[Machine] Abdul Khair, I was close to Ali when the people of Najran came to him. He said, I said, "If you have any disagreement with Umar, today is the day to express it." He said, "So they saluted and stood before him. Some of them put their hands inside his sleeve and he took out a book and handed it to Ali. They said, "O Amir al-Mu'minin, your right hand is writing and the messenger of Allah is dictating to you." Ali said, "Then I saw Ali, and tears were streaming down his cheeks. He said, "Then he raised his head towards them and said, "O people of Najran, this is the last book that I have written with the Messenger of Allah's guidance." They said, "Give us what is in it." He said, "I will inform you about that. Indeed, Umar, who took from you, did not take it for himself. He took it for a group of Muslims, and what he took from you was better than what he gave you. By Allah, I will not change anything of what Umar did. Indeed, Umar was wise in his leadership."  

عَبْدُ خَيْرٍ كُنْتُ قَرِيبًا مِنْ عَلِيٍّ ؓ حِينَ جَاءَهُ أَهْلُ نَجْرَانَ قَالَ قُلْتُ إِنْ كَانَ رَادًّا عَلَى عُمَرَ شَيْئًا فَالْيَوْمَ قَالَ فَسَلَّمُوا وَاصْطَفُّوا بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ قَالَ ثُمَّ أَدْخَلَ بَعْضُهُمْ يَدَهُ فِي كُمِّهِ فَأَخْرَجَ كِتَابًا فَوَضَعَهُ فِي يَدِ عَلِيٍّ ؓ قَالُوا يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ خَطُّكُ بِيَمِينِكَ وَإِمْلَاءُ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ عَلَيْكَ قَالَ فَرَأَيْتُ عَلِيًّا ؓ وَقَدْ جَرَتِ الدُّمُوعُ عَلَى خَدِّهِ قَالَ ثُمَّ رَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ إِلَيْهِمْ فَقَالَ يَا أَهْلَ نَجْرَانَ إِنَّ هَذَا لَآخِرُ كِتَابٍ كَتَبْتُهُ بَيْنَ يَدَيْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ قَالُوا فَأَعْطِنَا مَا فِيهِ قَالَ سَأُخْبِرُكُمْ عَنْ ذَاكَ إِنَّ الَّذِي أَخَذَ مِنْكُمْ عُمَرُ ؓ لَمْ يَأْخُذْهُ لِنَفْسِهِ إِنَّمَا أَخَذَهُ لِجَمَاعَةٍ مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ وَكَانَ الَّذِي أَخَذَ مِنْكُمْ خَيْرًا مِمَّا أَعْطَاكُمْ وَاللهِ لَا أَرُدُّ شَيْئًا مِمَّا صَنَعَهُ عُمَرُ ؓ إِنَّ عُمَرَ ؓ كَانَ رَشِيدَ الْأَمْرِ