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darimi:3113Abū Khaythamah Muṣʿab b. Saʿīd al-Ḥarrānī > Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh > al-Ashʿath

[Machine] About Al-Hasan, there was a man who died leaving behind two sons and two thousand dirhams. The two sons divided the two thousand dirhams equally between themselves. Then, one of the sons disappeared. A man came and claimed a thousand dirhams from the deceased. He said to take all that is in the witness's hand and he was told to follow his absent brother and take half of what is in his hand.  

الدارمي:٣١١٣حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو خَيْثَمَةَ مُصْعَبُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ الْحَرَّانِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ الْأَشْعَثِ

عَنْ الْحَسَنِ فِي رَجُلٍ هَلَكَ وَتَرَكَ ابْنَيْنِ وَتَرَكَ أَلْفَيْ دِرْهَمٍ فَاقْتَسَمَا الْأَلْفَيْ دِرْهَمٍ وَغَابَ أَحَدُ الِابْنَيْنِ فَجَاءَ رَجُلٌ فَاسْتَحَقَّ عَلَى الْمَيِّتِ أَلْفَ دِرْهَمٍ قَالَ يَأْخُذُ جَمِيعَ مَا فِي يَدِ الشَّاهِدِ وَيُقَالُ لَهُ اتَّبِعْ أَخَاكَ الْغَائِبَ فَخُذْ نِصْفَ مَا فِي يَدِهِ