حکمت 270: (در زمان حکومت عمر، نسبت به فراوانی زیور و… · Saying 270

وَ رُوِيَ أَنَّهُ ذُكِرَ عِنْدَ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ فِي أَيَّامِهِ حَلْيُ الْكَعْبَةِ وَ كَثْرَتُهُ فَقَالَ قَوْمٌ لَوْ أَخَذْتَهُ فَجَهَّزْتَ بِهِ جُيُوشَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ كَانَ أَعْظَمَ لِلْأَجْرِ وَ مَا تَصْنَعُ الْكَعْبَةُ بِالْحَلْيِ فَهَمَّ عُمَرُ بِذَلِكَ وَ سَأَلَ عَنْهُ أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ (عليه السلام) فَقَالَ (عليه السلام):

إِنَّ هَذَا الْقُرْآنَ أُنْزِلَ عَلَي النَّبِيِّ (صلي الله عليه وآله) وَ الْأَمْوَالُ أَرْبَعَةٌ أَمْوَالُ الْمُسْلِمِينَ فَقَسَّمَهَا بَيْنَ الْوَرَثَةِ فِي الْفَرَائِضِ وَ الْفَيْءُ فَقَسَّمَهُ عَلَي مُسْتَحِقِّيهِ وَ الْخُمُسُ فَوَضَعَهُ اللَّهُ حَيْثُ وَضَعَهُ وَ الصَّدَقَاتُ فَجَعَلَهَا اللَّهُ حَيْثُ جَعَلَهَا وَ كَانَ حَلْيُ الْكَعْبَةِ فِيهَا يَوْمَئِذٍ فَتَرَكَهُ اللَّهُ عَلَي حَالِهِ وَ لَمْ يَتْرُكْهُ نِسْيَاناً وَ لَمْ يَخْفَ عَلَيْهِ مَكَاناً فَأَقِرَّهُ حَيْثُ أَقَرَّهُ اللَّهُ وَ رَسُولُهُ فَقَالَ لَهُ عُمَرُ لَوْلَاكَ لَافْتَضَحْنَا وَ تَرَكَ الْحَلْيَ بِحَالِهِ

It is related that during the days of (Caliph) Umau ibn al-Khattab, the question of the excess of the ornaments of the Ka bah was mentioned to him and some people suggested: If you prepare with it an army of Muslims that will be a matter of great reward; and what would the Ka bah do with the ornaments? Umar thought of doing so b ut asked Amir al-Mu'minin, peace be upon him, when he said: When the Qur'an was descended on the Prophet, peace be upon him and his descendants, there were four kinds of roperty. One, the property of Muslim individuals which he distributed among the successors accoring to fixed shares. Second, the tax (fay) which he distributed to those for whom it was meant. Third the One-fifth (Khums) levy for which Allah had fixed the ways of disposal. Fourth, amounts of charity (sadaqat) whose disposal was also fixed by Allah. The ornaments of Ka bah did exist in those days but Allah left them as they were, but did not leave them by omission, nor were they unknown to Him. Therefore, you retain them where Allah and His Prophet placed them. Thereupon, Umar ibn al-Khattab said: If you had not been here we would have been humiliated; and left the ornaments as they were.