(36) باب فِي عُهْدَةِ الرَّقِيقِ
The tradition mentioned above has also been transmitted by Qatadah through a different chain of narrators to the same effect. This version adds:
"If he finds defect (in the slave) within three days, he may return it without evidence; if he finds a defect after three days, he will be required to produce evidence that he (the slave) had the defect when he bought it." Abu Dawud said: This explanation is from the words of Qatadah. (DE)
Reference (DE): Sunan Abi Dawud 3507 (DE)
In-book reference (DE): Book 24, Hadith 92 (DE)
English translation (DE): Book 23, Hadith 3500 (DE)