[Machine] "O Jarir, by Allah, if it were not for the fact that I am a responsible distributor, I would have given you what was allocated for you. But I see that I should return it to the Muslims, so I will return it. He had allocated a quarter of the revenues to Bjilah, so they collected the tax for three years and then he returned it and gave them eighty dinars."
عُمَرُ ؓ لِجَرِيرٍ يَا جَرِيرُ وَاللهِ لَوْمَا أَنِّي قَاسِمٌ مَسئُولٌ لَكُنْتُمْ عَلَى مَا قُسِمَ لَكُمْ وَلَكِنِّي أَرَى أَنْ أَرُدَّهُ عَلَى الْمُسْلِمِينَ فَرَدَّهُ وَكَانَ جَعَلَ رُبْعَ السَّوَادِ لِبَجِيلَةَ فَأَخَذُوا الْخَرَاجَ ثَلَاثَ سِنِينَ فَرَدَّهُ وَأَعْطَاهُ ثَمَانِينَ دِينَارًا
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