Sunan an-Nasa'i 4680

Translation

there was the governor of Al-Yamamah, and Marwan wrote to him saying that Mu'awiyah had written to him, saying that any man who had something stolen from him had more right to it wherever he found it. Then Marwan wrote saying that to me (Usaid). I wrote to Marwan saying that the Prophet had ruled that if the one who bought it from the one who stole it is ot guilty of anything (and did not realize that it was stolen goods), then the owner has the choice: If he wishes, he may buy it from the one who bought it from the thief, or if he wishes he may go after the thief. Abu Bakr, 'Umar and 'Uthman also passed judgment along these lines. Marwan sent my letter to Mu'awiyah, and Mu'awiyah wrote to Marwan (saying): 'Neither you nor Usaid are in a position to tell me what to do, rather I am the one who tells you what to do because I am superior in rank to you, so do what I tell you.' Marwan sent the letter of Mu'awiyah to me, and I said: I will not judge according to Mu'awiyah's opinion as long as I am the governor."'

Notes

• ثُمَّ قَضَى بِذَلِكَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرُ وَعُثْمَانُ فَبَعَثَ مَرْوَانُ بِكِتَابِي إِلَى مُعَاوِيَةَ وَكَتَبَ مُعَاوِيَةُ إِلَى مَرْوَانَ إِنَّكَ لَسْتَ أَنْتَ وَلاَ أُسَيْدٌ تَقْضِيَانِ عَلَىَّ وَلَكِنِّي أَقْضِي فِيمَا وُلِّيتُ عَلَيْكُمَا فَأَنْفِذْ لِمَا أَمَرْتُكَ بِهِ. فَبَعَثَ مَرْوَانُ بِكِتَابِ مُعَاوِيَةَ فَقُلْتُ لاَ أَقْضِي بِهِ مَا وُلِّيتُ بِمَا قَالَ مُعَاوِيَةُ

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Narrators

1. 1
   Usayd b. Ẓuhayr al-Ḥārithī

   He and his father were Companions (ṣuḥbah).d. during the caliphate of Marwān b. al-Ḥakam, Ibn ʿAbd al-Barr said: he died during the caliphate of ʿAbd al-Malik b. Marwān, al-Dhahabī said: 65 AH
   أُسَيْدُ بْنُ ظُهَيْرٍ الْحَارِثِيُّله ولأبيه صحبة
   أخبره
2. 2
   ʿIkrimah b. Khālid

   trustworthy (thiqah)d. He died after ʿAṭāʾ b. Abī Rabāḥ, and ʿAṭāʾ died in the year 115 AH; it is also said: in the year 114.
   عِكْرِمَةُ بْنُ خَالِدٍثقة
   أخبرني
3. 3
   Ibn Jurayj

   Trustworthy (thiqah), a jurist (faqīh), excellent (fāḍil); he used to commit concealment (tadlīs) and to narrate with omission of the Companion (irsāl).d. 149 AH or 150 AH or 151 AH or 160 AH
   ابْنِ جُرَيْجٍثقة فقيه فاضل ، وكان يدلس ويرسل
   عن
4. 4
   ʿAbd al-Razzāq

   Trustworthy (thiqah), a retentive memorizer (ḥāfiẓ), a renowned author (muṣannif); he went blind at the end of his life and his memory changed (taghayyara), and he had Shiite leanings (kāna yatashayyaʿ)d. 211 AH
   عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِثقة حافظ مصنف شهير ، عمي في آخر عمره فتغير ، وكان يتشيع
   حدثنا
5. 5
   Saʿīd b. Dhuʾayb

   al-Nasāʾī deemed him trustworthy (waththaqahu al-Nasāʾī)d. 237 AH
   سَعِيدُ بْنُ ذُؤَيْبٍوثقه النسائي
   حدثنا
6. 6
   ʿAmr b. Manṣūr

   trustworthy, precise (thiqah thabt)d. between 241 and 250 AH
   عَمْرُو بْنُ مَنْصُورٍثقة ثبت
   أخبرنا
7. 7
   al-Nasāʾī

   the preserver (al-Ḥāfiẓ)d. 302 AH, or 303 AH
   النَّسَائِيُّالحافظ

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