55 - Muhammad informed us, saying: Waki' informed us, from Sallam ibn Miskin, from Ibn Sirin, who said: "When 'Umar, may Allah be pleased with him, would appoint a man [as governor], he would write in his covenant: 'Listen to him and obey him as long as he acts justly among you.' However, when he appointed Hudhayfah over al-Mada'in, he wrote in his covenant: 'Listen to him and obey him, and give him whatever he asks of you.'" He [Ibn Sirin] said: "Hudhayfah arrived riding a donkey, with a loaf of bread and a piece of meat in his hand." Malik said, on the authority of Talhah: "[He was] letting his legs hang down on one side [of the donkey]."
٥٥ - أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدٌ، قَالَ: أَنْبَأَ وَكِيعٌ، عَنْ سَلَّامِ بْنِ مِسْكِينٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ سِيرِينَ، قَالَ: " كَانَ عُمَرُ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ إِذَا اسْتَعْمَلَ رَجُلًا كَتَبَ فِي عَهْدِهِ أَنِ اسْمَعُوا لَهُ وَأَطِيعُوا مَا عَدَلَ فِيكُمْ، فَلَمَّا اسْتَعْمَلَ حُذَيْفَةَ عَلَى الْمَدَائِنِ كَتَبَ فِي عَهْدِهِ أَنِ اسْمَعُوا لَهُ وَأَطِيعُوا، وَأَعْطُوهُ مَا سَأَلَكُمْ، قَالَ: فَقَدِمَ حُذَيْفَةُ عَلَى حِمَارٍ وَكَانَ بِيَدِهِ رَغِيفٌ وَعِرْقٌ "، قَالَ مَالِكٌ: عَنْ طَلْحَةَ: سَادِلًا رِجْلَيْهِ مِنْ جَانِبٍ
