Sunan Abu Dawud 3531

Chapter: Regarding A Man Who Finds His Exact Property With Another Man

Weak 3 scholars’ grades Sunan Abu Dawud 3531

حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عَوْنٍ، حَدَّثَنَا هُشَيْمٌ، عَنْ مُوسَى بْنِ السَّائِبِ، عَنْ قَتَادَةَ، عَنِ الْحَسَنِ، عَنْ سَمُرَةَ بْنِ جُنْدُبٍ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏"‏

مَنْ وَجَدَ عَيْنَ مَالِهِ عِنْدَ رَجُلٍ فَهُوَ أَحَقُّ بِهِ وَيَتَّبِعُ الْبَيِّعُ مَنْ بَاعَهُ ‏"

Narrated Samurah ibn Jundub:

The Prophet (ﷺ) said: If anyone finds his very property with a man, he is more entitled to it (than anyone else), and the buyer should pursue the one who sold it.

Reported by Abu Dawud (No. 3531).

Classical commentary

Al-Azimabadi — Awn al-Ma'bud

( مَنْ وَجَدَ عَيْن مَاله ) : قَالَ التُّورْبَشْتِيُّ الْمُرَاد مِنْهُ مَا غُصِبَ أَوْ سُرِقَ أَوْ ضَاعَ مِنْ الْأَمْوَال ( فَهُوَ أَحَقّ ) : أَيْ بِمَالِهِ ( وَيَتَّبِع ) : بِتَشْدِيدِ التَّاء وَكَسْر الْمُوَحَّدَة ( الْبَيْع ) : بِكَسْرِ الْيَاء الْمُشَدَّدَة أَيْ الْمُشْتَرِي لِذَلِكَ الْمَال ( مَنْ بَاعَهُ ) : أَيْ وَأَخَذَ مِنْهُ الثَّمَن. قَالَ الْخَطَّابِيّ. هَذَا فِي الْمَغْصُوب وَنَحْوه إِذَا وَجَدَ مَاله الْمَغْصُوب أَوْ الْمَسْرُوق عِنْد رَجُل كَانَ لَهُ أَنْ يُخَاصِمهُ فِيهِ وَيَأْخُذ عَيْن مَاله مِنْهُ وَيَرْجِع الْمُنْتَزِع الشَّيْء مِنْ يَده عَلَى مَنْ بَاعَهُ إِيَّاهُ اِنْتَهَى. قَالَ الْمُنْذِرِيّ : وَأَخْرَجَهُ النَّسَائِيُّ , وَقَدْ تَقَدَّمَ الْكَلَام عَلَى الِاخْتِلَاف ف…

Scholar	Grade	Applies to	Work
Al-Albanid. 1420 AH	WeakDaif ضعيف	The hadith	No. 3531
Zubair Ali Zaid. 1435 AH	WeakDaif	The hadith	No. 3531
Muhammad Muhyi al-Din Abd al-Hamidd. 1392 AH	WeakDaif	The hadith	No. 3531

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Not graded Mishkat al-Masabih 2949

Samura reported the Prophet as saying, “If anyone finds his actual property with someone he has most right to it, and the buyer must sue the one who made the sale.” Ahmad, Abu Dawud and Nasa’i transmitted it.

وَعَن سَمُرَةَ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: «مَنْ وَجَدَ عَيْنَ مَالِهِ عِنْدَ رَجُلٍ فَهُوَ أَحَقُّ بِهِ وَيَتَّبِعُ الْبَيِّعُ مَنْ بَاعَهُ» . رَوَاهُ أَحْمد وَأَبُو دَاوُد وَالنَّسَائِيّ

Narrated by Samurah ibn Jundub

Also reported by… (5)

السنن الكبرى للبيهقي (10669)مَنْ وَجَدَ مَالَهُ عِنْدَ رَجُلٍ فَهُوَ أَحَقُّ بِهِ ، وَيَتَّبِعُ الْبَيِّعُ مَنْ بَاعَهُ
المراسيل مع الأسانيد لأبي داود (171)مَنْ وَجَدَ عَيْنَ مَالِهِ عِنْدَ رَجُلٍ فَهُوَ أَحَقُّ بِهِ ، وَيَتْبَعُ الْبَيِّعُ مَنْ بَاعَهُ
المعجم الكبير للطبراني (6718)مَنْ وَجَدَ عَيْنَ مَالِهِ فَهُوَ أَحَقُّ بِهِ ، وَيَتْبَعُ الْبَيْعَ مَنْ بَاعَهُ
سنن الدارقطني (2541)مَنْ وَجَدَ عَيْنَ مَالِهِ عِنْدَ رَجُلٍ فَهُوَ أَحَقُّ بِهِ , وَيَتْبَعُ الْبَيْعَ مَنْ بَاعَهُ
معرفة السنن والآثار للبيهقي (3218)مَنْ وَجَدَ عَيْنَ مَالِهِ عِنْدَ رَجُلٍ فَهُوَ أَحَقُّ بِهِ ، وَيَتْبَعُ الْبَيْعَ مَنْ بَاعَهُ

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Not graded Muttafaq ‘alayh (Bukhari and Muslim) Bulugh al-Maram 864

We heard Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) say: "If a creditor finds his very property with a debtor who becomes bankrupt, he is more entitled to it than anyone else." [Agreed upon].

عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اَلرَّحْمَنِ, عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ‏- رضى الله عنه ‏- [ قَالَ ]: سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اَللَّهِ ‏- صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏-يَقُولُ: { مَنْ أَدْرَكَ مَالَهُ بِعَيْنِهِ عِنْدَ رَجُلٍ قَدْ أَفْلَسَ…

Narrated by Abu Hurayrah + 21 other versions

Not graded Muwatta Malik 1374

Yahya related to me from Malik from Ibn Shihab from Abu Bakr ibn Abd ar-Rahman ibn al-Harith ibn Hisham that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "Whenever a man sells wares and then the buyer becomes bankrupt and the seller has not taken any of the price and he…

"‏ أَيُّمَا رَجُلٍ بَاعَ مَتَاعًا فَأَفْلَسَ الَّذِي ابْتَاعَهُ مِنْهُ وَلَمْ يَقْبِضِ الَّذِي بَاعَهُ مِنْ ثَمَنِهِ شَيْئًا فَوَجَدَهُ بِعَيْنِهِ فَهُوَ أَحَقُّ بِهِ وَإِنْ مَاتَ الَّذِي ابْتَاعَهُ فَصَاحِبُ الْمَتَاعِ…

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Authentic Sahih Muslim 1559f

When a inan becomes insolvent, and the other person (seller) finds his goods intact with him, he is more entitled to get them than anyone else.

إِذَا أَفْلَسَ الرَّجُلُ فَوَجَدَ الرَّجُلُ عِنْدَهُ سِلْعَتَهُ بِعَيْنِهَا فَهُوَ أَحَقُّ بِهَا ‏"

Narrated by Abu Hurayrah

Authentic Sunan Abu Dawud 3522

If he paid something from its price, then he will be equal to the creditors in the remaining price. If a man dies and he has the very property of a man (i.e. seller), he is equal to the creditors whether he (the buyer) pays him (the price) or not. Abu Dawud said: Malik's version of this tradition…

حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَوْفٍ الطَّائِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْجَبَّارِ، - يَعْنِي الْخَبَائِرِيَّ - حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ، - يَعْنِي ابْنَ عَيَّاشٍ - عَنِ الزُّبَيْدِيِّ، - قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ…

Narrated by Abu Hurayrah

Authentic Sunan Ibn Majah 2359

“Any man who sells a product with the man who has become bankrupt, and he has not taken any of its price, it belongs to him, but if he had taken any of its price, then he is like any other creditor.”

"‏ أَيُّمَا رَجُلٍ بَاعَ سِلْعَةً فَأَدْرَكَ سِلْعَتَهُ بِعَيْنِهَا عِنْدَ رَجُلٍ وَقَدْ أَفْلَسَ وَلَمْ يَكُنْ قَبَضَ مِنْ ثَمَنِهَا شَيْئًا فَهِيَ لَهُ ‏.‏ وَإِنْ كَانَ قَبَضَ مِنْ ثَمَنِهَا شَيْئًا فَهُوَ أُسْوَةُ…

Narrated by Abu Hurayrah

Authentic Sunan an-Nasa'i 4676

"If a person becomes bankrupt, then a man finds the goods that he sold to him with him, he has more right to them than anyone else."

"‏ أَيُّمَا امْرِئٍ أَفْلَسَ ثُمَّ وَجَدَ رَجُلٌ عِنْدَهُ سِلْعَتَهُ بِعَيْنِهَا فَهُوَ أَوْلَى بِهِ مِنْ غَيْرِهِ ‏"

Narrated by Abu Hurayrah

Sunan Abu Dawud 3531

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Samura reported the Prophet as saying, “If anyone finds his actual property with someone he has most right to it, and the buyer must sue the one who made the sale.” Ahmad, Abu Dawud and Nasa’i transmitted it.

On the same subject

We heard Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) say: "If a creditor finds his very property with a debtor who becomes bankrupt, he is more entitled to it than anyone else." [Agreed upon].

Yahya related to me from Malik from Ibn Shihab from Abu Bakr ibn Abd ar-Rahman ibn al-Harith ibn Hisham that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "Whenever a man sells wares and then the buyer becomes bankrupt and the seller has not taken any of the price and he…

When a inan becomes insolvent, and the other person (seller) finds his goods intact with him, he is more entitled to get them than anyone else.

If he paid something from its price, then he will be equal to the creditors in the remaining price. If a man dies and he has the very property of a man (i.e. seller), he is equal to the creditors whether he (the buyer) pays him (the price) or not. Abu Dawud said: Malik's version of this tradition…

“Any man who sells a product with the man who has become bankrupt, and he has not taken any of its price, it belongs to him, but if he had taken any of its price, then he is like any other creditor.”

"If a person becomes bankrupt, then a man finds the goods that he sold to him with him, he has more right to them than anyone else."

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Samura reported the Prophet as saying, “If anyone finds his actual property with someone he has most right to it, and the buyer must sue the one who made the sale.” Ahmad, Abu Dawud and Nasa’i transmitted it.

On the same subject

We heard Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) say: "If a creditor finds his very property with a debtor who becomes bankrupt, he is more entitled to it than anyone else." [Agreed upon].

Yahya related to me from Malik from Ibn Shihab from Abu Bakr ibn Abd ar-Rahman ibn al-Harith ibn Hisham that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "Whenever a man sells wares and then the buyer becomes bankrupt and the seller has not taken any of the price and he…

When a inan becomes insolvent, and the other person (seller) finds his goods intact with him, he is more entitled to get them than anyone else.

“Any man who sells a product with the man who has become bankrupt, and he has not taken any of its price, it belongs to him, but if he had taken any of its price, then he is like any other creditor.”

"If a person becomes bankrupt, then a man finds the goods that he sold to him with him, he has more right to them than anyone else."

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