24/3. Chapter:
Sahih Muslim 1623c — Different Chains and Slight Wording Changes
It Is Disliked To Favor Some Of One's Children Over Others In Gift-Giving
Different Chains for the Hadith on Fairness Among Children
Sahih Muslim : 1623c
Sahih MuslimHadith Number 1623c
وَحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، وَإِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، وَابْنُ أَبِي عُمَرَ، عَنِ ابْنِ عُيَيْنَةَ، ح وَحَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ، وَابْنُ، رُمْحٍ عَنِ اللَّيْثِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ، ح وَحَدَّثَنِي حَرْمَلَةُ بْنُ يَحْيَى، أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ، وَهْبٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي يُونُسُ، ح وَحَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، وَعَبْدُ بْنُ حُمَيْدٍ، قَالاَ أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ، أَخْبَرَنَا مَعْمَرٌ، كُلُّهُمْ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، بِهَذَا الإِسْنَادِ . أَمَّا يُونُسُ وَمَعْمَرٌ فَفِي حَدِيثِهِمَا " أَكُلَّ بَنِيكَ " . وَفِي حَدِيثِ اللَّيْثِ وَابْنِ عُيَيْنَةَ " أَكُلَّ وَلَدِكَ " . وَرِوَايَةُ اللَّيْثِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ النُّعْمَانِ وَحُمَيْدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ أَنَّ بَشِيرًا جَاءَ بِالنُّعْمَانِ .
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Zuhri with different chains of transmitters and a slight variation of words.
Reference : Sahih Muslim 1623cIn-book reference : Book 24, Hadith 17USC-MSA web (English) reference : Book 12, Hadith 3963
Summary of Sahih Muslim Hadith 1623c
This report is a short note about wording and chains. It says that the hadith was narrated from Zuhri through different chains of transmitters, with a slight variation in words. So the exact teaching here is not a new ruling by itself. It points to the nearby hadith about fairness among children in gifts. People searching Sahih Muslim 1623c may be looking for the Nu'man b. Bashir hadith about treating children equally, but this entry mainly tells us how the report came through more than one route. It also notes that the wording varied a little. This is useful because it teaches readers to pay attention to both meaning and wording when studying repeated hadith narrations.
What we learn from this hadith
- The report notes different chains of transmission.
- It mentions slight variation in wording.
- It belongs with the surrounding narrations on gifts to children.
- Readers should compare brief notes with the fuller reports around them.
