Sunan Ibn Majah
Sunan Ibn Majah 2244
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ نُمَيْرٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدَةُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ، عَنْ سَعِيدٍ، عَنْ قَتَادَةَ، عَنِ الْحَسَنِ، إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ عَنْ سَمُرَةَ بْنِ جُنْدُبٍ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ " عُهْدَةُ الرَّقِيقِ ثَلاَثَةُ أَيَّامٍ " .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Muhammad ibn Abd Allah ibn Numayr narrated to us; Abdah ibn Sulayman narrated to us, from Said, from Qatadah, from al-Hasan—if Allah wills, from Samurah ibn Jundub—who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: “The liability period for an enslaved person is three days.”
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ " عُهْدَةُ الرَّقِيقِ ثَلاَثَةُ أَيَّامٍ " .
Uhdat al-raqiq refers to a period of responsibility or warranty for defects in a purchased enslaved person; the text states three days without elaboration.
Does “liability period” convey uhda without imposing a modern warranty concept too strongly?
إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ عَنْ سَمُرَةَ بْنِ جُنْدُبٍ،
The isnad inserts in sha Allah before Samurah ibn Jundub, preserving uncertainty in the transmission from al-Hasan.
Does the parenthetical qualification retain the chain’s uncertainty?