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Muwatta Malik 938

Authentic graded by Salim al-Hilali Companion’s words (mawquf) Muwatta Malik 938

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 ‏.‏

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."

Reported by Malik (No. 938).

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Classical commentary

Abu al-Walid al-Baji — Al-Muntaqa

( ش ) : قَوْلُهُ أَجْرَيْنَا فَأَصَبْنَا ظَبْيًا وَنَحْنُ مُحْرِمَانِ فَمَاذَا تَرَى ؟ يُحْتَمَلُ أَنْ يَكُونَ مُسْتَفْتِيًا وَيُحْتَمَلُ أَنْ يَكُونَ طَلَبَ الْحُكْمَ عَلَيْهِ إِذَا اعْتَقَدَ أَنَّ الْوَاحِدَ يَصِحُّ حُكْمُهُ فِي ذَلِكَ. ( فَصْلٌ ) وَاسْتِدْعَاءُ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ الرَّجُلَ الَّذِي إِلَى جَنْبِهِ أَنْ يَحْكُمَ مَعَهُ امْتِثَالُ لقوله تعالى يَحْكُمُ بِهِ ذَوَا عَدْلٍ مِنْكُمْ وَهُوَ مَذْهَبُ مَالِكٍ أَنَّهُ لَا يَجُوزُ أَنْ يَحْكُمَ فِيهِ أَقَلُّ مِنْ رَجُلَيْنِ وَبِهِ قَالَ الشَّافِعِيُّ وَلَا يَجُوزُ أَنْ يَكُونَ الْمَحْكُومُ عَلَيْهِ أَحَدَهُمَا وَقَدْ تَقَدَّمَ الْكَلَامُ فِيهِ بِمَا يُغْنِي عَنْ إعَادَتِهِ هَاهُنَا. ( فَصْلٌ ) وَقَوْلُهُ فَحَكَمَا عَلَيْهِ بِعَنْز…

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