سنن أبي داود
Sunan Abu Dawud — Hadith 1248
Compiled by Imam Abu Dawud
Arabic Text
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْأَعْلَى حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ إِيَاسٍ عَنْ أَبِي السَّلِيلِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ رَبَاحٍ الْأَنْصَارِيِّ عَنْ أُبَيِّ بْنِ كَعْبٍ قَالَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَبَا الْمُنْذِرِ أَيُّ آيَةٍ مَعَكَ مِنْ كِتَابِ اللَّهِ أَعْظَمُ قَالَ قُلْتُ اللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُ أَعْلَمُ قَالَ أَبَا الْمُنْذِرِ أَيُّ آيَةٍ مَعَكَ مِنْ كِتَابِ اللَّهِ أَعْظَمُ قَالَ قُلْتُ{ اللَّهُ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا هُوَ الْحَيُّ الْقَيُّومُ }قَالَ فَضَرَبَ فِي صَدْرِي وَقَالَ لِيَهْنَ لَكَ يَا أَبَا الْمُنْذِرِ الْعِلْمُ
English Translation
Telah menceritakan kepada Kami [Muhammad bin Al Mutsanna], telah menceritakan kepada Kami [Abdul A'la] telah menceritakan kepada Kami [Sa'id? bin Iyas] dari [Abu As Salil] dari [Abdullah bin Rabah Al Anshari] dari [Ubai bin Ka'b], ia berkata; Rasulullah shallAllahu wa'alaihi wa sallam: "Wahai Abu Al Mundzir, ayat apakah dari Kitab Allah paling besar menurutmu?" Saya katakan; Allah dan RasulNya yang lebih mengetahui. Beliau bertanya lagi: "Wahai Abul Mundzir ayat manakah yang kamu hafal dari Kitab Allah yang lebih besar menurutmu?" Aku menjawab; ALLAAHU LAA ILAAHA ILLAA HUWAL HAYYUL QAYYUUM" (ayat Kursi). Kemudian Rasulullah shallAllahu wa'alaihi wa sallam menepuk dadaku dan berkata: "Wahai Abu Al Mundzir, sungguh engkau adalah orang yang berilmu.
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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