أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ وَهُوَ ابْنُ الْمِقْدَامِ بْنِ شُرَيْحٍ عَنْ شُرَيْحِ بْنِ هَانِئٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ هَانِئٍ أَنَّهُ لَمَّا وَفَدَ إِلَی رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ سَمِعَهُ وَهُمْ يَکْنُونَ هَانِئًا أَبَا الْحَکَمِ فَدَعَاهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَ لَهُ إِنَّ اللَّهَ هُوَ الْحَکَمُ وَإِلَيْهِ الْحُکْمُ فَلِمَ تُکَنَّی أَبَا الْحَکَمِ فَقَالَ إِنَّ قَوْمِي إِذَا اخْتَلَفُوا فِي شَيْئٍ أَتَوْنِي فَحَکَمْتُ بَيْنَهُمْ فَرَضِيَ کِلَا الْفَرِيقَيْنِ قَالَ مَا أَحْسَنَ مِنْ هَذَا فَمَا لَکَ مِنْ الْوُلْدِ قَالَ لِي شُرَيْحٌ وَعَبْدُ اللَّهِ وَمُسْلِمٌ قَالَ فَمَنْ أَکْبَرُهُمْ قَالَ شُرَيْحٌ قَالَ فَأَنْتَ أَبُو شُرَيْحٍ فَدَعَا لَهُ وَلِوَلَدِهِ
سنن نسائی · Hadith 5402
It was narrated from Shuraib bin Hani’ from his father, that when he came to the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم and he heard them calling Hani’ by the nickname of AbIi Al Hakam, the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم called him and said to him: “Allah is Al-Hakam (the Judge) and judgment is His. Why are you known as Abh Al-Hakam?” He said: “If my people differ concerning something, they come to me, and I pass judgment among them, and both sides accept it.” He said: “How good this is. Do you have any children?” He said: “I have Shuraih, and ‘Abdullah, and Muslim.” He said: “Who is the eldest of them?” He said:
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020