When we conquered Egypt without a peace deal (i.e., by force), az-Zubair bin al-ʿAwwam ؓ stood up and said: “O ʿAmr bin al ʿAs, divide the land.” ʿAmr said: “I shall not divide it.” az-Zubair ؓ said: “By Allah, you will divide it as the Messenger of Allah ﷺ divided Khaibar!” ‘Amr said: “By Allah, I shall not divide it until I write to Ameer al-Muʿmineen.” So he wrote to ʿUmar ؓ and ʿUmar wrote back to him (saying}, Leave it so that the third generation (i.e., the offspring of the foetuses currently in their motherʿs wombs) may use the income from it to go out on campaign for the sake of Allah.

الزُّبَيْرُ وَاللهِ لَتَقْسِمَنَّهَا كَمَا قَسَمَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ خَيْبَرَ قَالَ عَمْرٌو وَاللهِ لَا أَقْسِمُهَا حَتَّى أَكْتُبَ إِلَى أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ فَكَتَبَ إِلَى عُمَرَ فَكَتَبَ إِلَيْهِ عُمَرُ أَنْ أَقِرَّهَا حَتَّى يَغْزُوَ مِنْهَا حَبَلُ الْحَبَلَةِ

[Machine] Al-Zubayr, by Allah, you will divide it just as the Prophet of Allah ﷺ divided Khaybar. Amr said, "By Allah, I will not divide it until I write to the Amir al-Mu'minin." So Umar ibn al-Khattab wrote to him, "Give it to me until Habal al-Habalat is conquered." Ibn Lahi'ah informed me that Khalid ibn Maimun narrated from Abdullah ibn al-Mughirah, who narrated from Sufyan ibn Wahb with the exception that he said, "Amr said, 'I would not say anything about it until I write to Umar ibn al-Khattab.' So he wrote to him, and he wrote to him with this."

الزُّبَيْرُ وَاللهِ لَتَقْسِمَنَّهَا كَمَا قَسَمَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ خَيْبَرَ فَقَالَ عَمْرٌو وَاللهِ لَا أَقْسِمُهَا حَتَّى أَكْتُبَ إِلَى أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ فَكَتَبَ إِلَيْهِ عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ ؓ أَقِرَّهَا حَتَّى تَغْزُوَ مِنْهَا حَبَلُ الْحَبَلَةِ 12829 قَالَ وَأَخْبَرَنِي ابْنُ لَهِيعَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي خَالِدُ بْنُ مَيْمُونٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ الْمُغِيرَةِ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ بْنِ وَهْبٍ بِهَذَا إِلَّا أَنَّهُ قَالَ فَقَالَ عَمْرٌو لَمْ أَكُنْ لِأُحْدِثَ فِيهَا شَيْئًا حَتَّى أَكْتُبَ إِلَى عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ ؓ فَكَتَبَ إِلَيْهِ فَكَتَبَ إِلَيْهِ بِهَذَا