سنن أبي داود
Sunan Abu Dawud — Hadith 12
Compiled by Imam Abu Dawud
Arabic Text
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ حَدَّثَنَا وَهْبُ بْنُ جَرِيرٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي قَالَ سَمِعْتُ مُحَمَّدَ بْنَ إِسْحَقَ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ أَبَانَ بْنِ صَالِحٍ عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَنَهَى نَبِيُّ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَنْ نَسْتَقْبِلَ الْقِبْلَةَ بِبَوْلٍ فَرَأَيْتُهُ قَبْلَ أَنْ يُقْبَضَ بِعَامٍ يَسْتَقْبِلُهَا
English Translation
Telah menceritakan kepada kami [Muhammad bin Basysyar] telah menceritakan kepada kami [Wahb bin Jarir] telah menceritakan kepada kami [ayahku] dia berkata; Saya pernah mendengar [Muhammad bin Ishaq] menceritakan hadits dari [Aban bin Shalih] dari [Mujahid] dari [Jabir bin Abdullah] dia berkata; Nabiyullah shallallahu 'alaihi wasallam telah melarang kita menghadap kiblat tatkala buang air kecil, kemudian saya melihat beliau setahun sebelum wafat, buang air kecil menghadap kiblat.
About Sunan Abu Dawud
Born
202 AH / 817 CE — Sijistan, Iran
Died
275 AH / 889 CE
Imam Abu Dawud compiled Sunan Abu Dawud from approximately 500,000 hadiths, selecting 5,274. His collection is particularly focused on fiqh (Islamic jurisprudence) and legal rulings. He personally wrote to Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal informing him of the work, and received his approval.
Abu Dawud said: 'I wrote 500,000 hadiths of the Prophet ﷺ, then selected this book from them.' He focused especially on rulings related to halal and haram.
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