Muwatta Malik #1137
Fara'id
The Arabic includes the chain of narration (sanad) and the collector's commentary; the English translation shows the Prophet's words only.
حَدَّثَنِي يَحْيَى، عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَبِي بَكْرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ حَزْمٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ حَنْظَلَةَ الزُّرَقِيِّ، أَنَّهُ أَخْبَرَهُ عَنْ مَوْلًى، لِقُرَيْشٍ كَانَ قَدِيمًا يُقَالُ لَهُ ابْنُ مِرْسَى أَنَّهُ قَالَ كُنْتُ جَالِسًا عِنْدَ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ فَلَمَّا صَلَّى الظُّهْرَ قَالَ يَا يَرْفَا هَلُمَّ ذَلِكَ الْكِتَابَ - لِكِتَابٍ كَتَبَهُ فِي شَأْنِ الْعَمَّةِ - فَنَسْأَلَ عَنْهَا وَنَسْتَخْبِرَ فِيهَا . فَأَتَاهُ بِهِ يَرْفَا فَدَعَا بِتَوْرٍ أَوْ قَدَحٍ فِيهِ مَاءٌ فَمَحَا ذَلِكَ الْكِتَابَ فِيهِ ثُمَّ قَالَ لَوْ رَضِيَكِ اللَّهُ وَارِثَةً أَقَرَّكِ لَوْ رَضِيَكِ اللَّهُ أَقَرَّكِ .
Yahya related to me from Malik from Muhammad ibn Abi Bakr ibn
Muhammad ibn Amribn Hazm that Abdar-Rahman ibn Hanthala az-Zurqi was
informed by a mawla of Quraysh,who used to be known as Ibn Mursi, that
he was sitting with Umar ibn al-Khattab, and when they had prayed
dhuhr, he said, "Yarfa! Bring that letter! (a letter which he had
written about the paternal aunt.) We asked about her and asked for
information about her." Yarfa brought it to him. He called for a small
vessel or a drinking-bowl in which there was water. He erased the
letter in it. Then he said, "Had Allah approved of you as an heir, we
would have confirmed you. Had Allah approved of you, we would have
confirmed you."
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This hadith is #1137 from Muwatta Malik, in the Book of Fara'id.