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abudawud:3275 – Mūsá b. Ismāʿīl > Ḥammād > ʿAṭāʾ b. al-Sāʾib > Abū Yaḥyá > Ibn ʿAbbās

Two men brought their dispute to the Prophet ﷺ. The Prophet ﷺ asked the plaintiff to produce evidence, but he had no evidence. So he asked the defendant to swear. He swore by Allah "There is no god but He." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Yes, you have done it, but you have been forgiven for the sincerity of the statement: "There is no god but Allah." Abu Dawud said: This tradition means that he did not command him to make atonement  

أبو داود:٣٢٧٥ – حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ أَخْبَرَنَا عَطَاءُ بْنُ السَّائِبِ عَنْ أَبِي يَحْيَى عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

أَنَّ رَجُلَيْنِ اخْتَصَمَا إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَسَأَلَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ الطَّالِبَ الْبَيِّنَةَ فَلَمْ تَكُنْ لَهُ بَيِّنَةٌ فَاسْتَحْلَفَ الْمَطْلُوبَ فَحَلَفَ بِاللَّهِ الَّذِي لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ هُوَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ بَلَى قَدْ فَعَلْتَ وَلَكِنْ قَدْ غُفِرَ لَكَ بِإِخْلاَصِ قَوْلِ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ  

قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ يُرَادُ مِنْ هَذَا الْحَدِيثِ أَنَّهُ لَمْ يَأْمُرْهُ بِالْكَفَّارَةِ

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ahmad:2280 – ʿAffān > Ḥammād b. Salamah > ʿAṭāʾ b. al-Sāʾib > Abū Yaḥyá > Ibn ʿAbbās

Two men brought their dispute to the Prophet ﷺ. The Prophet ﷺ asked the plaintiff to produce evidence, but he had no evidence. So he asked the defendant to swear. He swore by Allah "There is no god but He." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Yes, you have done it, but you have been forgiven for the sincerity of the statement: "There is no god but Allah." Abu Dawud said: This tradition means that he did not command him to make atonement (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 3275)   

أحمد:٢٢٨٠ – حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ السَّائِبِ عَنْ أَبِي يَحْيَى عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

أَنَّ رَجُلَيْنِ اخْتَصَمَا إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَسَأَلَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ الْمُدَّعِيَ الْبَيِّنَةَ فَلَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ بَيِّنَةٌ فَاسْتَحْلَفَ الْمَطْلُوبَ فَحَلَفَ بِاللهِ الَّذِي لَا إِلَهَ إِلا هُوَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِنَّكَ قَدْ فَعَلْتَ وَلَكِنْ غُفِرَ لَكَ بِإِخْلاصِكَ قَوْلَ لَا إِلَهَ إِلا اللهُ  

ahmad:2613 – Ḥasan b. Mūsá > Ḥammād b. Salamah > ʿAṭāʾ b. al-Sāʾib > Abū Yaḥyá > Ibn ʿAbbās

Two men brought their dispute to the Prophet ﷺ. The Prophet ﷺ asked the plaintiff to produce evidence, but he had no evidence. So he asked the defendant to swear. He swore by Allah "There is no god but He." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Yes, you have done it, but you have been forgiven for the sincerity of the statement: "There is no god but Allah." Abu Dawud said: This tradition means that he did not command him to make atonement (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 3275)   

أحمد:٢٦١٣ – حَدَّثَنَا حَسَنُ بْنُ مُوسَى حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ السَّائِبِ عَنْ أَبِي يَحْيَى عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

أَنَّ رَجُلَيْنِ اخْتَصَمَا إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَسَأَلَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ الْمُدَّعِيَ الْبَيِّنَةَ؟ فَلَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ بَيِّنَةٌ فَاسْتَحْلَفَ الْمَطْلُوبَ فَحَلَفَ بِاللهِ الَّذِي لَا إِلَهَ إِلا هُوَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِنَّكَ قَدْ حَلَفْتَ وَلَكِنْ قَدْ غَفَرَ اللهُ لَكَ بِإِخْلاصِكَ قَوْلَكَ لَا إِلَهَ إِلا اللهُ  

ahmad:5379 – Ḥasan b. Mūsá > Ḥammād b. Salamah > ʿAṭāʾ b. al-Sāʾib > Abū Yaḥyá > Ibn ʿAbbās

Two men brought their dispute to the Prophet ﷺ. The Prophet ﷺ asked the plaintiff to produce evidence, but he had no evidence. So he asked the defendant to swear. He swore by Allah "There is no god but He." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Yes, you have done it, but you have been forgiven for the sincerity of the statement: "There is no god but Allah." Abu Dawud said: This tradition means that he did not command him to make atonement (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 3275)   

أحمد:٥٣٧٩ – حَدَّثَنَا حَسَنُ بْنُ مُوسَى حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ السَّائِبِ عَنْ أَبِي يَحْيَى عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

أَنَّ رَجُلَيْنِ اخْتَصَمَا إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَسَأَلَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ الْمُدَّعِيَ الْبَيِّنَةَ فَلَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ بَيِّنَةٌ فَاسْتَحْلَفَ الْمَطْلُوبَ فَحَلَفَ بِاللهِ الَّذِي لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا هُوَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَنْتَ قَدْ فَعَلْتَ وَلَكِنْ غُفِرَ لَكَ بِإِخْلَاصِكَ قَوْلَ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ  

bayhaqi:19876 – Abū ʿAlī al-Rūdhbārī > Muḥammad b. Bakr > Abū Dāwud > Mūsá b. Ismāʿīl > Ḥammād > ʿAṭāʾ b. al-Sāʾib > Abū Yaḥyá > Ibn ʿAbbās

Two men brought their dispute to the Prophet ﷺ. The Prophet ﷺ asked the plaintiff to produce evidence, but he had no evidence. So he asked the defendant to swear. He swore by Allah "There is no god but He." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Yes, you have done it, but you have been forgiven for the sincerity of the statement: "There is no god but Allah." Abu Dawud said: This tradition means that he did not command him to make atonement (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 3275)   

البيهقي:١٩٨٧٦ – وَأَمَّا الْحَدِيثُ الَّذِي أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَلِيٍّ الرُّوذْبَارِيُّ أنبأ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَكْرٍ ثنا أَبُو دَاوُدَ ثنا مُوسَى بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ ثنا حَمَّادٌ أنبأ عَطَاءُ بْنُ السَّائِبِ عَنْ أَبِي يَحْيَى عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ؓ أَنَّ

رَجُلَيْنِ اخْتَصَمَا إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَسَأَلَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ الطَّالِبَ الْبَيِّنَةَ فَلَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ بَيِّنَةٌ فَاسْتَحْلَفَ الْمَطْلُوبَ فَحَلَفَ بِاللهِ الَّذِي لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا هُوَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ قَدْ فَعَلْتَ وَلَكِنْ غُفِرَ لَكَ بِإِخْلَاصِ قَوْلِ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ فَهَكَذَا  

رَوَاهُ حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ وَعَبْدُ الْوَارِثِ الثَّوْرِيُّ وَجَرِيرٌ وَشَرِيكٌ عَنْ عَطَاءٍ وَرَوَاهُ شُعْبَةُ عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ السَّائِبِ