Muwatta Malik #1482
Judgements
The Arabic includes the chain of narration (sanad) and the collector's commentary; the English translation shows the Prophet's words only.
وَحَدَّثَنِي مَالِكٌ، عَنْ رَبِيعَةَ بْنِ أَبِي عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، أَنَّهُ قَالَ قَدِمَ عَلَى عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ رَجُلٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْعِرَاقِ فَقَالَ لَقَدْ جِئْتُكَ لأَمْرٍ مَا لَهُ رَأْسٌ وَلاَ ذَنَبٌ . فَقَالَ عُمَرُ مَا هُوَ قَالَ شَهَادَاتُ الزُّورِ ظَهَرَتْ بِأَرْضِنَا . فَقَالَ عُمَرُ أَوَقَدْ كَانَ ذَلِكَ قَالَ نَعَمْ . فَقَالَ عُمَرُ وَاللَّهِ لاَ يُؤْسَرُ رَجُلٌ فِي الإِسْلاَمِ بِغَيْرِ الْعُدُولِ .
Malik related to me that Rabia ibn Abi Abd ar-Rahman said, "An
Iraqi man came before Umar ibn al-Khattab and said, 'I have come to
you because of a matter which has no beginning and no end.' Umar said,
'What is it?' The man said, 'False testimony has appeared in our
land.' Umar said, 'Is that so?' He said, 'Yes.' Umar said, 'By Allah!
A man is not detained in Islam without just witnesses.' "
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This hadith is #1482 from Muwatta Malik, in the Book of Judgements.