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112 – Abu Bakr al-‘Umari related to us; Abu Ya‘qub al-Madini related to us; from Sufyan ibn ‘Uyaynah: a Bedouin was making tawaf around the House as he kept saying:
O Lord, my little girls are burden enough—enough!
They have emptied my mind and eaten up my living;
if You give me another, You will have broken my heart.
‘Umar overheard him and asked, “How many daughters do you have?” He replied, “Four, O Commander of the Believers.” So ‘Umar ordered that he be granted a stipend of two dirhams each day.
١١٢ - حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو بَكْرٍ الْعُمَرِيُّ، حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو يَعْقُوبَ الْمَدِينِيُّ، عَنْ سُفْيَانَ بْنِ عُيَيْنَةَ، أَنَّ أَعْرَابِيًّا طَافَ بِالْبَيْتِ وَهُوَ يَقُولُ:
[البحر الرجز]
يَا رَبِّ حَسْبِي بُنَيَّاتِي حَسْبِي
أَذْهَبْنَ مُخِّي وَأَكَلْنَ كَسْبِي
إِنْ زِدْتَنِي أُخْرَى قَطَعْتَ قَلْبِي
فَسَمِعَهُ عُمَرُ فَقَالَ: «كَمْ بَنَاتُكَ» ؟ قَالَ: أَرْبَعٌ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ «فَأَمَرَ لَهُ عُمَرُ بِأَجْرٍ دِرْهَمَيْنِ فِي الْيَوْمِ»