[Machine] Umar ibn al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) said to Abdullah ibn al-Arqam, "Distribute the wealth of the Muslims from the treasury once every month. Distribute the wealth of the Muslims once every week." Then he said, "Distribute the wealth from the treasury once every day." A man from the people said, "O Commander of the Faithful, if you were to keep a portion of the wealth of the Muslims, you could use it for emergencies or unforeseen events." Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) then said to the man who spoke, "Satan has run on your tongue. May Allah give me its refutation and protect me from its evil. I will prepare for it what the Messenger of Allah ﷺ prepared for it: obedience to Allah and His Messenger."
قَالَ عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ ؓ لِعَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ الْأَرْقَمِ اقْسِمْ بَيْتَ مَالِ الْمُسْلِمِينَ فِي كُلِّ شَهْرٍ مَرَّةً اقْسِمْ مَالِ الْمُسْلِمِينَ فِي كُلِّ جُمُعَةٍ مَرَّةً ثُمَّ قَالَ اقْسِمْ بَيْتَ الْمَالِ فِي كُلِّ يَوْمٍ مَرَّةً قَالَ فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْقَوْمِ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ لَوْ أَبْقَيْتَ فِي مَالِ الْمُسْلِمِينَ بَقِيَّةً تَعُدُّهَا لِنَائِبَةٍ أَوْ صَوْتٍ يَعْنِي خَارِجَةً قَالَ فَقَالَ عُمَرُ ؓ لِلرَّجُلِ الَّذِي كَلَّمَهُ جَرَى الشَّيْطَانُ عَلَى لِسَانِكِ لَقَّنَنِي اللهُ حُجَّتَهَا وَوَقَانِي شَرَّهَا أَعُدُّ لَهَا مَا أَعَدَّ لَهَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ طَاعَةَ اللهِ ﷻ وَرَسُولِهِ ﷺ
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