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nasai-kubra:6474ʿAbd 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:٦٤٧٤وأَخْبَرَنَا 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»  


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Collected by Muslim, Nasāʾī, Ibn Mājah
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:١٦٢٣iحَدَّثَنَا 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  

nasai:3680Muḥammad 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:٣٦٨٠أَخْبَرَنَا 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:2375Abū 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:٢٣٧٥حَدَّثَنَا 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