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bayhaqi:21687Abū Bakr Muḥammad b. Ibrāhīm > Abū Naṣr al-ʿIrāqī > Sufyān b. Muḥammad al-Jawharī > ʿAlī b. al-Ḥasan > ʿAbdullāh b. al-Walīd > Sufyān > Sulaymān al-Taymī > a man > Maʿbad al-Juhanī > Muʿāwiyah

[Machine] Muawiyah used to say that when a scribe dies and leaves behind unpaid debts, his estate should be given to his followers, while any remaining should go to his heirs. On the other hand, Umar used to say that he is just a servant and when he dies, he will not have a single dirham left.  

البيهقي:٢١٦٨٧وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ أنبأ أَبُو نَصْرٍ الْعِرَاقِيُّ ثنا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْجَوْهَرِيُّ ثنا عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ ثنا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ ثنا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ التَّيْمِيِّ عَنْ رَجُلٍ عَنْ مَعْبَدٍ الْجُهَنِيِّ

أَنَّ مُعَاوِيَةَ ؓ كَانَ يَقُولُ إِذَا مَاتَ الْمُكَاتَبُ وَتَرَكَ وَفَاءً يُعْطَى مَوَالِيهِ مَالَهُمْ وَمَا بَقِيَ كَانَ لِوَرَثَتِهِ وَكَانَ عُمَرُ ؓ يَقُولُ هُوَ عَبْدٌ مَا بَقِيَ عَلَيْهِ دِرْهَمٌ