مصنف ابن ابي شيبه
Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah
كتاب البيوع والأقضيةBook of Sales and Judgments
في الرجل يأخذ العبد الآبق فيأبق منهIf Someone Captures a Fugitive Slave and He Escapes Again
Hadith 22639
٢٢٦٣٩ - حدثنا أبو بكر قال: حدثنا (وكيع عن) (١) سفيان عن (حزن) (٢) بن ⦗٤٢⦘ (بشير) (٣) عن (جابر) (٤) بن الحارث أن رجلًا اجتعل في عبد آبق فأخذه ليرده فأبق منه، فخاصمه إلى شريح فضمنه، فبلغ ذلك عليًا فقال: أساء القضاء، يحلف باللَّه لأبق منه، ولا ضمان عليه (٥) (٦).
A man caught a runaway slave in order to return him to his master. That slave ran away from him as well. Both of them, disputing, came to Hazrat Shurayh. He made that man a guarantor. When Hazrat Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) was informed of this decision, he said: "The judge made a mistake. He should have made him swear an oath that the slave ran away from him, and there would be no guarantee upon him."
