Hadith 23820

Muwatta Malik (ES)

موطأ مالك

52
وَحَدَّثَنِي عَنْ مَالِكٍ، أَنَّهُ سَأَلَ ابْنَ شِهَابٍ عَلَى أَىِّ وَجْهٍ كَانَ يَأْخُذُ عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ مِنَ النَّبَطِ الْعُشْرَ فَقَالَ ابْنُ شِهَابٍ كَانَ ذَلِكَ يُؤْخَذُ مِنْهُمْ فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ فَأَلْزَمَهُمْ ذَلِكَ عُمَرُ .


Yahya related to me from Malik that he had asked Ibn Shihab whyUmar ibn al Khattab used to take a tenth from the Nabateans, and IbnShihab replied, "It used to be taken from them in the jahiliyya, andUmar imposed it on them." (ES)

USC-MSA web (English) reference: Book 17, Hadith 49 (ES)

Arabic reference (ES): Book 17, Hadith 625 (ES)