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muslim:1623i – [Chain 1] Muḥammad b. al-Muthanná > ʿAbd al-Wahhāb And ʿAbd al-Aʿlá [Chain 2] Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm And Yaʿqūb al-Dawraqī > Ibn ʿUlayyah Wa-al-Lafẓ Liyaʿqūb > Ismāʿīl b. Ibrāhīm > Dāwud b. Abū Hind > al-Shaʿbī > al-Nuʿmān b. Bashīr

My father took me to Messenger of Allah ﷺ and said: Messenger of Allah, bear witness that I have given such and such gift to Nu'man from my property, whereupon he (the Holy Prophet) said: Have you conferred upon all of your sons as you have conferred upon Nu'man? He said: No. Thereupon he (the Holy Prophet) said: Call someone else besides me as a witness. And he further said: Would it, please you that they (your children) should all behave virtuously towards you? He said: Yes. He (the Holy Prophet) said: Then don't do that (i e. don't give gift to one to the exclusion of others).  

مسلم:١٦٢٣i – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَهَّابِ وَعَبْدُ الأَعْلَى ح وَحَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَيَعْقُوبُ الدَّوْرَقِيُّ جَمِيعًا عَنِ ابْنِ عُلَيَّةَ وَاللَّفْظُ لِيَعْقُوبَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ دَاوُدَ بْنِ أَبِي هِنْدٍ عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ عَنِ النُّعْمَانِ بْنِ بَشِيرٍ قَالَ

انْطَلَقَ بِي أَبِي يَحْمِلُنِي إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ اشْهَدْ أَنِّي قَدْ نَحَلْتُ النُّعْمَانَ كَذَا وَكَذَا مِنْ مَالِي فَقَالَ أَكُلَّ بَنِيكَ قَدْ نَحَلْتَ مِثْلَ مَا نَحَلْتَ النُّعْمَانَ قَالَ لاَ قَالَ فَأَشْهِدْ عَلَى هَذَا غَيْرِي ثُمَّ قَالَ أَيَسُرُّكَ أَنْ يَكُونُوا إِلَيْكَ فِي الْبِرِّ سَوَاءً قَالَ بَلَى قَالَ فَلاَ إِذًا  

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Collected by Nasāʾī, Ibn Mājah, Aḥmad, Ibn Ḥibbān, Nasāʾī's Kubrá, Bayhaqī
nasai:3679 – Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Malik b. Abū al-Shawārib > Yazīd / Ibn Zurayʿ > Dāwud > al-Shaʿbī > al-Nuʿmān

"Bear witness that I have given An-Nu'man such and such of my wealth as a gift." He said: "Have you given all your children a present like that which you have given to An-Nu'man?"  

النسائي:٣٦٧٩ – أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ بْنِ أَبِي الشَّوَارِبِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ وَهُوَ ابْنُ زُرَيْعٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا دَاوُدُ عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ عَنِ النُّعْمَانِ قَالَ

انْطَلَقَ بِهِ أَبُوهُ يَحْمِلُهُ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ اشْهَدْ أَنِّي قَدْ نَحَلْتُ النُّعْمَانَ مِنْ مَالِي كَذَا وَكَذَا قَالَ كُلَّ بَنِيكَ نَحَلْتَ مِثْلَ الَّذِي نَحَلْتَ النُّعْمَانَ  

nasai:3680 – Muḥammad b. al-Muthanná > ʿAbd al-Wahhāb > Dāwud > ʿĀmir > al-Nuʿmān

"Have you given all your children a present like that which you have given to him?" He said: "No." He said: "I will not bear witness to anything. Will it not please you if they were all to treat you with equal respect?" He said: "Of course." He said: "Then no (I will not do it)."  

النسائي:٣٦٨٠ – أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى عَنْ عَبْدِ الْوَهَّابِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا دَاوُدُ عَنْ عَامِرٍ عَنِ النُّعْمَانِ

أَنَّ أَبَاهُ أَتَى بِهِ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يُشْهِدُ عَلَى نُحْلٍ نَحَلَهُ إِيَّاهُ فَقَالَ أَكُلَّ وَلَدِكَ نَحَلْتَ مِثْلَ مَا نَحَلْتَهُ قَالَ لاَ قَالَ فَلاَ أَشْهَدُ عَلَى شَىْءٍ أَلَيْسَ يَسُرُّكَ أَنْ يَكُونُوا إِلَيْكَ فِي الْبِرِّ سَوَاءً قَالَ بَلَى قَالَ فَلاَ إِذًا  

ibnmajah:2375 – Abū Bishr Bakr b. Khalaf > Yazīd b. Zurayʿ > Dāwud b. Abū Hind > al-Shaʿbī > al-Nuʿmān b. Bashīr

“Bear witness that I have given Nu'man such and such from my wealth.” He said: “Have you given all your children something like that which you have given to Nu'man?” He said: “No.” He said: “Then let someone other than me bear witness to that.” And he said: “Would you not like all your children to honor you equally?” He said: “Of course.” He said: “Then do not do this.”  

ابن ماجة:٢٣٧٥ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بِشْرٍ بَكْرُ بْنُ خَلَفٍ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ زُرَيْعٍ عَنْ دَاوُدَ بْنِ أَبِي هِنْدٍ عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ عَنِ النُّعْمَانِ بْنِ بَشِيرٍ قَالَ

انْطَلَقَ بِهِ أَبُوهُ يَحْمِلُهُ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ اشْهَدْ أَنِّي قَدْ نَحَلْتُ النُّعْمَانَ مِنْ مَالِي كَذَا وَكَذَا قَالَ فَكُلَّ بَنِيكَ نَحَلْتَ مِثْلَ الَّذِي نَحَلْتَ النُّعْمَانَ قَالَ لاَ قَالَ فَأَشْهِدْ عَلَى هَذَا غَيْرِي قَالَ أَلَيْسَ يَسُرُّكَ أَنْ يَكُونُوا لَكَ فِي الْبِرِّ سَوَاءً قَالَ بَلَى قَالَ فَلاَ إِذًا  

ahmad:18366 – Muḥammad b. Abū ʿAdī > Dāwud > al-Shaʿbī > al-Nuʿmān b. Bashīr

“Bear witness that I have given Nu'man such and such from my wealth.” He said: “Have you given all your children something like that which you have given to Nu'man?” He said: “No.” He said: “Then let someone other than me bear witness to that.” And he said: “Would you not like all your children to honor you equally?” He said: “Of course.” He said: “Then do not do this.” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 2375)   

أحمد:١٨٣٦٦ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَبِي عَدِيٍّ عَنْ دَاوُدَ عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ عَنِ النُّعْمَانِ بْنِ بَشِيرٍ قَالَ

حَمَلَنِي أَبِي بَشِيرُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ اشْهَدْ أَنِّي قَدْ نَحَلْتُ النُّعْمَانَ كَذَا وَكَذَا شَيْئًا سَمَّاهُ قَالَ فَقَالَ أَكُلَّ وَلَدِكَ نَحَلْتَ مِثْلَ الَّذِي نَحَلْتَ النُّعْمَانَ؟ قَالَ لَا قَالَ فَأَشْهِدْ غَيْرِي قَالَ ثُمَّ قَالَ أَلَيْسَ يَسُرُّكَ أَنْ يَكُونُوا إِلَيْكَ فِي الْبِرِّ سَوَاءً؟ قَالَ بَلَى قَالَ فَلَا إِذًا  

ذِكْرُ خَبَرٍ خَامِسٍ يُصَرِّحُ بِتَرْكِ اسْتِعْمَالِ الْإِيثَارِ لِلْمَرْءِ فِي النَّحْلِ بَيْنَ وَلَدِهِ

ibnhibban:5106 – ʿAbdullāh b. Muḥammad al-Azdī > Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm al-Ḥanẓalī > Ismāʿīl b. Ibrāhīm > Dāwud b. Abū Hind > al-Shaʿbī > al-Nuʿmān b. Bashīr

[Machine] My father referred to me in such and such a way, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ came to testify. He said, "Did you give your children the same treatment as you gave [this person]?" He replied, "No." Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Testify against him, for this is injustice." Then he said, "Do you like them to be treated equally in goodness?" He said, "Yes." He said, "So in that case, no."  

ابن حبّان:٥١٠٦ – أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْأَزْدِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الْحَنْظَلِيُّ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا دَاوُدُ بْنُ أَبِي هِنْدٍ عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ عَنِ النُّعْمَانِ بْنِ بَشِيرٍ قَالَ

إِنَّ أَبِي نَحَلَنِي كَذَا وَكَذَا فَأَتَى بِي رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ لِيُشْهِدَهُ فَقَالَ «أَكُلَّ وَلَدِكَ أَعْطَيْتَ مِثْلَ مَا أَعْطَيْتَ؟ » فَقَالَ لَا فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «أَشْهِدْ عَلَى هَذَا غَيْرِي هَذَا جَوْرٌ» ثُمَّ قَالَ «أَتُحِبُّونَ أَنْ يَكُونُوا فِي الْبِرِّ سَوَاءً؟ » قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ «فَلَا إِذًا»  

nasai-kubra:6473 – Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Malik b. Abū al-Shawārib > Yazīd / Ibn Zurayʿ > Dāwud Wahū Ibn Abū Hind > al-Shaʿbī > al-Nuʿmān b. Bashīr

"Bear witness that I have given An-Nu'man such and such of my wealth as a gift." He said: "Have you given all your children a present like that which you have given to An-Nu'man?" (Using translation from Nasāʾī 3679)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٦٤٧٣ – أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ بْنِ أَبِي الشَّوَارِبِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ وَهُوَ ابْنُ زُرَيْعٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا دَاوُدُ وَهُوَ ابْنُ أَبِي هِنْدٍ عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ عَنِ النُّعْمَانِ بْنِ بَشِيرٍ قَالَ

انْطَلَقَ بِهِ أَبُوهُ يَحْمِلُهُ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ اشْهَدْ أَنِّي قَدْ نَحَلْتُ النُّعْمَانَ مِنْ مَالِي كَذَا وَكَذَا قَالَ «كُلَّ بَنِيكَ نَحَلْتَ مِثْلَ الَّذِي نَحَلْتَ النُّعْمَانَ؟»  

nasai-kubra:6474 – ʿAbd al-Wahhāb > Dāwud > ʿĀmir > al-Nuʿmān b. Bashīr

"Have you given all your children a present like that which you have given to him?" He said: "No." He said: "I will not bear witness to anything. Will it not please you if they were all to treat you with equal respect?" He said: "Of course." He said: "Then no (I will not do it)." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 3680)   

الكبرى للنسائي:٦٤٧٤ – وأَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى عَنْ عَبْدِ الْوَهَّابِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا دَاوُدُ عَنْ عَامِرٍ عَنِ النُّعْمَانِ بْنِ بَشِيرٍ

أَنَّ أَبَاهُ أَتَى بِهِ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يُشْهِدُهُ عَلَى نُحْلٍ نَحَلَهُ إِيَّاهُ فَقَالَ «أَكُلَّ وَلَدِكَ نَحَلْتَ مِثْلَ الَّذِي نَحَلْتَهُ؟» قَالَ لَا قَالَ «فَأَشْهِدْ عَلَى هَذَا غَيْرِي أَلَيْسَ يَسُرُّكَ أَنْ يَكُونُوا إِلَيْكَ فِي الْبِرِّ سَوَاءً؟» قَالَ بَلَى قَالَ «فَلَا إِذًا»  

bayhaqi:12001 – Abū Muḥammad ʿAbdullāh b. Yūsuf al-Aṣbahānī > Abū Saʿīd Aḥmad b. Muḥammad b. Ziyād al-Baṣrī Bimakkah > al-Ḥasan b. Muḥammad b. al-Ṣabbāḥ al-Zaʿfarānī > Ribʿī b. Ibrāhīm Ibn ʿUlayyah > Dāwud b. Abū Hind > ʿĀmir al-Shaʿbī > al-Nuʿmān b. Bashīr

[Machine] My father came to me carrying me to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ . He said, "O Messenger of Allah, bear witness that I have given in charity the equivalent of what I have given to Nu'man from my wealth." The Prophet asked, "Have you given the same amount in charity to all of your children as you have given to Nu'man?" He replied, "No." The Prophet said, "Then bear witness on my behalf, is it not pleasing for them to be equal to you in goodness?" He said, "Yes." The Prophet said, "Then do not do so."  

البيهقي:١٢٠٠١ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو مُحَمَّدٍ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ يُوسُفَ الْأَصْبَهَانِيُّ ثنا أَبُو سَعِيدٍ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ الْبَصْرِيُّ بِمَكَّةَ ثنا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الصَّبَّاحِ الزَّعْفَرَانِيُّ ثنا رِبْعِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ ابْنُ عُلَيَّةَ عَنْ دَاوُدَ بْنِ أَبِي هِنْدَ عَنْ عَامِرٍ الشَّعْبِيِّ عَنِ النُّعْمَانِ بْنِ بَشِيرٍ قَالَ

جَاءَ بِي أَبِي يَحْمِلُنِي إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ اشْهَدْ أَنِّي نَحَلْتُ النُّعْمَانَ مِنْ مَالِي كَذَا وَكَذَا قَالَ كُلَّ بَنِيكَ نَحَلْتَ مِثْلَ الَّذِي نَحَلْتَ النُّعْمَانَ؟ قَالَ لَا قَالَ فَأَشْهِدْ عَلَى هَذَا غَيْرِي أَلَيْسَ يَسُرُّكَ أَنْ يَكُونُوا إِلَيْكَ فِي الْبِرِّ سَوَاءً؟ قَالَ بَلَى قَالَ فَلَا إِذًا  

أَخْرَجَهُ مُسْلِمٌ فِي الصَّحِيحِ مِنْ أَوْجُهٍ عَنْ دَاوُدَ بْنِ أَبِي هِنْدَ وَكَذَلِكَ