السنن الكبرى للبيهقي
Sunan al-Kubra al-Bayhaqi
كتاب الغصب
Book of Usurpation
باب: من غصب جارية فباعها ثم جاء رب الجارية
One who usurps a slave girl and sells her, and then her owner comes
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أَخْبَرَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ عَبْدَانَ، أنبأ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ الصَّفَّارُ، ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عِيسَى بْنُ أَبِي قَمَّاشٍ، ثنا عَمْرُو بْنُ عَوْنٍ، ثنا هُشَيْمٌ، عَنْ مُوسَى بْنِ السَّائِبِ، عَنْ قَتَادَةَ، عَنِ الْحَسَنِ، عَنْ سَمُرَةَ بْنِ جُنْدُبٍ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: " مَنْ وَجَدَ مَالَهُ عِنْدَ رَجُلٍ فَهُوَ أَحَقُّ بِهِ، وَيَتَّبِعُ الْبَيِّعُ مَنْ بَاعَهُ ".
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Samurah bin Jundub (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever finds his property with a man has more right to it, and the buyer shall pursue the one who sold it to him."
أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو حَازِمٍ الْعَبْدَوِيُّ الْحَافِظُ، أنبأ أَبُو الْفَضْلِ بْنُ خَمِيرَوَيْهِ، ثنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ نَجْدَةَ، ثنا سَعِيدُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ، ثنا هُشَيْمٌ، ثنا حُمَيْدٌ الطَّوِيلُ، عَنِ الْحَسَنِ، أَنَّ رَجُلًا بَاعَ جَارِيَةً لِأَبِيهِ، وَأَبُوهُ غَائِبٌ، فَلَمَّا قَدِمَ أَبَى أَبُوهُ أَنْ يُجِيزَ بَيْعَهُ، وَقَدْ وَلَدَتْ مِنَ الْمُشْتَرِي، فَاخْتَصَمُوا إِلَى عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ، فَقَضَى لِلرَّجُلِ بِجَارِيَتِهِ وَأَمَرَ الْمُشْتَرِي أَنْ يَأْخُذَ بَيِّعَهُ بِالْخَلَاصِ، فَلَزِمَهُ، فَقَالَ أَبُو الْبَائِعِ: مُرْهُ فَلْيُخَلِّ عَنِ ابْنِي، فَقَالَ لَهُ عُمَرُ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ: " وَأَنْتَ فَخَلِّ عَنِ ابْنِهِ ".
It is narrated from al-Hasan (may Allah have mercy on him) that a man sold a slave girl belonging to his father while his father was absent. When the father came, he refused to let the sale stand, and the slave girl had borne a child to the buyer. They brought their dispute to Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him). He ruled that the slave girl belonged to her owner, and ordered the buyer to take back his price, and so he did. The seller's father said: "Tell him to let go of my son." Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said to him: "And you let go of his son."
وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو حَازِمٍ، أنبأ أَبُو الْفَضْلِ، ثنا أَحْمَدُ، ثنا سَعِيدٌ، ثنا خَالِدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ، ثنا مُطَرِّفٌ، عَنْ عَامِرٍ الشَّعْبِيِّ، فِي رَجُلٍ وَجَدَ جَارِيَتَهُ فِي يَدِ رَجُلٍ قَدْ وَلَدَتْ مِنْهُ، فَأَقَامَ الْبَيِّنَةَ أَنَّهَا جَارِيَتُهُ، وَأَقَامَ الَّذِي فِي يَدِهِ الْجَارِيَةُ الْبَيِّنَةَ أَنَّهُ اشْتَرَاهَا، فَقَالَ: فَقَالَ عَلِيٌّ: " يَأْخُذُ صَاحِبُ الْجَارِيَةِ جَارِيَتَهُ، وَيُؤْخَذُ الْبَائِعُ بِالْخَلَاصِ ".
It is narrated from Amir al-Sha'bi (may Allah have mercy on him) that a man saw his slave girl with another man, and she had already borne him a child. He established proof that she was his slave girl, and the one who had her also presented proof that he had bought her. Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said: The owner of the slave girl shall take his slave girl, and the price shall be taken from the seller. Al-Sha'bi (may Allah have mercy on him) said: Possession does not hold in something which someone sold while he did not own it. It belongs to its owner, and the buyer shall pursue the seller for what he gave him, and from the seller shall be taken what he was given; nothing extra shall be taken, nor anything else. It is narrated from Shurayh (may Allah have mercy on him): Whoever stipulates possession is a fool. Either abide by what you sold or return what you took; possession is nothing.
The Shaykh said: Sayyiduna Ali's (may Allah be pleased with him) statement that the seller shall be held liable for restitution means the price and the value of the child; this agrees with the later statement and (also) with the hadith which we have narrated from Sayyiduna Samurah bin Jundub (may Allah be pleased with him).
The Shaykh said: Sayyiduna Ali's (may Allah be pleased with him) statement that the seller shall be held liable for restitution means the price and the value of the child; this agrees with the later statement and (also) with the hadith which we have narrated from Sayyiduna Samurah bin Jundub (may Allah be pleased with him).
