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Sunan Abu Dawud 3542

Chapter: Regarding A Man Who Favors One Of His Children In Presents (An-Nuhl)

Differing grades 3 scholars’ grades Sunan Abu Dawud 3542

Narrator:An-Nu‘mān ibn Bashīr

حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ حَنْبَلٍ، حَدَّثَنَا هُشَيْمٌ، أَخْبَرَنَا سَيَّارٌ، وَأَخْبَرَنَا مُغِيرَةُ، وَأَخْبَرَنَا دَاوُدُ، عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ، وَأَنْبَأَنَا مُجَالِدٌ، وَإِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ سَالِمٍ، عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ، عَنِ النُّعْمَانِ بْنِ بَشِيرٍ، قَالَ أَنْحَلَنِي أَبِي نُحْلاً - قَالَ إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ سَالِمٍ مِنْ بَيْنِ الْقَوْمِ نِحْلَةً غُلاَمًا لَهُ - قَالَ فَقَالَتْ لَهُ أُمِّي عَمْرَةُ بِنْتُ رَوَاحَةَ إِيتِ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَأَشْهِدْهُ فَأَتَى النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَأَشْهَدَهُ فَذَكَرَ ذَلِكَ لَهُ فَقَالَ إِنِّي نَحَلْتُ ابْنِي النُّعْمَانَ نُحْلاً وَإِنَّ عَمْرَةَ سَأَلَتْنِي أَنْ أُشْهِدَكَ عَلَى ذَلِكَ قَالَ فَقَالَ ‏"‏ أَلَكَ وَلَدٌ سِوَاهُ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قَالَ قُلْتُ نَعَمْ ‏.‏ قَالَ ‏"‏

فَكُلَّهُمْ أَعْطَيْتَ مِثْلَ مَا أَعْطَيْتَ النُّعْمَانَ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قَالَ لاَ قَالَ فَقَالَ بَعْضُ هَؤُلاَءِ الْمُحَدِّثِينَ ‏"‏ هَذَا جَوْرٌ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ وَقَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ ‏"‏ هَذَا تَلْجِئَةٌ فَأَشْهِدْ عَلَى هَذَا غَيْرِي ‏"

Narrated Al-Nu'man b. Bashir:

My father gave me a gift. The narrator Isma'il b. Salim said: (He gave me) his slave as a gift. My mother 'Umrah daughter of Rawahah said: Go to the Messenger of Allah and call him as witness. He then came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and mentioned it to him. He said him: I have given my son al-Nu'man a gift, and 'Umrah has asked me to call you as witness to it. He asked him: Have you children other than him? He said: I replied: Yes. He again asked: Have you given the rest of them the same as you have given al-Nu'man ? He said: No. Some of these narrators said in their version (that the Prophet said:) This in injustice. The others said in their version (that the Prophet said:) This is under force. So call some other person than me as witness to it. Mughirah said in his version: (The Prophet asked): Are you not pleased with the fact that all of them may be equal in virtue and grace ? He replied: Yes. He said: Then call some other person than me as witness to it. Mujahid mentioned in his version: They have right to you that you should do justice to them, as you have right to them that they should do good to you.

Abu Dawud said: In the version of al-Zuhri some (narrators) said: (Have you given) to all your sons ? and some (narrators) said: Your children. Ibn Abi Khalid narrated from al-Sha'bi in his version: Have your sons other than him ? Abu al-Duha narrated on the authority of al-Nu'man b. Bashir: Have you children other than him ?

Reported by Abu Dawud (No. 3542), Muslim (No. 1623g) and Ahmad (No. 17652).

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Classical commentary

Al-Azimabadi — Awn al-Ma'bud

( أَخْبَرَنَا سَيَّار ) : أَيْ أَبُو الْحَكَم الْوَاسِطِيُّ عَنْ أَبِي وَائِل وَزِرّ بْن حُبَيْش وَالشَّعْبِيّ , وَعَنْهُنَّ شُعْبَة وَقُرَّة بْن خَالِد وَهُشَيْم وَثَّقَهُ أَحْمَد وَابْن مَعِين كَذَا فِي الْخُلَاصَة ( وَأَخْبَرَنَا مُغِيرَة وَأَخْبَرَنَا دَاوُدَ عَنْ الشَّعْبِيّ وَأَخْبَرْنَا مُجَالِد وَإِسْمَاعِيل بْن سَالِم عَنْ الشَّعْبِيّ ) : كَذَا وَقَعَ فِي بَعْض النُّسَخ , وَوَقَعَ فِي بَعْضهَا ح وَأَخْبَرَنَا مُغِيرَة ح وَأَخْبَرَنَا دَاوُدَ عَنْ الشَّعْبِيّ بِزِيَادَةِ حَاء التَّحْوِيل قَبْل قَوْله وَأَخْبَرَنَا مُغِيره وَبَعْده , وَالظَّاهِر أَنَّهُ غَلَط , لِأَنَّ هُشَيْمًا رَوَى هَذَا الْحَدِيث عَنْ سَيَّار وَمُغِيرَة وَدَاوُد وَمُجَالِد وَإِسْمَاعِيل فَهَؤُلَاءِ الْمُحَدِّثُونَ…

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Scholars’ grades

The 3 scholars cited do not give the same grade: each one is shown below.

ScholarGradeApplies toWork
Al-Albanid. 1420 AH AuthenticSahih The hadith No. 3542
Zubair Ali Zaid. 1435 AH WeakDaif The hadith No. 3542
Muhammad Muhyi al-Din Abd al-Hamidd. 1392 AH AuthenticSahih The hadith No. 3542

Other versions

Authentic Sahih Muslim 1623g

Have you, besides him, other sons? He said: Yes. Thereupon he (the Holy Prophet) said: Have you given gifts to all of them like this (as you have given to Nu'man)? He said: No. Thereupon he (the Holy Prophet) said: I cannot bear witness to an injustice.

أَلَكَ بَنُونَ سِوَاهُ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قَالَ نَعَمْ ‏.‏ قَالَ ‏"‏ فَكُلَّهُمْ أَعْطَيْتَ مِثْلَ هَذَا ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قَالَ لاَ ‏.‏ قَالَ ‏"‏ فَلاَ أَشْهَدُ عَلَى جَوْرٍ ‏"

Narrated by An-Nu‘mān ibn Bashīr

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  • البحر الزخار بمسند البزار (2806)أَكُلُّ وَلَدِكَ أَعْطَيْتَ مِثْلَ مَا أَعْطَيْتَ النُّعْمَانَ ؟ ، قَالَ : لا ، قَالَ : فَارْدُدْهُ
  • التمهيد لابن عبد البر (1220)نَحَلْتُ ابْنِي النُّعْمَانَ نُحْلا ، وَإِنَّ عَمْرَةَ سَأَلَتْنِي أَنْ أُشْهِدَكَ عَلَى ذَلِكَ . فَقَالَ : أَلَكَ وَلَدٌ سِوَاهُ ؟ قُلْتُ : نَعَمْ . قَالَ : فَكُلَّهُمْ أَعْطَيْتَهُ مِثْلَ مَا أَعْطَيْتَ النُّعْمَانَ ؟ . قَالَ : قُلْتُ : لا . قَالَ هُشَيْمٌ : قَالَ بَعْضُ هَؤُلاءِ الْمُحَدِّثِينَ :
  • السنن الكبرى للبيهقي (11094)نَحَلْتُ ابْنِي النُّعْمَانَ نُحْلا ، وَإِنَّ عَمْرَةَ سَأَلَتْنِي أَنْ أُشْهِدَكَ عَلَى ذَلِكَ ، قَالَ : فَقَالَ : أَلَكَ وَلَدٌ سِوَاهُ ؟ قَالَ : قُلْتُ : نَعَمْ ، قَالَ : وَكُلَّهُمْ أَعْطَيْتَ مِثْلَ الَّذِي أَعْطَيْتَ النُّعْمَانَ ؟ قَالَ : لا ، قَالَ : فَقَالَ بَعْضُ هَؤُلاءِ الْمُحَدِّثِينَ :
  • مستخرج أبي عوانة (4511)أَلَكَ وَلَدٌ سِوَاهُ ؟ قَالَ : قُلْتُ : نَعَمْ ، قَالَ : فَكُلَّهُمْ أَعْطَيْتَهُ مثل الَّذِي أَعْطَيْتَ النُّعْمَانَ ؟ قَالَ : لا ، قَالَ : فَقَالَ هَؤُلاءِ الْمُحَدِّثُونَ : هَذَا جَوْرٌ ، وَقَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ : هَذَا تَلْجِئَةٌ ، فَأَشْهِدْ عَلَى هَذَا غَيْرِي قَالَ مُغِيرَةُ : أَلَيْسَ يَسُرُّكَ
  • مستخرج أبي عوانة (4521)أَلَكَ بَنُونَ سِوَاهُ ؟ قَالَ : نَعَمْ ، قَالَ : فَكُلَّهُمْ أَعْطَيْتَ مثل هَذَا ؟ قَالَ : لا ، قَالَ : فَكَرِهَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَنْ يَشْهَدَ لَهُ

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Not graded Riyad as-Salihin 1773

My father took me to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and said to him: "I have gifted one of my slaves to this son of mine." The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, "Have you given such gift to every son of yours?" He replied, "No." Thereupon he said, "Take this gift back." Another narration is: The Messenger…

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Not graded Al-Adab al-Mufrad 93

An-Nu'man ibn Bashir said that his father had carried him to the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace. He said, 'Messenger of Allah, I testify to you that I have given an-Nu'man such-and-such. (It was a slave). The Prophet asked, "Have you given each of your children the…

حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سَلاَمٍ، قَالَ‏:‏ أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ الأَعْلَى بْنُ عَبْدِ الأَعْلَى الْقُرَشِيُّ، عَنْ دَاوُدَ بْنِ أَبِي هِنْدَ، عَنْ عَامِرٍ، أَنَّ النُّعْمَانَ بْنَ بَشِيرٍ حَدَّثَهُ، أَنَّ أَبَاهُ…

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Authentic Sahih Muslim 1623f

Then do not make me a witness, for I do not bear witness to injustice

His mother, Bint Rawāhah, asked his father for some of his wealth as a gift for her son. He hesitated for a year, but then he decided. She said: I will not be satisfied until you make the Messenger of Allah (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) witness what you have given to my son. So, my…

أَلَكَ وَلَدٌ سِوَى هَذَا ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قَالَ نَعَمْ ‏.‏ فَقَالَ ‏"‏ أَكُلَّهُمْ وَهَبْتَ لَهُ مِثْلَ هَذَا ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قَالَ لاَ ‏.‏ قَالَ ‏"‏ فَلاَ تُشْهِدْنِي إِذًا فَإِنِّي لاَ أَشْهَدُ عَلَى جَوْرٍ ‏"

Narrated by An-Nu‘mān ibn Bashīr + 3 other versions Explained

Authentic Sunan Ibn Majah 2375

“Bear witness that I have given Nu'man such and such from my wealth.” He said: “Have you given all your children something like that which you have given to Nu'man?” He said: “No.” He said: “Then let someone other than me bear witness to that.” And he said: “Would you not like all your children to…

"‏ فَكُلَّ بَنِيكَ نَحَلْتَ مِثْلَ الَّذِي نَحَلْتَ النُّعْمَانَ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قَالَ لاَ ‏.‏ قَالَ ‏"‏ فَأَشْهِدْ عَلَى هَذَا غَيْرِي ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قَالَ ‏"‏ أَلَيْسَ يَسُرُّكَ أَنْ يَكُونُوا لَكَ فِي الْبِرِّ سَوَاءً ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قَالَ…

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Authentic Sunan Abu Dawud 3545

Bashir's wife said (to her husband): Give my son your slave, and call the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) as witness for me. So he came to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and said: The daughter of so-and-so has asked me to give her som my slave and said to me: Call the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) as witness for her…

لَهُ إِخْوَةٌ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ فَقَالَ نَعَمْ ‏.‏ قَالَ ‏"‏ فَكُلَّهُمْ أَعْطَيْتَ مِثْلَ مَا أَعْطَيْتَهُ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قَالَ لاَ ‏.‏ قَالَ ‏"‏ فَلَيْسَ يَصْلُحُ هَذَا وَإِنِّي لاَ أَشْهَدُ إِلاَّ عَلَى حَقٍّ ‏"

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Authentic Sahih Muslim 1623b

My father brought me to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and said: I have donated this slave to my son. whereupon he said: Have you made (such) donation to every one or your sons? He said: No. Thereupon he (the-Holy Prophet) said: Then take him back.

إِنِّي نَحَلْتُ ابْنِي هَذَا غُلاَمًا ‏.‏ فَقَالَ ‏"‏ أَكُلَّ بَنِيكَ نَحَلْتَ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قَالَ لاَ ‏.‏ قَالَ ‏"‏ فَارْدُدْهُ ‏"

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