وَحَدَّثَنِي عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ التَّيْمِيِّ، عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ حَاطِبٍ، أَنَّ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ، خَرَجَ فِي رَكْبٍ فِيهِمْ عَمْرُو بْنُ الْعَاصِ حَتَّى وَرَدُوا حَوْضًا فَقَالَ عَمْرُو بْنُ الْعَاصِ لِصَاحِبِ الْحَوْضِ يَا صَاحِبَ الْحَوْضِ هَلْ تَرِدُ حَوْضَكَ السِّبَاعُ فَقَالَ عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ يَا صَاحِبَ الْحَوْضِ لاَ تُخْبِرْنَا فَإِنَّا نَرِدُ عَلَى السِّبَاعِ وَتَرِدُ عَلَيْنَا .
Yahya related to me from Malik from Yahya ibn Said from Muhammadibn Ibrahim ibn alHarith at-Taymi from Yahya ibn Abd ar-Rahman ibnHatib that Umar ibn al-Khattab set out on one occasion with a party ofriders, one of whom was Amr ibn al-As. They came to a watering placeand Amr ibn al-As asked the man who owned it whether wild beasts drankfrom it. Umar ibn al-Khattab told the owner of the watering place notto answer, since the people drank after the wild beasts and the wildbeasts drank after them. Translation Not Available
Book Ref: Muwatta Imam Malik Book 2 Hadith 44
Web Ref: Muwatta Imam Malik Book 2 Hadith 14