While I was at home, the sun rose high and it got hot. Suddenly the messenger of `Umar bin Al-Khattab came to me and said, "The chief of the believers has sent for you." So, I went along with himtill I entered the place where `Umar was sitting on a bedstead made of date-palm leaves and coveredwith no mattress, and he was leaning over a leather pillow. I greeted him and sat down. He said, "OMali! Some persons of your people who have families came to me and I have ordered that a giftshould be given to them, so take it and distribute it among them." I said, "O chief of the believers! Iwish that you order someone else to do it." He said, "O man! Take it." While I was sitting there withhim, his doorman Yarfa' came saying, "`Uthman, `Abdur-Rahman bin `Auf, Az-Zubair and Sa`d binAbi Waqqas are asking your permission (to see you); may I admit them?"`Umar said, "Yes", So they were admitted and they came in, greeted him, and sat down. After a whileYarfa' came again and said, "May I admit `Ali and `Abbas?" `Umar said, "yes." So, they wereadmitted and they came in and greeted (him) and sat down. Then `Abbas said, "O chief of thebelievers! Judge between me and this (i.e. `Ali)." They had a dispute regarding the property of BaniAn-Nadir which Allah had given to His Apostle as Fai. The group (i.e. `Uthman and his companions)said, "O chief of the believers! Judge between them and relieve both of them front each other." `Umarsaid, "Be patient! I beseech you by Allah by Whose Permission the Heaven and the Earth exist, doyou know that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, 'Our (i.e. prophets') property will not be inherited, and whateverwe leave, is Sadaqa (to be used for charity),' and Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) meant himself (by saying "we'')?"The group said, "He said so." `Umar then turned to `Ali and `Abbas and said, "I beseech you by Allah,do you know that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said so?" They replied, " He said so." `Umar then said, "So, I willtalk to you about this matter. Allah bestowed on His Apostle with a special favor of something of thisFai (booty) which he gave to nobody else." `Umar then recited the Holy Verses: "What Allahbestowed as (Fai) Booty on his Apostle (Muhammad) from them --- for this you made no expeditionwith either cavalry or camelry: But Allah gives power to His Apostles over whomever He will 'AndAllah is able to do all things." 9:6)`Umar added "So this property was especially given to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ), but, by Allah, neither did hetake possession of it and leave your, nor did he favor himself with it to your exclusion, but he gave itto all of you and distributed it amongst you till this property remained out of it. Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) usedto spend the yearly expenses of his family out of this property and used to keep the rest of its revenueto be spent on Allah 's Cause. Allah 's Apostle kept on doing this during all his lifetime. I ask you byAllah do you know this?" They replies in the affirmative. `Umar then said to `Ali and `Abbas. "I askyou by Allah, do you know this?" `Umar added, "When Allah had taken His Prophet unto Him, 'AbuBakr said, 'I am the successor of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) so, Abu Bakr took over that property and managed itin the same way as Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) used to do, and Allah knows that he was true, pious and rightlyguided,and he was a follower of what was right.Then Allah took Abu Bakr unto Him and I became Abu Bakr's successor, and I kept that property inmy possession for the first two years of my Caliphate, managing it in the same way as Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)used to do and as Abu Bakr used to do, and Allah knows that I have been true, pious, rightly guided,and a follower of what is right. Now you both (i.e. 'Ah and `Abbas) came to talk to me, bearing thesame claim and presenting the same case; you, `Abbas, came to me asking for your share from yournephew's property, and this man, i.e. `Ali, came to me asking for his wife's share from her father'sproperty. I told you both that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, 'Our (prophets') properties are not to be inherited,but what we leave is Sadaqa (to be used for charity).'When I thought it right that I should hand over this property to you, I said to you, 'I am ready to handover this property to you if you wish, on the condition that you would take Allah's Pledge andConvention that you would manage it in the same way as Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) used to, and as Abu Bakrused to do, and as I have done since I was in charge of it.' So, both of you said (to me), 'Hand it overto us,' and on that condition I handed it over to you. So, I ask you by Allah, did I hand it over to themon this condition?" The group aid, "Yes." Then `Umar faced `Ali and `Abbas saying, "I ask you byAllah, did I hand it over to you on this condition?" They said, "Yes. " He said, " Do you want now togive a different decision? By Allah, by Whose Leave both the Heaven and the Earth exist, I will nevergive any decision other than that (I have already given). And if you are unable to manage it, thenreturn it to me, and I will do the job on your behalf."