[Machine] "I arrived from Bahrain until I reached al-Rabadha, when some people from Iraq, who were forbidden from hunting, asked me about buying and eating a floating fish they found on the water. I instructed them to buy it and eat it, even though they were forbidden. Then I arrived in Madinah and doubt crept into my heart about what I had instructed them. So, I mentioned this to Umar ibn al-Khattab, and he asked me, 'What did you instruct them?' I replied, 'I instructed them to buy it and eat it.' He said, 'If you had instructed them otherwise, you would have done wrong, as if you had deceived them.'"
أَقْبَلْتُ مِنَ الْبَحْرَيْنِ حَتَّى إِذَا كُنْتُ بِالرَّبَذَةِ سَأَلَنِي نَاسٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْعِرَاقِ وَهُمْ مُحْرِمُونَ عَنْ صَيْدٍ وَجَدُوهُ عَلَى الْمَاءِ طَافٍ فَسَأَلُونِي عَنِ اشْتِرَائِهِ وَأَكْلِهِ فَأَمَرْتُهُمْ أَنْ يَشْتَرُوهُ وَيَأْكُلُوهُ وَهُمْ مُحْرِمُونَ ثُمَّ قَدِمْتُ الْمَدِينَةَ فَكَأَنَّهُ وَقَعَ فِي قَلْبِي شَكٌّ مِمَّا أَمَرْتُهُمْ فَذَكَرْتُ ذَلِكَ لِعُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ ؓ فَقَالَ وَمَا أَمَرْتَهُمْ بِهِ؟ قَالَ أَمَرْتُهُمْ بِهِ أَنْ يَشْتَرُوهُ وَيَأْكُلُوهُ قَالَ لَوْ أَمَرْتَهُمْ بِغَيْرِ ذَلِكَ لَفَعَلْتُ أَيْ كَأَنَّهُ تَوَعَّدَهُ