Hadithcore
Sunan Ibn Majah, 2330
hasan· Darussalam

It was narrated from Abu Musa that :

two men referred a dispute to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) concerning an animal, and neither of them had proof, so he ruled that it should be divided in half.

حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ، وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مَعْمَرٍ، وَزُهَيْرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، قَالُوا حَدَّثَنَا رَوْحُ بْنُ عُبَادَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدٌ، عَنْ قَتَادَةَ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ أَبِي بُرْدَةَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ أَبِي مُوسَى، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم اخْتَصَمَ إِلَيْهِ رَجُلاَنِ بَيْنَهُمَا دَابَّةٌ وَلَيْسَ لِوَاحِدٍ مِنْهُمَا بَيِّنَةٌ فَجَعَلَهَا بَيْنَهُمَا نِصْفَيْنِ ‏.‏

Isnad

9 transmitters
  1. 1Ishaq bin Mansur al-KausajMerv, Nisapur · d. 251 AH
  2. 2Muhammad bin Ma'mar bin Rabi'al-Basra · d. 250 AH
  3. 3Zuhayr bin Muhammad al-TamimiKhurasan,al-Syria,Makkah · d. 162 AH
  4. 4Ruh bin 'Ubada bin al-'Ala'al-Basra · d. 207 AH
  5. 5Sa'id bin Abi Sa'id (Kaysan)Medina · d. ~120 AH
  6. 6QatadaBasra/Medina · d. ~117 AH
  7. 7Sa'id bin Abi Bardaal-Kufa · d. 168 AH
  8. 8Abu Barda bin Abi Musa al-Asha'ariKufa/Iraq · d. 103 AH or 104 AH
  9. 9Abu Musa al-Asha'ariYemen/Makkah/Medina/Basra/Kufa · d. ~43 or 52 AH /662 or 672 CE
References2 variants
In-Book Reference
Book 13, Hadith 23
English Reference
Vol. 3, Book 13, Hadith 2330