His uncle, who was one of the companions of the Prophet ﷺ, related to him that the Prophet ﷺ bought a horse from an Arabi. The Prophet ﷺ asked him to follow him so he could pay him the price of his horse. The Prophet ﷺ walked quickly, while the Arabi lagged behind. Some men began stopping the Arabi and bargaining with him over the horse, not realizing that the Prophet ﷺ had already bought it. The Arabi then called out to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, saying, "If you are buying this horse, then take it. Otherwise, I will sell it to someone else."When the Prophet ﷺ heard the Arabi's call, he stood up and said, "Have I not already bought it from you?"The Arabi replied, "No, by Allah, I have not sold it to you."The Prophet ﷺ said, "Yes, I have indeed bought it from you."The Arabi began saying, "Bring a witness."Khuzayma bin Thabit said, "I bear witness that you sold it to him."The Prophet ﷺ turned to Khuzayma and asked, "On what basis do you bear witness?"He replied, "By affirming your truthfulness, Messenger of Allah."So the Prophet ﷺ counted Khuzayma's testimony as the testimony of two men.
أن عمه حدثه، وهو حدثه، وهو من أصحاب النبي ﷺ أن النبي ﷺ ابتاع فرسا من أعرابي، فاستتبعه النبي ﷺ ليقضيه ثمن فرسه، و أسرع النبي ﷺ المشي، وأبطأ الأعرابي، فطفق رجال يعترضون الأعرابي فيساومونه بالفرس، ولا يشعرون أن النبي ﷺ ابتاعه، فنادى الأعرابي رسول الله ﷺ فقال: إن كنت مبتاعا هذا الفرس وإلا بعته فقام النبى ﷺ حين سمع نداء الأعرابي فقال: أوليس قد ابتعته منك؟ فقال الأعرابي: لا والله ما بعتك. فقال النبي ﷺ: بلى قد ابتعته منك. فطفق الأعرابي يقول: هلم شهيدا. فقال خزيمة بن ثابت: أنا أشهد أنك قد بايعته فأقبل النبي ﷺ على خزيمة، فقال: بم تشهد؟ فقال: بتصديقك يا رسول الله، فجعل النبي ﷺ شهادة خزيمة بشهادة رجلين.
Reported by Abu Dawud (3607), Nasai (4648), Ahmad (21883), Hakim (2/17-18), and Bayhaqi (10/145-146), all of them through various routes from Zuhri, who was informed by Umara bin Khuzayma, and he related it. Hakim said, "This is a hadith sahih in its chain, and its narrators are, by the agreement of the two Shaykhs, reliable. Umara bin Khuzayma also heard this hadith from his father."Abu Bakr bin Abu Shayba reported it in his Musnad, as found in Matalib Aliyah (4019), from Zayd bin Hubab, who said, Muhammad bin Zurara bin Khuzayma told me, Umara bin Khuzayma bin Thabit told us, from his father , who said, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ bought a horse from Suwa bin Qays Muharibi, and the man denied the sale, so Khuzayma bin Thabit testified on his behalf. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to him, "What led you to testify when you were not present with us?" He
said, "I believed you in what you brought, and I knew that you say nothing but the truth." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ then said, "Whoever Khuzayma testifies for, or against, that is sufficient for him."From this route, Hakim also graded it sahih (2/18). Muhammad bin Zurara is the son of Abdullah bin Khuzayma. No one narrated from him except Zayd bin Hubab. Ibn Hibban mentioned him among the reliable narrators, and Bukhari and Ibn Abu Hatim both gave him an entry without mentioning any criticism or endorsement of him. Muhammad bin Zurara alone transmitted this particular wording, namely his statement, "Whoever Khuzayma testifies for, or against, that is sufficient for him."