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Sahih Muslim 1712

The Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) pronounced judgment on the basis of an oath and a witness (by the plaintiff).

Ibn Abbasnarrated it
Sahihgraded sahih
8names in the chain
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وَحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ نُمَيْرٍ، قَالَا: حَدَّثَنَا زَيْدٌ، (وَهُوَ ابْنُ حُبَابٍ) حَدَّثَنِي سَيْفُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ، أَخْبَرَنِي قَيْسُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ، عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ دِينَارٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَضَى بِيَمِينٍ وَشَاهِدٍ

The Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) pronounced judgment on the basis of an oath and a witness (by the plaintiff).

ইয়াহইয়াহ ইবনু ইয়াহইয়া (রহঃ) .... হাফসাহ (রাযিঃ) থেকে বর্ণিত। তিনি বলেন, আমি রসূলুল্লাহ সাল্লাল্লাহু আলাইহি ওয়াসাল্লাম কে কখনো বসে নফল সালাত আদায় করতে দেখিনি। পরবর্তী সময়ে তার ওয়াফাতের এক বছর পূর্বে তাকে বসে নফল সালাত আদায় করতে দেখেছি। তিনি অতি উত্তমরূপে স্পষ্টভাবে ধীরে ধীরে সুরাহ পড়তেন। এ কারণে তার সালাত দীর্ঘ থেকে দীর্ঘতর হয়ে যেত। (ইসলামী ফাউন্ডেশন ১৫৮২, ইসলামীক সেন্টার)

۔ امام مالک نے ابن شہاب سے ، انھوں نے سائب بن یزید سے ، انھوں نے مطلب بن ابی وداعہ سہمی سے اور انھوں نے حضرت حفصہ رضی اللہ تعالیٰ عنہا سے روایت کی ، انھوں نے کہا : میں نے رسول اللہ صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم کو نفل نماز بیٹھ کر کبھی نہ پڑھتے دیکھاتھا حتیٰ کہ آپ صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم کی وفات سے ایک سال پہلے کا زمانہ ہوا تو آپ نفل نماز بیٹھ کر پڑھنےلگے ۔

آپ سورت کی قراءت کرتے تو اسے ٹھہر ٹھہر کر پڑھتے حتیٰ کہ وہ طویل ترین سورت سے بھی لمبی ہوجاتی ۔ ( یعنی بیٹھ کر لیکن اور بھی زیادہ لمبی نماز پڑھتے)

Telah menceritakan kepada kami [Yahya bin Yahya], katanya, Pernah aku menyetorkan hapalan kepada [Malik] dari [Ibn Syihab] dari [Saib bin YAzid] dari [Muththalib bin Abi Wada'ah Assahmi] dari [Hafsah], katanya, belum pernha kulihat Rasulullah shallallahu 'alaihi wasallam dalam shalat sunnahnya beliau lakukan dengan duduk, hingga setahun sebelum wafatnya, beliau lakukan shalat sunnahnya dengan duduk, beliau baca sebuah surat dan beliau baca dengan tartil, hingga melebihi panjang daripada yang pernah beliau baca dengan panjang.

Dan telah menceritakan kepadaku [Abu Tahir] dan [Harmalah], kata keduanya, Telah mengabarkan kepada kami [Ibn Wahb] telah mengabarkan kepadaku [Yunus] --Lewat jalur periwayatan lain-Dan Telah menceritakan kepada kami [Ishaq bin Ibrahim] dan [Abd bin humaid], kata keduanya, Telah mengabarkan kepada kami [Abdurrazaq] Telah mengabarkan kepada kami [Ma'mar], kesemuanya dari [Azzuhri] dengan isnad ini semisalnya hanya keduanya katakan, setahun atau dua tahun sebelum kewafatannya

Bize, Yahya b. Yahya rivayet etti. Dediki: Malik'e, İbni Şihab'dan duyduğum, onun da Saib b. Yezîd'den, onun da Mattalib b. Ebî Vedaate's-Sehmî'den, onun da Hafsa'dan naklen rivayet ettiği şu hadîsi okudum!: Hafsa, şöyle demiş: «Ben, Resûlullah (Sallallahu Aleyhi ve Sellem)'in vefatından bir yıl öncesine kadar nafile namazında oturduğunu görmedim. Ondan sonra artık nâfie namazını oturarak kılmağa başladı. Sûreyi tertîl ederek okur; bu suretle o sûre ondan daha uzun sûrelerden uzun olurdu

Sahih Muslim 1712, Book 30, The Book of Judicial Decisions, Hadith 3. 1 min read

What it means

This Hadīth constitutes a fundamental principle in Islamic jurisprudence. It shows that the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) issued judgments based on a claimant's oath and one witness if it was difficult to bring another witness. This applies to issues related to money and similar things. However, a testimony must be provided.

First, the witness should testify and then the claimant should be sworn in. If only one witness is available, the situation will not be settled, but it is more likely to be in the claimant’s favor. So an oath is recommended to be taken by the party who has the strongest claim. This view is adopted by the majority of the Companions, Tābi‘is, and the three Imāms (Mālik, Ash-Shāfi‘i, and Ahmad).

From the Encyclopedia of Translated Prophetic Hadiths, hadeethenc.com.

The chain

Who passed it on, from Imam Muslim back to the one who was there.

  1. 1Imam MuslimCompiler, died 261 AH
  2. 2Abu Bakr ibn Abi ShaybahTold us, Fourth generation, died 235 AH
  3. 3Muhammad ibn Abdullah ibn NumayrWith, Fourth generation, died 234 AH
  4. 4Zayd ibn al-HubabTold us, Third generation, died 203 AH
  5. 5Sayf ibn SulaymanTold me, Successor, died 150 AH
  6. 6Qays ibn SadInformed me, Successor, died 117 AH
  7. 7Amr ibn DinarFrom, Successor, died 125 AH
  8. 8Ibn AbbasFrom, Companion, died 65 AH

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