Arabic (Original)
أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو طَاهِرٍ الْفَقِيهُ أنبأ أَبُو حَامِدِ بْنُ بِلَالٍ الْبَزَّازُ ثنا يَحْيَى بْنُ الرَّبِيعِ ثنا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ بُرْقَانَ قَالَ أَتَانَا كِتَابُ عُمَرَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ ؓ تَصَدَّقُوا قَبْلَ الصَّلَاةِ {قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَنْ تَزَكَّى وَذَكَرَ اسْمَ رَبِّهِ فَصَلَّى} [الأعلى 15] وَقُولُوا كَمَا قَالَ أَبُوكُمْ {رَبَّنَا ظَلَمْنَا أَنْفُسَنَا وَإِنْ لَمْ تَغْفِرْ لَنَا وَتَرْحَمْنَا لَنَكُونَنَّ مِنَ الْخَاسِرِينَ} [الأعراف 23] وَقُولُوا كَمَا قَالَ نُوحٌ {وَإِلَّا تَغْفِرْ لِي وَتَرْحَمْنِي أَكُنْ مِنَ الْخَاسِرِينَ} [هود 47] وَقُولُوا كَمَا قَالَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ {وَالَّذِي أَطْمَعُ أَنْ يَغْفِرَ لِي خَطِيئَتِي يَوْمَ الدِّينِ} [الشعراء 82] وَقُولُوا كَمَا قَالَ مُوسَى {رَبِّ إِنِّي ظَلَمْتُ نَفْسِي فَاغْفِرْ لِي فَغَفَرَ لَهُ إِنَّهُ هُوَ الْغَفُورُ الرَّحِيمُ} [القصص 16] وَقُولُوا كَمَا قَالَ ذُو النُّونِ {لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ سُبْحَانَكَ إِنِّي كُنْتُ مِنَ الظَّالِمِينَ} [الأنبياء 87] وَأْرَاهُ كَتَبَ مَنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ عِنْدَهُ مَا يَتَصَدَّقُ بِهِ فَلْيَصُمْ يُرِيدُ وَاللهُ أَعْلَمُ بَعْدَ الْعِيدِ
English Translation
Abu Tahir al-Faqih informed us... from Ja'far ibn Burqan who said: A letter from Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz (may Allah have mercy on him) came to us: 'Give charity before the prayer. {He has certainly succeeded who purifies himself and mentions the name of his Lord and prays} [al-A'la: 14-15]. And say as your father (Adam) said: {Our Lord, we have wronged ourselves, and if You do not forgive us and have mercy upon us, we will surely be among the losers} [al-A'raf: 23]. And say as Nuh said: {If You do not forgive me and have mercy on me, I will be among the losers} [Hud: 47]. And say as Ibrahim said: {And the One whom I hope will forgive me my sin on the Day of Judgment} [al-Shu'ara: 82]. And say as Musa said: {My Lord, I have wronged myself, so forgive me, and He forgave him. Indeed, He is the Forgiving, the Merciful} [al-Qasas: 16]. And say as Dhul-Nun (Yunus) said: {There is no deity except You; exalted are You. Indeed, I have been of the wrongdoers} [al-Anbiya: 87].' And I believe he also wrote: Whoever does not have anything to give in charity, let him fast - meaning, and Allah knows best, after the Eid.