Sunan Ibn Majah
Sunan Ibn Majah 2321
حَدَّثَنَا حَرْمَلَةُ بْنُ يَحْيَى الْمِصْرِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ وَهْبٍ، أَنْبَأَنَا ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي مُلَيْكَةَ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ " لَوْ يُعْطَى النَّاسُ بِدَعْوَاهُمُ ادَّعَى نَاسٌ دِمَاءَ رِجَالٍ وَأَمْوَالَهُمْ وَلَكِنِ الْيَمِينُ عَلَى الْمُدَّعَى عَلَيْهِ " .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Harmalah bin Yahya Al-Misri narrated to us: Abdullah bin Wahb narrated to us: Ibn Jurayj informed us, from Ibn Abi Mulaikah, from Ibn Abbas, that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: If people were granted what they claim, some people would claim the lives and property of others. Rather, the oath is required of the one against whom the claim is made.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The Arabic says the oath is upon the defendant; “required” makes the procedural sense explicit, while the Arabic itself says “the oath is upon.”