Hadithcore
Sunan Abi Dawud, 3640
sahih· Al-Albani

Narrated AbuSa'id al-Khudri:

Two men brought their dispute about the precincts of a palm-tree to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). According to a version of this tradition, he ordered to measure and it was measured. It was found seven yards. According to another version, it was found five yards. He made a decision according to that. AbdulAziz said: He ordered to measure with a branch of its branches. It was then measured.

حَدَّثَنَا مَحْمُودُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ، أَنَّ مُحَمَّدَ بْنَ عُثْمَانَ، حَدَّثَهُمْ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، عَنْ أَبِي طُوَالَةَ، وَعَمْرِو بْنِ يَحْيَى، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ، قَالَ اخْتَصَمَ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم رَجُلاَنِ فِي حَرِيمِ نَخْلَةٍ - فِي حَدِيثِ أَحَدِهِمَا فَأَمَرَ بِهَا فَذُرِعَتْ فَوُجِدَتْ سَبْعَةَ أَذْرُعٍ وَفِي حَدِيثِ الآخَرِ - فَوُجِدَتْ خَمْسَةَ أَذْرُعٍ فَقَضَى بِذَاكَ ‏.‏ قَالَ عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ فَأَمَرَ بِجَرِيدَةٍ مِنْ جَرِيدِهَا فَذُرِعَتْ ‏.‏

Isnad

7 transmitters
  1. 1Mhmwd bin KhalidDamascus · d. 247 AH
  2. 2Muhammad bin 'Uthman al-Akhnasi
  3. 3'Abdul 'Aziz bin Muhammad al-DaruradiMedina · d. 187 AH
  4. 4'Abdullah bin 'Abdur Rahman bin Ma'marMedina · d. after 134 AH
  5. 5'Amr bin Yahya bin 'AmmaraMedina · d. after 130 AH
  6. 6Yahya bin 'AmmaraMedina
  7. 7Abu Sa'id al-KhudriMedina · d. 74 AH
References2 variants
In-Book Reference
Book 25, Hadith 70
English Reference
Book 24, Hadith 3633