Toggle above to switch between keyword search and direct hadith lookup

صحيح مسلم

Muslim

 كتاب الهبات

The Book of Gifts

 باب كَرَاهَةِ تَفْضِيلِ بَعْضِ الأَوْلاَدِ فِي الْهِبَةِ:

Chapter: It Is Disliked To Favor Some Of One's Children Over Others In Gift-Giving

Hadith 1624

اُردوEn

This hadith is listed as number 4187 in Maktaba Shamila

حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ يُونُسَ ، حَدَّثَنَا زُهَيْرٌ ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الزُّبَيْرِ ، عَنْ جَابِرٍ ، قَالَ : قَالَتِ امْرَأَةُ بَشِيرٍ : " انْحَلِ ابْنِي غُلَامَكَ وَأَشْهِدْ لِي رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، فَأَتَى رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، فَقَالَ : إِنَّ ابْنَةَ فُلَانٍ سَأَلَتْنِي أَنْ أَنْحَلَ ابْنَهَا غُلَامِي ، وَقَالَتْ أَشْهِدْ لِي رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، فَقَالَ : أَلَهُ إِخْوَةٌ ؟ قَالَ : نَعَمْ ، قَالَ : أَفَكُلَّهُمْ أَعْطَيْتَ مِثْلَ مَا أَعْطَيْتَهُ ؟ ، قَالَ : لَا ، قَالَ : فَلَيْسَ يَصْلُحُ هَذَا وَإِنِّي لَا أَشْهَدُ إِلَّا عَلَى حَقٍّ " .
Jabir (RA) reported that the wife of Bashir said (to her husband): Give to my son your slave as a gift, and make for me Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) a witness He came to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and said: The daughter of so and so (his wife Amra bint Rawaha) asked me to give my slave as a gift to her son, and call for me Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as a witness. Thereupon he (the Holy Prophet) said: Has he (Nu'man) brothers? He (Bashir) said: Yes. He (further) said: Have you given to all others as you have given to him? He said: No. He said: Then it is not fair; and verily I cannot bear witness but only to what is just.
Hadith Reference صحيح مسلم / كتاب الهبات / 1624
Hadith Grading محدثین: أحاديث صحيح مسلم كلها صحيحة
Hadith Takhrij «أحاديث صحيح مسلم كلها صحيحة»
Related hadith on this topic
Abu Dawud: 3545
Explanation & Benefits
Abu Dawud — Hadith 3545
Narrated Jabir: Bashir's wife said (to her husband): Give my son your slave, and call the Messenger of Allah ﷺ as witness for me. So he came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and said: The daughter of so-and-so has asked me to give her som my slave and said to me: Call the Messenger of Allah ﷺ as witness for her. He asked: Has he brothers? He replied: Yes. He again asked: Has he given them all the same as you have given him? He replied: No. He said: This is not good, and I will be a witness to what it right.
Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi
Benefits and Issues:
Benefit.
It is recommended (mustahabb) to appoint witnesses in important matters.
And testimony should always be given upon truth and justice; to become a witness in a matter of oppression is also impermissible and forbidden (haram).
Source: Sunan Abu Dawood – Commentary by Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi, Page: 3545
« Previous Hadith Next Hadith »
Telegram
Facebook