أَخْبَرَنَا الشَّافِعِيُّ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ، قَالَ: أَخْبَرَنَا مَالِكٌ، عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ: أَنَّ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ ذَكَرَ الْمَجُوسَ، فَقَالَ: مَا أَدْرِي كَيْفَ أَصْنَعُ فِي أَمْرِهِمْ. فَقَالَ لَهُ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ عَوْفٍ: أَشْهَدُ لَسَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ: «سُنُّوا بِهِمْ سُنَّةَ أَهْلِ الْكِتَابِ» .
مسند امام شافی · Hadith 1773
Tell us Shafei may Allah be pleased with him, said: Tell us Malik from Jafar ibn Muhammad, from his father: that Omar ibn al-Khattab may Allah be pleased with him said the Magi, he said: What I do know how to ordered them. Then Abd al-Rahman ibn Auf told him: “I bear witness to the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, saying: Sunnah, his name.”
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020