ʿAmr ibn Muhājir, in place of al-Walīd.(1)

Marwān ibn Muʿāwiyah—through Maʿrūf ibn Mushkān—from Mujāhid:

ʿUmar ibn ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz once said to me, “What are people saying about me?”

I replied, “They say you are bewitched.”

He said, “I am not bewitched.”

Then he summoned a young servant of his and said, “Woe to you! What made you give me poison to drink?”

The boy answered, “I was given one thousand dinars and promised my freedom.”

He said, “Bring them here.”

The boy brought the money; ʿUmar cast it into the public treasury and said, “Go where no one can see you.”(2)

Ismāʿīl ibn ʿAyyāsh—through ʿAmr ibn Muhājir—reported:

“ʿUmar ibn ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz craved some apples. A relative of his presented him with a tray of apples, and he exclaimed, ‘How fragrant and delightful they are!’

“Then he said, ‘Put them away, boy, and return them to the one who brought them. Convey my greetings to your master and tell him: Your gift has reached us exactly where you would have wished.’

“I said, ‘Commander of the Believers, he is your cousin, a member of your household, and you know that the Messenger of Allah—peace and blessings be upon him—used to accept gifts.’

“He replied, ‘Woe to you! In his time a gift was truly a gift; today it counts as a bribe.’”

Ibn ʿUyaynah said: I asked ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ibn ʿUmar, “What were the last words your father spoke?”

He answered, “My father had four sons—myself, ʿAbdullāh, ʿĀṣim, and Ibrāhīm. We were still young boys, and we came in to greet him and bid him farewell.

“Someone said to him, ‘You are leaving children behind with no wealth, and you have not placed them under anyone’s care!’

“He replied, ‘I would never give them what is not theirs, nor would I withhold from them a right that belongs to them. My Guardian concerning them is Allah, who cares for the righteous. They are only one…’