Aslam bin Thalaba reported,

Umar bin Khattab appointed a freed slave of his named Hunay over the protected pasture land. He said to him, "Hunay, hold back your hand from the Muslims, and beware of the prayer of the wronged, for the prayer of the wronged is answered. Allow in the man with the small herd and the man with the few sheep, but keep me away from the livestock of Ibn Awf and the livestock of Ibn Affan. If their cattle perish, they can fall back on date palms and crops, but the man with the small herd and the man with the few sheep, if their livestock perish, will come to me with their children saying, 'Commander of the Faithful, Commander of the Faithful.' Am I then to abandon them? May you have no father. Water and pasture are easier for me to provide than gold and silver. By Allah, they think I have wronged them. This is their own land. They fought over it in the days of ignorance, and they embraced Islam upon it. By the One in whose hand my soul is, were it not for the livestock I send out in the path of Allah, I would not have set aside a single hand-span of their land as protected pasture."

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عن زيد بن أسلم عن أبيه

أن عمر بن الخطاب رضي الله عنه استعمل مولى له يدعى هنيا على الحمى فقال يا هني اضمم جناحك عن المسلمين واتق دعوة المظلوم فإن دعوة المظلوم مستجابة وأدخل رب الصريمة ورب الغنيمة وإياي ونعم ابن عوف ونعم ابن عفان فإنهما إن تهلك ماشيتهما يرجعا إلى نخل وزرع وإن رب الصريمة ورب الغنيمة إن تهلك ماشيتهما يأتني ببنيه فيقول يا أمير المؤمنين أفتاركهم أنا لا أبا لك فالماء والكلأ أيسر علي من الذهب والورق وايم الله إنهم ليرون أني قد ظلمتهم إنها لبلادهم فقاتلوا عليها في الجاهلية وأسلموا عليها في الإسلام والذي نفسي بيده لولا المال الذي أحمل عليه في سبيل الله ما حميت عليهم من بلادهم شبرا