Muwatta Malik
Book 28, Hadith 53
Arabic hadith text
وَحَدَّثَنِي عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ الْمَكِّيِّ، أَنَّ رَجُلاً، خَطَبَ إِلَى رَجُلٍ أُخْتَهُ فَذَكَرَ أَنَّهَا قَدْ كَانَتْ أَحْدَثَتْ فَبَلَغَ ذَلِكَ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ فَضَرَبَهُ - أَوْ كَادَ يَضْرِبُهُ - ثُمَّ قَالَ مَا لَكَ وَلِلْخَبَرِ
Translation
Yahya related to me from Malik from Abu'z-Zubayr al-Makki thatsomebody asked a man for his sister in marriage and the man mentionedthat she had committed fornication. Umar ibn al-Khattab heard about itand he beat the man or almost beat him, and said, "What did you meanby giving him such information?"