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tirmidhi:1342 – Muḥammad b. Sahl b. ʿAskar al-Baghdādī > Muḥammad b. Yūsuf > Nāfiʿ b. ʿUmar al-Jumaḥī > ʿAbdullāh b. Abū Mulaykah > Ibn ʿAbbās

Ibn 'Abbas narrated that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ judged that the oath is due from the one the claim is made against.  

الترمذي:١٣٤٢ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سَهْلِ بْنِ عَسْكَرٍ الْبَغْدَادِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يُوسُفَ حَدَّثَنَا نَافِعُ بْنُ عُمَرَ الْجُمَحِيُّ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي مُلَيْكَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَضَى أَنَّ الْيَمِينَ عَلَى الْمُدَّعَى عَلَيْهِ  

قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ وَالْعَمَلُ عَلَى هَذَا عِنْدَ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَغَيْرِهِمْ أَنَّ الْبَيِّنَةَ عَلَى الْمُدَّعِي وَالْيَمِينَ عَلَى الْمُدَّعَى عَلَيْهِ

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Collected by Bukhārī, Muslim, Abū Dāwūd, Suyūṭī
bukhari:2514 – Khalāad b. Yaḥyá > Nāfiʿ b. ʿUmar > Ibn Abū Mulaykah > Katabt > Ibn ʿAbbās Fakatab Ila

I wrote a letter to Ibn ʿAbbas and he wrote to me that the Prophet ﷺ had given the verdict that the defendant had to take an oath.  

البخاري:٢٥١٤ – حَدَّثَنَا خَلاَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى حَدَّثَنَا نَافِعُ بْنُ عُمَرَ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي مُلَيْكَةَ قَالَ كَتَبْتُ إِلَى ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ فَكَتَبَ إِلَىَّ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَضَى أَنَّ الْيَمِينَ عَلَى الْمُدَّعَى عَلَيْهِ  

bukhari:2668 – Abū Nuʿaym > Nāfiʿ b. ʿUmar > Ibn Abū Mulaykah > Katab Ibn ʿAbbās

Ibn ʿAbbas wrote that the Prophet ﷺ gave his verdict on the basis of the defendant's oath.  

البخاري:٢٦٦٨ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ حَدَّثَنَا نَافِعُ بْنُ عُمَرَ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي مُلَيْكَةَ قَالَ كَتَبَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ ؓ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَضَى بِالْيَمِينِ عَلَى الْمُدَّعَى عَلَيْهِ  

muslim:1711b – Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > Muḥammad b. Bishr > Nāfiʿ b. ʿUmar > Ibn Abū Mulaykah > Ibn ʿAbbās

Ibn 'Abbas reported that Messenger of Allah ﷺ pronounced judgment on the basis of oath by the defendant.  

مسلم:١٧١١b – وَحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بِشْرٍ عَنْ نَافِعِ بْنِ عُمَرَ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي مُلَيْكَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَضَى بِالْيَمِينِ عَلَى الْمُدَّعَى عَلَيْهِ  

abudawud:3619 – ʿAbdullāh b. Maslamah al-Qaʿnabī > Nāfiʿ b. ʿUmar > Ibn Abū Mulaykah > Katab Ila Ibn ʿAbbās

Ibn ‘Abbas wrote to me that the Messenger of Allah ﷺhad defendant should take an oath.  

أبو داود:٣٦١٩ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مَسْلَمَةَ الْقَعْنَبِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا نَافِعُ بْنُ عُمَرَ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي مُلَيْكَةَ قَالَ كَتَبَ إِلَىَّ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَضَى بِالْيَمِينِ عَلَى الْمُدَّعَى عَلَيْهِ