60. The Supplication of the Unjustly Wronged

Yahya related to me from Malik from Zayd ibn Aslam from hisfather that Umar ibn al-Khattab gave a mawla of his called Hunayycharge over the hima. He said, "Hunayy! Do not harm the people. Fearthe supplication of the wronged, for the supplication of the wrongedis answered. Let the one with a small herd of camels and the one witha small herd of sheep enter, but be wary of the livestock of Ibn Awfand the livestock of Ibn Affan. If their livestock are destroyed, theywill return to palm-trees and agriculture. If the livestock of the onewith a small herd of camels and the one with a small herd of sheep aredestroyed, he will bring his children to me crying, 'Amir al-muminin!Amir al-Muminin!' Shall I neglect them? Water and pasturage are ofless value to me than gold and silver. By Allah, they think that Ihave wronged them. This is their land and their water. They fought forit in the jahiliyya and became muslims on it in Islam. By He in whosehand my self is! Were it not for the mounts which I give to be riddenin the way of Allah, I would not have turned a span of their land intohima."