Majma al-Zawaid — Hadith 6600

Abdullah bin Ubayd bin Umayr, describing the agreement of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) with the Jews of Khaybar, narrates: He said: "Half of the date produce will be ours and half will be yours, and you are to do the work on our behalf." When the fruit there had ripened, they came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and requested of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): "Our dates have ripened, so send an assessor to estimate (the produce) between us and you." So the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) sent Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Rawahah (may Allah be pleased with him). When he had gone round their date palms and examined them, he said: "By Allah, to my knowledge there is no one among the creation of Allah who attributes greater lies to Allah Almighty, or is a greater enemy of the Messenger of Allah, than you. And by Allah, Allah Almighty has not created anyone more hateful to me than you. Yet by Allah, even this does not drive me to wrong you by the weight of a speck, and I know this well." The narrator says: Then he estimated all of the produce, both what was due to him and what was due to the Jews, and it came to eighty thousand wasqs. The Jews said: "You have wronged us." Sayyiduna Ibn Rawahah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "If you wish, give us forty thousand wasqs and we will hand the fruit over to you; and if you wish, we will give you forty thousand wasqs and you separate yourselves from us." They looked at one another and then said: "It is by this that the heavens and the earth stand, and it is by this that these people have prevailed over you."
Al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Kabir as a mursal report, and its narrators are the narrators of the Sahih.