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Yahya related to me from Malik from Abd al-Malik ibn Qurayr from Muhammad ibn Sirin that a man came to Umar ibn al-Khattab and said, "I was racing a friend on horseback towards a narrow mountain trail and we killed a gazelle accidently and we were in ihram. What is your opinion?" Umar said to a man by his side, "Come, so that you and I may make an assessment." They decided on a female goat for him, and the man turned away saying, "This amir al-muminin cannot even make an assessment in the case of a gazelle until he calls a man to decide with him." Umar overheard the man's words and called him and asked him, "Do you recite surat al-Ma'ida?" and he said, "No." He said, "Then do you recognize this man who has taken the decision with me?" and he said, "No." He said, "If you had told me that you did recite surat al-Ma'ida, I would have dealt you a blow." Then he said, "Allah the Blessed, the Exalted says in His Book, 'as shall be judged by two men of justice among you, a sacrificial animal to reach the Kaba' (Sura 5 ayat 95), and this is Abd ar-Rahman ibn Awf

وحدثني عن مالك، عن عبد الملك بن قرير، عن محمد بن سيرين، ان رجلا، جاء الى عمر بن الخطاب فقال اني اجريت انا وصاحب، لي فرسين نستبق الى ثغرة ثنية فاصبنا ظبيا ونحن محرمان فماذا ترى فقال عمر لرجل الى جنبه تعال حتى احكم انا وانت . قال فحكما عليه بعنز فولى الرجل وهو يقول هذا امير المومنين لا يستطيع ان يحكم في ظبى حتى دعا رجلا يحكم معه . فسمع عمر قول الرجل فدعاه فساله هل تقرا سورة المايدة قال لا . قال فهل تعرف هذا الرجل الذي حكم معي فقال لا . فقال لو اخبرتني انك تقرا سورة المايدة لاوجعتك ضربا ثم قال ان الله تبارك وتعالى يقول في كتابه {يحكم به ذوا عدل منكم هديا بالغ الكعبة} وهذا عبد الرحمن بن عوف