سنن ابي داود
Sunan Abi Dawud
كتاب الإجارة
Wages (Kitab Al-Ijarah)
باب فِي عُهْدَةِ الرَّقِيقِ
Chapter: Regarding Liability For The Slave.
Hadith 3507
حَدَّثَنَا هَارُونُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ، حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ الصَّمَدِ ، حَدَّثَنَا هَمَّامٌ ، عَنْ قَتَادَةَ بِإِسْنَادِهِ وَمَعْنَاهُ ، زَادَ إِنْ وَجَدَ دَاءً فِي الثَّلَاثِ لَيَالِي رُدَّ بِغَيْرِ بَيِّنَةٍ وَإِنْ وَجَدَ دَاءً بَعْدَ الثَّلَاثِ كُلِّفَ الْبَيِّنَةَ ، أَنَّهُ اشْتَرَاهُ وَبِهِ هَذَا الدَّاءُ ، قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُد : هَذَا التَّفْسِيرُ مِنْ كَلَامِ قَتَادَةَ .
The tradition mentioned above has also been transmitted by Qatadah through a different chain of narrators to the same effect. This version adds: "If he finds defect (in the slave) within three days, he may return it without evidence; if he finds a defect after three days, he will be required to produce evidence that he (the slave) had the defect when he bought it. " Abu Dawud said: This explanation is from the words of Qatadah.
