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ahmad:19603Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Saʿīd > Qatādah > Saʿīd b. Abū Burdah > Abū Burdah from his father

two men referred a dispute to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ concerning an animal, and neither of them had proof, so he ruled that it should be divided in half. (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 2330)   

أحمد:١٩٦٠٣حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدٍ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْسَعِيدِ بْنِ أَبِي بُرْدَةَ عَنْ أَبِي بُرْدَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ

أَنَّ رَجُلَيْنِ اخْتَصَمَا إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فِي دَابَّةٍ لَيْسَ لِوَاحِدٍ مِنْهُمَا بَيِّنَةٌ فَجَعَلَهُ بَيْنَهُمَا نِصْفَيْنِ  


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nasai:5424ʿAmr b. ʿAlī > ʿAbd al-Aʿlá > Saʿīd > Qatādah > Saʿīd b. Abū Burdah from his father > Abū Mūsá

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.  

النسائي:٥٤٢٤أَخْبَرَنَا 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 ﷺ فِي دَابَّةٍ لَيْسَ لِوَاحِدٍ مِنْهُمَا بَيِّنَةٌ فَقَضَى بِهَا بَيْنَهُمَا نِصْفَيْنِ  

abudawud:3613Muḥammad b. Minhāl al-Ḍarīr > Yazīd b. Zurayʿ > Ibn Abū ʿArūbah > Qatādah > Saʿīd b. Abū Burdah from his father from his grandfather Abū Mūsá al-Ashʿarī

Two men claimed a camel or an animal and brought the case to the Holy Prophet ﷺ. But as neither of them produced any proof, the Holy Prophet ﷺ declared that they should share it equally.  

أبو داود:٣٦١٣حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مِنْهَالٍ الضَّرِيرُ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ زُرَيْعٍ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي عَرُوبَةَ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ أَبِي بُرْدَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ أَبِي مُوسَى الأَشْعَرِيِّ

أَنَّ رَجُلَيْنِ ادَّعَيَا بَعِيرًا أَوْ دَابَّةً إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ لَيْسَتْ لِوَاحِدٍ مِنْهُمَا بَيِّنَةٌ فَجَعَلَهُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ بَيْنَهُمَا  

ibnmajah:2330Isḥāq b. Manṣūr And Muḥammad b. Maʿmar Wazuhayr b. Muḥammad > Rawḥ b. ʿUbādah > Saʿīd > Qatādah > Saʿīd b. Abū Burdah from his father > Abū Mūsá

two men referred a dispute to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ concerning an animal, and neither of them had proof, so he ruled that it should be divided in half.  

ابن ماجة:٢٣٣٠حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مَعْمَرٍ وَزُهَيْرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ قَالُوا حَدَّثَنَا رَوْحُ بْنُ عُبَادَةَ حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدٌ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ أَبِي بُرْدَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي مُوسَى

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ اخْتَصَمَ إِلَيْهِ رَجُلاَنِ بَيْنَهُمَا دَابَّةٌ وَلَيْسَ لِوَاحِدٍ مِنْهُمَا بَيِّنَةٌ فَجَعَلَهَا بَيْنَهُمَا نِصْفَيْنِ  

hakim:7031al-Ḥasan b. Yaʿqūb al-ʿAdl > Yaḥyá b. Abū Ṭālib > ʿAbd al-Wahhāb b. ʿAṭāʾ > Saʿīd b. Abū ʿArūbah > Qatādah > Saʿīd b. Abū Burdah from his father from his grandfather Abū Mūsá > a manayn

Two men claimed a camel or an animal and brought the case to the Holy Prophet ﷺ. But as neither of them produced any proof, the Holy Prophet ﷺ declared that they should share it equally. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 3613)  

الحاكم:٧٠٣١أَخْبَرَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ الْعَدْلُ ثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ ثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَهَّابِ بْنِ عَطَاءٍ أَنْبَأَ سَعِيدُ بْنُ أَبِي عَرُوبَةَ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ أَبِي بُرْدَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ أَبِي مُوسَى

«أَنَّ رَجُلَيْنِ ادَّعَيَا بَعِيرًا أَوْ دَابَّةً إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَلَيْسَ لِوَاحِدٍ مِنْهُمَا بَيِّنَةٌ فَجَعَلَهُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ بَيْنَهُمَا»  

هَذَا حَدِيثٌ صَحِيحٌ عَلَى شَرْطِ الشَّيْخَيْنِ وَلَمْ يُخَرِّجَاهُ «وَقَدْ خَالَفَ هَمَّامُ بْنُ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدِ بْنِ أَبِي عَرُوبَةَ فِي مَتْنِ هَذَا الْحَدِيثِ» على شرط البخاري ومسلم
tabarani:1834Aḥmad b. Sulaymān b. Yūsuf al-ʿUqaylī al-Aṣbahānī from my father > al-Ḥusayn b. Ḥafṣ > Yāsīn al-Zayyāt > Simāk b. Ḥarb > Tamīm b. Ṭarafah > Jābir

[Machine] Two men argued before the Messenger of Allah ﷺ about a camel, and each of them presented evidence in support of his claim, so he [the Messenger of Allah] decided between them.  

الطبراني:١٨٣٤حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ يُوسُفَ الْعُقَيْلِيُّ الْأَصْبَهَانِيُّ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي ثنا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ حَفْصٍ عَنْ يَاسِينَ الزَّيَّاتِ عَنْ سِمَاكِ بْنِ حَرْبٍ عَنْ تَمِيمِ بْنِ طَرَفَةَ عَنْ جَابِرٍ

«أَنَّ رَجُلَيْنِ اخْتَصَمَا إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فِي بَعِيرٍ وَأَقَامَ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْهُمَا بَيِّنَةً أَنَّهُ لَهُ فَقَضَى بَيْنَهُمَا»  

bayhaqi:21214Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ > Aḥmad b. Jaʿfar > ʿAbdullāh b. Aḥmad b. Ḥanbal from my father > Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Shuʿbah > Qatādah > Saʿīd b. Abū Burdah from his father

two men referred a dispute to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ concerning an animal, and neither of them had proof, so he ruled that it should be divided in half. (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 2330)   

البيهقي:٢١٢١٤أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ أنبأ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ ثنا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ حَنْبَلٍ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ ثنا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ أَبِي بُرْدَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ

أَنَّ رَجُلَيْنِ اخْتَصَمَا إِلَى نَبِيِّ اللهِ ﷺ فِي دَابَّةٍ لَيْسَ لِوَاحِدٍ مِنْهُمَا بَيِّنَةٌ فَجَعَلَهَا بَيْنَهُمَا نِصْفَيْنِ  

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"إنَّ رَجُلَين اخْتَصَمَا إِلى النَّبِى ﷺ في دَابَةٍ لَيْسَ لِوَاحِدٍ مِنْهُمَا بيَنةٌ فَقَضَى بِهَا بَيْنَهُما نِصْفَيْنِ".  

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