'File 5/C Boundary questions: attacks on Ikhwan; dispute between Shaikh Salim and Ibn Sa`ud' [‎86r] (171/230)

% Zakat" of Al-Awazim*
lour father used to take the Zakat from the ttutair*3ubia
and others, who used to come down to him and we did not object
owing to cloae friendship existing between ua« flot long before
the death of your father the "Mutautuhoh" and the w Haahaidah"
waited on me and I took Zakat from them. Had things gone on
smoothly neither you nor 1 would have said even once in our lives
“This is my boundary, and these are my subjects**
iou have yourself opened this question and have shown
avarice against us your friends, coveting our tribsemon and
boundaries, it is you who aay*thia is my possession" I myself
have no such ambition against you. X now ask, “Gan you show me ar
any right or Justification for your amoitious claims, which are
dir jc ted against us, your own kith and kin* Had you had any
Sharii (legal) Justification, X should have submitted atonce* Or,
if any part of the country had been taken by sword, then the deci
sion of sword is inevitably obeyed. Hut if it is, as it surely
is, a question of “Amanah" and j^dMwUh" ( a trust and voluntary
gift), then it rests with him who gives it,i.e. my-self, to take
it back or to leave it ( in the hands of the trustee or the
receiver of the gift). 1 now say that if you have any proof or
argument you may bring it forward and X shall oe the first to
accept and respect the same and will not disregard it in the
least. Hut if you have none, than I would beg you not to seek
one vainly, firstly in order that you may akoid wrong-doing, and
secondly for the sake of our friendship and alliance which you
should value. If you have proof of your contention then take it
(the disputed land) by all means, otherwise donot try to Jump on
things that are not yours and thereby oreat hostilities and
estrangements, kou, of course, know that you have to leave all
your possessions ( on death). There ia no doubt about this* if
we go to a court or arbitration I am sure to win my case as I
have best proofs in support of my claims. If otherwise, then 1