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Musannaf Ibn Abi Shayba 28:503

Book of Military Expeditions (Siyar)

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Hadith 28:503

Mu'adh ibn Mu'adh narrated to us, he said: Ibn 'Awn narrated to us, he said: A man from Banu Zurayq narrated to us, he said: Abu Bakr granted Talha a piece of land and wrote a document for him regarding it, and he had witnesses testify to it, among them Umar. So Talha brought the document to Umar and said, "Seal this." He (Umar) said, "I will not seal it. This is for you to the exclusion of the people." So Talha went away angry and came to Abu Bakr and said, "By Allah, I do not know whether you are the Caliph or Umar." He (Abu Bakr) said, "No, rather it is Umar, but he refused."

حدثنا معاذ بن معاذ قال ثنا بن عون قال ثنا رجل من بني زريق قال أقطع أبو بكر طلحة أرضا وكتب له بها كتابا وأشهد به شهودا منهم عمر فأتى طلحة عمر بالكتاب فقال أختم على هذا قال لا أختم عليه هذا لك دون الناس فانطلق طلحة وهو مغضب فأتى أبو بكر فقال والله ما أدري أنت الخليفة أو عمر قال لا بل عمر لكنه أبى