موطا امام مالك رواية يحييٰ
Muwatta Imam Malik (Riwayat Yahya)
كتاب الجامعBook: On the Explanation of Various Chapters
بَابُ مَا جَاءَ فِي الْمَشْرِقِWhat is Reported Regarding the East
Hadith 1786
وَحَدَّثَنِي وَحَدَّثَنِي مَالِك أَنَّهُ بَلَغَهُ، أَنَّ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ أَرَادَ الْخُرُوجَ إِلَى الْعِرَاقِ، فَقَالَ لَهُ كَعْبُ الْأَحْبَارِ : " لَا تَخْرُجْ إِلَيْهَا يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ، فَإِنَّ بِهَا تِسْعَةَ أَعْشَارِ السِّحْرِ، وَبِهَا فَسَقَةُ الْجِنِّ، وَبِهَا الدَّاءُ الْعُضَالُ "
It reached Imam Malik, may Allah have mercy on him, that when Sayyiduna Umar bin Khattab, may Allah be pleased with him, intended to go to Iraq, Ka'b Ahbar said: Do not go there, O Commander of the Faithful! For in that land are nine parts out of ten of magic, and as many wicked and evil jinn are present there, and there is a disease there which is incurable.
