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bayhaqi:20942Abū ʿAlī al-Rūdhbārī > Ismāʿīl b. Muḥammad al-Ṣaffār > Saʿdān b. Naṣr > Rawḥ b. ʿUbādah > Usāmah b. Zayd

[Machine] I witnessed Umar ibn Abdul Aziz ordering the slaughter of flying pigeons while leaving the scissors untouched.  

البيهقي:٢٠٩٤٢أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَلِيٍّ الرُّوذْبَارِيُّ أنبأ إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الصَّفَّارُ ثنا سَعْدَانُ بْنُ نَصْرٍ ثنا رَوْحُ بْنُ عُبَادَةَ عَنْ أُسَامَةَ بْنِ زَيْدٍ قَالَ

شَهِدْتُ عُمَرَ بْنَ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ يَأْمُرُ بِالْحَمَامِ الطَّيَّارَاتِ فَيُذْبَحْنَ وَتُتْرَكُ الْمُقَصَّصَاتُ