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Yahya related to me from Malik from Abdullah ibn Abi Bakr that a man from the Ansar was praying in a garden of his in Quff, one of the valleys of Madina, during the date season and the palms' branches were weighed down with fruit on all sides. He looked at them and what he saw of their fruits amazed him. Then he went back to his prayer and he did not know how much he had prayed. He said, "A trial has befallen me in this property of mine." So he went toUthman ibn Affan, who was the khalifa at the time, and mentioned it to him and said, "It is sadaqa, so give it away in the paths of good." Uthman ibn Affan sold it for fifty thousand and so that property became known as the Fifty

وحدثني عن مالك، عن عبد الله بن ابي بكر، ان رجلا، من الانصار كان يصلي في حايط له بالقف - واد من اودية المدينة - في زمان الثمر والنخل قد ذللت فهي مطوقة بثمرها فنظر اليها فاعجبه ما راى من ثمرها ثم رجع الى صلاته فاذا هو لا يدري كم صلى فقال لقد اصابتني في مالي هذا فتنة . فجاء عثمان بن عفان - وهو يوميذ خليفة - فذكر له ذلك وقال هو صدقة فاجعله في سبل الخير . فباعه عثمان بن عفان بخمسين الفا فسمي ذلك المال الخمسين