Muwatta Malik: Book 20, Hadith 243
Yahya related to me from Malik from Abd al-Malik ibn Qurayr from Muhammad ibn Sirin that a man came to Umar ibn al-Khattab and said, “I was racing a friend on horseback towards a narrow mountain trail and we killed a gazelle accidently and we were in ihram. What is your opinion?” Umar said to a man by his side, “Come, so that you and I may make an assessment.” They decided on a female goat for him, and the man turned away saying, “This amir al-muminin cannot even make an assessment in the case of a gazelle until he calls a man to decide with him.” Umar overheard the man’s words and called him and asked him, “Do you recite surat al-Ma’ida?” and he said, “No.” He said, “Then do you recognize this man who has taken the decision with me?” and he said, “No.” He said, “If you had told me that you did recite surat al-Ma’ida, I would have dealt you a blow.” Then he said, “Allah the Blessed, the Exalted says in His Book, ‘as shall be judged by two men of justice among you, a sacrificial animal to reach the Kaba’ (Sura 5 ayat 95), and this is Abd ar-Rahman ibn Awf.”
وَحَدَّثَنِي عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ بْنِ قُرَيْرٍ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سِيرِينَ، أَنَّ رَجُلاً، جَاءَ إِلَى عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ فَقَالَ إِنِّي أَجْرَيْتُ أَنَا وَصَاحِبٌ، لِي فَرَسَيْنِ نَسْتَبِقُ إِلَى ثُغْرَةِ ثَنِيَّةٍ فَأَصَبْنَا ظَبْيًا وَنَحْنُ مُحْرِمَانِ فَمَاذَا تَرَى فَقَالَ عُمَرُ لِرَجُلٍ إِلَى جَنْبِهِ تَعَالَ حَتَّى أَحْكُمَ أَنَا وَأَنْتَ . قَالَ فَحَكَمَا عَلَيْهِ بِعَنْزٍ فَوَلَّى الرَّجُلُ وَهُوَ يَقُولُ هَذَا أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ لاَ يَسْتَطِيعُ أَنْ يَحْكُمَ فِي ظَبْىٍ حَتَّى دَعَا رَجُلاً يَحْكُمُ مَعَهُ . فَسَمِعَ عُمَرُ قَوْلَ الرَّجُلِ فَدَعَاهُ فَسَأَلَهُ هَلْ تَقْرَأُ سُورَةَ الْمَائِدَةِ قَالَ لاَ . قَالَ فَهَلْ تَعْرِفُ هَذَا الرَّجُلَ الَّذِي حَكَمَ مَعِي فَقَالَ لاَ . فَقَالَ لَوْ أَخْبَرْتَنِي أَنَّكَ تَقْرَأُ سُورَةَ الْمَائِدَةِ لأَوْجَعْتُكَ ضَرْبًا ثُمَّ قَالَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى يَقُولُ فِي كِتَابِهِ {يَحْكُمُ بِهِ ذَوَا عَدْلٍ مِنْكُمْ هَدْيًا بَالِغَ الْكَعْبَةِ} وَهَذَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ عَوْفٍ .
Muwatta Malik: Book 20, Hadith 243
The above hadith is from the Muwatta Malik collection of hadiths. Muwatta Malik is a collection of hadith compiled by Imam Malik ibn Anas in the 8th century. The work was composed over a 40 year period and consists of under 2000 hadith split into 61 books.
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