Jami' al-Saghir / Jam' al-Jawami' (al-Suyuti) 2-1903b
"عن ميمون بن يسار، أن عمر بن الخطاب كان يُلِيطُ أولاد الجاهلية بمن ادَّعاهم في الإسلام، فأتاه رجلان كلاهما يدعى ولدَ امرأة، فدعا عمرُ قائفًا، فنظر إليهما فقال القائف: لقد اشتركا فيه، فضربه عمرُ بالدرّة، ثم دعا المرأةَ فقال لها: أخبرينى خَبَرك، قالت: كان هذا لأحد الرجلين، يأتيها وهى في إبل أهلِها فلا يفارقها حتى يَظُنَّ وتظنَّ أن قد استمر بها حمل ثم انصرف عنها فأُهرقَت عليه دماءٌ، ثم خلف عليها هذا -يعنى الآخر- فلا أدرى من أيهما هو، فكبَّر القائف، فقال عمر للغلام: وَالِ أيَّهما شِئتَ".
Translation
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- Mymwn b. Ysār
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"From Maymun ibn Yasar that Umar ibn al-Khattab used to attribute the children of the Jahiliyyah to whoever claimed them in Islam. Two men came to him, both claiming a child of one woman. Umar summoned a physiognomist, who looked at them, and the physiognomist said: Both of them have shared in him. So Umar struck him with a whip, then summoned the woman and said: Tell me your story. She said: It was one of the two men. He would come to her while she was in her family's camels, and he would not leave her until he and she both thought that she had conceived. Then he turned away from her, and blood was shed over him. Then this one, meaning the other, married her. I do not know which of them is the father. The physiognomist said: Allahu akbar! Umar said to the boy: Choose whichever of them you wish."
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مالك، [عب] عبد الرازق [ق] البيهقى في السنن
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