السنن الكبرى للبيهقي
Sunan al-Kubra al-Bayhaqi
كتاب البيوع
Book of Sales
باب: ما جاء في ثمن السنور
Reports on the price of a cat
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أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو نَصْرٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ الْفَقِيهُ، ثنا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ، ثنا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، وَعَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، قَالَا: ثنا سَلَمَةُ بْنُ شَبِيبٍ، ثنا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ أَعْيَنَ، ثنا مَعْقِلٌ، عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ جَابِرًا عَنْ ثَمَنِ الْكَلْبِ وَالسِّنَّوْرِ، فَقَالَ: " زَجَرَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَنْ ذَلِكَ " رَوَاهُ مُسْلِمٌ فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنْ سَلَمَةَ بْنِ شَبِيبٍ.
Abu al-Zubayr (may Allah have mercy on him) said: I asked Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) about the price of a dog and a cat, and he replied that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) "rebuked people against it."
أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَلِيٍّ الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الرُّوذْبَارِيُّ، ثنا أَبُو حَاتِمٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عِيسَى بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ الرَّازِيُّ بِالرِّيِّ، أنبأ إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الدَّبَرِيُّ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّزَّاقِ، عَنْ ⦗١٨⦘ عُمَرَ بْنِ زَيْدٍ الصَّنْعَانِيِّ، أَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو الزُّبَيْرِ، أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ جَابِرَ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللهِ يَقُولُ: " نَهَى رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَنْ أَكْلِ الْهِرِّ وَأَكْلِ ثَمَنِهِ ". رَوَاهُ أَبُو دَاوُدَ فِي السُّنَنِ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ حَنْبَلٍ عَنْ، عَبْدِ الرَّزَّاقِ بِإِسْنَادِهِ، أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ نَهَى عَنْ ثَمَنِ الْهِرِّ.
Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) said that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) "forbade eating a cat and taking its price." Imam Abu Dawud (may Allah have mercy on him) recorded in his Sunan, through the chain of Abdur Razzaq, that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) "forbade the price of a cat."
وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ، أنبأ أَبُو بَكْرٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ حَاتِمٍ الْعَدْلُ بِمَرْوَ، ثنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى الْقَاضِي، ثنا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ مَسْلَمَةَ الْقَعْنَبِيُّ، ثنا عِيسَى بْنُ يُونُسَ، ح وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو طَاهِرٍ الْفَقِيهُ، ثنا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ الْفَقِيهُ، ثنا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ، ثنا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ الرَّبِيعِ الْكُوفِيُّ، ثنا حَفْصُ بْنُ غِيَاثٍ، جَمِيعًا عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ، عَنْ أَبِي سُفْيَانَ، عَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ: " نَهَى رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَنْ ثَمَنِ الْكَلْبِ وَالسِّنَّوْرِ ". أَخْرَجَهُ أَبُو دَاوُدَ فِي السُّنَنِ عَنْ جَمَاعَةٍ، عَنْ عِيسَى بْنِ يُونُسَ. وَهَذَا حَدِيثٌ صَحِيحٌ عَلَى شَرْطِ مُسْلِمِ بْنِ الْحَجَّاجِ دُونَ الْبُخَارِيِّ؛ فَإِنَّ الْبُخَارِيَّ لَا يَحْتَجُّ بِرِوَايَةِ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ، وَلَا بِرِوَايَةِ أَبِي سُفْيَانَ، وَلَعَلَّ مُسْلِمًا إِنَّمَا لَمْ يُخْرِجْهُ فِي الصَّحِيحِ؛ لِأَنَّ وَكِيعَ بْنَ الْجَرَّاحِ رَوَاهُ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ قَالَ: قَالَ جَابِرُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ، فَذَكَرَهُ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: قَالَ الْأَعْمَشُ: أَرَى أَبَا سُفْيَانَ ذَكَرَهُ، فَالْأَعْمَشُ كَانَ يَشُكُّ فِي وَصْلِ الْحَدِيثِ، فَصَارَتْ رِوَايَةُ أَبِي سُفْيَانَ بِذَلِكَ ضَعِيفَةً، وَقَدْ حَمَلَهُ بَعْضُ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ عَلَى الْهِرِّ إِذَا تَوَحَّشَ فَلَمْ يُقْدَرْ عَلَى تَسْلِيمِهِ، وَمِنْهُمْ مَنْ زَعَمَ أَنَّ ذَلِكَ كَانَ فِي ابْتِدَاءِ الْإِسْلَامِ حِينَ كَانَ مَحْكُومًا بِنَجَاسِتِهِ، ثُمَّ حِينَ صَارَ مَحْكُومًا بِطَهَارَةِ سُؤْرِهِ حَلَّ ثَمَنُهُ، وَلَيْسَ عَلَى وَاحِدٍ مِنْ هَذَيْنِ الْقَوْلَيْنِ دَلَالَةٌ بَيِّنَةٌ، وَاللهُ أَعْلَمُ.
Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) said that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) "forbade the price of a dog and a cat." Abu Dawud recorded this hadith in his Sunan. This hadith is sahih (authentic) according to the condition of Imam Muslim (may Allah have mercy on him), but it does not meet the conditions of Imam al-Bukhari (may Allah have mercy on him), since al-Bukhari does not use the narrations of Abu al-Zubayr or Abu Sufyan as evidence.
Perhaps Muslim did not record it in his Sahih because Waki' bin al-Jarrah narrated it from al-A'mash, saying: "Jabir bin Abdullah said", and then al-A'mash said: "I think Abu Sufyan mentioned it." So al-A'mash was in doubt about whether the hadith was connected, and for that reason the narration of Abu Sufyan became weak.
Some scholars have said that this applies when a cat has not been tamed, and some hold that this was at the beginning of Islam when the leftover of a cat was unlawful; then, when the leftover of a cat became lawful, taking its price also became lawful. There is no clear evidence for either of these two views.
Perhaps Muslim did not record it in his Sahih because Waki' bin al-Jarrah narrated it from al-A'mash, saying: "Jabir bin Abdullah said", and then al-A'mash said: "I think Abu Sufyan mentioned it." So al-A'mash was in doubt about whether the hadith was connected, and for that reason the narration of Abu Sufyan became weak.
Some scholars have said that this applies when a cat has not been tamed, and some hold that this was at the beginning of Islam when the leftover of a cat was unlawful; then, when the leftover of a cat became lawful, taking its price also became lawful. There is no clear evidence for either of these two views.
أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ، ثنا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ، ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ، ثنا أَبُو الْجَوَّابِ، ثنا سُفْيَانُ، عَنِ ابْنِ جُرَيْجٍ، عَنْ عَطَاءٍ قَالَ: " لَا بَأْسَ بِثَمَنِ السِّنَّوْرِ ". قَالَ الشَّيْخُ: إِذَا ثَبَتَ الْحَدِيثُ وَلَمْ يَثْبُتْ نَسْخُهُ لَمْ يَدْخُلْ عَلَيْهِ قَوْلُ عَطَاءٍ.
Ata' (may Allah have mercy on him) said that there is no harm in taking the price of a cat. The Shaykh (may Allah have mercy on him) said: When the sahih hadith is established and its abrogation is not known, there is no room for the statement of Ata'.
