موطا امام مالك رواية يحييٰ
Muwatta Imam Malik (Riwayat Yahya)
كتاب الجهادBook: On the Explanation of Jihad
بَابُ مَا جَاءَ فِي الْوَفَاءِ بِالْأَمَانِWhat is reported about fulfilling trusts
Hadith 970
حَدَّثَنِي حَدَّثَنِي يَحْيَى، عَنْ مَالِك، عَنْ رَجُلٍ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْكُوفَةِ، أَنَّ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ كَتَبَ إِلَى عَامِلِ جَيْشٍ كَانَ بَعَثَهُ : " إِنَّهُ بَلَغَنِي، أَنَّ رِجَالًا مِنْكُمْ يَطْلُبُونَ الْعِلْجَ، حَتَّى إِذَا أَسْنَدَ فِي الْجَبَلِ، وَامْتَنَعَ، قَالَ رَجُلٌ : مَطْرَسْ يَقُولُ : لَا تَخَفْ فَإِذَا أَدْرَكَهُ قَتَلَهُ، وَإِنِّي وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ لَا أَعْلَمُ مَكَانَ وَاحِدٍ فَعَلَ ذَلِكَ إِلَّا ضَرَبْتُ عُنُقَهُ " . ¤
It is narrated from a resident of Kufa that Sayyiduna Umar bin Khattab, may Allah be pleased with him, wrote to an officer of the army: "I have received news that some people among you call out to a non-Arab disbeliever, and when he climbs the mountain and refrains from fighting, a person says to him: 'Do not be afraid,' then, after gaining control over him, kills him. By the One in Whose hand is my soul! If I come to know of anyone doing such a thing, I will have his neck struck."
