سنن أبي داود
Sunan Abu Dawud — Hadith 2851
Compiled by Imam Abu Dawud
Arabic Text
حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ حَدَّثَنَا غَيْلَانُ بْنُ جَرِيرٍ عَنْ أَبِي بُرْدَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِأَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ إِنِّي وَاللَّهِ إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ لَا أَحْلِفُ عَلَى يَمِينٍ فَأَرَى غَيْرَهَا خَيْرًا مِنْهَا إِلَّا كَفَّرْتُ عَنْ يَمِينِي وَأَتَيْتُ الَّذِي هُوَ خَيْرٌ أَوْ قَالَ إِلَّا أَتَيْتُ الَّذِي هُوَ خَيْرٌ وَكَفَّرْتُ يَمِينِي
English Translation
Telah menceritakan kepada kami [Sulaiman bin Harb], telah menceritakan kepada kami [Hammad], telah menceritakan kepada kami [Ghailan bin Jarir], dari [Abu Burdah], dari [ayahnya] bahwa Nabi shallallahu 'alaihi wasallam bersabda: "Demi Allah, insya Allah aku tidak bersumpah dengan suatu sumpah kemudian aku melihat yang lainnya lebih baik darinya kecuali aku membayar kafarah sumpahku dan aku melakukan yang lebih baik." Atau beliau mengatakan: "melainkan aku melakukan yang lebih baik dan membayar kafarah sumpahku."
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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