قَالَ يَحْيَى قَالَ مَالِكٌ عَنْ جَمِيلِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الْمُؤَذِّنِ، أَنَّهُ كَانَ يَحْضُرُ عُمَرَ بْنَ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ وَهُوَ يَقْضِي بَيْنَ النَّاسِ فَإِذَا جَاءَهُ الرَّجُلُ يَدَّعِي عَلَى الرَّجُلِ حَقًّا نَظَرَ فَإِنْ كَانَتْ بَيْنَهُمَا مُخَالَطَةٌ أَوْ مُلاَبَسَةٌ أَحْلَفَ الَّذِي ادُّعِيَ عَلَيْهِ وَإِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ شَىْءٌ مِنْ ذَلِكَ لَمْ يُحَلِّفْهُ . قَالَ مَالِكٌ وَعَلَى ذَلِكَ الأَمْرُ عِنْدَنَا أَنَّهُ مَنِ ادَّعَى عَلَى رَجُلٍ بِدَعْوَى نُظِرَ فَإِنْ كَانَتْ بَيْنَهُمَا مُخَالَطَةٌ أَوْ مُلاَبَسَةٌ أُحْلِفَ الْمُدَّعَى عَلَيْهِ فَإِنْ حَلَفَ بَطَلَ ذَلِكَ الْحَقُّ عَنْهُ وَإِنْ أَبَى أَنْ يَحْلِفَ وَرَدَّ الْيَمِينَ عَلَى الْمُدَّعِي فَحَلَفَ طَالِبُ الْحَقِّ أَخَذَ حَقَّهُ .
Yahya said, "Malik said about Jamil ibn Abd ar-Rahman al-Muadhdinthat he was present with Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz when he was judgingbetween people. If a man came to him with a claim against a man, heexamined whether or not there were frequent transactions and dealingsbetween them. If there were, the defendant could make an oath. Ifthere was nothing of that nature he did not accept an oath from him." Malik summed up, "What is done in our community is that ifsome one makes a claim against a man, it is examined. If there arefrequent transactions and dealings between them, the defendant is madeto take an oath. If he takes an oath, the claim against him isdropped. If the defendant refuses to take an oath, and returns theoath to the claimant, the one claiming his right takes an oath andtakes his due." Translation Not Available
Book Ref: Muwatta Imam Malik Book 36 Hadith 1412
Web Ref: Muwatta Imam Malik Book 36 Hadith 8