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Bayhaqi 16435 — The basis of qasamah, and beginning with the oaths

وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْحُسَيْنِ بْنُ الْفَضْلِ الْقَطَّانُ، بِبَغْدَادَ، أنبأ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ، ثنا يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ سُفْيَانَ، ثنا ابْنُ أَبِي أُوَيْسٍ، حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي، عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍ، أَنَّ بَشِيرَ بْنَ يَسَارٍ، مَوْلَى بَنِي حَارِثَةَ الْأَنْصَارِيِّينَ، أَخْبَرَهُ وَكَانَ شَيْخًا كَبِيرًا فَقِيهًا، وَكَانَ قَدْ أَدْرَكَ مِنْ أَهْلِ دَارِهِ مِنْ بَنِي حَارِثَةَ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ رِجَالًا مِنْهُمْ: رَافِعُ بْنُ خَدِيجٍ، وَسَهْلُ بْنُ أَبِي حَثْمَةَ، وَسُوَيْدُ بْنُ النُّعْمَانِ، حَدَّثُوهُ أَنَّ الْقَسَامَةَ كَانَتْ فِيهِمْ فِي بَنِي حَارِثَةَ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ فِي رَجُلٍ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ يُدْعَى عَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ سَهْلٍ، قُتِلَ بِخَيْبَرَ، وَأَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ لَهُمْ: " تَحْلِفُونَ خَمْسِينَ فَتَسْتَحِقُّونَ قَاتِلَكُمْ أَوْ قَالَ: صَاحِبَكُمْ " قَالُوا: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ مَا شَهِدْنَا وَلَا حَضَرْنَا، فَزَعَمَ بَشِيرٌ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ لَهُمْ: " فَتُبْرِئُكُمْ يَهُودُ بِخَمْسِينَ " فَذَكَرَهُ وَرَوَاهُ سُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ عَنْ يَحْيَى، فَخَالَفَ الْجَمَاعَةَ فِي لَفْظِهِ.
Bushayr bin Yasar, the freed slave of Banu Harithah of the Ansar — he was a very old man and a jurist, and among the people of his quarter from Banu Harithah he had met men from the Companions of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), among them Rafi' bin Khadij, Sahl bin Abi Hathmah and Suwayd bin al-Nu'man (may Allah be pleased with them) — narrates that they told him that the qasamah took place among them, in Banu Harithah bin al-Harith, concerning a man of the Ansar called Abdullah bin Sahl who was killed at Khaybar, and that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said to them: "You swear fifty (oaths) and so become entitled to (the blood of) your killer" — or he said: "your companion." They said: "O Messenger of Allah, we did not witness it and were not present." Bushayr stated that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said to them: "Then the Jews will clear themselves of your claim with fifty (oaths)", and he mentioned the rest.
Sufyan bin Uyaynah narrated it from Yahya and differed from the group in its wording.
Hadith Reference السنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب القسامة / 16435