[Machine] A man with a strong voice and bad behavior towards the enemy was with Abu Musa. They collected spoils of war and Abu Musa gave him his share but he did not complete the payment. The man refused to take it unless he received it in full, so Abu Musa whipped him twenty times and shaved his head. He gathered his hair and took it to Umar. Jarir said, "I am closer to him than anyone else," and Hammad said, "I am closer to him than anyone else." So, Jarir took a lock of hair from his pocket and hit Umar's chest with it. Umar asked, "What's wrong with you?" So he told his story. Umar then wrote a letter to Abu Musa saying, "Peace be upon you. Indeed, so-and-so told me such and such, and I swear to you, if you have done what you did in front of a gathering of people, you should sit with him in front of a gathering of people and be subject to retaliation. And if you have done what you did in private, then he should sit with you in private and take retaliation from you." The people said to him, "Forgive him." He said, "No, by Allah, I will not let him go to anyone from the people." When the letter was handed to him, he sat for retaliation. He raised his head towards the sky and said, "I have forgiven him for the sake of Allah."

أَنَّ رَجُلًا كَانَ ذَا صَوْتٍ وَنِكَايَةٍ عَلَى الْعَدُوِّ مَعَ أَبِي مُوسَى فَغَنِمُوا مَغْنَمًا فَأَعْطَاهُ أَبُو مُوسَى نَصِيبَهُ وَلَمْ يُوفِّهِ فَأَبَى أَنْ يَأْخُذَهُ إِلَّا جَمِيعًا فَضَرَبَهُ عِشْرِينَ سَوْطًا وَحَلَقَ رَأْسَهُ فَجَمَعَ شَعْرَهُ وَذَهَبَ بِهِ إِلَى عُمَرَ ؓ قَالَ جَرِيرٌ وَأَنَا أَقْرَبُ النَّاسِ مِنْهُ وَقَدْ قَالَ حَمَّادٌ وَأَنَا أَقْرَبُ الْقَوْمِ مِنْهُ فَأَخْرَجَ شَعْرًا مِنْ جَيْبِهِ فَضَرَبَ بِهِ صَدْرَ عُمَرَ ؓ قَالَ مَا لَكَ؟ فَذَكَرَ قِصَّتَهُ قَالَ فَكَتَبَ عُمَرُ ؓ إِلَى أَبِي مُوسَى سَلَامٌ عَلَيْكَ أَمَّا بَعْدُ فَإِنَّ فُلَانَ ابْنَ فُلَانٍ أَخْبَرَنِي بِكَذَا وَكَذَا وَإِنِّي أُقْسِمُ عَلَيْكَ إِنْ كُنْتَ فَعَلْتَ مَا فَعَلْتَ فِي مَلَأٍ مِنَ النَّاسِ جَلَسْتَ لَهُ فِي مَلَأٍ مِنَ النَّاسِ فَاقْتَصَّ مِنْكَ وَإِنْ كُنْتَ فَعَلْتَ مَا فَعَلْتَ فِي خَلَاءٍ فَاقْعُدْ لَهُ فِي خَلَاءٍ فَلْيَقْتَصَّ مِنْكَ قَالَ لَهُ النَّاسُ اعْفُ عَنْهُ قَالَ لَا وَاللهِ لَا أَدَعُهُ لِأَحَدٍ مِنَ النَّاسِ فَلَمَّا دَفَعَ إِلَيْهِ الْكِتَابَ قَعَدَ لِلْقَصَاصِ رَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ قَالَ قَدْ عَفَوْتُ عَنْهُ لِلَّهِ