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suyuti:2-813bʿAbdullāh b. ʿUbaydullāh > ʿUmar
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السيوطي:٢-٨١٣b

"عَنْ عَبْدِ الله بْنِ عُبَيْدِ الله أَنَّ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ كَانَ يَخْتَارُ للْحُدُودِ رَجُلًا، وَأَنَّهُ قَالَ: إِذَا أَرَدْتَ أَنْ تَجْلِدَ فَلَا تَجْلِدْ حَتَّى تَدُقَّ ثَمرَةَ السَّوْطِ (*) بَيْنَ حَجَرَيْنِ حَتَّى تُلَيَّنَها".  

[عب] عبد الرازق