Skip to content
Ummah

Abu Dawud 3605 · Book 25

Sunan Abi Dawud, 3605

The Office of the Judge (Kitab Al-Aqdiyah)

Sahih (authentic)« Sahih Isnaad » by Al-Albani

حَدَّثَنَا زِيَادُ بْنُ أَيُّوبَ، حَدَّثَنَا هُشَيْمٌ، أَخْبَرَنَا زَكَرِيَّا، عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ، أَنَّ رَجُلاً، مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ حَضَرَتْهُ الْوَفَاةُ بِدَقُوقَاءَ هَذِهِ وَلَمْ يَجِدْ أَحَدًا مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ يُشْهِدُهُ عَلَى وَصِيَّتِهِ فَأَشْهَدَ رَجُلَيْنِ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْكِتَابِ فَقَدِمَا الْكُوفَةَ فَأَتَيَا أَبَا مُوسَى الأَشْعَرِيَّ فَأَخْبَرَاهُ وَقَدِمَا بِتَرِكَتِهِ وَوَصِيَّتِهِ ‏.‏ فَقَالَ الأَشْعَرِيُّ هَذَا أَمْرٌ لَمْ يَكُنْ بَعْدَ الَّذِي كَانَ فِي عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏.‏ فَأَحْلَفَهُمَا بَعْدَ الْعَصْرِ بِاللَّهِ مَا خَانَا وَلاَ كَذِبَا وَلاَ بَدَّلاَ وَلاَ كَتَمَا وَلاَ غَيَّرَا وَإِنَّهَا لَوَصِيَّةُ الرَّجُلِ وَتَرِكَتُهُ فَأَمْضَى شَهَادَتَهُمَا ‏.‏

Ash-Sha'bi said:A Muslim was about to die at Daquqa', but he did not find any Muslim to call him for witness to his will. So he called two men of the people of the Book for witness. Then they came to Kufah, and approaching AbuMusa al-Ash'ari they informed him (about his) will. They brought his inheritance and will. Al-Ash'ari said: This is an incident (like) which happened in the time of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and never occurred after him. So he made them to swear by Allah after the afternoon prayer to the effect that they had not misappropriated, nor told a lie, nor changed, nor concealed, nor altered, and that it was the will of the man and his inheritance. He then executed their witness
EN
Ash-Sha’bi a dit : Un musulman était sur le point de mourir à Daquqa’, mais il n’a trouvé aucun musulman pour témoigner de son testament. Il a donc appelé deux hommes parmi les gens du Livre comme témoins. Ensuite, ils sont venus à Koufa et ont informé Abu Musa al-Ash’ari de son testament. Ils ont apporté son héritage et son testament. Al-Ash’ari a dit : « C’est un cas qui s’est produit à l’époque du Messager d’Allah ﷺ et qui ne s’est jamais reproduit après lui. » Il leur a alors fait jurer par Allah, après la prière de l’après-midi, qu’ils n’avaient ni détourné, ni menti, ni modifié, ni caché, ni changé quoi que ce soit, et que c’était bien le testament et l’héritage de cet homme. Il a alors accepté leur témoignage
FR · French translation supplied by the source (hadith-api), not proofread.

Grades given by scholars

Al-Albani
Sahih Isnaad
Muhammad Muhyi Al-Din Abdul Hamid
Sahih Isnaad
Zubair Ali Zai
Daif

Source: fawazahmed0/hadith-api (public domain).