حَدَّثَنَا
مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى ، قَالَ : ثنا
عُمَرُ بْنُ حَفْصِ بْنِ غِيَاثٍ ، قَالَ : ثنا
أَبِي ، عَنْ
أَبِي عُمَيْسٍ ، قَالَ : أَخْبَرَنِي
عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ قَيْسِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الأَشْعَثِ ، عَنْ
أَبِيهِ ، عَنْ
جَدِّهِ ، قَالَ : اشْتَرَى الأَشْعَثُ رَقِيقًا مِنْ رَقِيقِ الْخُمْسِ مِنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ بِعِشْرِينَ أَلْفًا ، فَأَرْسَلَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ إِلَيْهِ فِي ثَمَنِهِمْ ، فَقَالَ : إِنَّمَا أَخَذَتْهُمْ بِعَشَرَةِ آلافٍ ، فَقَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ : فَاخْتَرْ رَجُلا يَكُنْ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَكَ ، قَالَ الأَشْعَثُ : أَنْتَ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَ نَفْسِكَ ، قَالَ
عَبْدُ اللَّهِ : فَإِنِّي سَمِعْتُ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ : " إِذَا اخْتَلَفَ الْبَيِّعَانِ وَلَيْسَ بَيْنَهُمَا بَيِّنَةٌ فَهُوَ مَا يَقُولُ رَبُّ السِّلْعَةِ أَوْ يَتَتَارَكَا " .
Muhammad bin Ash’ath, may Allah have mercy on him, narrates that Sayyiduna Ash’ath bin Qais, may Allah be pleased with him, bought a slave from among the slaves of Khums from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas’ud, may Allah be pleased with him, for twenty thousand. Sayyiduna Abdullah, may Allah be pleased with him, sent a man to him for the price, but he said: “I bought him for ten thousand.” Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas’ud, may Allah be pleased with him, said: “Let us choose a man who will decide between me and you.” Ash’ath, may Allah be pleased with him, said: “You yourself decide between me and yourself.” Abdullah bin Mas’ud, may Allah be pleased with him, said: “I heard the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, say: When two men involved in a transaction dispute and neither has any evidence, then the statement of the owner of the goods will be accepted, or both will abandon the sale.”