Arabic (Original)
أَخْبَرَنَا الْفَقِيهُ أَبُو الْفَتْحِ الْعُمَرِيُّ أنبأ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ أَبِي شُرَيْحٍ أنبأ أَبُو الْقَاسِمِ الْبَغَوِيُّ ثنا عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْجَعْدِ أنبأ زُهَيْرٌ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ حَارِثَةَ بْنِ مُضَرِّبٍ قَالَ كُنْتُ جَالِسًا عِنْدَ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ ؓ فَجَاءَ رَجُلَانِ فَسَلَّمَ أَحَدُهُمَا وَلَمْ يُسَلِّمِ الْآخَرُ فَقُلْنَا أَوْ قَالَ مَا بَالُ صَاحِبِكَ لَمْ يُسَلِّمْ؟ قَالَ إِنَّهُ نَذَرَ صَوْمًا لَا يُكَلِّمُ الْيَوْمَ إِنْسِيًّا قَالَ عَبْدُ اللهِ بِئْسَ مَا قُلْتَ إِنَّمَا كَانَتْ تِلْكَ امْرَأَةً قَالَتْ ذَلِكَ لِيَكُونَ لَهَا عُذْرٌ وَكَانُوا يُنْكِرُونَ أَنْ يَكُونَ وَلَدٌ مِنْ غَيْرِ زَوْجٍ وَلَا زِنًا أَوْ إِلَّا زِنًا فَسَلِّمْ وَمُرْ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ وَانْهَ عَنِ الْمُنْكَرِ خَيْرٌ مِنْ ذَلِكَ
English Translation
Harithah ibn Mudarrib said: I was sitting with Abdullah ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) when two men came. One of them greeted with salam but the other did not. We said - or he said: Why did your companion not give salam? He said: He has vowed to fast and not speak to any human being today. Abdullah said: How terrible is what you have said! That was only a woman [Maryam] who said that so she would have an excuse, as they used to deny that a child could be born without a husband, except through fornication. So give salam and enjoin what is right and forbid what is wrong; that is better than that.