Hadith 83

(The book) ‘Al Kharaij Wa Al Jaraih’ – It is reported from Isa Bin Abdullah Al Hashimy, from his father, from his grandfather, ‘From Ali-asws, he (the narrator) said, ‘When the command returned to him-asws, he-asws instructed Abu Al-Haysam Bin Al-Tayhan and Ammar Bin Yasser and Ubeydullah Bin Abu Rafie and said, ‘Gather the people, then look at what is in their public treasury and distribute between them with the equality’. They found a share for each one of them as being three Dinars, so he-asws instructed them sit for the people and give them. He (the narrator) said, ‘And he-asws took his-asws basket and his-asws coarse shawl, then went to a well of Al-Malik to work in it. The people took that distribution until they reached Al-Zubeyr and Talha and Abdullah Bin Umar. They withheld their hands and said, ‘Is this from you (distributors) or is it from your Master-asws? ’ They said, ‘This is his-asws order. We are not working except by his-asws orders’. They said, ‘Then get permission for us to see him-asws’. They said, ‘There is no (need for) permission to see him-asws, there he-asws is working in a well of Al-Malik’. They rode their animals until they came to him-asws, and they found him-asws under the sun, and with him-asws was an employee of his-asws assisting him-asws. They said to him-asws, ‘The sun is hot, so rise with us to the shade’. He-asws rose with them to it. They said to him-asws, ‘There is nearness for us from the Prophet-saww of Allah-azwj, and a precedence, and Jihad. You-asws are giving us with the sameness, and neither did Umar nor Usman give us with the sameness. They used to give us preference over others’. Ali-asws said: ‘Which of the two is superior in your presence, Umar or Abu Bakr? ’ They said, ‘Abu Bakr’. He-asws said: ‘So, this is an apportionment of Abu Bakr, or else leave Abu Bakr and others, and this here is the Book of Allah-azwj. Look at what right there is for you all and take it’. They (Talha and Al-Zubeyr) said, ‘So, what about our precedence? ’ He-asws said: ‘Are you two more preceding than I-asws am with my-asws precedence? ’ They said, ‘No’. They (Talha and Al-Zubeyr) said, ‘(What about) our close relationship with the Prophet-saww? ’ He-asws said: ‘Is it closer than my-asws relationship (with the Prophet-saww)? ’ They said, ‘No. So, what about our Jihad? ’ He-asws said: ‘Is it greater than my-asws Jihad? ’ They said, ‘No’. He-asws said: ‘By Allah-azwj! Neither I-asws nor this employee of mine-asws except of the same status’. They said, ‘Will you permit us regarding the Umrah? ’ He-asws said: ‘You two are not intending the Umrah, and I-asws know your matter and your concern, so go wherever you so desire to’. When they had both turned around, he-asws said: ‘So the one who breaks, is rather breaking against himself [48: 10]’’. [92]