For a benefit he saw, then Omar after him wanted to take it out, but he abstained, following the example of the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, so he is in it until now

As for me, a tablet of gold was brought to me from it and brought to me while I was in Tunisia in the year five hundred and ninety-eight. It has a slit as thick as a finger, and a span in width, and a span or more in length, written on it with a pen I do not know, and that is for a reason that occurred between me and God, so I asked God to return it to its place in order to be polite with the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace. If I had taken it out to the people, blind strife would have arisen, so I left it also for this purpose, for God’s blessings and peace be upon him. He left what he left in vain. Rather, he left it to be brought out by the One who is in charge of God’s command at the end of time, who will fill the earth with equity and justice as it was fi