13. Judgements

١٣۔ كتاب الأحكام

13.11 When Two Men Claim Some Goods And Neither Of Them Has Any Proof

١٣۔١١ باب الرَّجُلاَنِ يَدَّعِيَانِ السِّلْعَةَ وَلَيْسَ بَيْنَهُمَا بَيِّنَةٌ

ibnmajah:2329Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > Khālid b. al-Ḥārith > Saʿīd b. Abū ʿArūbah > Qatādah > Khilās > Abū Rāfiʿ > Abū Hurayrah > Dhakar

he said that two men laid claim to an animal, and neither of them had any proof, so the Prophet ﷺ commanded them to cast lots as to which of them should swear an oath.  

ابن ماجة:٢٣٢٩حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدُ بْنُ الْحَارِثِ حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ أَبِي عَرُوبَةَ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ خِلاَسٍ عَنْ أَبِي رَافِعٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ أَنَّهُ ذَكَرَ

أَنَّ رَجُلَيْنِ ادَّعَيَا دَابَّةً وَلَمْ يَكُنْ بَيْنَهُمَا بَيِّنَةٌ فَأَمَرَهُمَا النَّبِيُّ ﷺ أَنْ يَسْتَهِمَا عَلَى الْيَمِينِ  

ibnmajah:2330Isḥāq b. Manṣūr And Muḥammad b. Maʿmar Wazuhayr b. Muḥammad > Rawḥ b. ʿUbādah > Saʿīd > Qatādah > Saʿīd b. Abū Burdah from his father > Abū Mūsá

two men referred a dispute to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ concerning an animal, and neither of them had proof, so he ruled that it should be divided in half.  

ابن ماجة:٢٣٣٠حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مَعْمَرٍ وَزُهَيْرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ قَالُوا حَدَّثَنَا رَوْحُ بْنُ عُبَادَةَ حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدٌ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ أَبِي بُرْدَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي مُوسَى

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ اخْتَصَمَ إِلَيْهِ رَجُلاَنِ بَيْنَهُمَا دَابَّةٌ وَلَيْسَ لِوَاحِدٍ مِنْهُمَا بَيِّنَةٌ فَجَعَلَهَا بَيْنَهُمَا نِصْفَيْنِ