The Writing of the Diwan and the Stipend

Al-Baladhuri reports that Umar ibn al-Khattab consulted the Muslims about recording the register of names and the fixing of stipends. The opinions differed, and then he took the opinion to record a register and to enlist troops. ¹

Ali ibn Abi Talib said that he would divide each year whatever money had been gathered and keep none of it back. Uthman said that he saw much money that would be enough for the people, and that if they were not counted, it would not be known who had taken from whom and who had not. Al-Walid ibn Hisham ibn al-Mughira said that he had seen the kings of Syria record a register and enlist troops, and Umar took his word. ¹

Umar called Aqil ibn Abi Talib, Makhrama ibn Nawfal and Jubayr ibn Mut'im, who were among the tongues of Quraysh, and ordered them to write the people in their ranks. They began with the Banu Hashim, then the household of Abu Bakr, then Umar and his people. Umar said he would like that, but they should begin with the Prophet's nearest kin and then the next nearest, until they put Umar where God had put him. ¹

The Banu Adi came and said that he was the caliph of the Messenger of God and the caliph of Abu Bakr, so he should put himself where the writers had put him. He refused, saying that he had two companions who had taken a road and he would not oppose them, and that nobility belongs to Muhammad and then to the nearest of kin. He said that if the foreigners came with deeds and the Arabs came with other deeds, the Arabs would be closer to Muhammad on the Day of Resurrection, because whoever is held back by his deeds is not hastened by his lineage. ¹

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