The Companions' fortunes under Uthman

Al-Masudi records what a group of the Companions acquired in the days of Uthman, and sets it against the condition of Umar. ²

Uthman himself left, with his treasurer, a hundred and fifty thousand dinars and a million dirhams, and his estates in the valley of al-Qura and Hunayn were worth a hundred thousand dinars. Al-Zubayr built houses in Basra, Egypt, Kufa, and Alexandria, and left fifty thousand dinars, a thousand horses, and a thousand slaves, male and female. Talha's income from Iraq was a thousand dinars a day, and his house in Kufa was al-Kunasa. Abd al-Rahman ibn Awf (may God be pleased with him)'s wealth, when a quarter of it was valued, came to eighty-four thousand, and he had a hundred horses, a thousand camels, and ten thousand sheep. Sa'd built the palace of al-'Aqiq. Zayd ibn Thabit (may God be pleased with him) left gold and silver that was broken with axes. Ya'la ibn Munya left five hundred thousand dinars. ²

He sets this against Umar, who spent sixteen dinars on his pilgrimage and said: "We have been extravagant." ³

These are al-Masudi's figures alone, and they need a further source.