سنن أبي داود
Sunan Abu Dawud — Hadith 2460
Compiled by Imam Abu Dawud
Arabic Text
حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ بُرَيْدَةَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبِي بُرَيْدَةَ يَقُولُكُنَّا فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ إِذَا وُلِدَ لِأَحَدِنَا غُلَامٌ ذَبَحَ شَاةً وَلَطَخَ رَأْسَهُ بِدَمِهَا فَلَمَّا جَاءَ اللَّهُ بِالْإِسْلَامِ كُنَّا نَذْبَحُ شَاةً وَنَحْلِقُ رَأْسَهُ وَنُلَطِّخُهُ بِزَعْفَرَانٍ
English Translation
Telah menceritakan kepada kami [Ahmad bin Muhammad bin Tsabit], telah menceritakan kepada kami [Ali bin Al Husain], telah menceritakan kepadaku [ayahku] telah menceritakan kepada kami [Abdullah bin Buraidah], ia berkata; saya mendengar [ayahku yaitu Buraidah] berkata; dahulu kami pada masa jahiliyah apabila salah seorang diantara kami terlahirkan anak laki-lakinya maka ia menyembelih seekor kambing dan melumuri kepalanya dengan darahnya. Kemudian tatkala Allah datang membawa Islam maka kami menyembelih seekor kambing dan mencukur rambutnya serta melumurinya dengan za'faran.
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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