Sunan Ibn Majah

Sunan Ibn Majah 3107

Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا عِيسَى بْنُ يُونُسَ، عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ سَعِيدِ بْنِ أَبِي حُسَيْنٍ، عَنْ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ أَبِي سُلَيْمَانَ، عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ بْنِ نَضْلَةَ، قَالَ تُوُفِّيَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ وَأَبُو بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرُ وَمَا تُدْعَى رِبَاعُ مَكَّةَ إِلاَّ السَّوَائِبَ مَنِ احْتَاجَ سَكَنَ وَمَنِ اسْتَغْنَى أَسْكَنَ ‏.‏

Translation

Abū Bakr ibn Abī Shaybah narrated to us: ʿĪsā ibn Yūnus narrated to us, from ʿUmar ibn Saʿīd ibn Abī Ḥusayn, from ʿUthmān ibn Abī Sulaymān, from ʿAlqamah ibn Naḍlah, who said: The Messenger of God (peace and blessings be upon him), Abū Bakr, and ʿUmar died when the houses of Makkah were regarded as open holdings: whoever needed one lived in it, and whoever had no need let another live in it.