A man asked another man for his sister's hand in marriage, and the brother mentioned that she had previously committed fornication. When word of this reached Umar bin Khattab, he struck him, or nearly struck him, and then said, "What business did you have telling of it?"
و حدثني عن مالك
أن رجلا خطب إلى رجل أخته فذكر أنها قد كانت أحدثت فبلغ ذلك عمر بن الخطاب فضربه أو كاد يضربه ثم قال ما لك وللخبر
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