Muwatta Malik #1504
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 عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبْدٍ الْقَارِيِّ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، أَنَّهُ قَالَ قَدِمَ عَلَى عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ رَجُلٌ مِنْ قِبَلِ أَبِي مُوسَى الأَشْعَرِيِّ فَسَأَلَهُ عَنِ النَّاسِ، فَأَخْبَرَهُ ثُمَّ، قَالَ لَهُ عُمَرُ هَلْ كَانَ فِيكُمْ مِنْ مُغَرِّبَةِ خَبَرٍ فَقَالَ نَعَمْ رَجُلٌ كَفَرَ بَعْدَ إِسْلاَمِهِ . قَالَ فَمَا فَعَلْتُمْ بِهِ قَالَ قَرَّبْنَاهُ فَضَرَبْنَا عُنُقَهُ . فَقَالَ عُمَرُ أَفَلاَ حَبَسْتُمُوهُ ثَلاَثًا وَأَطْعَمْتُمُوهُ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ رَغِيفًا وَاسْتَتَبْتُمُوهُ لَعَلَّهُ يَتُوبُ وَيُرَاجِعُ أَمْرَ اللَّهِ ثُمَّ قَالَ عُمَرُ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي لَمْ أَحْضُرْ وَلَمْ آمُرْ وَلَمْ أَرْضَ إِذْ بَلَغَنِي .
Malik related to me from Abd ar-Rahman ibn Muhammad ibn Abdullah
ibn Abd al-Qari that his father said, "A man came to Umar ibn al-
Khattab from Abu Musa al-Ashari. Umar asked after various people, and
he informed him. Then Umar inquired, 'Do you have any recent news?' He
said, 'Yes. A man has become a kafir after his Islam.' Umar asked,
'What have you done with him?' He said, 'We let him approach and
struck off his head.' Umar said, 'Didn't you imprison him for three
days and feed him a loaf of bread every day and call on him to tawba
that he might turn in tawba and return to the command of Allah?' Then
Umar said, 'O Allah! I was not present and I did not order it and I am
not pleased since it has come to me!' "
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This hadith is #1504 from Muwatta Malik, in the Book of Judgements.