Yahya related to me from Malik, from Ibn Shihab, that Salim ibn Abdullah heard Abu Hurayra relating to Abdullah ibn Umar how a group of three people in ihram had passed him at ar-Rabadha and had asked him for a fatwa about eating game which people who were not in ihram were eating, and he told them that they could eat it. He said, "Then I went to Umar ibn al-Khattab in Madina and asked him about it, and he said, 'What did you say to them?' and I said, 'I told them that they could eat it.' Umar said, 'If you had told them anything else I would have done you an injury.' "  

أَنَّهُ مَرَّ بِهِ قَوْمٌ مُحْرِمُونَ بِالرَّبَذَةِ فَاسْتَفْتَوْهُ فِي لَحْمِ صَيْدٍ وَجَدُوا نَاسًا أَحِلَّةً يَأْكُلُونَهُ فَأَفْتَاهُمْ بِأَكْلِهِ قَالَ ثُمَّ قَدِمْتُ الْمَدِينَةَ عَلَى عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ فَسَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ ذَلِكَ فَقَالَ بِمَ أَفْتَيْتَهُمْ قَالَ فَقُلْتُ أَفْتَيْتُهُمْ بِأَكْلِهِ قَالَ فَقَالَ عُمَرُ لَوْ أَفْتَيْتَهُمْ بِغَيْرِ ذَلِكَ لأَوْجَعْتُكَ  

[Machine] He came across a group who were prohibited from wearing garments made of sheep's wool, so they asked him about eating game meat. He found people who permitted it, so he issued a ruling allowing them to eat it. Then, I approached Umar ibn al-Khattab and asked him about that. He said, "With what did you issue the ruling?" I said, "I issued the ruling based on their eating of it." Umar said, "If you had issued the ruling without that, I would have punished you." Malik narrated this hadith from Zaid ibn Aslam from Ata' ibn Yasar, who reported that Ka'b al-Ahbar came from Sham with a group who were prohibited, until they found game meat. Ka'b issued a ruling allowing them to eat it. When they came to Umar ibn al-Khattab, they mentioned this to him, and he said, "Who issued this ruling to you?" They said, "Ka'b." Umar said, "I have already instructed him regarding all of you until you return."  

أَنَّهُ مَرَّ بِهِ قَوْمٌ مُحْرِمُونَ بِالرَّبَذَةِ فَاسْتَفْتَوْهُ فِي لَحْمِ صَيْدٍ وَجَدَهُ أُنَاسٌ أَحِلَّةٌ أَيَأْكُلُونَهُ؟ فَأَفْتَاهُمْ بِأَكْلِهِ قَالَ ثُمَّ قَدِمْتُ عَلَى عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ ؓ فَسَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ ذَلِكَ فَقَالَ بِمَ أَفْتَيْتَهُمْ؟ قَالَ قُلْتُ أَفْتَيْتُهُمْ بِأَكْلِهِ قَالَ عُمَرُ ؓ لَوْ أَفْتَيْتَهُمْ بِغَيْرِ ذَلِكَ لَأَوْجَعْتُكَ 9914 وَبِإِسْنَادِهِ ثنا مَالِكٌ عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَسْلَمَ عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ يَسَارٍ أَنَّ كَعْبَ الْأَحْبَارِ أَقْبَلَ مِنَ الشَّامِ فِي رَكْبٍ مُحْرِمِينَ حَتَّى إِذَا كَانُوا بِبَعْضِ الطَّرِيقِ وَجَدُوا لَحْمَ صَيْدٍ فَأَفْتَاهُمْ كَعْبٌ بِأَكْلِهِ فَلَمَّا قَدِمُوا عَلَى عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ ؓ ذَكَرُوا ذَلِكَ لَهُ فَقَالَ مَنْ أَفْتَاكُمْ بِهَذَا؟ قَالُوا كَعْبٌ قَالَ فَإِنِّي قَدْ أَمَّرْتُهُ عَلَيْكُمْ حَتَّى تَرْجِعُوا