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]."