Their disagreement was for the sake of truth

Their disagreement was for the sake of truth

1990 8 August 12 Their disagreement was for the sake of truth (168) Abu Bakr had always made an equal distribution of allowances. It was suggested that he should show more favour towards the Muhajirs and Ansar, but he refused. “They have their rank with God. This is a matter of everyday life, and it is better to be equal in such matters,” he said.

Umer did not agree. When he became Caliph, he paid regard to rank in his distribution of allowances. Five thousand dirhams he allotted for the Muhajirs and Ansar, and four thousand for other Muslims. Accordingly, Usama lbn Zaid got four thousand. But Umer gave his own son, Abdullah, just three thousand. “You have given Usama ibn Zaid four thousand dirhams and allotted me only three thousand,” Abdullah complained to his father. What rank does he or his father enjoy over me?” “Both his father and he were dearer to the Prophet than you,” Umer told him. Towards the end of his life Umer admitted that Abu Bakr’s policy on this matter had been better than his.