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Sunan an-Nasa'iThe Book of the Etiquette of Judges

Sunan an-Nasa'i 5424

Chapter: Passing Judgment When There is no Evidence

Differing grades 3 scholars’ grades Sunan an-Nasa'i 5424

Narrator:Abu Mūsa al-Ash‘ari

أَخْبَرَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عَلِيٍّ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الأَعْلَى، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدٌ، عَنْ قَتَادَةَ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ أَبِي بُرْدَةَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ أَبِي مُوسَى، أَنَّ

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

It was narrated from Abu Musa:

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.

Reported by An-Nasa’i (No. 5424).

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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 WeakDaif The hadith No. 5424
Zubair Ali Zaid. 1435 AH Good (hasan)Hasan The hadith No. 5424
Abd al-Fattah Abu Ghuddahd. 1417 AH WeakDaif The hadith No. 5424

Other versions

Not graded Bulugh al-Maram 1427

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)].

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…

Also reported by… (3)
  • 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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Not graded Mishkat al-Masabih 3772

Abu Musa al-Ash'ari told that two men laid claim to a camel in the time of God’s Messenger and both of them sent two witnesses, so the Prophet divided it in halves between them.* Abu Dawud transmitted it. A version by Nasa’i, Ibn Majah and him says that two men laid claim to a camel, but as neither…

وَعَن أبي مُوسَى الأشعريِّ: أَنَّ رَجُلَيْنِ ادَّعَيَا بَعِيرًا عَلَى عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَبَعَثَ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْهُمَا شَاهِدَيْنَ فَقَسَّمَهُ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ…

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