[Machine] Omar to Saad, when Iraq was opened. After that, your letter reached me, reminding me that people asked for you to distribute their spoils, but Allah did not grant them anything. So when my letter reaches you, see what people bring to you from the army, whether it is livestock or wealth, and distribute it among those Muslims who are present. Leave the lands and rivers to their workers, as that will be given to the Muslims. If you distribute it among those present, there will be nothing left for those who come after them.

عُمَرُ إِلَى سَعْدٍ ؓ حِينَ افْتَتَحَ الْعِرَاقَ أَمَّا بَعْدُ فَقَدْ بَلَغَنِي كِتَابُكَ تَذْكُرُ أَنَّ النَّاسَ سَأَلُوكَ أَنْ تَقْسِمَ بَيْنَهُمْ مَغَانِمَهُمْ وَمَا أَفَاءَ اللهُ عَلَيْهِمْ فَإِذَا جَاءَكَ كِتَابِي هَذَا فَانْظُرْ مَا أَجْلَبَ النَّاسُ عَلَيْكَ إِلَى الْعَسْكَرِ مِنْ كُرَاعٍ أَوْ مَالٍ فَاقْسِمْهُ بَيْنَ مَنْ حَضَرَ مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ وَاتْرُكِ الْأَرَضِينَ وَالْأَنْهَارَ لِعُمَّالِهَا فَيَكُونُ ذَلِكَ فِي أَعْطِيَاتِ الْمُسْلِمِينَ فَإِنَّكَ إِنْ قَسَمْتَهَا بَيْنَ مَنْ حَضَرَ لَمْ يَكُنْ لِمَنْ بَقِيَ بَعْدَهُمْ شَيْءٌ