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ذِكْرُ الْأَمْرِ بِالتَّسْوِيَةِ بَيْنَ الْأَوْلَادِ فِي النَّحْلِ إِذْ تَرْكُهُ حَيْفٌ

ibnhibban:5098al-Ḥasan b. Muḥammad b. Asad Bifam al-Ṣulḥ > Yaḥyá b. al-Faḍl al-Khurqī > Ḥajjāj b. Nuṣayr > Fiṭr b. Khalīfah > Abū al-Ḍuḥá > al-Nuʿmān b. Bashīr

"My father took me to the Messenger of Allah to ask him to bear witness to a gift that he had given me. He said: 'Do you have any other children besides him?' He said: 'Yes.' He said: 'Treat them equally.'" (Using translation from Nasāʾī 3686)   

ابن حبّان:٥٠٩٨أَخْبَرَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَسَدٍ بِفَمِ الصُّلْحِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ الْفَضْلِ الْخُرْقِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَجَّاجُ بْنُ نُصَيْرٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا فِطْرُ بْنُ خَلِيفَةَ عَنْ أَبِي الضُّحَى قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ النُّعْمَانَ بْنَ بَشِيرٍ يَقُولُ انْطَلَقَ بِي أَبِي إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ لِيُشْهِدَهُ عَلَى عَطِيَّةٍ يُعْطِينِيهَا فَقَالَ «هَلْ لَكَ وَلَدٌ غَيْرَهُ؟ » قَالَ قُلْتُ نَعَمْ قَالَ «سَوِّ بَيْنَهُمْ»  


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Collected by Nasāʾī, Aḥmad, Ibn Ḥibbān, Nasāʾī's Kubrá
nasai:3685ʿUbaydullāh b. Saʿīd > Yaḥyá > Fiṭr > Muslim b. Ṣubayḥ > al-Nuʿmān b. Bashīr

"My father took me to the Prophet to ask him to bear witness to something that he had given to me. He said: 'Do you have any other children?' He said: 'Yes.' He gestured with his hand held horizontally like this, (saying): 'Why don't you treat them all equally?'"  

النسائي:٣٦٨٥أَخْبَرَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ يَحْيَى عَنْ فِطْرٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي مُسْلِمُ بْنُ صُبَيْحٍ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ النُّعْمَانَ بْنَ بَشِيرٍ يَقُولُ ذَهَبَ بِي أَبِي إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ يُشْهِدُهُ عَلَى شَىْءٍ أَعْطَانِيهِ فَقَالَ أَلَكَ وَلَدٌ غَيْرُهُ قَالَ نَعَمْ وَصَفَّ بِيَدِهِ بِكَفِّهِ أَجْمَعَ كَذَا أَلاَ سَوَّيْتَ بَيْنَهُمْ  

nasai:3686Muḥammad b. Ḥātim > Ḥibbān > ʿAbdullāh > Fiṭr > Muslim b. Ṣubayḥ > al-Nuʿmān

"My father took me to the Messenger of Allah to ask him to bear witness to a gift that he had given me. He said: 'Do you have any other children besides him?' He said: 'Yes.' He said: 'Treat them equally.'"  

النسائي:٣٦٨٦أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ حَاتِمٍ قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا حِبَّانُ قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ عَنْ فِطْرٍ عَنْ مُسْلِمِ بْنِ صُبَيْحٍ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ النُّعْمَانَ يَقُولُ وَهُوَ يَخْطُبُ انْطَلَقَ بِي أَبِي إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ يُشْهِدُهُ عَلَى عَطِيَّةٍ أَعْطَانِيهَا فَقَالَ هَلْ لَكَ بَنُونَ سِوَاهُ قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ سَوِّ بَيْنَهُمْ  

ahmad:18359Abū Aḥmad > Fiṭr > Abū al-Ḍuḥá > al-Nuʿmān b. Bashīr

"My father took me to the Messenger of Allah to ask him to bear witness to a gift that he had given me. He said: 'Do you have any other children besides him?' He said: 'Yes.' He said: 'Treat them equally.'" (Using translation from Nasāʾī 3686)   

أحمد:١٨٣٥٩حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أَحْمَدَ حَدَّثَنَا فِطْرٌ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الضُّحَى قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ النُّعْمَانَ بْنَ بَشِيرٍ يَقُولُ انْطَلَقَ بِي أَبِي إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ يَعْنِي يُشْهِدُهُ عَلَى عَطِيَّةٍ يُعْطِينِيهَا فَقَالَ هَلْ لَكَ وَلَدٌغَيْرُهُ؟ قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ فَسَوِّ بَيْنَهُمْ  

ذِكْرُ خَبَرٍ ثَانٍ يُصَرِّحُ بِصِحَّةِ مَا ذَكَرْنَاهُ

ibnhibban:5099al-Ḥasan b. Sufyān > Ḥibbān b. Mūsá > ʿAbdullāh > Fiṭr > Muslim b. Ṣubayḥ > al-Nuʿmān b. Bashīr / Yakhṭub

"My father took me to the Messenger of Allah to ask him to bear witness to a gift that he had given me. He said: 'Do you have any other children besides him?' He said: 'Yes.' He said: 'Treat them equally.'" (Using translation from Nasāʾī 3686)   

ابن حبّان:٥٠٩٩أَخْبَرَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ سُفْيَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حِبَّانُ بْنُ مُوسَى قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ عَنْ فِطْرٍ عَنْ مُسْلِمِ بْنِ صُبَيْحٍ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ النُّعْمَانَ بْنَ بَشِيرٍ وَهُوَ يَخْطُبُ يَقُولُ انْطَلَقَ بِي أَبِي إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ لِيُشْهِدَهُ عَلَى عَطِيَّةٍ أَعْطَانِيهَا فَقَالَ «هَلْ لَكَ بَنُونَ سِوَاهُ؟ » قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ «سَوِّ بَيْنَهُمْ»  

nasai-kubra:6480Muḥammad b. Ḥātim > Ḥibbān > ʿAbdullāh > Fiṭr > Muslim b. Ṣubayḥ > al-Nuʿmān b. Bashīr

"My father took me to the Messenger of Allah to ask him to bear witness to a gift that he had given me. He said: 'Do you have any other children besides him?' He said: 'Yes.' He said: 'Treat them equally.'" (Using translation from Nasāʾī 3686)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٦٤٨٠أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ حَاتِمٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا حِبَّانُ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ عَنْ فِطْرٍ عَنْ مُسْلِمِ بْنِ صُبَيْحٍ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ النُّعْمَانَ بْنَ بَشِيرٍ يَقُولُ وَهُوَ يَخْطُبُ انْطَلَقَ بِي أَبِي إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ؛ لِيُشْهِدَهُ عَلَى عَطِيَّةٍ أَعْطَانِيهَا فَقَالَ «هَلْ لَكَ بَنُونَ سِوَاهُ؟» قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ «سَوِّ بَيْنَهُمْ»