Sunan Ibn Majah
Sunan Ibn Majah 2421
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ خَلَفٍ الْعَسْقَلاَنِيُّ، وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى، قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي مَرْيَمَ، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ أَيُّوبَ، عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ، عَنْ نَافِعٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ، وَعَائِشَةَ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ " مَنْ طَلَبَ حَقًّا فَلْيَطْلُبْهُ فِي عَفَافٍ وَافٍ أَوْ غَيْرِ وَافٍ " .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Muhammad ibn Khalaf al-Asqalani and Muhammad ibn Yahya both narrated to us: Ibn Abi Maryam narrated to us: Yahya ibn Ayyub narrated to us, from Ubaydullah ibn Abi Jafar, from Nafi, from Ibn Umar and Aishah, that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “Whoever seeks a right should seek it with dignity and restraint, whether the amount is ample or not.”
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The Arabic chain includes two Companions. The phrase عفاف وافر أو غير وافر is compressed and ambiguous; the English witness glosses it as doing so as much as one can. The translation preserves the apparent contrast between a full and lesser amount.