`Umar bin Al-Khattab fixed a grant of 4000 (Dirhams) for every Early Emigrant (i.e. Muhajir) andfixed a grant of 3500 (Dirhams) only for Ibn `Umar. Somebody said to `Umar, "Ibn `Umar is also oneof the Early Emigrants; why do you give him less than four-thousand?" `Umar replied, "His parentstook him with them when they migrated, so he was not like the one who had migrated by himself.