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[4577] 49 - (...) Mâlik bin Aws said: 'Umar bin Al-Khaṭṭâb sent for me, and I came to him when the sun had risen high. I found him in his house, lying on his mattress, reclining on a leather pillow. He said to me: O Mâlik, some of your people have come to me for urgent help and I have ordered that they be given a little money. Take it and divide it among them. I said: Would that you had ordered someone else to do this. He said: Take it, O Mâlik. Then Yarfâ' came to him and said: O Amîr Al-Mu'minîn, will you let 'Uthmân, 'Abdur-Raḥmân bin 'Awf, Az-Zubair and Sa'd come in? 'Umar said: Yes, so he let them in, and they came in. Then he came and said: Will you let 'Abbâs and 'Alî come in? He said: Yes, so he let them in. 'Abbâs said: O Amîr Al-Mu'minîn, will you judge between me and this treacherous, betraying, sinful liar? The people said: Yes, O Amîr Al-Mu'minîn, judge between them and let them settle the matter. - Mâlik bin Aws said: I could well imagine that they had sent them on ahead for that purpose. - 'Umar said: Wait a minute. I adjure you by Allâh, by Whose permission the heavens and earth exist, do you know that the Messenger of Allâh ﷺ said: "We (Prophets) have no heirs and whatever we leave behind is charity"? They said: Yes. Then he turned to Al-'Abbâs and 'Alî and said: I adjure you by Allâh, by Whose permission the heavens and earth exist, do you know that the Messenger of Allâh ﷺ said: "We (Prophets) have no heirs and whatever we leave behind is charity"? They said: Yes. 'Umar said: Allâh bestowed upon His Messenger ﷺ that which He did not bestow upon anyone else. He said: "What Allâh gave as booty (Fai') to His Messenger (Muḥammad ﷺ) from the people of the townships - it is for Allâh, His Messenger (Muḥammad ﷺ)" [Al-Hashr 59:7] - I do not know whether he recited the Verse that comes before it or not -. He said: The Messenger of Allâh ﷺ divided the wealth of Banû An-Naḏîr among you, and by Allâh, he did not prefer himself over you, and he did not take it and exclude you, until this property was left. The Messenger of Allâh ﷺ used to take his annual expenditure from it, and spend an equal amount for the sake of Allâh. Then he said: I adjure you by Allâh, by Whose permission the heavens and earth exist, do you know that? They said: Yes. Then he adjured 'Abbâs and 'Alî as he had adjured the others: Do you know that? They said: Yes. He said: When the Messenger of Allâh ﷺ died, Abû Bakr said: I am the successor of the Messenger of Allâh ﷺ, and you came seeking your inheritance from the son of your brother, and this one came seeking the inheritance of his wife from her father, and Abû Bakr said: The Messenger of Allâh ﷺ said: "We (Prophets) have no heirs and whatever we leave behind is charity". You thought that he was lying, sinning, cheating and betraying, but Allâh knows that he was honest, righteous, well guided and following the truth. Then Abû Bakr died, and I am the successor of the Messenger of Allâh ﷺ and the successor of Abû Bakr. You think that I am lying, sinning, cheating and betraying, but Allâh knows that I am honest, righteous, well guided and following the truth. I became the guardian (of this property) and you and he came to me, both with the same purpose. You said: Give it to us, and I said: If you wish, I will give it to you, on condition that you pledge to Allâh that you will use it as the Messenger of Allâh ﷺ used it, and you took it on that basis. He said: Is that not so? They said: Yes. He said: Then you came to me, to judge between you. No, by Allâh, I will not judge between you in any other way until the Hour begins. If you are unable (to fulfill the condition), then give it back to me.