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bukhari:2151 – Muḥammad b. ʿAmr > al-Makkī > Ibn Jurayj > Ziyād > Thābit a freed slave of ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Zayd > Abū Hurayrah

Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Whoever buys a sheep which has been kept unmilked for a long period, and milks it, can keep it if he is satisfied, and if he is not satisfied, he can return it, but he should pay one Sa of dates for the milk."  

البخاري:٢١٥١ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو حَدَّثَنَا الْمَكِّيُّ أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي زِيَادٌ أَنَّ ثَابِتًا مَوْلَى عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ زَيْدٍ

أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ ؓ يَقُولُ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَنِ اشْتَرَى غَنَمًا مُصَرَّاةً فَاحْتَلَبَهَا فَإِنْ رَضِيَهَا أَمْسَكَهَا وَإِنْ سَخِطَهَا فَفِي حَلْبَتِهَا صَاعٌ مِنْ تَمْرٍ  

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abudawud:3445 – ʿAbdullāh b. Makhlad al-Tamīmī > al-Makkī / Ibn Ibrāhīm > Ibn Jurayj > Ziyād > Thābit a freed slave of ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Zayd > Abū Hurayrah

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ as saying: If anyone buys sheep or goat whose udders have been tied up and he milked it, he may keep it if he is pleased with it, or he may return it if he is displeased with it. There is one sa' of dates (which he must give to the seller) for milking it.  

أبو داود:٣٤٤٥ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مَخْلَدٍ التَّمِيمِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا الْمَكِّيُّ يَعْنِي ابْنَ إِبْرَاهِيمَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ حَدَّثَنِي زِيَادٌ أَنَّ ثَابِتًا مَوْلَى عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ زَيْدٍ أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ يَقُولُ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَنِ اشْتَرَى غَنَمًا مُصَرَّاةً احْتَلَبَهَا فَإِنْ رَضِيَهَا أَمْسَكَهَا وَإِنْ سَخِطَهَا فَفِي حَلْبَتِهَا صَاعٌ مِنْ تَمْرٍ  

nasai-kubra:6036 – Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm > ʿAbdullāh b. al-Ḥārith > Dāwud b. Qays > Ibn Yasār > Abū Hurayrah

"whoever buys a Musarraha, if he is please with it when he milks it, he may keep it, and if he is not please with it, he may return it, along with a Sa of daters"' (Sahih ) (Using translation from Nasāʾī 4488)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٦٠٣٦ – أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ الْحَارِثِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي دَاوُدُ بْنُ قَيْسٍ عَنِ ابْنِ يَسَارٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ «إِنَّ مَنِ اشْتَرَى مُصَرَّاةً فَإِنْ رَضِيَهَا إِذَا حَلَبَهَا فَلْيُمْسِكْهَا وَإِنْ كَرِهَهَا فَلْيَرُدَّهَا وَمَعَهَا صَاعٌ مِنْ تَمْرٍ»  

bayhaqi:10716 – Abū ʿAlī al-Rūdhbārī > Muḥammad b. Bakr > Abū Dāwud > ʿAbdullāh b. Makhlad al-Tamīmī > al-Makkī b. Ibrāhīm > Ibn Jurayj > Ziyād > Thābit a freed slave of ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Zayd > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Whoever buys a fattened sheep, milks it, and is satisfied with it, then he should keep it. But if he is displeased with it, then there is a saa' of dates in its udder."  

البيهقي:١٠٧١٦ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَلِيٍّ الرُّوذْبَارِيُّ أنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَكْرٍ ثنا أَبُو دَاوُدَ ثنا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ مَخْلَدٍ التَّمِيمِيُّ ثنا الْمَكِّيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ ثنا ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ ثنا زِيَادٌ أَنَّ ثَابِتًا مَوْلَى عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ زَيْدٍ أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ يَقُولُ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مَنِ اشْتَرَى غَنَمًا مُصَرَّاةً احْتَلَبَهَا فَإِنْ رَضِيَهَا أَمْسَكَهَا وَإِنْ سَخِطَهَا فَفِي حَلْبَتِهَا صَاعٌ مِنْ تَمْرٍ  

رَوَاهُ الْبُخَارِيُّ فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو عَنْ مَكِّيِّ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ الْبُخَارِيُّ قَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ عَنِ ابْنِ سِيرِينَ صَاعًا مِنْ تَمْرٍ