An-Nawawi's Forty Hadiths
Hadith 33, 40 Hadith an-Nawawi
عَنْ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه و سلم قَالَ: "لَوْ يُعْطَى النَّاسُ بِدَعْوَاهُمْ لَادَّعَى رِجَالٌ أَمْوَالَ قَوْمٍ وَدِمَاءَهُمْ، لَكِنَّ الْبَيِّنَةَ عَلَى الْمُدَّعِي، وَالْيَمِينَ عَلَى مَنْ أَنْكَرَ" . حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ، رَوَاهُ الْبَيْهَقِيّ [في"السنن" 10/252]، وَغَيْرُهُ هَكَذَا، وَبَعْضُهُ فِي "الصَّحِيحَيْنِ".
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
On the authority of Ibn ‘Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both), that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: ‘If people were given according to their claims, men would claim the property and blood of others. But proof is incumbent upon the claimant, and the oath upon the one who denies.’ A hasan hadith, narrated by al-Bayhaqi [in al-Sunan 10/252] and others in this form; part of it is in the two Sahih collections.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
عَنْ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه و سلم قَالَ: "لَوْ يُعْطَى النَّاسُ بِدَعْوَاهُمْ لَادَّعَى رِجَالٌ أَمْوَالَ قَوْمٍ وَدِمَاءَهُمْ،
The English witness adds “[unjustly]” and “[other]”; neither is explicit in the Arabic text.
Are these bracketed words editorial glosses? They have not been added to the translation.