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"جاء رجلان من الأنصار يختصمان إلى رسول الله ﷺ في مواريث بينهما قد درست ليس لهما بينة، فقال النبي ﷺ إنكم تختصمون إلي، وإنما أقضي برأيي فيما لم ينزل علي فيه، فمن قضيت له فيه بحجة تقتطع به شيئًا من حق أَخِيهِ فلا يَأخُذْهُ، فإنما اقتطع له قطعة من النار، يأتي بها يوم القيامة انتظامًا في عنقه، فبكى الرجلان وقال كل واحد منهما يا رسول الله! يا رسول الله: حقي له، فقال النبي ﷺ أما إذا فعلتما ما فعلتما فاذهبا فتوخيا الحق واقسما وَأَسْهَمِا وليحلل كل واحد منكما صاحبه".  

[ش] ابن أبى شيبة أبو سعيد النقاش في القضاء، [عب] عبد الرازق

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ahmad:26717Wakīʿ > Usāmah b. Zayd > ʿAbdullāh b. Rāfiʿʿan Um Salamah

[Machine] Two men from the Ansar came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ disputing about inheritance. They had no evidence between them. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "You come to me disputing, and I am just a human being. Perhaps one of you present his case more skillfully, or perhaps he has made his case against the other. Indeed, I will judge between you based on what I hear. So whoever I give a right to his brother, he should not take it, for I am only giving him a piece of the Hellfire to carry on his neck on the Day of Resurrection." Both men started crying and each of them said, "My right is with my brother." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ then said, "Since both of you have said this, then go and divide the inheritance between yourselves. Then strive to achieve what is right, and consult each other. After that, one of you can surrender his right to the other."  

أحمد:٢٦٧١٧حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أُسَامَةُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ رَافِعٍعَنْ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ قَالَتْ

جَاءَ رَجُلَانِ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ يَخْتَصِمَانِ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فِي مَوَارِيثَ بَيْنَهُمَا قَدْ دُرِسَتْ لَيْسَ بَيْنَهُمَا بَيِّنَةٌ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِنَّكُمْ تَخْتَصِمُونَ إِلَيَّ وَإِنَّمَا أَنَا بَشَرٌ وَلَعَلَّ بَعْضَكُمْ أَلْحَنُ بِحُجَّتِهِ أَوْ قَدْ قَالَ لِحُجَّتِهِ مِنْ بَعْضٍ فَإِنِّمَا أَقْضِي بَيْنَكُمْ عَلَى نَحْوِ مَا أَسْمَعُ فَمَنْ قَضَيْتُ لَهُ مِنْ حَقِّ أَخِيهِ شَيْئًا فَلَا يَأْخُذْهُ فَإِنَّمَا أَقْطَعُ لَهُ قِطْعَةً مِنَ النَّارِ يَأْتِي بِهَا إِسْطَامًا فِي عُنُقِهِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ فَبَكَى الرَّجُلَانِ وَقَالَ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْهُمَا حَقِّي لِأَخِي قَالَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَمَا إِذْ قُلْتُمَا فَاذْهَبَا فَاقْتَسِمَا ثُمَّ تَوَخَّيَا الْحَقَّ ثُمَّ اسْتَهِمَا ثُمَّ لِيَحْلِلْ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْكُمَا صَاحِبَهُ  

bayhaqi:11359ʿAlī b. Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh b. Bishrān> Abū Jaʿfar Muḥammad b. ʿAmr b. al-Bakhtarī > Yaḥyá b. Jaʿfar > Zayd b. al-Ḥubāb > Usāmah b. Zayd > ʿAbdullāh b. Rāfiʿ a freed slave of Um Salamah > Um Salamah

[Machine] I was sitting with the Prophet ﷺ when two men from the Ansar came to him, arguing about things that had been studied and clarified. The Prophet ﷺ said, "I will settle the dispute between you based on what has not been revealed to me. Whoever I decide in favor of with a valid argument, should take it from his brother's property unjustly, then he is bringing a piece of burning coal to his neck on the Day of Judgment." The two men cried and each one of them said, "My right is with me, O Messenger of Allah, for which I demand." He ﷺ said, "No, but both of you should go and compromise, then ask me again and I will judge rightly between each one of you and his companion."  

البيهقي:١١٣٥٩أَخْبَرَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ بِشْرَانَ بِبَغْدَادَ ثنا أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَمْرِو بْنِ الْبَخْتَرِيِّ ثنا يَحْيَى بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ أنبأ زَيْدُ بْنُ الْحُبَابِ ثنا أُسَامَةُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ ثنا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ رَافِعٍ مَوْلَى أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ قَالَتْ

كُنْتُ عِنْدَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ جَالِسَةً فَجَاءَهُ رَجُلَانِ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ يَخْتَصِمَانِ فِي أَشْيَاءَ قَدْ دُرِسَتْ وَبَادَتْ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ إِنَّمَا أَقْضِي بَيْنَكُمَا فِيمَا لَمْ يَنْزِلْ عَلَيَّ فِيهِ شَيْءٌ فَمَنْ قَضَيْتُ لَهُ بِشَيْءٍ بِحُجَّةٍ أَرَاهَا فَاقْتَطَعَ بِهَا مِنْ مَالِ أَخِيهِ ظُلْمًا أَتَى بِهَا إِسْطَامًا فِي عُنُقِهِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ فَبَكَى الرَّجُلَانِ وَقَالَ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْهُمَا حَقِّي لَهُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ الَّذِي أَطْلُبُ قَالَ لَا وَلَكِنِ اذْهَبَا فَاسْتَهِمَا وَتَوَخَّيَا ثُمَّ لِيُحْلِلْ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْكُمَا صَاحِبَهُ  

bayhaqi:21244Abū Zakariyyā b. Abū Isḥāq al-Muzakkī > Abū ʿAbdullāh Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb al-Shaybānī > Abū Aḥmad Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Wahhāb > Jaʿfar b. ʿAwn > Usāmah b. Zayd > ʿAbdullāh b. Rāfiʿ > Um Salamah

[Machine] Two men from the Ansar came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ to dispute about an inheritance that had been discussed and the one who knew it had passed away. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "I am only a human being. I will judge according to my own opinion in matters that have not been revealed to me. So, if I pass a judgment in favor of one of you regarding his brother's right, he will only take a portion from the Fire." They both wept and said, "Each one of us claims his right, O Messenger of Allah." He said, "Go and swear an oath and seek what is right. Then, reconcile and each one of you should forgive his companion."  

البيهقي:٢١٢٤٤أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو زَكَرِيَّا بْنُ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ الْمُزَكِّي أنبأ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ الشَّيْبَانِيُّ أنبأ أَبُو أَحْمَدَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْوَهَّابِ أنبأ جَعْفَرُ بْنُ عَوْنٍ أنبأ أُسَامَةُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ رَافِعٍ عَنْ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ قَالَتْ

جَاءَ رَجُلَانِ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ يَخْتَصِمَانِ فِي مَوَارِيثَ قَدْ دُرِسَ عَلَيْهَا وَهَلَكَ مَنْ يَعْرِفُهَا فَقَالَ إِنَّمَا أَنَا بَشَرٌ أَقْضِي فِيمَا لَمْ يَنْزِلْ عَلَيَّ فِيهِ شَيْءٌ بِرَأْيِي فَمَنْ قَضَيْتُ لَهُ شَيْئًا مِنْ حَقِّ أَخِيهِ فَإِنَّمَا يَقْتَطِعُ إِسْطَامًا مِنْ نَارٍ قَالَ فَبَكَيَا وَقَالَ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْهُمَا حَقِّي لَهُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ قَالَ اذْهَبَا فَاقْسِمَا وَتَوَخَّيَا الْحَقَّ ثُمَّ اسْتَهِمَا ثُمَّ لِيُحْلِلْ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْكُمَا صَاحِبَهُ