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upset with him when he sent someone to take half of my wealth, and he even took one shoe and I took the other. But he did that to others who had come to Islam earlier than me, and who had been present at Badr. He was harsh with me, but he was similarly harsh with others. I expected him to treat me well because we were closely related, but I saw that he did not care about that and he did not worry about the blame of anyone for the sake of the truth. That is what took away the feelings I had about him. He got upset with me, but it was only because we had different views. I was there in the arena of war, striving hard. I was there and he was not. I used to give based on the circumstances and be did not like that "

When death approached and he realized that, he wept and said: "There is no deed that I have done that gives me more hope, after saying La ilaha illa-Allah, than an intensely cold night with a raiding party of the Muhajireen, which I spent carrying my shield in the rain, waiting for morning to come so that we could raid the kuffär. You must engage in jihad. I witnessed such and such battles, and there is no place on my body the size of a handspan that has not received a blow from a sword or been pierced by an arrow or spear, but here I am, dying on my bed as a camel dies. May the cowards never prosper. I sought death in the places where it may be sought, but it was only decreed that I should die on my own bed."
Khalid asked 'Umar to execute his will, in which it said: "I entrust my affairs, my estate and the execution of my will to "Umar ibn al-Khatib." "Umar () wept and mourned deeply for him, and the daughters of his paternal uncle also wept for him. It was said to "Umar that he should tell them to stop, but he said: "Let them weep for Abu Sulayman so long as they are not eulogizing him or