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bayhaqi:21226Abū ʿAbdullāh > Abū al-Walīd > ʿAbdullāh b. Muḥammad > ʿAmr b. Zurārah > Hushaym > Yūnus And Ibn ʿAwn And Hishām > Muḥammad b. Sīrīn > Shurayḥ

[Machine] That two men claimed ownership of a beast, so one of them presented evidence that he had acquired it, while the other presented evidence that it was his own, which he recognized. Shurayh said, "The one who acquired it has more right than the one who recognized it."  

البيهقي:٢١٢٢٦وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ أنبأ أَبُو الْوَلِيدِ ثنا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ ثنا عَمْرُو بْنُ زُرَارَةَ أنبأ هُشَيْمٌ عَنْ يُونُسَ وَابْنِ عَوْنٍ وَهِشَامٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سِيرِينَ عَنْ شُرَيْحٍ

أَنَّ رَجُلَيْنِ ادَّعَيَا دَابَّةً فَأَقَامَ أَحَدُهُمَا الْبَيِّنَةَ وَهِيَ فِي يَدِهِ أَنَّهُ نَتَجَهَا وَأَقَامَ الْآخَرُ بَيِّنَةً أَنَّهَا دَابَّتُهُ عَرَفَهَا فَقَالَ شُرَيْحٌ النَّاتِجُ أَحَقُّ مِنَ الْعَارِفِ  


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bayhaqi:21225Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ > Abū al-Walīd al-Faqīh > al-Ḥasan b. Sufyān > Muḥammad b. ʿUbayd > Ḥammād b. Zayd > Ayyūb > Muḥammad

[Machine] Two men argued over ownership of a sheep. Each of them presented evidence that it belonged to them and that they had produced it. Then Shurayh said, "It belongs to the one who has the lamb in his possession, as the producer has more right."  

البيهقي:٢١٢٢٥وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ أنبأ أَبُو الْوَلِيدِ الْفَقِيهُ أنبأ الْحَسَنُ بْنُ سُفْيَانَ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ ثنا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ عَنْ أَيُّوبَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدٍ

أَنَّ رَجُلَيْنِ اخْتَصَمَا إِلَى شُرَيْحٍ فِي دَابَّةٍ فَأَقَامَ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْهُمَا الْبَيِّنَةَ أَنَّهَا لَهُ وَأَنَّهُ أَنْتَجَهَا فَقَالَ شُرَيْحٌ هِيَ لِلَّذِي فِيُ يَدَيْهِ النَّاتِجُ أَحَقُّ مِنَ الْعَارِفِ