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Bulugh al-Maram 1427

Chapter: Cases and evidence

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وَعَنْ أَبَى مُوسَى [ اَلْأَشْعَرِيِّ ] ‏- رضى الله عنه ‏- { أَنَّ رَجُلَيْنِ اِخْتَصَمَا إِلَى رَسُولِ اَللَّهِ ‏- صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏-فِي دَابَّةٍ, لَيْسَ لِوَاحِدٍ مِنْهُمَا بَيِّنَةٌ, فَقَضَى بِهَا رَسُولُ اَللَّهِ > 1‏ 2‏ .‏ بَيْنَهُمَا نِصْفَيْنِ } رَوَاهُ أَحْمَدُ, وَأَبُو دَاوُدَ, وَالنَّسَائِيُّ وَهَذَا لَفْظُهُ, وَقَالَ: إِسْنَادُهُ جَيِّد ٌ 3‏ .‏
‏1 ‏- سقط قوله: "رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم" من "أ" .‏
‏2 ‏- سقط قوله: "رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم" من "أ" .‏
‏3 ‏- ضعيف.‏ رواه أحمد ( 4 / 402 )‏، وأبو داود ( 3613 ‏- 3615 )‏، والنسائي في "الكبرى" ( 3 / 487 )‏، وقد بين الحافظ نفسه علله في "التلخيص" ( 4 / 209 ‏- 210 )‏.‏

Narrated Abu Musa (RA):

Two men had a disputer over an animal, and neither of them had a proof. So Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) gave a ruling that it be divided in halves between them. [Reported by Ahmad, Abu Dawud and an-Nasa'i, and the wording is his (an-Nasa'i) who said that it's chain of narrators is Jayyid (good)].

Reported by An-Nasa’i (No. 5424). Cited in Bulugh al-Maram (No. 1427).

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That two men referred a dispute to the Prophet [SAW] concerning an animal, and neither of them had any evidence, so he ruled that it be shared equally between them.

رَجُلَيْنِ، اخْتَصَمَا إِلَى النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فِي دَابَّةٍ لَيْسَ لِوَاحِدٍ مِنْهُمَا بَيِّنَةٌ فَقَضَى بِهَا بَيْنَهُمَا نِصْفَيْنِ ‏.‏

Narrated by Abu Mūsa al-Ash‘ari

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  • السنن الكبرى للنسائي (5788)فِي دَابَّةٍ ، لَيْسَ لِوَاحِدٍ مِنْهُمَا بَيِّنَةٌ ، فَقَضَى بِهَا بَيْنَهُمَا نِصْفَيْنِ
  • مشكل الآثار للطحاوي (4171)رَجُلَيْنِ اخْتَصَمَا إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فِي دَابَّةٍ لَيْسَ لِوَاحِدٍ مِنْهُمَا بَيِّنَةٌ ، فَقَضَى بِهَا النَّبِيُّ ﷺ بَيْنَهُمَا نِصْفَيْنِ .
  • مصنف ابن أبي شيبة (28505)رَجُلَيْنِ ادَّعَيَا دَابَّةً لَيْسَ لِوَاحِدٍ مِنْهُمَا بَيِّنَةٌ ، فَقَضَى بِهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ، ﷺ ، بَيْنَهُمَا

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