English narration
Narrated by عمر بن الخطاب العدوي
Narrated Umar ibn al-Khattab: Salih ibn Muhammad ibn Zaidah (Abu Dawud said: This Salih is Abu Waqid) said: We entered the Byzantine territory with Maslamah. A man who had been dishonest about booty was brought. He (Maslamah) asked Salim about him. He said: I heard my father narrating from Umar ibn al-Khattab from the Prophet ﷺ. He said: When you find a man who has been dishonest about booty, burn his property, and beat him. He beat him. He said: We found in his property a copy of the Quran. He again asked Salim about it. He said: Sell it and give its price in charity.
النص العربي
حَدَّثَنَا النُّفَيْلِيُّ ، وَسَعِيدُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ ، قَالَا : حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ ، قَالَ النُّفَيْلِيُّ الدّرَاوَرْدِيُّ ، عَنْ صَالِحِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ زَائِدَةَ ، قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُد ، وَصَالِحٌ هذا أبو واقد ، قَالَ : دَخَلْتُ مَعَ مَسْلَمَةَ أَرْضَ الرُّومِ فَأُتِيَ بِرَجُلٍ قَدْ غَلَّ فَسَأَلَ سَالِمًا عَنْهُ فَقَالَ سَمِعْت أَبِي يُحَدِّثُ عَن عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ : "
إِذَا وَجَدْتُمُ الرَّجُلَ قَدْ غَلَّ فَأَحْرِقُوا مَتَاعَهُ وَاضْرِبُوهُ ، قَالَ : فَوَجَدْنَا فِي مَتَاعِهِ مُصْحَفًا فَسَأَلَ سَالِمًا عَنْهُ ، فَقَالَ : بِعْهُ وَتَصَدَّقْ بِثَمَنِهِ
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