Abu Bakr ibn Abi Shaybah narrated to us, Ali ibn Mushir narrated to us, from Abu Hayyan, from al-Sha‘bi, from al-Nu‘man ibn Bashir.
And Muhammad ibn ‘Abd Allah ibn Numayr narrated to us (and the wording is his), Muhammad ibn Bishr narrated to us, Abu Hayyan al-Taymi narrated to us, from al-Sha‘bi, al-Nu‘man ibn Bashir narrated to me:
“That my mother, the daughter of Rawaha, asked my father for some gift from his wealth for her son, but he delayed with her for a year, then it occurred to him (to do so). She said: ‘I will not be satisfied until you make the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, witness to what you have given to my son.’ So my father took me by the hand while I was a boy at that time, and he came to the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, and said: ‘O Messenger of Allah, the mother of this one, the daughter of Rawaha, liked that I make you witness to what I have given to her son.’
The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: ‘O Bashir, do you have any children other than this one?’ He said: ‘Yes.’ He said: ‘Did you give all of them a gift like this?’ He said: ‘No.’ He said: ‘Then do not make me a witness, for I do not bear witness to injustice.’”