Hadith No: 2
Al-San'ani - al-Mufassal - Book of Drinks - Chapter on Those Punished Among the Companions of the Prophet (Peace be upon Him and His Holy Land)
Volume: (9) - Page Number: (240)
17076 - Abd al-Razzaq from Ma'mar from al-Zuhri said: Abdullah ibn Amir ibn Rabi'ah informed me, who was told by his father, that Umar ibn al-Khattab appointed Qudamah ibn Muz'un as the governor of Bahrain, and he was the maternal uncle of Hafsa and Abdullah ibn Umar. Then al-Jarud, the leader of Abd Qays, came to Umar from Bahrain
and said: O Commander of the Faithful, Qudamah has been drinking and is drunk. And I indeed saw a punishment from the limits of Allah that I believe it is my duty to report to you. Umar said: Who will testify with you? He replied: Abu Huraira.
So he called Abu Huraira, who said: What will you testify? He answered: I did not see him drinking, but I saw him drunk. Umar said: You are being overly particular in your testimony. Then he wrote to Qudamah to come to him from Bahrain. Al-Jarud said to Umar: Enforce this according to the Book of Allah, the Almighty. Umar replied: Are you a disputant or a witness? He said: Rather, a witness. Umar said: Then you have fulfilled your testimony. Al-Jarud remained silent until the next morning, when he went to Umar and said: Enforce this as the limit of Allah. Umar said: I see you are only a disputant, and no one is testifying with you except a man. Al-Jarud said: I beseech you by Allah. Umar replied: You will restrain your tongue or I will make you unhappy. Al-Jarud said: By Allah, that is not right, that your cousin drank, and you would make me unhappy. Abu Huraira said: If you doubt our testimony, send for the daughter of al-Walid and ask her, for she is Qudamah's wife. So Umar sent for Hind, daughter of al-Walid, to question her, and she testified against her husband. Umar said to Qudamah: I am imposing a punishment on you. Qudamah replied: If I had drunk as they say, you would have no right to flog me. Umar asked: Why? Qudamah said: Allah, the Exalted, said: {There is no sin for those who believe and do righteous deeds in what they have eaten} (Surah al-Ma'idah 5:93). Umar said: You have erred in interpretation; if you are mindful, you will avoid what Allah has forbidden you. Then Umar turned to the people and said: What do you see regarding flogging Qudamah? They said: We do not think you should flog him as long as he is ill. He remained silent about this for several days and then woke one day with a resolve to punish him.
He said to his companions: What do you think about flogging Qudamah? They said: We do not think you should flog him as long as he is weak. Umar said: To meet Allah under lashes is more dear to me than to meet Him while it is on my conscience. Bring me a complete whip. So he ordered Qudamah to be flogged, and Umar was displeased with Qudamah and avoided him. Qudamah performed Hajj while still angry with him. When they both returned from their Hajj and Umar camped at al-Suqiya, he fell asleep, then woke from his sleep and said: Hurry to me with Qudamah and bring him to me, for I swear I see one coming to me. Salim said: It is Qudamah; he is your brother, so hurry with him. When they brought him, he refused to come, so Umar ordered that if he would not come, he be dragged to him. Umar spoke to him and asked for forgiveness, and this was the first reconciliation between them.