazrat Safiyyah and Hazrat Juwayriyyah (may Allah be pleased with them both). For these two, he fixed six thousand each. Both of them refused to accept this. So Hazrat Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said to them: Indeed, I fixed this amount for all of them because of their migration. Upon this, both of them said: You fixed this amount for all of them because of their closeness to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and for us, it should be the same as for them. Hazrat Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) understood this and then fixed twelve thousand each for both of them as well.

5. And he (may Allah be pleased with him) fixed twelve thousand for Hazrat Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) as well. And he fixed four thousand for Hazrat Usama bin Zaid (may Allah be pleased with him), and three thousand for Hazrat Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both). Upon this, Hazrat Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: O father! Why did you give him one thousand more than me, even though his father does not have the virtue that my father has, and he does not have the virtue that I have? Upon this, Hazrat Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Indeed, Usama’s father was more beloved to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) than your father, and Usama himself was more beloved to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) than you. And he (may Allah be pleased with him) fixed five thousand each for Hazrat Hasan and Hazrat Husayn (may Allah be pleased with them both), and due to the love of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) for them, he included them with their father.

6. And he (may Allah be pleased with him) fixed two thousand each for the sons of the Muhajireen and Ansar companions (may Allah be pleased with them). So Hazrat Umar bin Abi Salamah (may Allah be pleased with him) passed by him, and he (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Increase his amount by one thousand. Upon this, Hazrat Muhammad bin Abdullah bin Jahsh (may Allah be pleased with him) said to him: The status that his father has, our fathers do not have, and the status that he has, we do not have? He (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Indeed, I fixed two thousand for him because of his father, Hazrat Abu Salamah (may Allah be pleased with him), and I increased it for him because of his mother, Hazrat Umm Salamah (may Allah be pleased with her). So if your mother had been like his mother, I would have increased one thousand for you as well.

7. And he (may Allah be pleased with him) fixed eight hundred each for the people of Makkah and other people. So Hazrat Talhah bin Ubaidullah (may Allah be pleased with him) brought his brother Uthman, and he (may Allah be pleased with him) fixed eight hundred for him. And Hazrat Nadr bin Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) passed by him, so Hazrat Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said:

Hazrat Qasim bin Abdur Rahman (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that Hazrat Abdullah bin Mas'ud's (may Allah be pleased with him) annual salary was six thousand.

Hazrat Mujahid (may Allah have mercy on him) states that Hazrat Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) fixed six thousand each for the Badri Companions (may Allah be pleased with them). And for the noble wives of the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), he also fixed the same share.

Hazrat Salim bin Abi Al-Ja'd (may Allah have mercy on him) narrates that Hazrat Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) fixed the annual allowance of Hazrat Salman (may Allah be pleased with him) at six thousand.

Hazrat Ubaidah Salmani (may Allah have mercy on him) narrates that Hazrat Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) asked me: What is your opinion, how much salary would be sufficient for a man? I said: Such and such amount. He (may Allah be pleased with him) said: If I remain (alive), I will certainly fix a salary of four thousand for a man. One thousand for his weapon. One thousand for his expenses. And one thousand for him to use at home. And one thousand for that thing. The narrator says that I think he (may Allah be pleased with him) mentioned the horse.

Hazrat Aswad bin Qais, may Allah have mercy on him, narrates from one of his sheikhs that he said: I heard Hazrat Umar bin Khattab, may Allah be pleased with him, saying: If I remain alive until next year, I will certainly and surely give two thousand to the lower-ranking people among the Muhajireen.

Hazrat Aslam (may Allah have mercy on him) narrates that I heard Hazrat Umar bin Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) saying: If I remain alive until next year, I will surely make the later people follow the earlier people, and I will make all of them equal.

Hazrat Muhammad bin Qais (may Allah have mercy on him) narrates that his mother, Hazrat Umm Hakam (may Allah be pleased with her), says that Hazrat Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) added one hundred dirhams to her gift.

Hazrat Abu al-Huwairith (may Allah have mercy on him) narrates that Hazrat Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) fixed seven thousand for Hazrat Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him). And he fixed ten thousand each for Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) and Hazrat Hafsa (may Allah be pleased with her). And he fixed eight thousand each for Hazrat Umm Salama (may Allah be pleased with her), Hazrat Umm Habiba (may Allah be pleased with her), Hazrat Maymuna (may Allah be pleased with her), and Hazrat Sawda (may Allah be pleased with her). And he fixed six thousand each for Hazrat Juwayriya (may Allah be pleased with her) and Hazrat Safiyya (may Allah be pleased with her). And for Hazrat Safiyya bint Abdul Malik (may Allah be pleased with her), he fixed half of the shares that were fixed for the others. Upon this, Hazrat Umm Salama (may Allah be pleased with her) and her companions sent a messenger to Hazrat Uthman bin Affan (may Allah be pleased with him) and said to him that you (may Allah be pleased with you) should speak to Hazrat Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) on our behalf. He has given preference to Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) and Hafsa (may Allah be pleased with her) over us. So Hazrat Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) came to Hazrat Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) and said: Surely your mothers are saying to you that make equality among us, and do not give preference to some of us over others. He (may Allah be pleased with him) said: If I remain alive next year, I will increase two thousand more for them. So when the next year came, he (may Allah be pleased with him) fixed twelve thousand each for Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) and Hazrat Hafsa (may Allah be pleased with her), and ten thousand each for Hazrat Umm Salama (may Allah be pleased with her) and Hazrat Umm Habiba (may Allah be pleased with her). And he fixed eight thousand each for Hazrat Safiyya (may Allah be pleased with her) and Hazrat Juwayriya (may Allah be pleased with her). When they saw this matter, all of them became silent.

Hazrat Ibn Jurayj (may Allah have mercy on him) narrates that my father said: Hazrat Umar bin Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) fixed four thousand each for Hazrat Jubair bin Mut'im (may Allah be pleased with him) and his contemporaries.

Hazrat Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that Hazrat Umar bin Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) fixed three and a half thousand for Hazrat Usama bin Zaid (may Allah be pleased with him), and fixed three thousand for Hazrat Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both). Upon this, Hazrat Abdullah said to Hazrat Umar (may Allah be pleased with him): "You have fixed three and a half thousand for Usama bin Zaid, even though he is not ahead of me in Islam, nor did he participate in those battles in which I was present?!" Hazrat Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) replied: "Because Zaid bin Harithah (may Allah be pleased with him) was more beloved to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) than your father, and Usama bin Zaid was more beloved to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) than you. For this reason, I fixed five hundred more for him than for you."

Hazrat Abu al-Zinad (may Allah have mercy on him) narrates that Hazrat Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) gave each of us one dirham. Then he (may Allah be pleased with him) gave each of us two dirhams. That is, he (may Allah be pleased with him) distributed among them.

Hazrat Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) and Hazrat Saeed bin Al-Musayyib (may Allah have mercy on him) both narrate that Hazrat Umar bin Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) fixed five thousand for the Muhajireen and four thousand for the Ansar. And for those among the children of the Muhajireen who participated in the Battle of Badr, he fixed four thousand. Among them were Usama bin Zaid, Muhammad bin Abdullah bin Jahsh, Umar bin Abi Salamah, and Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them). Hazrat Abdur Rahman bin Auf (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Certainly, Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them) is not like them. Indeed, Abdullah is their leader. Upon this, Hazrat Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them) said to Hazrat Umar (may Allah be pleased with him): If this is my right, then you must give it to me, otherwise do not give it to me at all. So Hazrat Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said to Hazrat Abdur Rahman bin Auf (may Allah be pleased with him): You fix four thousand for me, and five thousand for Abdullah. By Allah, I and you cannot be united on five thousand. Hazrat Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them) said: If it is my right, then give it to me, otherwise do not give it to me at all.

Hazrat Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that when Hazrat Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) was granted the caliphate, he (may Allah be pleased with him) fixed the shares. And he had the registers compiled. And appointed supervisors. Hazrat Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) says: He (may Allah be pleased with him) appointed me as a supervisor over my companions.