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"المُدعَى عليه أوْلَى باليمينِ ممن لم تَقم له بيِّنة".  

[ق] البيهقى في السنن عن ابن عمرو

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Collected by Aḥmad, Bayhaqī, Suyūṭī
ahmad:3348Wakīʿ > Muḥammad b. Sulaym > Ibn Abū Mulaykah > Ibn ʿAbbās Katab Ilayh

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "The accused has the right of precedence with the right hand."  

أحمد:٣٣٤٨حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سُلَيْمٍ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي مُلَيْكَةَ أَنَّ ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ كَتَبَ إِلَيْهِ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ الْمُدَّعَى عَلَيْهِ أَوْلَى بِالْيَمِينِ  

bayhaqi:21222Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ > Abū al-Walīd > Jaʿfar b. Aḥmad > ʿAlī b. Ḥujr > Ismāʿīl b. ʿAyyāsh > al-Muthanná b. al-Ṣabbāḥ > ʿAmr b. Shuʿayb from his father from his grandfather

[Machine] That the Prophet ﷺ said: "The one who is accused is more deserving of the right-hand testimony than the one who has not been presented with clear evidence."  

البيهقي:٢١٢٢٢وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ أنبأ أَبُو الْوَلِيدِ ثنا جَعْفَرُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ ثنا عَلِيُّ بْنُ حُجْرٍ ثنا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ عَيَّاشٍ عَنِ الْمُثَنَّى بْنِ الصَّبَّاحِ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ شُعَيْبٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ الْمُدَّعَى عَلَيْهِ أَوْلَى بِالْيَمِينِ مِمَّنْ لَمْ تَقُمْ لَهُ بَيِّنَةٌ