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malik:29-5Yaḥyá > Mālik > Balaghah > Kutib > ʿUmar b. al-Khaṭṭāb Min al-ʿIrāq > a man > Lāimraʾatih Ḥabluk > Ghāribik Fakatab ʿUmar b. al-Khaṭṭāb > ʿĀmilih

Yahya related to me from Malik that he had heard that Umar ibn al-Khattab had heard in a letter from Iraq that a man said to his wife, "Your rein is on your withers (i.e. you have free rein)." Umar ibn al-Khattab wrote to his governor to order the man to come to him at Makka at the time of hajj. While Umar was doing tawaf around the House, a man met him and greeted him. Umar asked him who he was, and he replied that he was the man that he had ordered to be brought to him. Umar said to him, "I ask you by the Lord of this building, what did you mean by your statement, 'Your rein is on your withers.'?" The man replied, "Had you made me swear by other than this place, I would not have told you the truth. I intended separation by that." Umar ibn al- Khattab said, "It is what you intended."  

مالك:٢٩-٥حَدَّثَنِي يَحْيَى عَنْ مَالِكٍ أَنَّهُ بَلَغَهُ أَنَّهُ كُتِبَ إِلَى عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ مِنَ الْعِرَاقَ

أَنَّ رَجُلاً قَالَ لاِمْرَأَتِهِ حَبْلُكِ عَلَى غَارِبِكِ فَكَتَبَ عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ إِلَى عَامِلِهِ أَنْ مُرْهُ يُوَافِينِي بِمَكَّةَ فِي الْمَوْسِمِ فَبَيْنَمَا عُمَرُ يَطُوفُ بِالْبَيْتِ إِذْ لَقِيَهُ الرَّجُلُ فَسَلَّمَ عَلَيْهِ فَقَالَ عُمَرُ مَنْ أَنْتَ فَقَالَ أَنَا الَّذِي أَمَرْتَ أَنْ أُجْلَبَ عَلَيْكَ فَقَالَ لَهُ عُمَرُ أَسْأَلُكَ بِرَبِّ هَذِهِ الْبَنِيَّةِ مَا أَرَدْتَ بِقَوْلِكَ حَبْلُكِ عَلَى غَارِبِكِ فَقَالَ لَهُ الرَّجُلُ لَوِ اسْتَحْلَفْتَنِي فِي غَيْرِ هَذَا الْمَكَانِ مَا صَدَقْتُكَ أَرَدْتُ بِذَلِكَ الْفِرَاقَ فَقَالَ عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ هُوَ مَا أَرَدْتَ  


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bayhaqi:15010Abū Saʿīd b. Abū ʿAmr > Abū al-ʿAbbās al-Aṣam > al-Rabīʿ > al-Shāfiʿī > Mālik > Balaghah > Kutib > ʿUmar b. al-Khaṭṭāb ؓ from al-ʿIrāq > a man

[Machine] To his wife: "Tell your guardian to bring you to me during the season." While Umar was circumambulating the Kaaba, he met a man who greeted him and said, "Who are you?" Umar replied, "I am the one you ordered to be brought to you." The man said, "I swear by the Lord of this structure, did you mean divorce by saying, 'Your rope is on your camel?'" The man added, "If you had sworn to me in a different place, I would not have believed you, for I intended to separate." Umar said, "That is what you intended."  

البيهقي:١٥٠١٠أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو سَعِيدِ بْنُ أَبِي عَمْرٍو نا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ الْأَصَمُّ أنا الرَّبِيعُ أنا الشَّافِعِيُّ أنا مَالِكٌ أَنَّهُ بَلَغَهُ أَنَّهُ كُتِبَ إِلَى عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ ؓ مِنَ الْعِرَاقِ أَنَّ رَجُلًا قَالَ

لِامْرَأَتِهِ حَبْلُكِ عَلَى غَارِبِكِ فَكَتَبَ عُمَرُ ؓ إِلَى عَامِلِهِ أَنْ مُرْهُ أَنْ يُوَافِيَنِي فِي الْمَوْسِمِ فَبَيْنَمَا عُمَرُ ؓ يَطُوفُ بِالْبَيْتِ إِذْ لَقِيَهُ الرَّجُلُ فَسَلَّمَ عَلَيْهِ فَقَالَ مَنْ أَنْتَ؟ قَالَ أَنَا الَّذِي أَمَرْتَ أَنْ يُجْلَبَ عَلَيْكَ فَقَالَ أَنْشُدُكَ بِرَبِّ هَذِهِ الْبَنِيَّةِ هَلْ أَرَدْتَ بِقَوْلِكَ حَبْلُكِ عَلَى غَارِبِكِ الطَّلَاقَ؟ فَقَالَ الرَّجُلُ لَوِ اسْتَحْلَفْتَنِي فِي غَيْرِ هَذَا الْمَكَانِ مَا صَدَقْتُكَ أَرَدْتُ الْفِرَاقَ فَقَالَ عُمَرُ ؓ هُوَ مَا أَرَدْتَ