[Machine] Al-Qa'nabi narrated from Malik, from Thawr ibn Zaid al-Dili, from Ibn AbduAllah ibn Sufyan, from his grandfather Sufyan ibn AbduAllah, that Umar ibn al-Khattab sent him as an official verifier. He would count the provisions for the people, and they said to him, "You count the provisions for us but do not take anything from it?" When he came to Umar ibn al-Khattab, he mentioned this to him, and Umar ibn al-Khattab said to him, "Yes, you count the provisions for them while the shepherd carries them, and you do not take the fruit or the milk or the weaned young one or the lamb's livestock, but you take the logs and the branches. This is fairness between the sustenance and its best."  

ثنا الْقَعْنَبِيُّ عَنْ مَالِكٍ عَنْ ثَوْرِ بْنِ زَيْدٍ الدِّيلِيِّ عَنِ ابْنٍ لِعَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ سُفْيَانَ عَنْ جَدِّهِ سُفْيَانَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ أَنَّ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابَ ؓ بَعَثَهُ مُصَدِّقًا فَكَانَ يَعُدُّ عَلَى النَّاسِ بِالسَّخْلِ فَقَالُوا تَعُدُّ عَلَيْنَا بِالسَّخْلِ وَلَا تَأْخُذُ مِنْهُ شَيْئًا؟ فَلَمَّا قَدِمَ عَلَى عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ ؓ ذَكَرَ ذَلِكَ لَهُ فَقَالَ لَهُ عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ ؓ «نَعَمْ تَعُدُّ عَلَيْهِمْ بِالسَّخْلَةِ يَحْمِلُهَا الرَّاعِي وَلَا تَأْخُذْهَا وَلَا تَأْخُذِ الْأَكُولَةَ وَلَا الرُّبَّى وَلَا الْمَاخِضَ وَلَا فَحْلَ الْغَنَمِ وَتَأْخُذُ الْجَذَعَةَ وَالثَّنِيَّةَ وَذَلِكَ عَدْلٌ بَيْنَ غِذَاءِ الْمَالِ وَخِيَارِهِ»