Malik related to me from Abdullah ibn Dinar that
Abdullah ibn Umar said, "When we took an oath of
allegiance with him to hear and obey, the Messenger of
Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said to
us, 'In what you are able.' "
Malik related to me from Muhammad ibn al-Munkadir that
Umayma bint Ruqayqa said, "I went to the Messenger of
Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, with the
women who took an oath of allegiance with him in Islam.
They said, 'Messenger of Allah! We take a pledge with you
not to associate anything with Allah, not to steal, not to
commit adultery, not to kill our children, nor to produce
any lie that we have devised between our hands and feet,
and not to disobey you in what is known.' The Messenger of
Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, 'In
what you can do and are able.' "
Umayma continued, "They said, 'Allah and His Messenger
are more merciful to us than ourselves. Come, let us give
our hands to you, Messenger of Allah!' The Messenger of
Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, 'I
do not shake hands with women. My word to a hundred women
is like my word to one woman.' "
Malik related to me from Abdullah ibn Dinar that
Abdullah ibn Umar wrote to Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan, making
an oath of allegiance. He wrote, "In the name of Allah,
the Merciful, the Compassionate. To the slave of Allah,
Abd al-Malik, the amir al-muminin, Peace be upon you. I
praise Allah to you. There is no god but Him. I
acknowledge your right to my hearing and my obedience
according to the sunna of Allah and the sunna of His
Prophet, in what I am able."
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