Muwatta' Malik 45-20

Translation

Yahya related to me from Malik from Yahya ibn Said from Abd ar- Rahman ibn al-Qasim that Aslam, the mawla of Umar ibn al-Khattab informed him that he had visited Abdullah ibn Ayyash al-Makhzumi. He saw that he had some nabidh with him and he was at that moment on the way to Makka. Aslam said to him, ''Umar ibn al-Khattab loves this drink." Abdullah ibn Ayyash therefore carried a great drinking bowl and brought it to Umar ibn al-Khattab and placed it before him. Umar brought it near to him and then raised his head. Umar said, "This drink is good," so he drank some of it and then passed it to a man on his right. When Abdullah turned to go, Umar ibn al-Khattab called him and asked, "Are you the person who says that Makka is better than Madina?" Abdullah said, "I said that it was the Haram of Allah, and His place of security, and His House was in it." Umar said, "I am not saying anything about the House of Allah or His Haram." Then Umar repeated "Are you the person who says that Makka is better than Madina?" He replied, "I said that it was the Haram of Allah and His place of security, and His House was in it." Umar said, "I am not saying anything about the House of Allah and His Haram." Then Abdullah left.

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Other narrations of this report

Musnad Ahmad 14267Musnad Ahmad 14499Sahih Ibn Hibban 6917Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 38215al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 5143al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4659

Narrators

1. 1
   ʿUmar b. al-Khaṭṭāb

   Commander of the Faithful (amīr al-muʾminīn), well-known, of abundant virtues (jamm al-manāqib)d. 23 AH, also said: 24 AH
   عُمَر بْن الْخَطَّابأمير المؤمنين مشهور جم المناقب
   في حكم السماع
2. 2
   Aslam al-ʿAdawī mawlá ʿUmar b. al-Khaṭṭāb

   trustworthy (thiqah), mukhaḍram (lived through both the pre-Islamic and Islamic eras)d. 80 AH, also said: after 60 AH
   أَسْلَمَ مَوْلَى عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِثقة مخضرم
   أخبره
3. 3
   ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. al-Qāsim b. Muḥammad b. Abī Bakr

   trustworthy (thiqah), eminentd. Ibn Saʿd said, and more than one: 126 AH. Khalīfah said likewise. He once said: died in the year 131 AH. Al-Fallās said likewise, and the first is more correct.
   عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ الْقَاسِمِ؛ثقة جليل
   عن
4. 4
   Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd al-Anṣārī

   trustworthy, precise (thiqah thabt)d. 143 AH or 144 AH, also said 146 AH
   يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍثقة ثبت
   عن
5. 5
   Mālik b. Anas

   The jurist (al-faqīh), the Imam of the Abode of Migration (Imām Dār al-Hijrah), the head of the proficient masters, and the foremost among the meticulous.d. 178 AH, or 179 AH
   مَالِكٌالفقيه ، إمام دار الهجرة ، رأس المتقنين ، وكبير المتثبتين

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