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bayhaqi:17647 – Abū Aḥmad al-Mihrijānī > Abū Bakr b. Jaʿfar al-Muzakkī > Muḥammad b. Ibrāhīm > Ibn Bukayr > Mālik > Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd > Saʿīd b. al-Musayyib > a man from Ahl al-Shām Yuqāl Lah Ibn Khaybarī And Jad Maʿ Āmraʾatih a man Faqatalah or Faqatalahumā Faʾushkil > Muʿāwiyah al-Qaḍāʾ Fakatab Muʿāwiyah > Abū Mūsá al-Ashʿarī Yasʾal Lah ʿAlī b. Abū Ṭālib > Dhalik Fasaʾal Abū Mūsá > Dhalik ʿAlī b. Abū Ṭālib > ʿAlī

[Machine] Ali, indeed, this is something that has never happened on my land. I have resolved to inform you of it. So Abu Musa wrote to Muawiya bin Abi Sufyan about it. Then Ali said, "I am Abu Hassan. If he does not bring four witnesses, then he should be punished according to his confession."  

البيهقي:١٧٦٤٧ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو أَحْمَدَ الْمِهْرِجَانِيُّ أنبأ أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ الْمُزَكِّي ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ ثنا ابْنُ بُكَيْرٍ ثنا مَالِكٌ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيِّبِ أَنَّ رَجُلًا مِنْ أَهْلِ الشَّامِ يُقَالُ لَهُ ابْنُ خَيْبَرِيٍّ وَجَدَ مَعَ امْرَأَتِهِ رَجُلًا فَقَتَلَهُ أَوْ فَقَتَلَهُمَا فَأُشْكِلَ عَلَى مُعَاوِيَةَ الْقَضَاءُ فَكَتَبَ مُعَاوِيَةُ إِلَى أَبِي مُوسَى الْأَشْعَرِيِّ يَسْأَلُ لَهُ عَلِيَّ بْنَ أَبِي طَالِبٍ ؓ عَنْ ذَلِكَ فَسَأَلَ أَبُو مُوسَى عَنْ ذَلِكَ عَلِيَّ بْنَ أَبِي طَالِبٍ قَالَ

عَلِيٌّ إِنَّ هَذَا لَشَيْءٌ لَمْ يَكُنْ بِأَرْضِي عَزَمْتُ عَلَيْكَ لَتُخْبِرَنِّي فَقَالَ أَبُو مُوسَى كَتَبَ إِلِيَّ مُعَاوِيَةُ بْنُ أَبِي سُفْيَانَ فِي ذَلِكَ فَقَالَ عَلِيٌّ ؓ أَنَا أَبُو حَسَنٍ إِنْ لَمْ يَأْتِ بِأَرْبَعَةِ شُهَدَاءَ فَلْيُعْطَ بِرُمَّتِهِ  

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malik:36-28 – Mālik > Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd > Saʿīd b. al-Musayyab > a man Min Ahl al-Shām Yuqāl Lah Ibn Khaybarī And Jad Maʿ Āmraʾatih a man Faqatalah Aw Qatalahumā Maʿ Faʾashkal > Muʿāwiyah b. Abū Sufyān al-Qaḍāʾ Fīh Fakatab > Abū Mūsá al-Ashʿarī Yasʾal Lah ʿAlī b. Abū Ṭālib > Dhalik Fasaʾal Abū Mūsá > Dhalik ʿAlī b. Abū Ṭālib

Malik related to me from Yahya ibn Said from Said ibn al-Musayyab that a Syrian man called Ibn Khaybari found a man with his wife and killed him, or killed them both. Muawiya ibn Abi Sufyan found it difficult to make a decision and he wrote to Abu Musa al-Ashari to ask Ali ibn Abi Talib for him about that. So Abu Musa asked Ali ibn Abi Talib and AIi said to him, "Is this thing in my land? I adjure you, you must tell me." Abu Musa explained to him how Muawiya ibn Abi Sufyan had written him to ask Ali about it. Ali said, "I am Abu Hasan. If he does not bring four witnesses, then let him be completely handed over," (to the relatives of the murdered man).  

مالك:٣٦-٢٨ – وَحَدَّثَنِي مَالِكٌ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيَّبِ أَنَّ رَجُلاً مِنْ أَهْلِ الشَّامِ يُقَالُ لَهُ ابْنُ خَيْبَرِيٍّ وَجَدَ مَعَ امْرَأَتِهِ رَجُلاً فَقَتَلَهُ أَوْ قَتَلَهُمَا مَعًا فَأَشْكَلَ عَلَى مُعَاوِيَةَ بْنِ أَبِي سُفْيَانَ الْقَضَاءُ فِيهِ فَكَتَبَ إِلَى أَبِي مُوسَى الأَشْعَرِيِّ يَسْأَلُ لَهُ عَلِيَّ بْنَ أَبِي طَالِبٍ عَنْ ذَلِكَ فَسَأَلَ أَبُو مُوسَى عَنْ ذَلِكَ عَلِيَّ بْنَ أَبِي طَالِبٍ

فَقَالَ لَهُ عَلِيٌّ إِنَّ هَذَا الشَّىْءَ مَا هُوَ بِأَرْضِي عَزَمْتُ عَلَيْكَ لَتُخْبِرَنِّي فَقَالَ لَهُ أَبُو مُوسَى كَتَبَ إِلَىَّ مُعَاوِيَةُ بْنُ أَبِي سُفْيَانَ أَنْ أَسْأَلَكَ عَنْ ذَلِكَ فَقَالَ عَلِيٌّ أَنَا أَبُو حَسَنٍ إِنْ لَمْ يَأْتِ بِأَرْبَعَةِ شُهَدَاءَ فَلْيُعْطَ بِرُمَّتِهِ  

bayhaqi:17012 – Abū Zakariyyā b. Abū Isḥāq al-Muzakkī > Abū al-ʿAbbās Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb > al-Rabīʿ b. Sulaymān > al-Shāfiʿī > Mālik > Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd > Saʿīd b. al-Musayyib > a man Bi-al-Shhām
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البيهقي:١٧٠١٢ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو زَكَرِيَّا بْنُ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ الْمُزَكِّي ثنا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ أنبأ الرَّبِيعُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ أنبأ الشَّافِعِيُّ أنبأ مَالِكٌ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيِّبِ

أَنَّ رَجُلًا بِالشَّامِ وَجَدَ مَعَ امْرَأَتِهِ رَجُلًا فَقَتَلَهُ أَوْ قَتَلَهَا فَكَتَبَ مُعَاوِيَةُ إِلَى أَبِي مُوسَى الْأَشْعَرِيِّ بِأَنْ يَسْأَلَ لَهُ عَنْ ذَلِكَ عَلِيًّا فَسَأَلَهُ فَقَالَ عَلِيٌّ ؓ إِنَّ هَذَا الشَّيْءَ مَا هُوَ بِأَرْضِ الْعِرَاقِ عَزَمْتُ عَلَيْكَ لَتُخْبِرَنِّي فَأَخْبَرَهُ فَقَالَ عَلِيٌّ ؓ أَنَا أَبُو حَسَنٍ إِنْ لَمْ يَأْتِ بِأَرْبَعَةِ شُهَدَاءَ فَلْيُعْطَ بِرُمَّتِهِ