حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَی بْنِ فَارِسٍ حَدَّثَنَا عُمَرُ بْنُ حَفْصِ بْنِ غِيَاثٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي عَنْ أَبِي عُمَيْسٍ أَخْبَرَنِي عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ قَيْسِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْأَشْعَثِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ قَالَ اشْتَرَی الْأَشْعَثُ رَقِيقًا مِنْ رَقِيقِ الْخُمْسِ مِنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بِعِشْرِينَ أَلْفًا فَأَرْسَلَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ إِلَيْهِ فِي ثَمَنِهِمْ فَقَالَ إِنَّمَا أَخَذْتُهُمْ بِعَشَرَةِ آلَافٍ فَقَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ فَاخْتَرْ رَجُلًا يَکُونُ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَکَ قَالَ الْأَشْعَثُ أَنْتَ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَ نَفْسِکَ قَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ فَإِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ إِذَا اخْتَلَفَ الْبَيِّعَانِ وَلَيْسَ بَيْنَهُمَا بَيِّنَةٌ فَهُوَ مَا يَقُولُ رَبُّ السِّلْعَةِ أَوْ يَتَتَارَکَانِ
سنن ابودوٗد · Hadith 3511
Narrated Abdullah ibn Masud: Muhammad ibn al-Ashath said: Al-Ashath bought slaves of booty from Abdullah ibn Masud for twenty thousand (dirhams. Abdullah asked him for payment of their price. He said: I bought them for ten thousand (dirhams). Abdullah said: Appoint a man who may adjudicate between me and you. Al-Ashath said: (I appoint) you between me and yourself. Abdullah said: I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: If both parties in a business transaction differ (on the price of an article), and they have witness between them, the statement of the owner of the article will be accepted (as correct) or they may annul the transaction.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020