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Sahih Muslim 1711aصحيح مسلم 1711a
حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو الطَّاهِرِ، أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَمْرِو بْنِ سَرْحٍ أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ جُرَيْجٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي مُلَيْكَةَ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ " لَوْ يُعْطَى النَّاسُ بِدَعْوَاهُمْ لاَدَّعَى نَاسٌ دِمَاءَ رِجَالٍ وَأَمْوَالَهُمْ وَلَكِنَّ الْيَمِينَ عَلَى الْمُدَّعَى عَلَيْهِ " .
Ibn Abbas reported Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) as saying: If the people were given according to their claims, they would claim the lives of persons and their properties, but the oath must be taken by the defendant.
Grading
Sahih (authentic by the consensus of hadith scholars)
Chain of narrators
أحمد بن عمرو ← عبد الله بن وهب ← عبد الملك بن عبد العزيز ← عبد الله بن عبيد الله ← عبد الله بن عباس
Ahmad ibn Amr → Abdullah ibn Wahb → Abd al-Malik ibn Abd al-Aziz → Abdullah ibn Ubaydullah → Ibn `Abbas