سنن أبي داود
Sunan Abu Dawud — Hadith 354
Compiled by Imam Abu Dawud
Arabic Text
حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ زُرَيْعٍ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْحَقَ حَدَّثَنِي يَزِيدُ بْنُ أَبِي حَبِيبٍ عَنْ مَرْثَدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَلَمَّا قَدِمَ عَلَيْنَا أَبُو أَيُّوبَ غَازِيًا وَعُقْبَةُ بْنُ عَامِرٍ يَوْمَئِذٍ عَلَى مِصْرَ فَأَخَّرَ الْمَغْرِبَ فَقَامَ إِلَيْهِ أَبُو أَيُّوبَ فَقَالَ لَهُ مَا هَذِهِ الصَّلَاةُ يَا عُقْبَةُ فَقَالَ شُغِلْنَا قَالَ أَمَا سَمِعْتَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ لَا تَزَالُ أُمَّتِي بِخَيْرٍ أَوْ قَالَ عَلَى الْفِطْرَةِ مَا لَمْ يُؤَخِّرُوا الْمَغْرِبَ إِلَى أَنْ تَشْتَبِكَ النُّجُومُ
English Translation
Telah menceritakan kepada kami [Ubaidullah bin Umar] telah menceritakan kepada kami [Yazid bin Zurai'] telah menceritakan kepada kami [Muhammad bin Ishaq] telah menceritakan kepadaku [Yazid bin Abu Habib] dari [Martsad bin Abdullah] dia berkata; Tatkala [Abu Ayyub] mendatangi kami sebagai tentara perang, dan pada saat itu Uqbah bin Amir menjadi gubernur Mesir. Dia mengakhirkan shalat Maghrib. Maka Abu Ayyub mendatanginya dan berkata; Shalat apa ini wahai Uqbah? Dia menjawab; Kami disibukkan. Lantas Abu Ayyub berkata; Tidakkah engkau pernah mendengar Rasulullah Shallallahu alaihi wasallam bersabda: "Umatku akan senantiasa dalam kebaikan atau di atas fithrah selama mereka tidak mengakhirkan shalat Maghrib hingga semua bintang-bintang nampak.
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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