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Yahya related to me from Malik that he heard that Luqman al-Hakim
made his will and counselled his son, saying, "My son! Sit with the
learned men and keep close to them. Allah gives life to the hearts
with the light of wisdom as Allah gives life to the dead earth with
the abundant rain of the sky."
Muwatta Malik Book 59, Hadith 1
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Yahya related to me from Malik from Zayd ibn Aslam that his
father said, "Abdullah ibn al-Arqam said, 'Show me a riding-camel
which the amir al-muminim can give me to use.' I said, 'Yes. One of
the sadaqa camels.' Abdullah ibn al-Arqam said, 'Would you want a
stout man on a hot day to wash for you what is under his lower garment
and its folds, and then give it to you to drink?' I was angry and
said, 'May Allah forgive you! Why do you say such things to me?'
Abdullah ibn al-Arqam said, 'Sadaqa is the impurities of people which
they wash off themselves.' "
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Yahya related to me from Malik from Zayd ibn Aslam from his
father that Umar ibn al-Khattab gave a mawla of his called Hunayy
charge over the hima. He said, "Hunayy! Do not harm the people. Fear
the supplication of the wronged, for the supplication of the wronged
is answered. Let the one with a small herd of camels and the one with
a small herd of sheep enter, but be wary of the livestock of Ibn Awf
and the livestock of Ibn Affan. If their livestock are destroyed, they
will return to palm-trees and agriculture. If the livestock of the one
with a small herd of camels and the one with a small herd of sheep are
destroyed, he will bring his children to me crying, 'Amir al-muminin!
Amir al-Muminin!' Shall I neglect them? Water and pasturage are of
less value to me than gold and silver. By Allah, they think that I
have wronged them. This is their land and their water. They fought for
it in the jahiliyya and became muslims on it in Islam. By He in whose
hand my self is! Were it not for the mounts which I give to be ridden
in the way of Allah, I would not have turned a span of their land into
hima."