Muwatta Malik 11 — Judgements
Muwatta Malik : 11
Muwatta MalikHadith Number 11
قَالَ يَحْيَى: قَالَ مَالِكٌ فِي " الرَّجُلِ يَهْلِكُ وَلَهُ دَيْنٌ، عَلَيْهِ شَاهِدٌ وَاحِدٌ، وَعَلَيْهِ دَيْنٌ لِلنَّاسِ، لَهُمْ فِيهِ شَاهِدٌ وَاحِدٌ. فَيَأْبَى وَرَثَتُهُ أَنْ يَحْلِفُوا عَلَى حُقُوقِهِمْ مَعَ شَاهِدِهِمْ. قَالَ: فَإِنَّ الْغُرَمَاءَ يَحْلِفُونَ وَيَأْخُذُونَ حُقُوقَهُمْ، فَإِنْ فَضَلَ فَضْلٌ لَمْ يَكُنْ لِلْوَرَثَةِ مِنْهُ شَيْءٌ، وَذَلِكَ أَنَّ الْأَيْمَانَ عُرِضَتْ عَلَيْهِمْ قَبْلُ، فَتَرَكُوهَا. إِلَّا أَنْ يَقُولُوا لَمْ نَعْلَمْ لِصَاحِبِنَا فَضْلًا، وَيُعْلَمُ أَنَّهُمْ إِنَّمَا تَرَكُوا الْأَيْمَانَ مِنْ أَجْلِ ذَلِكَ. فَإِنِّي أَرَى أَنْ يَحْلِفُوا وَيَأْخُذُوا مَا بَقِيَ بَعْدَ دَيْنِهِ "
Malik Narrated from:
Yahya said that Malik spoke about a man who died and had a debt owing to him and there was one witness, and some people had a debt against him and they had only one witness, and his heirs refused to take an oath on their rights with their witness.He said, "The creditors take an oath and take their rights. If there is anything left over, the heirs do not take any of it. That is because the oaths were offered to them before and they abandoned them, unless they say, 'We did not know that our companion had extra,' and it is known that they only abandoned the oaths because of that. I think that they should take an oath and take what remains after his debt."
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Book 36, Hadith 7
