أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ حَمْزَةَ، عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ شَيْخٍ مِنْ أَهْلِ دِمَشْقَ، قَالَ: "كُنْتُ عِنْدَ عُمَرَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ، وَعِنْدَهُ سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ حَبِيبٍ، وَأَبُو قِلَابَةَ، إِذْ دَخَلَ غُلَامٌ، فَقَالَ: أَرْضُنَا بِمَكَانِ كَذَا وَكَذَا، بَاعَكُمْ الْوَصِيُّ وَنَحْنُ أَطْفَالٌ، فَالْتَفَتَ إِلَى سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ حَبِيبٍ، فَقَالَ: مَا تَقُولُ ؟ قَالَ: فَأَضْجَعَ فِي الْقَوْلِ، فَالْتَفَتَ إِلَى أَبِي قِلَابَةَ، فَقَالَ: مَا تَقُولُ ؟ قَالَ: رُدَّ عَلَى الْغُلَامِ أَرْضَهُ، قَالَ: إِذًا يَهْلِكُ مَالُنَا ؟ قَالَ: أَنْتَ أَهْلَكْتَهُ".
Ikrimah narrated: A sheikh from Damascus said: I was with Umar bin Abdul Aziz, may Allah have mercy on him, and with him were Sulaiman bin Habib and Abu Qilabah, when suddenly a boy came and said: Such-and-such place is our land which our guardian sold to you when we were children. Umar bin Abdul Aziz, may Allah have mercy on him, turned to Sulaiman bin Habib and said: What do you say about this? He gave an evasive answer. Then he turned to Abu Qilabah and said: What do you say? He said: Return the boy’s land. He said: Then our wealth will be lost. He replied: You yourself have wasted your wealth.