Sunan Ibn Majah
Sunan Ibn Majah 2297
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا حَفْصُ بْنُ غِيَاثٍ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ زَيْدٍ، عَنْ عُمَيْرٍ، - مَوْلَى آبِي اللَّحْمِ - قَالَ كَانَ مَوْلاَىَ يُعْطِينِي الشَّىْءَ فَأُطْعِمُ مِنْهُ فَمَنَعَنِي - أَوْ قَالَ فَضَرَبَنِي - فَسَأَلْتُ النَّبِيَّ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ أَوْ سَأَلَهُ فَقُلْتُ لاَ أَنْتَهِي أَوْ لاَ أَدَعُهُ . فَقَالَ " الأَجْرُ بَيْنَكُمَا " .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
ʿUmayr, the freedman of Abi al-Lahm, said: ‘My master used to give me something, and I would feed others from it. He then stopped me—or, he said, struck me. I asked the Prophet—or he asked him—and said, “I will not stop doing it,” or “I will not leave it.”’ He replied, ‘The reward is between the two of you.’
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The report preserves several transmission alternatives: the master forbade him or struck him; the speaker asked the Prophet or another person asked him; and the final phrase is ‘I will not stop’ or ‘I will not leave it.’ The closing statement assigns the reward between the two of them.
- مَوْلَى آبِي اللَّحْمِ - قَالَ كَانَ مَوْلاَىَ يُعْطِينِي الشَّىْءَ فَأُطْعِمُ مِنْهُ فَمَنَعَنِي - أَوْ قَالَ فَضَرَبَنِي - فَسَأَلْتُ النَّبِيَّ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ أَوْ سَأَلَهُ فَقُلْتُ لاَ أَنْتَهِي أَوْ لاَ أَدَعُهُ .
The source explicitly marks alternatives for the master’s response, who asked the Prophet, and the speaker’s statement about continuing; their exact referents are unclear.
Which of the transmitted alternatives is intended in each phrase?