Nor should he swear an oath.
He said: “ʿUmar—may Allah be pleased with him—forbade the jargon of the non-Arabs, saying, ‘It is corruption.’
“I deem it disliked to pray facing a solitary stone set in the road; if there are many stones, however, it is permissible.
“It is reprehensible to stop working on Friday in imitation of the People of the Scripture, who refrain from work on Saturday and Sunday.
“It is said that part of venerating God is to honor the gray-haired Muslim.” Someone asked, “Should a man stand for another who possesses virtue and juristic learning?” He replied, “I dislike that, though there is no harm in making room for him in the gathering.
“For a woman to stand for her husband until he is seated is the practice of tyrants. People may even wait for him, and when he appears they rise. This is not from the practice of Islam; rather, it is something that ought to be forbidden.”
(1) See al-Mudawwanah as transmitted by Sahnun from Ibn al-Qasim, 1:62–63.
(2) See al-Mudawwanah as transmitted by Sahnun from Ibn al-Qasim, 1:63.
(3) In MS B: hijarah (stones).
(4) See al-Mudawwanah as transmitted by Sahnun from Ibn al-Qasim, 1:109.
(5) In MS A: “on Saturday and Sunday.”
(6) Al-Mudawwanah, 1:154, quoting Malik: “It has reached me that some of the Companions of the Messenger of Allah—peace and blessings be upon him and his family—disliked a man’s abandoning work on Friday the way the Jews and Christians abandoned work on Saturday and Sunday.”
(7) Abu Dawud narrates from Abu Musa al-Ashari that the Messenger of Allah—peace and blessings be upon him and his family—said, “Part of revering Allah is to honor a Muslim elder.” Sunan Abi Dawud, Book of Manners, “Chapter: Giving people their due rank,” no. 4843 (5:174). The chain includes Abu Kinanah, an unknown narrator—some claim he is Muawiyah b. Qurrah, but this is unverified; see Taqrib al-Tahdhib 2:466 (no. 21). The remaining transmitters are trustworthy.
(8) The particle bi-an (that) is omitted in MS A.