When Umar found out what happened, he called him and said: "Why did you do that?

When Umar found out what happened, he called him and said: "Why did you do that?" The man replied: "We did it at the time of the Prophet and he did not forbid us till Allah took his soul, then we did it at the time of Abu Bakr and he did not forbid us till Allah took his soul too, and then we did it during your rule and you have not forbid us before." Umar replied: "By whom my sole is in His hand!

Had I forbidden it sooner, I would have stoned you so that you could understand the difference between marriage and fornication." Sunni reference: Kanz al-Ummal, by al-Muttaqi al-Hindi, v8, p294, via al- Tabari How can Umar prohibit something which the messenger of Allah did not?…