سنن أبي داود
Sunan Abu Dawud — Hadith 3905
Compiled by Imam Abu Dawud
Arabic Text
حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدُ بْنُ مُسَرْهَدٍ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي ذِئْبٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي سَعِيدُ بْنُ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا شُرَيْحٍ الْكَعْبِيَّ يَقُولُقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَلَا إِنَّكُمْ يَا مَعْشَرَ خُزَاعَةَ قَتَلْتُمْ هَذَا الْقَتِيلَ مِنْ هُذَيْلٍ وَإِنِّي عَاقِلُهُ فَمَنْ قُتِلَ لَهُ بَعْدَ مَقَالَتِي هَذِهِ قَتِيلٌ فَأَهْلُهُ بَيْنَ خِيَرَتَيْنِ أَنْ يَأْخُذُوا الْعَقْلَ أَوْ يَقْتُلُوا
English Translation
Telah menceritakan kepada kami [Musaddad bin Musarhad] berkata, telah menceritakan kepada kami [Yahya bin Sa'id] berkata, telah menceritakan kepada kami [Ibnu Abu Dzi`b] ia berkata; telah menceritakan kepadaku [Sa'id Ibnu Abu Sa'id] ia berkata; Aku mendengar [Abu Syuraih Al ka'bi] ia berkata, "Rasulullah shallallahu 'alaihi wasallam bersabda: "Wahai penduduk Khuza'ah! Ketahuilah oleh kalian semua, kalian telah membunuh orang Hudzail ini, sesungguhnya aku adalah penggantinya (yang akan membayarkan diyatnya), karena itu siapa yang terbunuh setelah perkataanku ini, maka bagi ahli warisnya aku beri dua pilihan; minta tebusan atau balas bunuh."
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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