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ذِكْرُ خَبَرٍ سَادِسٍ يُصَرِّحُ بِأَنَّ الْإِيثَارَ فِي النَّحْلِ بَيْنَ الْأَوْلَادِ غَيْرُ جَائِزٍ

ibnhibban:5107ʿUmar b. Muḥammad al-Hamdānī > Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Aʿlá > Muʿtamir b. Sulaymān > al-Fuḍayl > Abū Ḥarīz > ʿĀmir > al-Nuʿmān b. Bashīr

[Machine] Indeed, my father, Bashir ibn Saad, came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and said, "O Messenger of Allah, the daughter of Rawaha gave birth to a boy, and I named him Nu'man. She refused to raise him until I made a garden for him as a gift, which is the best of my wealth." She said, "Bear witness, O Prophet ﷺ ." The Prophet ﷺ said to him, "Do you have any other children?" He replied, "Yes." He said, "Do not bear witness to me except for justice, for I do not bear witness to injustice."  

ابن حبّان:٥١٠٧أَخْبَرَنَا عُمَرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْهَمْدَانِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْأَعْلَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُعْتَمِرُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ قَالَ قَرَأْتُ عَلَى الْفُضَيْلِ عَنْ أَبِي حَرِيزٍ أَنَّ عَامِرًا حَدَّثَهُ أَنَّ النُّعْمَانَ بْنَ بَشِيرٍ قَالَ

إِنَّ وَالِدِي بَشِيرَ بْنَ سَعْدٍ أَتَى رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّ عَمْرَةَ بِنْتَ رَوَاحَةَ نُفِسَتْ بِغُلَامٍ وَإِنِّي سَمَّيْتُهُ نُعْمَانَ وَإِنَّهَا أَبَتْ أَنْ تُرَبِّيَهُ حَتَّى جَعَلْتُ لَهُ حَدِيقَةً لِي أَفْضَلَ مَالِي هُوَ وَإِنَّهَا قَالَتْ أَشْهِدِ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ عَلَى ذَلِكَ فَقَالَ لَهُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «هَلْ لَكَ وَلَدٌ غَيْرَهُ؟ » قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ «لَا تُشْهِدْنِي إِلَّا عَلَى عَدْلٍ فَإِنِّي لَا أَشْهَدُ عَلَى جَوْرٍ»  


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nasai:3683Aḥmad b. Sulaymān > Muḥammad b. ʿUbayd > Ismāʿīl > ʿĀmir > Ukhbirt

"I was told that Bashir bin Sa'd came to the Messenger of Allah and said: 'O Messenger of Allah, my wife 'Amrah bint Rawahah told me to give a gift to her son Nu'man, and she told me to ask you to bear witness to that.' The Prophet said: 'Do you have any other children?' He said: 'Yes.' He said: 'Have you given them something like that which you have given to this one?' He said: 'No.' He said: 'Then do not ask me to bear witness to unfairness.'"  

النسائي:٣٦٨٣أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ عَنْ عَامِرٍ قَالَ أُخْبِرْتُ

أَنَّ بَشِيرَ بْنَ سَعْدٍ أَتَى رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّ امْرَأَتِي عَمْرَةَ بِنْتَ رَوَاحَةَ أَمَرَتْنِي أَنْ أَتَصَدَّقَ عَلَى ابْنِهَا نُعْمَانَ بِصَدَقَةٍ وَأَمَرَتْنِي أَنْ أُشْهِدَكَ عَلَى ذَلِكَ فَقَالَ لَهُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ هَلْ لَكَ بَنُونَ سِوَاهُ قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ فَأَعْطَيْتَهُمْ مِثْلَ مَا أَعْطَيْتَ لِهَذَا قَالَ لاَ قَالَ فَلاَ تُشْهِدْنِي عَلَى جَوْرٍ