Sunan an-Nasa'i
Sunan an-Nasa'i 2491
أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ، قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ خُبَيْبَ بْنَ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ مَسْعُودِ بْنِ نِيَارٍ، عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ أَبِي حَثَمَةَ، قَالَ أَتَانَا وَنَحْنُ فِي السُّوقِ فَقَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " إِذَا خَرَصْتُمْ فَخُذُوا وَدَعُوا الثُّلُثَ فَإِنْ لَمْ تَأْخُذُوا أَوْ تَدَعُوا الثُّلُثَ - شَكَّ شُعْبَةُ - فَدَعُوا الرُّبُعَ " .
Muhammad ibn Bashshar reported: Yahya ibn Saeed and Muhammad ibn Jafar narrated to us; they said: Shuubah narrated to us: I heard Khubayb ibn Abd al-Rahman relate, from Abd al-Rahman ibn Masud ibn Niyar, from Sahl ibn Abi Hathmah, who said: He came to us while we were in the marketplace and said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: When you estimate the produce, take and leave a third. If you do not take or leave a third—Shuubah was uncertain—then leave a quarter.
Translation notes
The narrator Shuubah explicitly expresses uncertainty about the wording concerning taking or leaving a third; this uncertainty is retained.