As-salaamu'alaykum,
During the days of Al-Qaadisiyyah, Sa’ad ibn Abi Waqqaas (radiyAllahu anh) sent Umar a number of Kisrah’s (Chosroes was the Emperor of Persia) personal items: His robe, sword, girdle, lower garments, shirt, crown and shoes. When Umar received these items, a number of people gathered around him. He looked at the faces of the people who sat before him and he saw that the biggest and tallest of them was Suraaqah ibn Ja’tham al-Madlajee. Umar said:
“O Suraaqah, stand up and wear (these articles of clothing).”
When Suraaqah had attired himself in the complete outfit, Umar ordered him to move back and then to move forwards; each time, Suraaqah obliged the Khaleefah’s request.
Umar then said,
“Wonder, Wonderful: A Bedouin from the Banu Madlaj tribe wearing the robe, lower garments, sword, girdle, crown and shoes of Kisrah.”
Umar then ordered Suraaqah to remove Kisrah’s former articles of clothing, after which Umar said,
“(O Allah) You indeed forbade Your Messenger and Prophet from this (from acting the part of a proud king), and he
was more beloved to You and more honoured by You than I am. And you forbade Abu Bakr (from acting the part of a proud king), and he too was more beloved to You and more honoured by You than I am. Then you gave me these things (things that I can wear and that I can use to declare myself a powerful king). I seek refuge in You from You having given me these things as a means of misguiding me.”
Umar then cried and continued to cry until the people who were with him began to pity him. Umar then said to Abdur-Rahmaan,
“I take a strong oath from you that you will sell these items and then distribute the proceeds of that sale before nightfall.”
(Mahd as-Sawaab fee fadaail Ameer al-Mu’mineen, Umar ibn al-Khattaab, 2/625).
During the days of Al-Qaadisiyyah, Sa’ad ibn Abi Waqqaas (radiyAllahu anh) sent Umar a number of Kisrah’s (Chosroes was the Emperor of Persia) personal items: His robe, sword, girdle, lower garments, shirt, crown and shoes. When Umar received these items, a number of people gathered around him. He looked at the faces of the people who sat before him and he saw that the biggest and tallest of them was Suraaqah ibn Ja’tham al-Madlajee. Umar said:
“O Suraaqah, stand up and wear (these articles of clothing).”
When Suraaqah had attired himself in the complete outfit, Umar ordered him to move back and then to move forwards; each time, Suraaqah obliged the Khaleefah’s request.
Umar then said,
“Wonder, Wonderful: A Bedouin from the Banu Madlaj tribe wearing the robe, lower garments, sword, girdle, crown and shoes of Kisrah.”
Umar then ordered Suraaqah to remove Kisrah’s former articles of clothing, after which Umar said,
“(O Allah) You indeed forbade Your Messenger and Prophet from this (from acting the part of a proud king), and he
was more beloved to You and more honoured by You than I am. And you forbade Abu Bakr (from acting the part of a proud king), and he too was more beloved to You and more honoured by You than I am. Then you gave me these things (things that I can wear and that I can use to declare myself a powerful king). I seek refuge in You from You having given me these things as a means of misguiding me.”Umar then cried and continued to cry until the people who were with him began to pity him. Umar then said to Abdur-Rahmaan,
“I take a strong oath from you that you will sell these items and then distribute the proceeds of that sale before nightfall.”
(Mahd as-Sawaab fee fadaail Ameer al-Mu’mineen, Umar ibn al-Khattaab, 2/625).
