Hadith 37644

Muwatta Malik

موطأ مالك

9
وَعَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ، أَنَّ عُمَرَ بْنَ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ، كَتَبَ إِلَى عَبْدِ الْحَمِيدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ زَيْدِ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ وَهُوَ عَامِلٌ عَلَى الْكُوفَةِ أَنِ اقْضِ بِالْيَمِينِ مَعَ الشَّاهِدِ .


From Malik from Abu'z-Zinad that Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz wrote toAbd al-Hamid ibn Abd ar-Rahman ibn Zayd ibn al-Khattab who was thegovernor of Kufa, "Pronounce judgement on the basis of an oath withone witness."

USC-MSA web (English) reference: Book 36, Hadith 6

Arabic reference: Book 36, Hadith 1410