Hadith 30724

Muwatta Malik

موطأ مالك

39
وَحَدَّثَنِي يَحْيَى، عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيَّبِ، أَنَّ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ، قَتَلَ نَفَرًا خَمْسَةً أَوْ سَبْعَةً بِرَجُلٍ وَاحِدٍ قَتَلُوهُ قَتْلَ غِيلَةٍ وَقَالَ عُمَرُ لَوْ تَمَالأَ عَلَيْهِ أَهْلُ صَنْعَاءَ لَقَتَلْتُهُمْ جَمِيعًا .


Yahya related to me from Malik from Yahya ibn Said from Said ibnal-Musayyab that Umar ibn al-Khattab killed five or seven people forone man whom they had killed secretly by trickery. Umar said, "Had allthe people of Sana joined forces against him, I would have killed themall."

USC-MSA web (English) reference: Book 43, Hadith 13

Arabic reference: Book 43, Hadith 1593