Arabic hadith text
وَعَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ، أَنَّ عُمَرَ بْنَ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ، كَتَبَ إِلَى عَبْدِ الْحَمِيدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ زَيْدِ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ وَهُوَ عَامِلٌ عَلَى الْكُوفَةِ أَنِ اقْضِ بِالْيَمِينِ مَعَ الشَّاهِدِ .
Translation
From Malik from Abu'z-Zinad that Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz wrote toAbd al-Hamid ibn Abd ar-Rahman ibn Zayd ibn al-Khattab who was thegovernor of Kufa, "Pronounce judgement on the basis of an oath withone witness."