Hadith 1575
Abu Hurairah (RA) reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying: He who kept a dog would lose out of his deeds equal to one qirat every day. except (one kept) for watching the field or herd.
Hadith 1580
'A'isha (Allah be pleased with her) reported: When the concluding verses of Sura Baqarah were revealed, Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) went out and read them out to the people and then forbade them to trade in wine.
Hadith 1582
Ibn Abbas (RA) reported: This news reached 'Umar that ahadeeth had sold wine, whereupon he said: May Allah destroy ahadeeth; does he not know that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said:" Let there be the curse of Allah upon the Jews that fat was declared forbidden for them, but they melted it and then sold it"?
Hadith 1596
Ibn 'Abbas; (RA) reported on the authority of Usama bin Zaid Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as having said this: There is no element of interest when the money or commodity is exchanged hand to hand.
Hadith 1598
Jabir said that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) cursed the accepter of interest and its payer, and one who records it, and the two witnesses, and he said: They are all equal.
Hadith 1606
Abu Hurairah (RA) said he heard Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying: Swearing produces a ready sale for a commodity, but blots out the blessing.
Hadith 1609
This hadith is narrated on the authority of Zuhri with the same chain of transrmitters.
Hadith 1611
وحَدَّثَنِي
زُهَيْرُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا
جَرِيرٌ ، عَنْ
سُهَيْلٍ ، عَنْ
أَبِيهِ ، عَنْ
أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ، قَالَ : قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : " لَا يَأْخُذُ أَحَدٌ شِبْرًا مِنَ الْأَرْضِ بِغَيْرِ حَقِّهِ ، إِلَّا طَوَّقَهُ اللَّهُ إِلَى سَبْعِ أَرَضِينَ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ " .
Abu Hurairah (RA) reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying: One should not take a span of land without having legitimate right to it, otherwise Allah would make him wear (around his neck) seven earths on the Day of Resurrection.
Hadith 1617
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Qatada with the same chain of transmitters.
Hadith 1619
Abu Hurairah (RA) reported that when the body of a dead person having burden of debt upon him was brought to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) he would ask whether he had left property enough to clear off his debt, and if the property left had been sufficient for that (purpose), he observed funeral prayer for him, otherwise he said (to his companions): You observe prayer for your companion. But when Allah opened the gateways of victory for him, he said: I am nearer to the believers than themselves, so if anyone dies leaving a debt, its payment is my responsibility, and if anyone leaves a property, it goes to his heirs.
Hadith 1619
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of al-Zuhri through another chain of transmitters.
Hadith 1619
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Shu'bah with the same chain of transmitters
Hadith 1620
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Malik bin Anas with the same chain of transmitters but with this addition: "Don't buy that even if he gives you for one dirham."
Hadith 1627
Ibn 'Umar (RA) reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying: It is the duty of a Muslim who has something which is to be given as a bequest not to have it for two nights without having his will written down regarding it.
Hadith 1627
A hadith like this has been narrated on the authority of Nafi', who based his narrations of the words of Ibn 'Umar but with a slight variation of words.
Hadith 1628
Mus'ab bin Sa'd reported on the authority of his father. I was ailing. I sent message to Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) saying: Permit me to give away my property as I like. He refused. I (again) said: (Permit me) to give away half. He (again refused). I (again said): Then one-third. He (the Holy Prophet) observed silence after (I had asked permission to give away) one-third. He (the narrater) said: It was then that endowment of one-third became permissible.
Hadith 1004
A'isha (Allah be pleased with her) reported that a man said to Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) : My mother died all of a sudden, and I think if she (could have the opportunity) to speak she would have (made a will) regarding Sadaqa'. Will I be entitled to reward if I give charity on her behalf? He (the Holy Prophet) said: Yes.
Hadith 1635
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of A'mash with the same chain of transmitters.
Hadith 1639
'Abdullah bin 'Umar (RA) reported: Allah's Messenger (may peace he upon him) singled out one day forbidding us to take vows and said: It would not avert anything; it is by which something is extracted from the miserly person.
Hadith 1641
وحَدَّثَنِي
زُهَيْرُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ ،
وَعَلِيُّ بْنُ حُجْرٍ السَّعْدِيُّ واللفظ لزهير ، قَالَا : حَدَّثَنَا
إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ ، حَدَّثَنَا
أَيُّوبُ ، عَنْ
أَبِي قِلَابَةَ ، عَنْ
أَبِي الْمُهَلَّبِ ، عَنْ
عِمْرَانَ بْنِ حُصَيْنٍ ، قَالَ : " كَانَتْ ثَقِيفُ حُلَفَاءَ لِبَنِى عُقَيْلٍ ، فَأَسَرَتْ ثَقِيفُ رَجُلَيْنِ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، وَأَسَرَ أَصْحَابُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ رَجُلًا مِنْ بَنِي عُقَيْلٍ وَأَصَابُوا مَعَهُ الْعَضْبَاءَ ، فَأَتَى عَلَيْهِ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَهُوَ فِي الْوَثَاقِ ، قَالَ : يَا مُحَمَّدُ فَأَتَاهُ ، فَقَالَ : مَا شَأْنُكَ ، فَقَالَ : بِمَ أَخَذْتَنِي وَبِمَ أَخَذْتَ سَابِقَةَ الْحَاجِّ ، فَقَالَ : إِعْظَامًا لِذَلِكَ أَخَذْتُكَ بِجَرِيرَةِ حُلَفَائِكَ ثَقِيفَ ، ثُمَّ انْصَرَفَ عَنْهُ ، فَنَادَاهُ فَقَالَ : يَا مُحَمَّدُ ، يَا مُحَمَّدُ ، وَكَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ رَحِيمًا رَقِيقًا فَرَجَعَ إِلَيْهِ ، فَقَالَ : مَا شَأْنُكَ ؟ ، قَالَ : إِنِّي مُسْلِمٌ ، قَالَ : لَوْ قُلْتَهَا وَأَنْتَ تَمْلِكُ أَمْرَكَ أَفْلَحْتَ كُلَّ الْفَلَاحِ ، ثُمَّ انْصَرَفَ ، فَنَادَاهُ فَقَالَ : يَا مُحَمَّدُ ، يَا مُحَمَّدُ فَأَتَاهُ ، فَقَالَ : مَا شَأْنُكَ ؟ قَالَ : إِنِّي جَائِعٌ ، فَأَطْعِمْنِي وَظَمْآنُ فَأَسْقِنِي ، قَالَ : هَذِهِ حَاجَتُكَ فَفُدِيَ بِالرَّجُلَيْنِ ، قَالَ : وَأُسِرَتِ امْرَأَةٌ مِنْ الْأَنْصَارِ ، وَأُصِيبَتِ الْعَضْبَاءُ فَكَانَتِ الْمَرْأَةُ فِي الْوَثَاقِ وَكَانَ الْقَوْمُ يُرِيحُونَ نَعَمَهُمْ بَيْنَ يَدَيْ بُيُوتِهِمْ ، فَانْفَلَتَتْ ذَاتَ لَيْلَةٍ مِنَ الْوَثَاقِ ، فَأَتَتِ الْإِبِلَ ، فَجَعَلَتْ إِذَا دَنَتْ مِنَ الْبَعِيرِ رَغَا ، فَتَتْرُكُهُ حَتَّى تَنْتَهِيَ إِلَى الْعَضْبَاءِ ، فَلَمْ تَرْغُ ، قَالَ : وَنَاقَةٌ مُنَوَّقَةٌ ، فَقَعَدَتْ فِي عَجُزِهَا ثُمَّ زَجَرَتْهَا ، فَانْطَلَقَتْ وَنَذِرُوا بِهَا ، فَطَلَبُوهَا فَأَعْجَزَتْهُمْ ، قَالَ : وَنَذَرَتْ لِلَّهِ إِنْ نَجَّاهَا اللَّهُ عَلَيْهَا لَتَنْحَرَنَّهَا ، فَلَمَّا قَدِمَتْ الْمَدِينَةَ رَآهَا النَّاسُ ، فَقَالُوا : الْعَضْبَاءُ نَاقَةُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، فَقَالَتْ : إِنَّهَا نَذَرَتْ إِنْ نَجَّاهَا اللَّهُ عَلَيْهَا لَتَنْحَرَنَّهَا ، فَأَتَوْا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَذَكَرُوا ذَلِكَ لَهُ ، فَقَالَ : سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ بِئْسَمَا جَزَتْهَا نَذَرَتْ لِلَّهِ إِنْ نَجَّاهَا اللَّهُ عَلَيْهَا لَتَنْحَرَنَّهَا ، لَا وَفَاءَ لِنَذْرٍ فِي مَعْصِيَةٍ ، وَلَا فِيمَا لَا يَمْلِكُ الْعَبْدُ " وَفِي رِوَايَةِ ابْنِ حُجْرٍ لَا نَذْرَ فِي مَعْصِيَةِ اللَّهِ ،
Imran bin Husain reported that the tribe of Thaqif was the ally of Banu 'Uqail. Thaqif took two persons from amongst the Companions of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as prisoners. The Campanions of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) took one person at Banu Uqail as prisoner, and captured al-'Adbi (the she-camel of the Holy Prophet) along with him. Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) came to him and he was tied with ropes. He said: Muhammad. He came near him and said: What is the matter with you? Thereupon he (the prisoner) said: Why have you taken me as prisoner and why have you caught hold of one proceeding the pilgrims (the she-camel as she carried the Holy Prophet (ﷺ) on her back and walked ahead of the multitude)? He (the Holy Prophet) said: (Yours is a great fault). I (my men) have caught hold of you for the crime of your allies, Banu Thaqif. He (the Holy Prophet) then turned away. He again called him and said: Muhammad, Muhammad, and since Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) was very compassionate, and tenderhearted, he returned to him, and said: What is the matter with you? He said: I am a Muslim, whereupon he (the Holy Prophet) said: Had you said this when you had been the master of yourself, you would have gained every success. He then turned away. He (the prisoner) called him again saying: Muhammad, Muhammad. He came to him and said: What is the matter with you? He said: I am hungry, feed me, and I am thirsty, so provide me with drink. He (the Holy Prophet) said: That is (to satisfy) your want. He was then ransomed for two persons (who had been taken prisoner by Thaqif). He (the narrator) said: A woman of the Ansar had been taken prisoner and also al-Adbi' was caught. The woman had been tied with ropes. The people were giving rest to their animals before their houses. She escaped one night from the bondage and came to the camels. As she drew near the camels, they fretted and fumed and so she left them until she came to al-, Adbi'. It did not fret and fume; it was docile She rode upon its back and drove it away and she went off. When they (the enemies of Islam) were warned of this, they went in search of it, but it (the she-camel) exhausted them. She (the woman) took vow for Allah, that in case He would save her through it, she would offer that as a sacrifice. As she reached Madinah, the people saw her and they said: Here is al-Adbi, the she-camel of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) . She (the woman) said that she had taken a vow that if Allah would save her on its back, she would sacrifice it. They (the Prophet's Companions) came to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and made a mention of that to him, whereupon he said: Hallowed be Allah, how ill she rewarded it that she took vow to Allah that if He saves her on its back, she would sacrifice it! There is no fulfilment of the vow in an act of disobedience, nor in an act over which a person has no control. In the version of Ibn Hujr (the words are): "There is no vow in disobedience to Allah."
Hadith 1646
Salim reported on the authority of his father that Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) heard 'Umar while he was taking oath by his father. The rest of the hadith is the same.
Hadith 1650
حَدَّثَنِي
زُهَيْرُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا
مَرْوَانُ بْنُ مُعَاوِيَةَ الْفَزَارِيُّ ، أَخْبَرَنَا
يَزِيدُ بْنُ كَيْسَانَ ، عَنْ
أَبِي حَازِمٍ ، عَنْ
أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ، قَالَ : " أَعْتَمَ رَجُلٌ عِنْدَ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، ثُمَّ رَجَعَ إِلَى أَهْلِهِ ، فَوَجَدَ الصِّبْيَةَ قَدْ نَامُوا ، فَأَتَاهُ أَهْلُهُ بِطَعَامِهِ ، فَحَلَفَ لَا يَأْكُلُ مِنْ أَجْلِ صِبْيَتِهِ ، ثُمَّ بَدَا لَهُ ، فَأَكَلَ فَأَتَى رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، فَذَكَرَ ذَلِكَ لَهُ ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : مَنْ حَلَفَ عَلَى يَمِينٍ ، فَرَأَى غَيْرَهَا خَيْرًا مِنْهَا ، فَلْيَأْتِهَا وَلْيُكَفِّرْ عَنْ يَمِينِهِ " .
Abu Hurairah (RA) reported: A person sat late in the night with Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) , and then came to his family and found that his children had gone to sleep. His wife brought food for him, but he took an oath that he would not eat because of his children (having gone to sleep without food) He then gave precedence (of breaking the vow and then expiating it) and ate the food. He then came to Allah s Messenger (ﷺ) and made mention of that to him, whereupon Allah's Messenger (may peace he upon him) said: He who took an oath and (later on) found something better than that should do that, and expiate for (breaking) his vow.
Hadith 1650
Abu Hurairah (RA) reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying: He who took an oath and (later on) found another thing better than that, he should do that which is better, and expiate for the vow (broken by him).
Hadith 1654
وحَدَّثَنِي
زُهَيْرُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا
شَبَابَةُ ، حَدَّثَنِي
وَرْقَاءُ ، عَنْ
أَبِي الزِّنَادِ ، عَنْ
الْأَعْرَجِ ، عَنْ
أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، قَالَ : " قَالَ سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ دَاوُدَ : لَأَطُوفَنَّ اللَّيْلَةَ عَلَى تِسْعِينَ امْرَأَةً كُلُّهَا تَأْتِي بِفَارِسٍ يُقَاتِلُ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ ، فَقَالَ لَهُ صَاحِبُهُ : قُلْ إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ ، فَلَمْ يَقُلْ إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ ، فَطَافَ عَلَيْهِنَّ جَمِيعًا فَلَمْ تَحْمِلْ مِنْهُنَّ إِلَّا امْرَأَةٌ وَاحِدَةٌ ، فَجَاءَتْ بِشِقِّ رَجُلٍ ، وَايْمُ الَّذِي نَفْسُ مُحَمَّدٍ بِيَدِهِ لَوَ قَالَ : إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ لَجَاهَدُوا فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ فُرْسَانًا أَجْمَعُونَ " ،
Abu Hurairah (RA) reported Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) as saying that Sulaiman bin Dawud (once) said: I will go round in the night to my ninety wives, and every one of them will give birth to a child (who will grow up) as a horseman and fight in the cause of Allah His companions said to him: Say "Insha' Allah." but he did not say Insha' Allah. He went round all of them but none of them became pregnant but one, and she gave birth to a premature child. And by Him in Whose hand is the life of Muhammad, if he had said Insha' Allah (his wives would have given birth to the children who would all have grown up into horsemen and fought in the way of Allah).
Hadith 1656
Book 015, Number 4072: Ibn 'Umar reported that Umar (b. Khattab) said: Messenger of Allah, I had taken a vow during the days of Ignorance (Jahiliyya) that I would observe I'tikaf for a night in the Sacred Mosque. He (the Holy Prophet) said: Fulfil your vow.
Hadith 1659
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of A'mash but with this variation of words: "There fell from my hand the whip on account of his (the Prophet's) awe."
Hadith 1660
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Ibn Ghazwan (and the words are): "I heard Abu'l-Qasim (ﷺ) as the Prophet (ﷺ) of repentance."
Hadith 1664
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Ibn 'Umar through another chain of transmitters.
Hadith 1665
This hadith has been transmitted on the authority of Abu Tahir but with a slight variation of words.
Hadith 1666
The above hadith has been reported through another chain of transmitters on the authority of Abu Huraira.
Hadith 1501
This hadith has been narrated through another chain of transmitters with a slight variation of words.
Hadith 1668
'Imran bin Husain reported that a person who had no other property emancipated six slaves of his at the time of his death. Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) called for them and divided them into three sections, cast lots amongst them, and set two free and kept four in slavery; and he (the Holy Prophet) spoke severely of him.
Hadith 1686
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Ibn 'Umar through some other chains of transmitters but with a slight variation of words.
Hadith 1691
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Zuhri with the same chain of transmitters.
Hadith 1699
Ibn 'Umar (RA) reported that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) stoned to death the Jews, both male and female, who had committed adultery. The Jews brought them to Allah's Messenger (may peace he upon him). The rest of the hadith is the same.
Hadith 1707
Husain bin al-Mundhir Abu Sasan reported: I saw that Walid was brought to Uthmin bin 'Affan as he had prayed two rak'ahs of the dawn prayer, and then he said: I make an increase for you. And two men bore witness against him. One of them was Humran who said that he had drunk wine. The second one gave witness that he had seen him vomiting. 'Uthman said: He would not have vomited (wine) unless he had drunk it. He said: 'Ali, stand up and lash him. 'Ali said: Hasan, stand up and lash him. Thereupon Hasan said: Let him suffer the heat (of Caliphate) who has enjoyed its coolness. ('Ali felt annoyed at this remark) and he said: 'Abdullah bin Ja'far, stand up and flog him, and he began to flog him and 'Ali counted the stripes until these were forty. He (Hadrat 'Ali) said: Stop now, and then said: Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) gave forty stripes, and Abu Bakr (RA) also gave forty stripes, and Umar gave eighty stripes, and all these fall under the category of the Sunnah, but this one (forty stripes) is dearer to me.
Hadith 1710
A hadith like this has been transmitted on the authority of Zuhri.
Hadith 1714
حَدَّثَنَا
زُهَيْرُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا
يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ ، حَدَّثَنَا
ابْنُ أَخِي الزُّهْرِيِّ ، عَنْ
عَمِّهِ ، أَخْبَرَنِي
عُرْوَةُ بْنُ الزُّبَيْرِ ، أَنَّ
عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ : " جَاءَتْ هِنْدٌ بِنْتُ عُتْبَةَ بْنِ رَبِيعَةَ ، فَقَالَتْ : يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ، وَاللَّهِ مَا كَانَ عَلَى ظَهْرِ الْأَرْضِ خِبَاءٌ أَحَبَّ إِلَيَّ مِنْ أَنْ يَذِلُّوا مِنْ أَهْلِ خِبَائِكَ ، وَمَا أَصْبَحَ الْيَوْمَ عَلَى ظَهْرِ الْأَرْضِ خِبَاءٌ أَحَبَّ إِلَيَّ مِنْ أَنْ يَعِزُّوا مِنْ أَهْلِ خِبَائِكَ ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : وَأَيْضًا وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ ، ثُمَّ قَالَتْ : يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ، إِنَّ أَبَا سُفْيَانَ رَجُلٌ مِسِّيكٌ ، فَهَلْ عَلَيَّ حَرَجٌ مِنْ أَنْ أُطْعِمَ مِنَ الَّذِي لَهُ عِيَالَنَا ؟ ، فَقَالَ لَهَا : لَا إِلَّا بِالْمَعْرُوفِ " .
A'isha reported that Hind, daughter of Utba h. Rabi', came to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and said: Allah's Messenger, by Allah, there was no household upon the surface of the earth than your household about which I cherished that it should be disgraced. But today there is no household on the surface of the earth than your household about which I cherish that it be honoured. Thereupon Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said. It will increase, by Him in Whose Hand is my life. She then said: Messenger of Allah, Abu Sufyan (RA) is a niggardly person; is there any harm for me if I spend out of that which belongs to him on our children? He said to her: No, but only that what is reasonable.
Hadith 1715
حَدَّثَنِي
زُهَيْرُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا
جَرِيرٌ ، عَنْ
سُهَيْلٍ ، عَنْ
أَبِيهِ ، عَنْ
أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ، قَالَ : قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : " إِنَّ اللَّهَ يَرْضَى لَكُمْ ثَلَاثًا وَيَكْرَهُ لَكُمْ ثَلَاثًا ، فَيَرْضَى لَكُمْ أَنْ تَعْبُدُوهُ وَلَا تُشْرِكُوا بِهِ شَيْئًا ، وَأَنْ تَعْتَصِمُوا بِحَبْلِ اللَّهِ جَمِيعًا ، وَلَا تَفَرَّقُوا ، وَيَكْرَهُ لَكُمْ قِيلَ ، وَقَالَ ، وَكَثْرَةَ السُّؤَالِ ، وَإِضَاعَةِ الْمَالِ " ،
Abu Hurairah (RA) reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying: Verily Allah likes three things for you and He disapproves three things for you. He is pleased with you that you worship Him and associate not anything with Him, that you hold fast the rope of Allah, and be not scattered; and He disapproves for you irrelevant talk, persistent questioning and the wasting of wealth.
Hadith 1720
حَدَّثَنِي
زُهَيْرُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ ، حَدَّثَنِي
شَبَابَةُ ، حَدَّثَنِي
وَرْقَاءُ ، عَنْ
أَبِي الزِّنَادِ ، عَنْ
الْأَعْرَجِ ، عَنْ
أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، قَالَ : " بَيْنَمَا امْرَأَتَانِ مَعَهُمَا ابْنَاهُمَا جَاءَ الذِّئْبُ ، فَذَهَبَ بِابْنِ إِحْدَاهُمَا ، فَقَالَتْ هَذِهِ لِصَاحِبَتِهَا : إِنَّمَا ذَهَبَ بِابْنِكِ أَنْتِ ، وَقَالَتِ الْأُخْرَى : إِنَّمَا ذَهَبَ بِابْنِكِ ، فَتَحَاكَمَتَا إِلَى دَاوُدَ فَقَضَى بِهِ لِلْكُبْرَى ، فَخَرَجَتَا عَلَى سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ دَاوُدَ عَلَيْهِمَا السَّلَام ، فَأَخْبَرَتَاهُ فَقَالَ : ائْتُونِي بِالسِّكِّينِ أَشُقُّهُ بَيْنَكُمَا ، فَقَالَتِ الصُّغْرَى : لَا يَرْحَمُكَ اللَّهُ هُوَ ابْنُهَا فَقَضَى بِهِ لِلصُّغْرَى " ، قَالَ : قَالَ أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ : " وَاللَّهِ إِنْ سَمِعْتُ بِالسِّكِّينِ قَطُّ إِلَّا يَوْمَئِذٍ مَا كُنَّا نَقُولُ إِلَّا الْمُدْيَةَ " ،
Abu Hurairah (RA) reported Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) as saying: While two women had been going along with their two sons, a wolf came and made away with the child of one of them. One of them said to her companion: It is with your child that it (the wolf) has run away. The other one said: It has run away with your child. They brought the matter to (Hadrat) Dawud ؑ (David) for decision and he made a decision in favour of the elder one. They then went to Sulaiman bin Dawud (may there be peace upon both of them) and told them (the story). He said: Bring me a knife so that I may cut him (the child) (into two parts) for you. The younger one said: No, it can't be, may Allah have mercy upon you, he (the child) belongs to her (the elder). So he gave a decision in favour of the younger one. Abu Hurairah (RA) said: If ever I heard of the word as-sikin at all, it was that day. We called it by no other name but al-Mudya.