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abudawud:3640Maḥmūd b. Khālid > Muḥammad b. ʿUthmān > ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz b. Muḥammad > Abū Ṭuwālah And ʿAmriw b. Yaḥyá from his father > Abū Saʿīd al-Khudrī

Two men brought their dispute about the precincts of a palm-tree to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. According to a version of this tradition, he ordered to measure and it was measured. It was found seven yards. According to another version, it was found five yards. He made a decision according to that. AbdulAziz said: He ordered to measure with a branch of its branches. It was then measured.  

أبو داود:٣٦٤٠حَدَّثَنَا مَحْمُودُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ أَنَّ مُحَمَّدَ بْنَ عُثْمَانَ حَدَّثَهُمْ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ أَبِي طُوَالَةَ وَعَمْرِو بْنِ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ قَالَ

اخْتَصَمَ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ رَجُلاَنِ فِي حَرِيمِ نَخْلَةٍ فِي حَدِيثِ أَحَدِهِمَا فَأَمَرَ بِهَا فَذُرِعَتْ فَوُجِدَتْ سَبْعَةَ أَذْرُعٍ وَفِي حَدِيثِ الآخَرِ فَوُجِدَتْ خَمْسَةَ أَذْرُعٍ فَقَضَى بِذَاكَ قَالَ عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ فَأَمَرَ بِجَرِيدَةٍ مِنْ جَرِيدِهَا فَذُرِعَتْ