أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو دَاوُدَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَعْلَی قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو حَيَّانَ عَنْ الشَّعْبِيِّ عَنْ النُّعْمَانِ قَالَ سَأَلَتْ أُمِّي أَبِي بَعْضَ الْمَوْهِبَةِ فَوَهَبَهَا لِي فَقَالَتْ لَا أَرْضَی حَتَّی أُشْهِدَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ فَأَخَذَ أَبِي بِيَدِي وَأَنَا غُلَامٌ فَأَتَی رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّ أُمَّ هَذَا ابْنَةَ رَوَاحَةَ طَلَبَتْ مِنِّي بَعْضَ الْمَوْهِبَةِ وَقَدْ أَعْجَبَهَا أَنْ أُشْهِدَکَ عَلَی ذَلِکَ قَالَ يَا بَشِيرُ أَلَکَ ابْنٌ غَيْرُ هَذَا قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ فَوَهَبْتَ لَهُ مِثْلَ مَا وَهَبْتَ لِهَذَا قَالَ لَا قَالَ فَلَا تُشْهِدْنِي إِذًا فَإِنِّي لَا أَشْهَدُ عَلَی جَوْرٍ
سنن نسائی · Hadith 3717
It was narrated that An Numan said: “My mother asked my father for a gift and he gave it to me. She said: ‘I will not be contented until you ask the Messenger of Allah to bear witness.’ So my father took me by the hand, as I was still a boy, and went to the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم He said: ‘Messenger of Allah, the mother of this boy, the daughter of Rawahah, asked me for a gift, and she wanted me to ask you to bear witness to that.’ He said: ‘Bashir, do you have any other child apart from this one?’ He said: ‘Yes.’ He said: ‘Have you given him gifts like that which you have given to this one?’ He said: ‘No.’ He said: ‘Then do not ask me to bear witness, for I will not bear witness to unfairness.” (Sahih)
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020