Abu Hurrah (may Allah have mercy on him) said that Sayyiduna Umar bin al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) selected ten tracts from the lands of the Sawad. The narrator said: "I have counted seven and forgotten three: the reed thickets, the low-lying lands where water sinks away, the land of Kisra, the land of the family of Kisra, the post-station buildings, the land of those who were killed in battle, and the land of those who fled in the fighting." The narrator said: It remained recorded in this way in the register until al-Hajjaj burned the register, and each people took what was near them.