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Muwatta Malik 1428

Authentic graded by Salim al-Hilali Companion’s words (mawquf) Muwatta Malik 1428

قَالَ يَحْيَى قَالَ مَالِكٌ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، عَنْ سَالِمِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، أَنَّ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ، قَالَ مَا بَالُ رِجَالٍ يَطَئُونَ وَلاَئِدَهُمْ ثُمَّ يَعْزِلُوهُنَّ لاَ تَأْتِينِي وَلِيدَةٌ يَعْتَرِفُ سَيِّدُهَا أَنْ قَدْ أَلَمَّ بِهَا إِلاَّ أَلْحَقْتُ بِهِ وَلَدَهَا فَاعْزِلُوا بَعْدُ أَوِ اتْرُكُوا ‏.‏

Yahya said that Malik related from Ibn Shihab from Salim ibn Abdullah ibn Umar from his father that Umar ibn al-Khattab said, "What's the matter with men who have intercourse with their slave- girls and then dismiss them? No slave-girl comes to me whose master confesses that he has had intercourse with her but that I connect her child to him, whether or not he has practised coitus interruptus or stopped having intercourse with her."

Reported by Malik (No. 1428, 1429).

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Abu al-Walid al-Baji — Al-Muntaqa

( ش ) : قَوْلُهُ مَا بَالُ رِجَالٍ يَطَئُونَ وَلَائِدَهُمْ ثُمَّ يَعْزِلُونَهُنَّ عَلَى وَجْهِ الْإِنْكَارِ لِمَنْ فَعَلَ ذَلِكَ وَقَوْلُهُ يَعْزِلُونَهُنَّ يَحْتَمِلُ مَعْنَيَيْنِ أَحَدُهُمَا الْعَزْلُ عَنْهُنَّ وَهُوَ , وَإِنْ كَانَ غَيْرَ مُحَرَّمٍ فِي الْإِمَاءِ فَإِنَّ غَيْرَهُ أَفْضَلُ مِنْهُ لَا سِيَّمَا لِمَنْ يُرِيدُ بِذَلِكَ أَنْ يَنْفِيَ عَنْ نَفْسِهِ مَا أَتَتْ بِهِ مِنْ وَلَدٍ , وَقَدْ رَوَى مُوسَى بْنُ مُعَاوِيَةَ عَنْ ابْنِ الْقَاسِمِ فِيمَنْ أَقَرَّ أَنَّهُ يَطَأُ جَارِيَتَهُ وَيَعْزِلُ فَإِنَّ الْوَلَدَ يَلْزَمُهُ إِنْ لَمْ يَدَّعِ اسْتِبْرَاءً , وَوَجْهُ ذَلِكَ أَنَّهُ لَا يتيقن حَقِيقَةَ الْعَزْلِ وَقَدْ يَغْلِبُهُ أَوَّلُ الْمَاءِ , أَوْ الْيَسِيرُ مِنْهُ وَلَا يَشْعُرُ ب…

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Authentic Muwatta Malik 1429

Malik related to me from Nafi that Safiyya bint Abi Ubayd informed him that Umar ibn al-Khattab said, "What is the matter with men who have intercourse with their slave-girls and then leave them to go? No slave-girl comes to me whose master confesses that he has had intercourse with her but that I…

وَحَدَّثَنِي مَالِكٌ، عَنْ نَافِعٍ، عَنْ صَفِيَّةَ بِنْتِ أَبِي عُبَيْدٍ، أَنَّهَا أَخْبَرَتْهُ أَنَّ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ قَالَ مَا بَالُ رِجَالٍ يَطَئُونَ وَلاَئِدَهُمْ ثُمَّ يَدَعُوهُنَّ يَخْرُجْنَ لاَ تَأْتِينِي…

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