سنن أبي داود
Sunan Abu Dawud — Hadith 3781
Compiled by Imam Abu Dawud
Arabic Text
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُبَادَةَ الْوَاسِطِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ يَعْنِي ابْنَ هَارُونَ أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْرَائِيلُ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جُحَادَةَ عَنْ عَطِيَّةَ الْعَوْفِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ قَالَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَفْضَلُ الْجِهَادِ كَلِمَةُ عَدْلٍ عِنْدَ سُلْطَانٍ جَائِرٍ أَوْ أَمِيرٍ جَائِرٍ
English Translation
Telah menceritakan kepada kami [Muhammad bin Ubadah Al Wasithi] berkata, telah menceritakan kepada kami [Yazid] -makasudnya Yazid bin Harun- berkata, telah mengabarkan kepada kami [Isra'il] berkata, telah menceritakan kepada kami [Muhammad bin Juhadah] dari [Athiyah Al 'Aufi] dari [Abu Sa'id Al Khudri] ia berkata, "Rasulullah shallallahu 'alaihi wasallam bersabda: "Jihad yang paling utama adalah menyampaikan kebenaran kepada penguasa yang dhalim, atau pemimpin yang dhalim."
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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