Jami' al-Saghir / Jam' al-Jawami' (al-Suyuti) 2-1380b
"عن عمر بن الخطاب أَنَّه كُتِب إليه في رجلٍ قِيلَ لَهُ: متَى عَهْدُكَ بالنِّساء؟ فقال: البارحةَ، قيل: بِمَنْ؟ قَالَ: أم مَثْوَى، فقيل له: قد هَلكت، قال: ما علمتُ أن اللَّه حرَّم الزنا، فكتبَ عمر أن يُسْتَحْلَف ما علم أَن اللَّه حرم الزِّنا ثم يُخلَّى سبيلُه".
Translation
Chain of narrators
- ʿMr b. al-Khṭāb
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On the authority of 'Umar ibn al-Khattab, that a letter was written to him concerning a man to whom it was said, "When was your last contact with women?" He said, "Last night." It was asked, "With whom?" He said, "Umm Mathwa." It was said to him, "You are ruined." He said, "I did not know that Allah had forbidden fornication." So 'Umar wrote that he should be made to swear that he did not know that Allah had forbidden fornication, and then he should be released.
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أبو عبيد في الغريب، [ق] البيهقى في السنن
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