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nasai-kubra:6167ʿAmr b. ʿAlī > ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Mālik > Zayd b. Aslam > ʿAṭāʾ b. Yasār > Abū Rāfiʿ

"Go and buy a young camel for him." He came and said: "I could only get a Raba camel of good quality." He said: "Give it to him, for the best of the Muslims is the one who is best in repaying." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 4617)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٦١٦٧أَخْبَرَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عَلِيٍّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مَالِكٌ عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَسْلَمَ عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ يَسَارٍ عَنْ أَبِي رَافِعٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ اسْتَسْلَفَ مِنْ رَجُلٍ بَكْرًا فَأَتَاهُ الرَّجُلُ يَتَقَاضَاهُ بَكْرَهُ فَقَالَ لِرَجُلٍ «انْطَلِقْ فَابْتَعْ لَهُ بَكْرًا» فَأَتَاهُ فَقَالَ مَا أَصَبْتُ إِلَّا بَكْرًا رَبَاعِيًا خِيَارًا قَالَ «أَعْطِهِ فَإِنَّ خَيْرَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ أَحْسَنُهُمْ قَضَاءً»  


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nasai:4617ʿAmr b. ʿAlī > ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Mālik > Zayd b. Aslam > ʿAṭāʾ b. Yasār > Abū Rāfiʿ

"Go and buy a young camel for him." He came and said: "I could only get a Raba camel of good quality." He said: "Give it to him, for the best of the Muslims is the one who is best in repaying."  

النسائي:٤٦١٧أَخْبَرَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عَلِيٍّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مَالِكٌ عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَسْلَمَ عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ يَسَارٍ عَنْ أَبِي رَافِعٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ اسْتَسْلَفَ مِنْ رَجُلٍ بَكْرًا فَأَتَاهُ يَتَقَاضَاهُ بَكْرَهُ فَقَالَ لِرَجُلٍ انْطَلِقْ فَابْتَعْ لَهُ بَكْرًا فَأَتَاهُ فَقَالَ مَا أَصَبْتُ إِلاَّ بَكْرًا رَبَاعِيًّا خِيَارًا فَقَالَ أَعْطِهِ فَإِنَّ خَيْرَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ أَحْسَنُهُمْ قَضَاءً