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nasai-kubra:6475Mūsá b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Abū Usāmah > Abū Ḥayyān Wāsmuh Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd b. Ḥayyān al-Taymī > al-Shaʿbī > al-Nuʿmān b. Bashīr al-Anṣārī

I shall not be pleased unless you call Messenger of Allah ﷺ as witness to what you confer as a gift on your son. (Nu'man said): So father took hold of my hand and I was at that time a boy, and came to Messenger of Allah ﷺ. and said: Messenger of Allah, the mother of this son (of mine), daughter of Rawaha wishes that I should call you witness to what I confer as gift to her son. Messenger of Allah (may pease be upon him) said: Bashir, have you any other son besides this (son of yours)? He said: Yes. He (the Holy Prophet) said: Have you given gifts to all of them like this? He said: No. Thereupon he (the Holy Prophet) said: Then call me not as witness, for I cannot be witness to an injustice. (Using translation from Muslim 1623f)   

الكبرى للنسائي:٦٤٧٥أَخْبَرَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أُسَامَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو حَيَّانَ وَاسْمُهُ يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدِ بْنِ حَيَّانَ التَّيْمِيُّ عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي النُّعْمَانُ بْنُ بَشِيرٍ الْأَنْصَارِيُّ

أَنَّ أُمَّهُ ابْنَةَ رَوَاحَةَ سَأَلَتْ أَبَاهُ بَعْضَ الْمَوْهِبَةِ مِنْ مَالِهِ لِابْنِهَا فَالْتَوَى بِهَا سَنَةً ثُمَّ بَدَا لَهُ فَوَهَبَهَا لَهُ فَقَالَتْ لَا أَرْضَى حَتَّى تُشْهِدَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ عَلَى مَا وَهَبْتَ لِابْنِي فَأَخَذَ أَبِي بِيَدِي وَأَنَا غُلَامٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ فَأَتَى رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنَّ أُمَّ هَذَا ابْنَةَ رَوَاحَةَ قَاتَلَتْنِي مُنْذُ سَنَةٍ عَلَى بَعْضِ الْمَوْهِبَةِ مِنْ مَالِي لِابْنِي هَذَا وَقَدْ بَدَا لِي فَوَهَبْتُهَا لَهُ وَقَدْ أَعْجَبَهَا أَنْ أُشْهِدَكَ عَلَى الَّذِي وَهَبْتُ لَهُ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «يَا بَشِيرُ أَلَكَ وَلَدٌ سِوَى هَذَا؟» قَالَ نَعَمْ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «أَفَكُلُّهُمْ وَهَبْتَ لَهُمْ مِثْلَ الَّذِي وَهَبْتَ لِابْنِكَ هَذَا؟» قَالَ لَا قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «فَلَا تُشْهِدْنِي إِذًا فَإِنِّي لَا أَشْهَدُ عَلَى جَوْرٍ»  


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Collected by Bukhārī, Muslim, Nasāʾī, Aḥmad, Ibn Ḥibbān, Bayhaqī
bukhari:2650ʿAbdān > ʿAbdullāh > Abū Ḥayyān al-Taymī > al-Shaʿbī > al-Nuʿmān b. Bashīr

My mother asked my father to present me a gift from his property; and he gave it to me after some hesitation. My mother said that she would not be satisfied unless the Prophet ﷺ was made a witness to it. I being a young boy, my father held me by the hand and took me to the Prophet ﷺ . He said to the Prophet, "His mother, bint Rawaha, requested me to give this boy a gift." The Prophet ﷺ said, "Do you have other sons besides him?" He said, "Yes." The Prophet ﷺ said, "Do not make me a witness for injustice." Narrated Ash-Shuʿbi that the Prophet ﷺ said, "I will not become a witness for injustice."  

البخاري:٢٦٥٠حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدَانُ أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو حَيَّانَ التَّيْمِيُّ عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ عَنِ النُّعْمَانِ بْنِ بَشِيرٍ ؓ قَالَ

سَأَلَتْ أُمِّي أَبِي بَعْضَ الْمَوْهِبَةِ لِي مِنْ مَالِهِ ثُمَّ بَدَا لَهُ فَوَهَبَهَا لِي فَقَالَتْ لاَ أَرْضَى حَتَّى تُشْهِدَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَأَخَذَ بِيَدِي وَأَنَا غُلاَمٌ فَأَتَى بِيَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقَالَ إِنَّ أُمَّهُ بِنْتَ رَوَاحَةَ سَأَلَتْنِي بَعْضَ الْمَوْهِبَةِ لِهَذَا قَالَ أَلَكَ وَلَدٌ سِوَاهُ قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ فَأُرَاهُ قَالَ لاَ تُشْهِدْنِي عَلَى جَوْرٍ وَقَالَ أَبُو حَرِيزٍ عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ لاَ أَشْهَدُ عَلَى جَوْرٍ  

muslim:1623f[Chain 1] Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > ʿAlī b. Mushir > Abū Ḥayyān > al-Shaʿbī > al-Nuʿmān b. Bashīr [Chain 2] Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh b. Numayr > Muḥammad b. Bishr > Abū Ḥayyān al-Taymī > al-Shaʿbī > al-Nuʿmān b. Bashīr

I shall not be pleased unless you call Messenger of Allah ﷺ as witness to what you confer as a gift on your son. (Nu'man said): So father took hold of my hand and I was at that time a boy, and came to Messenger of Allah ﷺ. and said: Messenger of Allah, the mother of this son (of mine), daughter of Rawaha wishes that I should call you witness to what I confer as gift to her son. Messenger of Allah (may pease be upon him) said: Bashir, have you any other son besides this (son of yours)? He said: Yes. He (the Holy Prophet) said: Have you given gifts to all of them like this? He said: No. Thereupon he (the Holy Prophet) said: Then call me not as witness, for I cannot be witness to an injustice.  

مسلم:١٦٢٣fحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُسْهِرٍ عَنْ أَبِي حَيَّانَ عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ عَنِ النُّعْمَانِ بْنِ بَشِيرٍ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ نُمَيْرٍ وَاللَّفْظُ لَهُ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بِشْرٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو حَيَّانَ التَّيْمِيُّ عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ حَدَّثَنِي النُّعْمَانُ بْنُ بَشِيرٍ

أَنَّ أُمَّهُ بِنْتَ رَوَاحَةَ سَأَلَتْ أَبَاهُ بَعْضَ الْمَوْهِبَةِ مِنْ مَالِهِ لاِبْنِهَا فَالْتَوَى بِهَا سَنَةً ثُمَّ بَدَا لَهُ فَقَالَتْ لاَ أَرْضَى حَتَّى تُشْهِدَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَلَى مَا وَهَبْتَ لاِبْنِي فَأَخَذَ أَبِي بِيَدِي وَأَنَا يَوْمَئِذٍ غُلاَمٌ فَأَتَى رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّ أُمَّ هَذَا بِنْتَ رَوَاحَةَ أَعْجَبَهَا أَنْ أُشْهِدَكَ عَلَى الَّذِي وَهَبْتُ لاِبْنِهَا فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَا بَشِيرُ أَلَكَ وَلَدٌ سِوَى هَذَا قَالَ نَعَمْ فَقَالَ أَكُلَّهُمْ وَهَبْتَ لَهُ مِثْلَ هَذَا قَالَ لاَ قَالَ فَلاَ تُشْهِدْنِي إِذًا فَإِنِّي لاَ أَشْهَدُ عَلَى جَوْرٍ  

nasai:3681Mūsá b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Abū Usāmah > Abū Ḥayyān > al-Shaʿbī > al-Nuʿmān b. Bashīr al-Anṣārī

"I will not be pleased until you ask the Messenger of Allah to bear witness." He said: "O Messenger of Allah, the mother of this boy, the daughter of Rawahah, insisted that I give a gift to him." The Messenger of Allah said: "O Bashir, do you have any other children besides this one?" He said: "Yes." The Messenger of Allah said: "Have you given all of them a gift like that which you have given to this son of yours?" He said: "No." The Messenger of Allah said: "Then do not ask me to bear witness, for I will not bear witness to unfairness."  

النسائي:٣٦٨١أَخْبَرَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أُسَامَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو حَيَّانَ عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي النُّعْمَانُ بْنُ بَشِيرٍ الأَنْصَارِيُّ

أَنَّ أُمَّهُ ابْنَةَ رَوَاحَةَ سَأَلَتْ أَبَاهُ بَعْضَ الْمَوْهِبَةِ مِنْ مَالِهِ لاِبْنِهَا فَالْتَوَى بِهَا سَنَةً ثُمَّ بَدَا لَهُ فَوَهَبَهَا لَهُ فَقَالَتْ لاَ أَرْضَى حَتَّى تُشْهِدَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّ أُمَّ هَذَا ابْنَةَ رَوَاحَةَ قَاتَلَتْنِي عَلَى الَّذِي وَهَبْتُ لَهُ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَا بَشِيرُ أَلَكَ وَلَدٌ سِوَى هَذَا قَالَ نَعَمْ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَفَكُلُّهُمْ وَهَبْتَ لَهُمْ مِثْلَ الَّذِي وَهَبْتَ لاِبْنِكَ هَذَا قَالَ لاَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَلاَ تُشْهِدْنِي إِذًا فَإِنِّي لاَ أَشْهَدُ عَلَى جَوْرٍ  

nasai:3682Abū Dāwud > Yaʿlá > Abū Ḥayyān > al-Shaʿbī > al-Nuʿmān > Saʾalat Ummī Abū Baʿḍ al-Mawhibah Fawahabahā Lī

"My mother asked my father for a gift and he gave it to me. She said: 'I will not be contented until you ask the Messenger of Allah to bear witness.' So my father took me by the hand, as I was still a boy, and went to the Messenger of Allah. He said: 'O Messenger of Allah, the mother of this boy, the daughter of Rawahah, asked me for a gift, and she wanted me to ask you to bear witness to that.' He said: 'O Bashir, do you have any other child apart from this one?' He said: 'Yes.' He said: 'Have you given him gifts like that which you have given to this one?' He said: 'No.' He said: 'Then do not ask me to bear witness, for I will not bear witness to unfairness.'"  

النسائي:٣٦٨٢أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو دَاوُدَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَعْلَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو حَيَّانَ عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ عَنِ النُّعْمَانِ قَالَ

سَأَلَتْ أُمِّي أَبِي بَعْضَ الْمَوْهِبَةِ فَوَهَبَهَا لِي فَقَالَتْ لاَ أَرْضَى حَتَّى أُشْهِدَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ فَأَخَذَ أَبِي بِيَدِي وَأَنَا غُلاَمٌ فَأَتَى رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّ أُمَّ هَذَا ابْنَةَ رَوَاحَةَ طَلَبَتْ مِنِّي بَعْضَ الْمَوْهِبَةِ وَقَدْ أَعْجَبَهَا أَنْ أُشْهِدَكَ عَلَى ذَلِكَ قَالَ يَا بَشِيرُ أَلَكَ ابْنٌ غَيْرُ هَذَا قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ فَوَهَبْتَ لَهُ مِثْلَ مَا وَهَبْتَ لِهَذَا قَالَ لاَ قَالَ فَلاَ تُشْهِدْنِي إِذًا فَإِنِّي لاَ أَشْهَدُ عَلَى جَوْرٍ  

ahmad:18363Yaʿlá > Abū Ḥayyān > al-Shaʿbī > al-Nuʿmān b. Bashīr > Saʾalat Ummī Abū Baʿḍ al-Mawhibah Lī Fawahabahā Lī

"My mother asked my father for a gift and he gave it to me. She said: 'I will not be contented until you ask the Messenger of Allah to bear witness.' So my father took me by the hand, as I was still a boy, and went to the Messenger of Allah. He said: 'O Messenger of Allah, the mother of this boy, the daughter of Rawahah, asked me for a gift, and she wanted me to ask you to bear witness to that.' He said: 'O Bashir, do you have any other child apart from this one?' He said: 'Yes.' He said: 'Have you given him gifts like that which you have given to this one?' He said: 'No.' He said: 'Then do not ask me to bear witness, for I will not bear witness to unfairness.'" (Using translation from Nasāʾī 3682)   

أحمد:١٨٣٦٣حَدَّثَنَا يَعْلَى أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو حَيَّانَ عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ عَنِ النُّعْمَانِ بْنِ بَشِيرٍ قَالَ

سَأَلَتْ أُمِّي أَبِي بَعْضَ الْمَوْهِبَةِ لِي فَوَهَبَهَا لِي فَقَالَتْ لَا أَرْضَى حَتَّى تُشْهِدَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ فَأَخَذَ أَبِي بِيَدِي وَأَنَا غُلَامٌ وَأَتَى رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنَّ أُمَّ هَذَا ابْنَةَ رَوَاحَةَ زَاوَلَتْنِي عَلَى بَعْضِ الْمَوْهِبَةِ لَهُ وَإِنِّي قَدْ وَهَبْتُهَا لَهُ وَقَدْ أَعْجَبَهَا أَنْ أُشْهِدَكَ قَالَ يَا بَشِيرُ أَلَكَ ابْنٌ غَيْرُ هَذَا؟ قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ فَوَهَبْتَ لَهُ مِثْلَ الَّذِي وَهَبْتَ لِهَذَا؟ قَالَ لَا قَالَ فَلَا تُشْهِدْنِي إِذًا فَإِنِّي لَا أَشْهَدُ عَلَى جَوْرٍ  

ذِكْرُ خَبَرٍ ثَانٍ يُصَرِّحُ بِأَنَّ الْإِيثَارَ بَيْنَ الْأَوْلَادِ غَيْرُ جَائِزٍ فِي النَّحْلِ

ibnhibban:5103al-Ḥasan b. Sufyān > Ḥibbān b. Mūsá > ʿAbdullāh > Abū Ḥayyān al-Taymī > al-Shaʿbī > al-Nuʿmān b. Bashīr

[Machine] My mother asked my father for some of his wealth as a gift. He agreed and kept it for a year, then gave it to me. My mother said, "I will not be pleased until the Messenger of Allah ﷺ testifies for you." So my father said to the Messenger of Allah, "O Messenger of Allah, this woman, the mother of this child, has been fighting me for a year over a certain gift for my son. Now that I have given it to him, she wishes for you to testify." The Messenger of Allah said, "O Basheer, do you have any other children besides this one?" He replied, "Yes." The Messenger of Allah said, "Do not testify against me unjustly."  

ابن حبّان:٥١٠٣أَخْبَرَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ سُفْيَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حِبَّانُ بْنُ مُوسَى قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو حَيَّانَ التَّيْمِيُّ عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ عَنِ النُّعْمَانِ بْنِ بَشِيرٍ قَالَ

سَأَلَتْ أُمِّي أَبِي بَعْضَ الْمَوْهِبَةِ مِنْ مَالِهِ فَالْتَوَى بِهِ سَنَةً ثُمَّ بَدَا لَهُ فَوَهَبَهَا لِي وَإِنَّهَا قَالَتْ لَا أَرْضَى حَتَّى تُشْهِدَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّ أُمَّ هَذَا بِنْتَ رَوَاحَةَ قَاتَلَتْنِي مُنْذُ سَنَةٍ عَلَى بَعْضِ مَوْهِبَةٍ لِابْنِي هَذَا وَقَدْ بَدَا لِي فَوَهَبْتُهَا لَهُ وَقَدْ أَعْجَبَهَا أَنْ تُشْهِدَكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ فَقَالَ «يَا بَشِيرُ أَلَكَ وَلَدٌ سِوَى هَذَا؟ » قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ «لَا تُشْهِدْنِي عَلَى جَوْرٍ»  

bayhaqi:11995Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ > Abū Bakr b. Abū Naṣr al-Darābardī Bimarw > Abū al-Muwajjih > ʿAbdān > ʿAbdullāh > Abū Ḥayyān al-Taymī > al-Shaʿbī > al-Nuʿmān b. Bashīr

[Machine] My mother asked my father for a gift from his wealth for me. He agreed to it for a year, and then he gave it to me. She said, "I do not agree until the Messenger of Allah ﷺ testifies to what you have given to my son." So, he took me by the hand and I was a young boy, and he brought me to the Prophet ﷺ. He said, "O Messenger of Allah, the mother of this girl, Rawaha's daughter, has been fighting with me for a year regarding some gift for my son. And it has become clear to me, so I have given it to him. And she expressed her desire for you to testify, O Messenger of Allah." He said, "O Bashir, do you have any children besides this one?" He replied, "Yes." He said, "Then do not testify for me or say that I testify unjustly."  

البيهقي:١١٩٩٥أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ أنبأ أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي نَصْرٍ الدَّرَابَرْدِيُّ بِمَرْوَ ثنا أَبُو الْمُوَجِّهِ ثنا عَبْدَانُ أنبأ عَبْدُ اللهِ أنبأ أَبُو حَيَّانَ التَّيْمِيُّ عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ عَنِ النُّعْمَانِ بْنِ بَشِيرٍ قَالَ

سَأَلَتْ أُمِّي أَبِي بَعْضَ الْمَوْهِبَةِ لِي مِنْ مَالِهِ فَالْتَوَى بِهَا سَنَةً ثُمَّ بَدَا لَهُ فَوَهَبَهَا لِي وَإِنَّهَا قَالَتْ لَا أَرْضَى حَتَّى تُشْهِدَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ عَلَى مَا وَهَبْتَ لِابْنِي فَأَخَذَ بِيَدِي وَأَنَا يَوْمَئِذٍ غُلَامٌ فَأَتَى بِيَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنَّ أُمَّ هَذَا ابْنَةَ رَوَاحَةَ قَاتَلَتْنِي مُنْذُ سَنَةٍ عَلَى بَعْضِ الْمَوْهِبَةِ لِابْنِي هَذَا وَقَدْ بَدَا لِي فَوَهَبْتُهَا لَهُ وَقَدْ أَعْجَبَهَا أَنْ نُشْهِدَكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ قَالَ فَقَالَ يَا بَشِيرُ ألَكَ وَلَدٌ سِوَى وَلَدِكَ هَذَا؟ قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ فَلَا تُشْهِدْنِي أَوْ قَالَ لَا أَشْهَدُ عَلَى جَوْرٍ  

رَوَاهُ الْبُخَارِيُّ فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنْ عَبْدَانَ وَأَخْرَجَهُ مُسْلِمٌ مِنْ حَدِيثِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ بِشْرٍ عَنْ أَبِي حَيَّانَ وَقَالَ فِي آخِرِهِ فَلَا تُشْهِدْنِي إِذًا فَإِنِّي لَا أَشْهَدُ عَلَى جَوْرٍ