[Machine] A delegation of Buzakhah, Asad, and Ghatafan came to Abu Bakr to ask for a peace agreement. Abu Bakr gave them the option between an honorable war or a disgraceful peace. They asked what is a disgraceful peace. Abu Bakr replied, "You will give us your horses and armor, and leave behind people who follow the tails of camels, until Allah shows His Prophet's caliphate and the Muslims an excuse to fight against you. And you kill our people, and we kill your people in Paradise, and you reject what we have taken from you and claim what we have gained from you." Umar then said, "You have seen an opinion, and we will inform you. If they give us their horses and armor, then that is what you have seen. And if they leave behind people who follow the tails of camels, until Allah shows His Prophet's caliphate and the Muslims an excuse to fight against them, then that is what you have seen. And if we take what we have gained from them and they reject what we have taken from them, then that is what you have seen. And if they kill our people in the Fire and we kill their people in Paradise, then that is what you have seen. And if they pay for our dead, then there is no killing, they were killed on the command of Allah, so they have no payment. And people followed that." Sheikh Rahimahullah said, "The words of Umar ibn Al-Khattab about wealth do not contradict his words about blood. He only intended by them, and Allah knows best, what has been destroyed in their hands of the best wealth of the Muslims. They do not include what they have destroyed."  

جَاءَ وَفْدُ بُزَاخَةَ أَسَدٍ وَغَطَفَانَ إِلَى أَبِي بَكْرٍ ؓ يَسْأَلُونَهُ الصُّلْحَ فَخَيَّرَهُمْ أَبُو بَكْرٍ ؓ بَيْنَ الْحَرْبِ الْمُجْلِيَةِ أَوِ السَّلْمِ الْمُخْزِيَةِ قَالَ فَقَالُوا هَذَا الْحَرْبُ الْمُجْلِيَةُ قَدْ عَرَفْنَا فَمَا السَّلْمُ الْمُخْزِيَةُ؟ قَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ ؓ تُؤَدُّونَ الْحَلْقَةَ وَالْكُرَاعَ وَتَتْرُكُونَ أَقْوَامًا تَتَّبِعُونَ أَذْنَابَ الْإِبِلِ حَتَّى يُرِيَ اللهُ خَلِيفَةَ نَبِيِّهِ وَالْمُسْلِمِينَ أَمْرًا يَعْذِرُونَكُمْ بِهِ وَتَدُونَ قَتْلَانَا وَلَا نَدِي قَتْلَاكُمْ وَقَتْلَانَا فِي الْجَنَّةِ وَقَتْلَاكُمْ فِي النَّارِ وَتَرُدُّونَ مَا أَصَبْتُمْ مِنَّا وَنَغْنَمُ مَا أَصَبْنَا مِنْكُمْ قَالَ فَقَالَ عُمَرُ ؓ قَدْ رَأَيْتَ رَأْيًا وَسَنُشِيرُ عَلَيْكَ أَمَّا أَنْ يُؤَدُّوا الْحَلْقَةَ وَالْكُرَاعَ فَنِعِمَّا رَأَيْتَ وَأَمَّا أَنْ يَتْرُكُوا قَوْمًا يَتَّبِعُونَ أَذْنَابَ الْإِبِلِ حَتَّى يُرِيَ اللهُ خَلِيفَةَ نَبِيِّهِ وَالْمُسْلِمِينَ أَمْرًا يَعْذِرُونَهُمْ بِهِ فَنِعِمَّا رَأَيْتَ وَأَمَّا أَنْ نَغْنَمَ مَا أَصَبْنَا مِنْهُمْ وَيَرُدُّونَ مَا أَصَابُوا مِنَّا فَنِعِمَّا رَأَيْتَ وَأَمَّا أَنَّ قَتْلَاهُمْ فِي النَّارِ وَقَتْلَانَا فِي الْجَنَّةِ فَنِعِمَّا رَأَيْتَ وَأَمَّا أَنْ يَدُوا قَتْلَانَا فَلَا قَتْلَانَا قُتِلُوا عَلَى أَمْرِ اللهِ فَلَا دِيَاتَ لَهُمْ فَتَتَابَعَ النَّاسُ عَلَى ذَلِكَ قَالَ الشَّيْخُ رَحِمَهُ اللهُ وَقَوْلُ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ ؓ فِي الْأَمْوَالِ لَا يُخَالِفُ قَوْلَهُ فِي الدِّمَاءِ فَإِنَّهُ إِنَّمَا أَرَادَ بِهِ وَاللهُ أَعْلَمُ مَا أُصِيبَ فِي أَيْدِيهِمْ مِنْ أَعْيَانِ أَمْوَالِ الْمُسْلِمِينَ لَا تَضْمِينَ مَا أَتْلَفُوا