749 – Abu Humayd al-Saʿidi (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “It is not lawful for a person to take even his brother’s staff without his willing consent.” Reported by Ibn Ḥibbān and al-Ḥākim in their Ṣaḥīḥ collections.⦗1⦘
Degree of authenticity
The ḥadith is ḥasan (sound).
Al-Talkhīṣ states: al-Dāraquṭnī (3/25) transmitted it through Maqsam from Ibn ʿAbbās; al-Bayhaqī narrated it from Abu Humayd al-Saʿidi via Suhayl ibn Abī Ṣāliḥ from ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Abī Saʿīd from Abu Humayd. Ibn al-Madīnī deemed Suhayl’s transmission reliable. It also has a corroborating chain from Yazīd, the nephew of Nimir. Al-Bayhaqī said, “Its isnād is sound,” and the report of Abu Humayd is the most authentic narration on the topic. Al-Zaylaʿī likewise remarked, “Its chain is good.”
Vocabulary
• li-imriʾin: derived from al-marʾ, “human being.” The initial mīm may take any of the three short vowels; the dual is marʾān, and the nisba form is murīʾ. When preceded by hamzat al-waṣl it admits three pronunciations: with the rāʾ fatḥ, ḍamm, or full grammatical inflection.
• al-ʿaṣā: a stick or staff used for leaning or striking, made of wood. It is grammatically feminine and waw-based, as shown by its dual ʿaṣawān and plural ʿiṣiyy.
• ṭīb al-nafs: lit. “goodness of soul.” They say, ṭāba ʿanhā shayʾan nafsan—he abandoned something with a content heart; thus it means free and willing consent.
Lessons derived from the ḥadith
- In the Prophet’s ﷺ sermon at ʿArafah during the Farewell Pilgrimage, as he bade the people farewell, he declared: “Indeed, your blood…"