Information for "MuwataMalik-017-001-34785"

Malik related to me from Zurayq Ibn Hakim AlAyli that a man called Misbah asked his son for help and he thought him unnecessarily slow. When the son came; his father said to him; O fornicator. Zurayq said; So the son asked me to help him against the father. When I wanted to flog him; his son said; By Allah; if you flog him; I will acknowledge that I have committed fornication. When he said that; the situation was confused for me; so I wrote about it to Umar Ibn Abd AlAziz who was the governor at that time; and I mentioned it to him. Umar wrote me to permit his pardon. Zurayq said; I wrote to Umar Ibn Abd AlAziz also; What do you think about a man who is slandered or his parents are slandered and both or only one of them are dead? He said; Umar wrote to me; If he forgives; his pardon is permitted for himself. If his parents are slandered and one or both of them are dead; take the judgement of the Book of Allah for it unless he wants to veil it. Yahya said; I heard Malik say; That is because the slandered man might fear that if that is unveiled about him; a clear proof might be established. If it is according to what we have described; his pardon is permitted.