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Sunan Ibn Majah 2371

Chapter: Passing Judgement On The Basis Of A Witness And An Oath

Differing grades 3 scholars’ grades Sunan Ibn Majah 2371

Narrator:Surraq

حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ، أَنْبَأَنَا جُوَيْرِيَةُ بْنُ أَسْمَاءَ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ يَزِيدَ، - مَوْلَى الْمُنْبَعِثِ - عَنْ رَجُلٍ، مِنْ أَهْلِ مِصْرَ عَنْ سُرَّقٍ، أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم

أَجَازَ شَهَادَةَ الرَّجُلِ وَيَمِينَ الطَّالِبِ ‏.‏

It was narrated from Surraq that :

the Prophet (ﷺ) allowed the testimony of a man along with the oath of the claimant.

Reported by Ibn Majah (No. 2371).

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Classical commentary

Al-Sindi — Hashiyat al-Sindi on Sunan Ibn Majah

قَوْله ( أَجَازَ شَهَادَة الرَّجُل وَيَمِين الطَّالِب ) فِي الزَّوَائِد التَّابِعِيّ مَجْهُول وَلَمْ يُخَرَّجْ لِسُرَّقٍ هَذَا غَيْر هَذَا الْحَدِيث الَّذِي أَخْرَجَهُ الْمُصَنِّف…

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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. 2371
Zubair Ali Zaid. 1435 AH WeakDaif The hadith No. 2371
Muhammad Fu'ad Abd al-Baqid. 1388 AH AuthenticSahih Lighairihi The hadith No. 2371

On the same subject

Authentic Sunan Abu Dawud 3611

I then met Suhail and asked him about this tradition. He said: I do not know it. I said to him: Rabi'ah transmitted it to me from you. He said: If Rabi'ah transmitted it to you from me, then retransmit it from Rabi'ah on my authority.

حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ دَاوُدَ الإِسْكَنْدَرَانِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا زِيَادٌ، - يَعْنِي ابْنَ يُونُسَ - حَدَّثَنِي سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ بِلاَلٍ، عَنْ رَبِيعَةَ، بِإِسْنَادِ أَبِي مُصْعَبٍ وَمَعْنَاهُ ‏.‏ قَالَ سُلَيْمَانُ…

Narrated by Abu Hurayrah + 2 other versions

Authentic Muwatta Malik 1409

Yahya said, "Malik said from Jafar ibn Muhammad from his father that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, pronounced judgement on the basis of an oath with one witness."

قَالَ يَحْيَى قَالَ مَالِكٌ عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَضَى بِالْيَمِينِ مَعَ الشَّاهِدِ ‏.‏

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