[Machine] "That white and yellow be chosen for him, and not to divide gold and silver among the Muslims." The ruler wrote to him, "After you have written a mention of the book of the Commander of the Faithful, and indeed I found the book of Allah before the book of the Commander of the Faithful. And I swear by Allah, if the heavens and the earth were sewn together for a servant, and he feared Allah, He would make a way out for him from among them. And peace." The ruler ordered a caller to call out, so he called out that they should come forward to receive their shares. And when Mu'awiyah saw what the ruler had done in dividing the spoils, he turned to the one who had imprisoned and restricted him and said, "Indeed, I am a disputant." The gold was not mentioned in the summary by Al-Dhahabi.  

أَنْ يَصْطَفِيَ لَهُ الْبَيْضَاءَ وَالصَّفْرَاءَ وَلَا تَقْسِمُ بَيْنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ ذَهَبًا وَلَا فِضَّةً فَكَتَبَ إِلَيْهِ الْحَكَمُ «أَمَّا بَعْدُ فَإِنَّكَ كَتَبْتَ تَذْكُرُ كِتَابَ أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَإِنِّي وَجَدْتُ كِتَابَ اللَّهِ قَبْلَ كِتَابِ أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَإِنِّي أُقْسِمُ بِاللَّهِ لَوْ كَانَتِ السَّمَاوَاتُ وَالْأَرْضُ رَتْقًا عَلَى عَبْدٍ فَاتَّقَى اللَّهَ لَجَعَلَ لَهُ مِنْ بَيْنَهُمْ مَخْرَجًا وَالسَّلَامُ» أَمَرَ الْحَكَمُ مُنَادِيًا فَنَادَى أَنِ اغْدُوا عَلَى فَيْئِكُمْ فَقَسَمَهُ بَيْنَهُمْ وَأَنَّ مُعَاوِيَةَ لَمَّا فَعَلَ الْحَكَمُ فِي قِسْمَةِ الْفَيْءِ مَا فَعَلَ وَجَّهَ إِلَيْهِ مَنْ قَيَّدَهُ وَحَبَسَهُ فَمَاتَ فِي قُيُودِهِ وَدُفِنَ فِيهَا وَقَالَ «إِنِّي مُخَاصِمٌ» سكت عنه الذهبي في التلخيص