Hadith 23820

Muwatta Malik (IT)

موطأ مالك

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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." (IT)

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

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