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3542. It was narrated from Ash-Sha'bī that An-Nu'mān bin Bashīr said: "My father gave me a present." – Ismā'il bin Sālim (one of the narrators) said: "He gave him a slave of his." – "He said: 'My mother, 'Amrah bint Rawāḥah said: "Go to the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ and ask him to bear witness." So he went to the Prophet ﷺ and told him about that. He said to him: "I have given my son An-Nu'mān a present and 'Amrah asked me to ask you to bear witness to that." He said: "Do you have any other children?" I said: "Yes." He said: "Have you given them something like that which you have given to An-Nu'mān?" He said: "No." – Some of these narrators said: "This is injustice." And some of them said: "This is being done by compulsion. Let someone else bear witness to this." – Muḡirah (one of the narrators) said in his Hadīth: "Would you not like them all to treat you with the same respect and kindness?" – "He said 'Yes.' He said: 'Then let someone else bear witness to this.'" Muḵalid (one of the narrators) said in his Hadīth: "Their right over you is that you should treat them justly just as your right over them is that they should honor you." (Sahīh) Abū Dāwūd said: According to the Hadīth of Az-Zuhri, some of them said (that the Prophet ﷺ said:) "Have you given to all of your sons?" Some of them said: "Your children". Ibn Abī Khālid said, narrating from Ash-Sha'bī: "Do you have other sons?" Abū Aḍ-Ḍuḥa said, narrating from An-Nu'mān bin Bashīr: "Do you have any children besides him?"