سنن أبي داود
Sunan Abu Dawud — Hadith 2240
Compiled by Imam Abu Dawud
Arabic Text
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مَسْلَمَةَ الْقَعْنَبِيُّ عَنْ مَالِكٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ حَرْمَلَةَ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ شُعَيْبٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ الرَّاكِبُ شَيْطَانٌ وَالرَّاكِبَانِ شَيْطَانَانِ وَالثَّلَاثَةُ رَكْبٌ
English Translation
Telah menceritakan kepada kami [Abdullah bin Maslamah Al Qa'nabi], dari [Malik] dari [Abdurrahman bin Harmalah], dari ['Amr bin Syu'aib] dari [ayahnya], dari [kakeknya], ia berkata; Rasulullah shallallahu 'alaihi wasallam bersabda: "Orang yang pergi sendirian seperti dua syetan, dua orang seperti dua syetan dan tiga orang lebih terjaga dari syetan."
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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