سنن أبي داود
Sunan Abu Dawud — Hadith 2708
Compiled by Imam Abu Dawud
Arabic Text
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ كَثِيرٍ أَخْبَرَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ أَبِي وَائِلٍ عَنْ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ قَالَتْقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِذَا حَضَرْتُمْ الْمَيِّتَ فَقُولُوا خَيْرًا فَإِنَّ الْمَلَائِكَةَ يُؤَمِّنُونَ عَلَى مَا تَقُولُونَ فَلَمَّا مَاتَ أَبُو سَلَمَةَ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ مَا أَقُولُ قَالَ قُولِي اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لَهُ وَأَعْقِبْنَا عُقْبَى صَالِحَةً قَالَتْ فَأَعْقَبَنِي اللَّهُ تَعَالَى بِهِ مُحَمَّدًا صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ
English Translation
Telah menceritakan kepada kami [Muhammad bin Katsir], telah mengabarkan kepada kami [Sufyan] dari [Al A'masy] dari [Abu Wail], dari [Ummu Salamah], ia berkata; Rasulullah shallallahu 'alaihi wasallam bersabda: "Apabila kalian menghadiri jenazah maka ucapkanlah kebaikan, karena sesungguhnya malaikat mengamini apa yang ia ucapkan." Kemudian tatkala Abu Salamah meninggal, aku katakan; wahai Rasulullah, apa yang harus aku ucapkan? Beliau berkata: "Ucapkanlah; ALLAAHUMMAGHRIR LAHU WA A'QIBNAA 'UQBAA SHAALIHAH (ya Allah ampunila dia dan gantilah untuk kami pengganti yang baik) " Ia berkata; kemudian Allah ta'ala menggantikan Muhammad shallallahu 'alaihi wasallam untukku.
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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