Umar bin Khattab sent for me, so I came to him as the day was advancing. I found him in his house, sitting on a bed, lying directly on its woven straps, leaning against a leather cushion.He said to me, "Malik, some families from your people have come in distress, and I have ordered a small allotment for them. Take it and distribute it among them."I said, "If only you had ordered someone other than me to do this."He said, "Take it, Malik."Then Yarfa came in and said, "Will you receive Uthman, Abdul-Rahman bin Awf, Zubayr, and Saad, Commander of the Believers?"Umar said, "Yes," and gave them permission to enter, so they came in. Then Yarfa came again and said, "Will you receive Abbas and Ali?"He said, "Yes," and gave them permission.Abbas said, "Commander of the Believers, judge between me and this lying, sinful, treacherous, deceitful man."The group said, "Yes, Commander of the Believers, judge between them and give them rest."Malik bin Aws said, "It seemed to me that they had sent the others ahead for that very purpose."Umar said, "Take it slowly. I adjure you by Allah, by whose permission the heavens and the earth stand, do you know that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'We are not inherited from. What we leave behind is charity'?"They said, "Yes."Then he turned to Abbas and Ali and said, "I adjure you both by Allah, by whose permission the heavens and the earth stand, do you know that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'We are not inherited from. What we leave behind is charity'?"They said, "Yes."Umar said, "Allah, Mighty and Majestic, had singled out His Messenger ﷺ with a privilege He gave to no one else. He said, 'And what Allah restored to His Messenger from the people of the towns, it belongs to Allah and to the Messenger' I do not know whether he recited the verse before it or not. So the Messenger of Allah ﷺ distributed among you the wealth of Banu Nadir. By Allah, he did not prefer himself over you, nor did he take it instead of you, until this property remained. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to take from it the expenses of a year, then place what remained alongside the rest of the public funds.Then he said, "I adjure you by Allah, by whose permission the heavens and the earth stand, do you know this?"They said, "Yes."Then he adjured Abbas and Ali in the same manner he had adjured the others, "Do you both know this?"They said, "Yes."He said, "When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ passed away, Abu Bakr said, 'I am the successor of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.' Then you two came, you seeking your inheritance from your nephew, and this one seeking his wife's inheritance from her father. Abu Bakr said, 'The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, We are not inherited from. What we leave behind is charity.' So you considered him a liar, a sinner, treacherous, and deceitful, while Allah knows that he was truthful, righteous, rightly guided, a follower of the truth.Then Abu Bakr passed away, and I became the successor of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and the successor of Abu Bakr. So you considered me a liar, a sinner, treacherous, and deceitful, while Allah knows that I am truthful, righteous, rightly guided, a follower of the truth. I took charge of it.Then you came to me, you and this one, together, your matter being one, and you said, 'Hand it over to us.' I said, 'If you wish, I will hand it over to you, on condition that you bind yourselves by a covenant with Allah to manage it as the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to manage it.' So you took it on that basis."He said, "Is that not so?"They said, "Yes."He said, "Then you came to me asking me to judge between you. No, by Allah, I will not judge between you with anything other than that until the Hour comes. If you are unable to manage it, then return it to me."
و حدثني عبد الله بن محمد بن أسماء الضبعي حدثنا جويرية عن مالك
أرسل إلي عمر بن الخطاب فجئته حين تعالى النهار قال فوجدته في بيته جالسا على سرير مفضيا إلى رماله متكئا على وسادة من أدم فقال لي يا مال إنه قد دف أهل أبيات من قومك وقد أمرت فيهم برضخ فخذه فاقسمه بينهم قال قلت لو أمرت بهذا غيري قال خذه يا مال قال فجاء يرفا فقال هل لك يا أمير المؤمنين في عثمان وعبد الرحمن بن عوف والزبير وسعد فقال عمر نعم فأذن لهم فدخلوا ثم جاء فقال هل لك في عباس وعلي قال نعم فأذن لهما فقال عباس يا أمير المؤمنين اقض بيني وبين هذا الكاذب الآثم الغادر الخائن فقال القوم أجل يا أمير المؤمنين فاقض بينهم وأرحهم فقال مالك بن أوس يخيل إلي أنهم قد كانوا قدموهم لذلك فقال عمر اتئدا أنشدكم بالله الذي بإذنه تقوم السماء والأرض أتعلمون أن رسول الله ﷺ قال لا نورث ما تركنا صدقة قالوا نعم ثم أقبل على العباس وعلي فقال أنشدكما بالله الذي بإذنه تقوم السماء والأرض أتعلمان أن رسول الله ﷺ قال لا نورث ما تركناه صدقة قالا نعم فقال عمر إن الله جل وعز كان خص رسوله ﷺ بخاصة لم يخصص بها أحدا غيره قال {ما أفاء الله على رسوله من أهل القرى فلله وللرسول} ما أدري هل قرأ الآية التي قبلها أم لا قال فقسم رسول الله ﷺ بينكم أموال بني النضير فوالله ما استأثر عليكم ولا أخذها دونكم حتى بقي هذا المال فكان رسول الله ﷺ يأخذ منه نفقة سنة ثم يجعل ما بقي أسوة المال ثم قال أنشدكم بالله الذي بإذنه تقوم السماء والأرض أتعلمون ذلك قالوا نعم ثم نشد عباسا وعليا بمثل ما نشد به القوم أتعلمان ذلك قالا نعم قال فلما توفي رسول الله ﷺ قال أبو بكر أنا ولي رسول الله ﷺ فجئتما تطلب ميراثك من ابن أخيك ويطلب هذا ميراث امرأته من أبيها فقال أبو بكر قال رسول الله ﷺ ما نورث ما تركناه صدقة فرأيتماه كاذبا آثما غادرا خائنا والله يعلم إنه لصادق بار راشد تابع للحق ثم توفي أبو بكر وأنا ولي رسول الله ﷺ وولي أبي بكر فرأيتماني كاذبا آثما غادرا خائنا والله يعلم إني لصادق بار راشد تابع للحق فوليتها ثم جئتني أنت وهذا وأنتما جميع وأمركما واحد فقلتما ادفعها إلينا فقلت إن شئتم دفعتها إليكما على أن عليكما عهد الله أن تعملا فيها بالذي كان يعمل رسول الله ﷺ فأخذتماها بذلك قال أكذلك قالا نعم قال ثم جئتماني لأقضي بينكما ولا والله لا أقضي بينكما بغير ذلك حتى تقوم الساعة فإن عجزتما عنها فرداها إلي