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- ʿAbd Allah related to us; my father related to me; Ḥammad ibn Usāmah related to us; Hishām related from his father that, when Abu Bakr was appointed caliph, he placed every dirham and dinar he owned in the Muslims’ Bayt al-Māl (public treasury) and said, “I used to trade with this wealth and earn my living from it, but once I was entrusted with authority, the people kept me so busy that I could no longer engage in commerce or seek income from it.”
٥٨٨ - حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ، حَدَّثَنِي أبِي، حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ أُسَامَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامٌ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ أَنَّ أَبَا بَكْرٍ، حِينَ اسْتُخْلِفَ أَلْقَى كُلَّ دِرْهَمٍ لَهُ وَدِينَارٍ فِي بَيْتِ مَالِ الْمُسْلِمِينَ وَقَالَ: «كُنْتُ أَتَّجِرُ فِيهِ، وَأَلْتَمِسُ بِهِ، فَلَمَّا وُلِّيتُ شَغَلُونِي عَنِ التِّجَارَةِ وَالطَّلَبِ فِيهِ»