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Translation of
Malik's Muwatta:
The Oath of Allegiance
Section: About the Oath of Allegiance
Book 55, Number 55.1.1:
Malik related to me from Abdullah ibn Dinar that
Abdullah ibn Umar said, "When we took an oath of
allegiance with him to hear and obey, the Messenger of
Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said to
us, 'In what you are able.' "
Book 55, Number 55.1.2:
Malik related to me from Muhammad ibn al-Munkadir
that Umayma bint Ruqayqa said, "I went to the Messenger
of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, with
the women who took an oath of allegiance with him in
Islam. They said, 'Messenger of Allah! We take a pledge
with you not to associate anything with Allah, not to
steal, not to commit adultery, not to kill our children,
nor to produce any lie that we have devised between our
hands and feet, and not to disobey you in what is
known.' The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and
grant him peace, said, 'In what you can do and are
able.' "
Umayma continued, "They said, 'Allah and His
Messenger are more merciful to us than ourselves. Come,
let us give our hands to you, Messenger of Allah!' The
Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him
peace, said, 'I do not shake hands with women. My word
to a hundred women is like my word to one woman.' "
Book 55, Number 55.1.3:
Malik related to me from Abdullah ibn Dinar that
Abdullah ibn Umar wrote to Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan,
making an oath of allegiance. He wrote, "In the name of
Allah, the Merciful, the Compassionate. To the slave of
Allah, Abd al-Malik, the amir al-muminin, Peace be upon
you. I praise Allah to you. There is no god but Him. I
acknowledge your right to my hearing and my obedience
according to the sunna of Allah and the sunna of His
Prophet, in what I am able."
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