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tabarani:5466 – [Chain 1] ʿAlī b. ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz And ʾAbū Muslim al-Kashhī > Ḥajjāj b. al-Minhāl [Chain 2] Jaʿfar b. Muḥammad b. Ḥarb al-ʿAbbādānī > Sulaymān b. Ḥarb [Chain 3] Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥaḍramī > ʿAbd al-Aʿlá b. Ḥammād al-Narsī > Ḥammād b. Salamah > ʿAbd al-Malik Abū Jaʿfar al-Madanī > Abū Nuṣrah > Saʿd b. al-Aṭwal

his brother died, leaving behind three hundred Dirham and dependents. “I wanted to spend (his money) on his dependents, but the Prophet ﷺ said: 'Your brother is being detained by his debt, so pay it off for him.'” He said “O Messenger of Allah ﷺ, I have paid it off apart from two Dinar, which a woman is claiming but she has no proof.” He said: “Give them to her for she is telling the truth.” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 2433)   

الطبراني:٥٤٦٦ – حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ وَأَبُو مُسْلِمٍ الْكَشِّيُّ قَالَا ثنا حَجَّاجُ بْنُ الْمِنْهَالِ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا جَعْفَرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ حَرْبٍ الْعَبَّادَانِيُّ ثنا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَضْرَمِيُّ ثنا عَبْدُ الْأَعْلَى بْنُ حَمَّادٍ النَّرْسِيُّ قَالُوا ثنا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ أَخْبَرَنِي عَبْدُ الْمَلِكِ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ الْمَدَنِيُّ عَنْ أَبِي نُصْرَةَ عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ الْأَطْوَلِ

أَنَّ أَخَاهُ مَاتَ وَتَرَكَ ثَلَاثَ مِائَةِ دِرْهَمٍ وَتَرَكَ عِيَالًا فَأَرَدْتُ أَنْ أُنْفِقَهَا عَلَى عِيَالِهِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «إِنَّ أَخَاكَ مَحْبُوسٌ بِدَيْنِهِ فَاقْضِ عَنْهُ» فَقَضَيْتُ عَنْهُ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ قَدْ أَدَّيْتُ عَنْهُ إِلَّا دِينَارَيْنِ ادَّعَتْهُمَا امْرَأَةٌ لَيْسَتْ لَهَا بَيِّنَةٌ قَالَ «أَعْطِهَا فَإِنَّهَا صَادِقَةٌ»  

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ibnmajah:2433 – Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > ʿAffān > Ḥammād b. Salamah > ʿAbd al-Malik Abū Jaʿfar > Abū Naḍrah > Saʿd b. al-Aṭwal > Akhāh Māt And Tarak Thalāthamiāʾah Dirham Watarak ʿIyāl Faʾaradt > Unfiqahā > ʿIyālih

his brother died, leaving behind three hundred Dirham and dependents. “I wanted to spend (his money) on his dependents, but the Prophet ﷺ said: 'Your brother is being detained by his debt, so pay it off for him.'” He said “O Messenger of Allah ﷺ, I have paid it off apart from two Dinar, which a woman is claiming but she has no proof.” He said: “Give them to her for she is telling the truth.”  

ابن ماجة:٢٤٣٣ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ أَخْبَرَنِي عَبْدُ الْمَلِكِ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ عَنْ أَبِي نَضْرَةَ عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ الأَطْوَلِ

أَنَّ أَخَاهُ مَاتَ وَتَرَكَ ثَلاَثَمِائَةِ دِرْهَمٍ وَتَرَكَ عِيَالاً فَأَرَدْتُ أَنْ أُنْفِقَهَا عَلَى عِيَالِهِ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ إِنَّ أَخَاكَ مُحْتَبَسٌ بِدَيْنِهِ فَاقْضِ عَنْهُ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَدْ أَدَّيْتُ عَنْهُ إِلاَّ دِينَارَيْنِ ادَّعَتْهُمَا امْرَأَةٌ وَلَيْسَ لَهَا بَيِّنَةٌ قَالَ فَأَعْطِهَا فَإِنَّهَا مُحِقَّةٌ  

ahmad:17227 – Sulaymān b. Ḥarb > Ḥammād b. Salamah > ʿAbd al-Malik Abū Jaʿfar > Abū Naḍrah > Saʿd b. al-Aṭwal

[Machine] "My brother died and left behind three hundred dinars and young children. I wanted to spend on them, so the Messenger of Allah ﷺ told me, 'Your brother is held back by his debt, so go and settle it for him.' So I went and settled it for him. Then I came and said, 'O Messenger of Allah, I have settled it for him and only a woman claiming two dinars remains, but she has no proof.' He said, 'Give it to her, for she is truthful.'"  

أحمد:١٧٢٢٧ – حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ عَنْ أَبِي نَضْرَةَ عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ الْأَطْوَلِ قَالَ

مَاتَ أَخِي وَتَرَكَ ثَلَاثَ مِائَةِ دِينَارٍ وَتَرَكَ وَلَدًا صِغَارًا فَأَرَدْتُ أَنْ أُنْفِقَ عَلَيْهِمْ فَقَالَ لِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِنَّ أَخَاكَ مَحْبُوسٌ بِدَيْنِهِ فَاذْهَبْ فَاقْضِ عَنْهُ قَالَ فَذَهَبْتُ فَقَضَيْتُ عَنْهُ ثُمَّ جِئْتُ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ قَدْ قَضَيْتُ عَنْهُ وَلَمْ يَبْقَ إِلَّا امْرَأَةً تَدَّعِي دِينَارَيْنِ وَلَيْسَتْ لَهَا بَيِّنَةٌ قَالَ أَعْطِهَا فَإِنَّهَا صَادِقَةٌ  

ahmad:20076 – ʿAffān > Ḥammād b. Salamah > ʿAbd al-Malik Abū Jaʿfar > Abū Naḍrah > Saʿd b. al-Aṭwal

his brother died, leaving behind three hundred Dirham and dependents. “I wanted to spend (his money) on his dependents, but the Prophet ﷺ said: 'Your brother is being detained by his debt, so pay it off for him.'” He said “O Messenger of Allah ﷺ, I have paid it off apart from two Dinar, which a woman is claiming but she has no proof.” He said: “Give them to her for she is telling the truth.” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 2433)  

أحمد:٢٠٠٧٦ – حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ الْمَلِكِ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ عَنْ أَبِي نَضْرَةَ عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ الْأَطْوَلِ

أَنَّ أَخَاهُ مَاتَ وَتَرْكَ ثَلَاثَ مِائَةِ دِرْهَمٍ وَتَرَكَ عِيَالًا فَأَرَدْتُ أَنْ أُنْفِقَهَا عَلَى عِيَالِهِ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ إِنَّ أَخَاكَ مَحْبُوسٌ بِدَيْنِهِ فَاقْضِ عَنْهُ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ فَقَدْ أَدَّيْتُ عَنْهُ إِلَّا دِينَارَيْنِ ادَّعَتْهُمَا امْرَأَةٌ وَلَيْسَ لَهَا بَيِّنَةٌ قَالَ فَأَعْطِهَا فَإِنَّهَا مُحِقَّةٌ