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malik:1-22Mālik > Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd

Yahya related to me from Malik from Yahya ibn Said that once Umar ibn al-Khattab left after doing the asr prayer and met a man who had not been there. Umar asked him what had kept him from the prayer and eventhough the man gave a good reason, Umar said, "You have given yourself short measure." Yahya added that Malik commented, "It is said that everything has a short measure and a full measure."  

مالك:١-٢٢وَحَدَّثَنِي عَنْ مَالِكٍ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍ

أَنَّ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ انْصَرَفَ مِنْ صَلاَةِ الْعَصْرِ فَلَقِيَ رَجُلاً لَمْ يَشْهَدِ الْعَصْرَ فَقَالَ عُمَرُ مَا حَبَسَكَ عَنْ صَلاَةِ الْعَصْرِ فَذَكَرَ لَهُ الرَّجُلُ عُذْرًا فَقَالَ عُمَرُ طَفَّفْتَ قَالَ يَحْيَى قَالَ مَالِكٌ وَيُقَالُ لِكُلِّ شَىْءٍ وَفَاءٌ وَتَطْفِيفٌ  


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suyuti:2-1641bYḥyá b. Sʿyd n ʿMr b. al-Khṭāb Ānṣrf Mn Ṣlāih al-ʿṢr Flqá Rjl Lm Yshhd Ṣlāh al-ʿṢr Fqāl Lh Mā Ḥbsak > Ṣlāh al-ʿṢr Fdhkr Lh ʿDhr
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السيوطي:٢-١٦٤١b

"عَنْ يحيى بن سعيد أن عمرَ بْنَ الخطاب انصرفَ من صلاِة العصر فلقى رجلًا لم يشهد صلاةَ العصر، فقال له: ما حبسَك عن صلاة العصرِ؟ فذكر له عذرًا، فقال له عمر: طَفَّفْتَ".  

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