Arabic (Original)
أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو أَحْمَدَ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْحَسَنِ الْمِهْرَجَانِيُّ أنبأ أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ الْمُزَكِّي ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الْبُوشَنْجِيُّ ثنا ابْنُ بُكَيْرٍ ثنا مَالِكٌ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ يَسَارٍ أَنَّ أَهْلَ الشَّامِ قَالُوا لِأَبِي عُبَيْدَةَ بْنِ الْجَرَّاحِ ؓ خُذْ مِنْ خَيْلِنَا وَرَقِيقِنَا صَدَقَةً فَأَبَى ثُمَّ كَتَبَ إِلَى عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ ؓ فَأَبَى فَكَلَّمُوهُ أَيْضًا فَكَتَبَ إِلَى عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ فَكَتَبَ إِلَيْهِ عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ إِنْ أَحَبُّوا فَخُذْهَا مِنْهُمْ وَارْدُدْهَا عَلَيْهِمْ وَارْزُقْ رَقِيقَهُمْ قَالَ مَالِكٌ أَيِ ارْدُدْهَا عَلَى فُقَرَائِهِمْ
English Translation
Abu Ahmad 'Abdullah ibn Muhammad ibn al-Hasan al-Mihrajani narrated to us... from Ibn Shihab, from Sulayman ibn Yasar, that the people of Syria said to Abu 'Ubaydah ibn al-Jarrah (may Allah be pleased with him): 'Take charity from our horses and slaves.' He refused. Then he wrote to 'Umar ibn al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him), who also refused. They spoke to him again, and he wrote to 'Umar, and 'Umar wrote to him: 'If they wish, take it from them and return it to them, and provide for their slaves.' Malik said: meaning return it to their poor.