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 well-known fact on which there was no disagreement among the relatives of the Prophet, who do not cease to lay claim on what was given to Fâṭimah as ṣadaḳah and to which she is entitled. Consequently, the commander of the believers has deemed it right to return it to the heirs of Fâṭimah and deliver it to them, seeking thereby to win the favor of Allah by establishing his right and justice, and of Allah's Prophet by carrying out his command and his wish regarding his ṣadaḳah. This the commander of the believers ordered recorded in his registers and sent in writing to his ʿâmils. And since, after the death of the Prophet, it has been customary on every mausim to have any person claim a grant, or ṣadaḳah or promise, and to have his claim accepted, then Fâṭimah's claim on what the Prophet has bestowed on her should—above that of every one else—be accepted as true.

The commander of the believers has written to al-Mubârik aṭ-Ṭabari, his freedman, ordering him to give Fadak back to the heirs of Fâṭimah, the Prophet's daughter, with all its boundaries and the rights attached to it, and including its slaves and products and other things, all to be delivered to Muḥammad ibn-Yaḥya ibn-al-Ḥusain ibn-Zaid ibn-ʿAli ibn-al-Ḥusain ibn-ʿAli ibn-abi-Ṭalib and to Muḥammad ibn-ʿAbdallâh ibn-al-Ḥasan ibn-ʿAli ibn-al-Ḥusain ibn-ʿAli ibn-abi-Ṭâlib, both of whom the commander of the believers has put in charge of the land in behalf of its owners.

Know therefore that this is the opinion of the commander of the believers and what Allah has inspired him to do as His will, and what He has enabled him to do in the way of winning His favor and His Prophet's favor. Let those under thee know it; and treat Muḥammad ibn-Yaḥya