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(20). 3060. Ibn 'Abbās said: "A man from Banū Sahm went out with Tamīm Ad-Dārī and 'Adī bin Baddā'. The Sahmī man died in a land in which there were no Muslims. When they arrived with what he left behind, they searched for a bowl made of silver which was inlaid with gold. The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ had the two of them take an oath. Then they found the bowl in Makkah, and the person said: 'We purchased it from Tamīm and 'Adī.' So two men among the relatives of the Sahmī man stood to take an oath by Allāh that they (his family) had more right to it than them." He said: "So it was about them that the following was revealed: O you who believe! (When death approaches any of you then) take the testimony (Sāḥih)
[Abū 'Eisā said:] This Hadīth is Ḥasan Gharīb, and it is the narration of Ibn Abī Zā'idah.
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[1] Al-Mā'idah 5:106.
Commentary
This man from the Sahmī tribe made a list of his things and put them in his property. He entrusted his property to his Christian companions and requested them to hand it over to his heirs. The Christian companions hid a silver bowl away from the property, while the bowl was still in the list of the property.
