40 Hadith an-Nawawi #33

البينة على المدعي

Onus of Proof

Narrated by Ibn Abbas رضي الله عنه
Hasan Al-Baihaqi
Arabic
عَنْ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه و سلم قَالَ: "لَوْ يُعْطَى النَّاسُ بِدَعْوَاهُمْ" "لَادَّعَى رِجَالٌ أَمْوَالَ قَوْمٍ وَدِمَاءَهُمْ،" "لَكِنَّ الْبَيِّنَةَ عَلَى الْمُدَّعِي،" "وَالْيَمِينَ عَلَى مَنْ أَنْكَرَ" حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ رَوَاهُ الْبَيْهَقِيُّ وَغَيْرُهُ.
Pronunciation
'Anibni 'Abbāsin raḍiya-llāhu 'anhumā anna rasūla-llāhi ṣalla-llāhu 'alayhi wa sallama qāl: "Law yu'ṭan-nāsu bi-da'wāhum" "ladda'ā rijālun amwāla qawmin wa dimā'ahum," "lakinnal-bayyinatu 'alal-mudda'ī," "wal-yamīnu 'alā man ankar" Ḥadīthun ḥasanun rawāhul-Bayhaqiyyu wa ghayruh.
English
On the authority of Ibn Abbas (RA) that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: "Were people to be given everything they claimed," "men would claim the wealth and lives of others." "But the onus of proof is upon the claimant," "and the oath is upon him who denies." A Hasan Hadith related by al-Baihaqi and others.