صحيح البخاري

Hadith 7350

Book 97: The Book of Holding Fast To The Qur’An and The Sunna

كِتَاب الِاعْتِصَامِ بِالْكِتَابِ وَالسُّنَّةِ

Chapter 20

(20) Chapter. If a governor or a ruler gives a verdict based on his opinion and the verdict proves to be wrong and disagrees with the verdict of Allah’s Messenger (p.b.u.h.), but he is unaware of that; then his verdict will be rejected.

20- بَابُ إِذَا اجْتَهَدَ الْعَامِلُ أَوِ الْحَاكِمُ فَأَخْطَأَ خِلاَفَ الرَّسُولِ مِنْ غَيْرِ عِلْمٍ، فَحُكْمُهُ مَرْدُودٌ:

English narration

Narrated by أبو هريرة الدوسي

Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) sent the brother of the tribe of Bani Adi Al-Ansari as governor of Khaibar. Then the man returned, bringing Janib (a good kind of date). Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) asked him, "Are all the dates of Khaibar like that?" He replied, "No, by Allah, O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! We take one Sa' of these (good) dates for two Sas of mixed dates." Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) then said, "Do not do so. You should either take one Sa of this (kind) for one Sa' of the other; or sell one kind and then buy with its price the other kind (of dates), and you should do the same in weighing."

النص العربي

حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ ، عَنْ أَخِيهِ ، عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ بِلَالٍ ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الْمَجِيدِ بْنِ سُهَيْلِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَوْفٍ ، أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ سَعِيدَ بْنَ الْمُسَيِّبِ ، يُحَدِّثُ أَنَّ أَبَا سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيَّ وَأَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ حَدَّثَاهُ ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ "

بَعَثَ أَخَا بَنِي عَدِيٍّ الْأَنْصَارِيَّ وَاسْتَعْمَلَهُ عَلَى خَيْبَرَ ، فَقَدِمَ بِتَمْرٍ جَنِيبٍ ، فَقَالَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : أَكُلُّ تَمْرِ خَيْبَرَ هَكَذَا ؟ ، قَالَ : لَا وَاللَّهِ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ، إِنَّا لَنَشْتَرِي الصَّاعَ بِالصَّاعَيْنِ مِنَ الْجَمْعِ ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ :

" لَا تَفْعَلُوا وَلَكِنْ مِثْلًا بِمِثْلٍ ، أَوْ بِيعُوا هَذَا ، وَاشْتَرُوا بِثَمَنِهِ مِنْ هَذَا ، وَكَذَلِكَ الْمِيزَانُ " .

Reference: Sahih al-Bukhari 7350In-book: Book 97, Hadith 7350

The isnād

The chain, from source to collection

2 narrations with matching wording share this tree; it forks where their chains diverge.

Matching wording

Narrations most like this one

Compared word by word against this hadith’s matn. Highlighted words are only in this narration; struck-through words are only in the current hadith.