Nafi’, the freed slave of Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both), said: When Sabigh (ibn Ghusl) arrived in Egypt with the army of the Iraqi Muslims, asking questions about certain verses, Sayyiduna Amr bin al-As (may Allah be pleased with him) sent him to Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him). When the messenger brought the message to him, he asked: Where is that man? He replied: He is in the tent. Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Go and see, if he has run away, I will give you a painful punishment. So the messenger brought him (Sabigh) before him. Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Are you inventing new things? Then Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) called for fresh branches and beat him so much that he was covered in blood, then let him go. When he and his wounds healed, he beat him again, then gave him respite, then called him again to make him taste (the punishment). Sabigh said: If you want to kill me, then kill me at once, and if you want to cure me, then by Allah, I am now cured. Then Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) allowed him to return to his homeland, and wrote to Sayyiduna Abu Musa Ash’ari (may Allah be pleased with him) that no Muslim should sit with him. This was very hard on Sabigh. So Sayyiduna Abu Musa (may Allah be pleased with him) wrote to Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) that he has sincerely repented. Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) replied, permitting people to meet and sit with him.