Hadith 37027

Muwatta Malik

موطأ مالك

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وَحَدَّثَنِي مَالِكٌ، أَنَّهُ بَلَغَهُ أَنَّ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ، أَوْ عُثْمَانَ بْنَ عَفَّانَ قَضَى أَحَدُهُمَا فِي امْرَأَةٍ غَرَّتْ رَجُلاً بِنَفْسِهَا وَذَكَرَتْ أَنَّهَا حُرَّةٌ فَتَزَوَّجَهَا فَوَلَدَتْ لَهُ أَوْلاَدًا فَقَضَى أَنْ يَفْدِيَ وَلَدَهُ بِمِثْلِهِمْ . قَالَ يَحْيَى سَمِعْتُ مَالِكًا يَقُولُ وَالْقِيمَةُ أَعْدَلُ فِي هَذَا إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ .


Malik related to me that he had heard that Umar ibn al-Khattab orUthman ibn Affan gave a judgement about a slave woman who misled a manabout herself and said that she was free. He married her and she borechildren. It was decided that he should ransom his children with theirlike of slaves.Yahya said that he heard Malik say, "Toransom them with their price is more equitable in this case, Allahwilling."

USC-MSA web (English) reference: Book 36, Hadith 23

Arabic reference: Book 36, Hadith 1427