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السنن الكبرى للبيهقي
Sunan al-Kubra al-Bayhaqi
كتاب السير
Book of Military Expeditions
باب: السواد
Chapter: The Sawad of Iraq
Bayhaqi 18369 — The Sawad of Iraq
اُردوEn
أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو سَعِيدٍ، ثنا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ، ثنا الْحَسَنُ، ثنا يَحْيَى، ثنا ابْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ، عَنِ ابْنِ لَهِيعَةَ، عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ أَبِي حَبِيبٍ، قَالَ: كَتَبَ عُمَرُ إِلَى سَعْدٍ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُمَا حِينَ افْتَتَحَ الْعِرَاقَ: أَمَّا بَعْدُ، فَقَدْ بَلَغَنِي كِتَابُكَ تَذْكُرُ أَنَّ النَّاسَ سَأَلُوكَ أَنْ تَقْسِمَ بَيْنَهُمْ مَغَانِمَهُمْ وَمَا أَفَاءَ اللهُ عَلَيْهِمْ، فَإِذَا جَاءَكَ كِتَابِي هَذَا فَانْظُرْ مَا أَجْلَبَ النَّاسُ عَلَيْكَ إِلَى الْعَسْكَرِ مِنْ كُرَاعٍ أَوْ مَالٍ فَاقْسِمْهُ بَيْنَ مَنْ حَضَرَ مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ، وَاتْرُكِ الْأَرَضِينَ وَالْأَنْهَارَ لِعُمَّالِهَا، فَيَكُونُ ذَلِكَ فِي أَعْطِيَاتِ الْمُسْلِمِينَ، فَإِنَّكَ إِنْ قَسَمْتَهَا بَيْنَ مَنْ حَضَرَ لَمْ يَكُنْ لِمَنْ بَقِيَ بَعْدَهُمْ شَيْءٌ.
Yazid bin Abi Habib (may Allah have mercy on him) said that Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) wrote to Sa'd (may Allah be pleased with him) at the time of the conquest of Iraq: After praise and glorification: Your letter has reached me, in which you mention that the people ask you to divide the spoils of war among them, and what Allah has granted you as fay'. When my letter reaches you, look at whatever horses or wealth the people have brought to you in the camp, and divide it among the Muslims who are present. Leave the lands and the rivers to those who work them, so that (their revenue) goes into the stipends of the Muslims. If you divide them among those present, nothing will remain for those who come after them.
