Sunan Ibn Majah

Sunan Ibn Majah 3116

Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا الْمُحَارِبِيُّ، عَنِ الشَّيْبَانِيِّ، عَنْ وَاصِلٍ الأَحْدَبِ، عَنْ شَقِيقٍ، قَالَ بَعَثَ رَجُلٌ مَعِيَ بِدَرَاهِمَ هَدِيَّةً إِلَى الْبَيْتِ ‏.‏ قَالَ فَدَخَلْتُ الْبَيْتَ وَشَيْبَةُ جَالِسٌ عَلَى كُرْسِيٍّ فَنَاوَلْتُهُ إِيَّاهَا ‏.‏ فَقَالَ أَلَكَ هَذِهِ قُلْتُ لاَ وَلَوْ كَانَتْ لِي لَمْ آتِكَ بِهَا ‏.‏ قَالَ أَمَا لَئِنْ قُلْتَ ذَلِكَ لَقَدْ جَلَسَ عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ مَجْلِسَكَ الَّذِي جَلَسْتَ فِيهِ فَقَالَ لاَ أَخْرُجُ حَتَّى أَقْسِمَ مَالَ الْكَعْبَةِ بَيْنَ فُقَرَاءِ الْمُسْلِمِينَ ‏.‏ قُلْتُ مَا أَنْتَ بِفَاعِلٍ ‏.‏ قَالَ لأَفْعَلَنَّ ‏.‏ قَالَ وَلِمَ ذَاكَ قُلْتُ لأَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ قَدْ رَأَى مَكَانَهُ ‏.‏ وَأَبُو بَكْرٍ وَهُمَا أَحْوَجُ مِنْكَ إِلَى الْمَالِ فَلَمْ يُحَرِّكَاهُ ‏.‏ فَقَامَ كَمَا هُوَ فَخَرَجَ ‏.‏

Translation

Abū Bakr ibn Abī Shaybah narrated to us: al-Muḥāribī narrated to us, from al-Shaybānī, from Wāṣil al-Aḥdab, from Shaqīq, who said: A man sent some dirhams with me as a gift to the House. I entered the House and found Shaybah seated on a chair, so I handed him the money. He asked whether it was mine. I said it was not, and that if it had been mine, I would not have brought it to him. He said: Since I had said that, he would tell me that ʿUmar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb once sat where I was sitting and said he would not leave until he distributed the wealth of the Kaʿbah among the poor Muslims. Shaybah told him he would not do that. ʿUmar said he certainly would. Shaybah asked why, and explained that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) had seen the wealth in its place, as had Abū Bakr, and they needed wealth more than ʿUmar did, yet neither moved it. ʿUmar stood up as he was and left.