3247 - وَ رَوَى أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَائِذٍ عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ : فِي رَجُلَيْنِ مَمْلُوكَيْنِ مُفَوَّضٍ إِلَيْهِمَا يَشْتَرِيَانِ وَ يَبِيعَانِ بِأَمْوَالِ مَوَالِيهِمَا فَكَانَ بَيْنَهُمَا كَلاَمٌ فَاقْتَتَلاَ فَخَرَجَ هَذَا يَعْدُو إِلَى مَوْلَى هَذَا وَ هَذَا إِلَى مَوْلَى هَذَا وَ هُمَا فِي اَلْقُوَّةِ سَوَاءٌ فَاشْتَرَى هَذَا مِنْ مَوْلَى هَذَا اَلْعَبْدِ وَ ذَهَبَ هَذَا فَاشْتَرَى هَذَا مِنْ مَوْلاَهُ وَ جَاءَ هَذَا وَ أَخَذَ بِتَلْبِيبِ هَذَا وَ أَخَذَ هَذَا بِتَلْبِيبِ هَذَا وَ قَالَ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْهُمَا لِصَاحِبِهِ أَنْتَ عَبْدِي قَدِ اِشْتَرَيْتُكَ قَالَ "يُحْكَمُ بَيْنَهُمَا مِنْ حَيْثُ اِفْتَرَقَا فَيُذْرَعُ اَلطَّرِيقُ فَأَيُّهُمَا كَانَ أَقْرَبَ فَالَّذِي أَخَذَ فِيهِ هُوَ اَلَّذِي سَبَقَ اَلَّذِي هُوَ أَبْعَدُ وَ إِنْ كَانَا سَوَاءً فَهُمَا رَدٌّ عَلَى مَوَالِيهِمَا".
Hadith.3247 - Ahmad ibn A'idh narrated from Abu Salamah, from Abu Abdillah 
, regarding two slave men who were authorized to buy and sell with the wealth of their masters. A dispute arose between them, and they fought. Each ran to the master of the other. They were equal in strength.
One purchased the other from his master, and the other did the same, purchasing his opponent from his master. Then each of them grabbed the collar of the other, saying, "You are my slave; I have purchased you."
Imam said: "They should be judged based on the point where they separated. The path should be measured, and whichever one was closer to his master, he is considered to have reached first and thus has precedence over the one farther away. But if both distances are equal, they are returned to their respective masters."
