110curated hadith rotate here, mostly from Imam Nawawi's Forty Hadith, each from Sahih al-Bukhari, Sahih Muslim, or the Sunan collections with its reference cited.

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The burden of proof

Thursday, August 1, 2024

الْبَيِّنَةُ عَلَى الْمُدَّعِي، وَالْيَمِينُ عَلَى مَنْ أَنْكَرَ

Transliteration

Al-bayyinatu 'ala-l-mudda'i, wa-l-yaminu 'ala man ankar.

Translation

The burden of proof is on the claimant, and the oath is on the one who denies.

Narrated by Ibn Abbas·As-Sunan al-Kubra of al-Bayhaqi (hasan)·Nawawi's Forty · #33

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