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ibnmajah:2346Jamīl b. al-Ḥasan al-ʿAtakī > ʿAbd al-Aʿlá > Saʿīd > Qatādah > Khilās > Abū Rāfiʿ > Abū Hurayrah

two men disputed concerning a transaction, and neither of them had proof. The Messenger of Allah commanded them to draw lots as to which of them should swear an oath, whether they liked it or not.  

ابن ماجة:٢٣٤٦حَدَّثَنَا جَمِيلُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ الْعَتَكِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الأَعْلَى حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدٌ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ خِلاَسٍ عَنْ أَبِي رَافِعٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ رَجُلَيْنِ تَدَارَءَا فِي بَيْعٍ لَيْسَ لِوَاحِدٍ مِنْهُمَا بَيِّنَةٌ فَأَمَرَهُمَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَنْ يَسْتَهِمَا عَلَى الْيَمِينِ أَحَبَّا ذَلِكَ أَمْ كَرِهَا  


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Collected by Abū Dāwūd, Ibn Mājah, Aḥmad, Nasāʾī's Kubrá, Bayhaqī
abudawud:3616Muḥammad b. Minhāl > Yazīd b. Zurayʿ > Ibn Abū ʿArūbah > Qatādah > Khilās > Abū Rāfiʿ > Abū Hurayrah

Two men disputed about some property and brought the case to the Holy Prophet ﷺ, but neither of them could produce any proof. So the Holy Prophet ﷺ said: Cast lots about the oath whatever it may be, whether they like it or dislike it.  

أبو داود:٣٦١٦حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مِنْهَالٍ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ زُرَيْعٍ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي عَرُوبَةَ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ خِلاَسٍ عَنْ أَبِي رَافِعٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ رَجُلَيْنِ اخْتَصَمَا فِي مَتَاعٍ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ لَيْسَ لِوَاحِدٍ مِنْهُمَا بَيِّنَةٌ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ اسْتَهِمَا عَلَى الْيَمِينِ مَا كَانَ أَحَبَّا ذَلِكَ أَوْ كَرِهَا  

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  

ahmad:10347Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Saʿīd > Qatādah > Khilās > Abū Rāfiʿ > Abū Hurayrah

two men disputed concerning a transaction, and neither of them had proof. The Messenger of Allah commanded them to draw lots as to which of them should swear an oath, whether they liked it or not. (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 2346)   

أحمد:١٠٣٤٧حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدٌ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ خِلَاسٍ عَنْ أَبِي رَافِعٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ رَجُلَيْنِ تَدَارَءَا فِي دَابَّةٍ لَيْسَ لِوَاحِدٍ مِنْهُمَا بَيِّنَةٌ فَأَمَرَهُمَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَنْ يَسْتَهِمَا عَلَى الْيَمِينِ أَحَبَّا أَوْ كَرِهَا  

nasai-kubra:5957ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Muḥammad b. Sallām > Isḥāq b. Yūsuf al-Azraq > Saʿīd b. Abū ʿArūbah > Qatādah > Khilās > Abū Rāfiʿ > Abū Hurayrah

two men disputed concerning a transaction, and neither of them had proof. The Messenger of Allah commanded them to draw lots as to which of them should swear an oath, whether they liked it or not. (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 2346)   

الكبرى للنسائي:٥٩٥٧أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سَلَّامٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ يُوسُفَ الْأَزْرَقُ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ أَبِي عَرُوبَةَ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ خِلَاسٍ عَنْ أَبِي رَافِعٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ رَجُلَيْنِ تَدَارَءَا فِي بَيْعٍ وَلَيْسَتْ بَيْنَهُمَا بَيِّنَةٌ «فَأَمَرَهُمَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَنْ يَسْتَهِمَا عَلَى الْيَمِينِ أَحَبَّا أَوْ كَرِهَا»  

bayhaqi:11365Abū al-Ḥasan ʿAlī b. Muḥammad al-Muqriʾ > al-Ḥasan b. Muḥammad b. Isḥāq al-Muqriʾ > Yūsuf b. Yaʿqūb > Muḥammad b. al-Minhāl > Yazīd b. Zurayʿ > Saʿīd > Qatādah > Khilās > Abū Rāfiʿ > Abū Hurayrah

Two men disputed about some property and brought the case to the Holy Prophet ﷺ, but neither of them could produce any proof. So the Holy Prophet ﷺ said: Cast lots about the oath whatever it may be, whether they like it or dislike it. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 3616)   

البيهقي:١١٣٦٥أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْحَسَنِ عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْمُقْرِئُ أنبأ الْحَسَنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ الْمُقْرِئُ ثنا يُوسُفُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمِنْهَالِ ثنا يَزِيدُ بْنُ زُرَيْعٍ ثنا سَعِيدٌ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ خِلَاسٍ عَنْ أَبِي رَافِعٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ رَجُلَيْنِ اخْتَصَمَا إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فِي مَتَاعٍ لَيْسَ لِوَاحِدٍ مِنْهُمَا بَيِّنَةٌ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ اسْتَهِمَا عَلَى الْيَمِينِ مَا كَانَ أَحَبَّا ذَلِكَ أَوْ كَرِهَا