سنن أبي داود
Sunan Abu Dawud — Hadith 3997
Compiled by Imam Abu Dawud
Arabic Text
حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ حَنْبَلٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ يَزِيدَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدٌ يَعْنِي ابْنَ أَبِي أَيُّوبَ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو صَخْرٍ عَنْ نَافِعٍ قَالَكَانَ لِابْنِ عُمَرَ صَدِيقٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ الشَّامِ يُكَاتِبُهُ فَكَتَبَ إِلَيْهِ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ إِنَّهُ بَلَغَنِي أَنَّكَ تَكَلَّمْتَ فِي شَيْءٍ مِنْ الْقَدَرِ فَإِيَّاكَ أَنْ تَكْتُبَ إِلَيَّ فَإِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ إِنَّهُ سَيَكُونُ فِي أُمَّتِي أَقْوَامٌ يُكَذِّبُونَ بِالْقَدَرِ
English Translation
Telah menceritakan kepada kami [Ahmad bin Hanbal] ia berkata; telah menceritakan kepada kami [Abdullah bin Yazid] ia berkata; telah menceritakan kepada kami [Sa'id] -maksudnya Said bin Abu Ayyub- ia berkata; telah mengabarkan kepadaku [Abu Shakr] dari [Nafi'] ia berkata, "Ibnu Umar mempunyai seorang sahabat dari Syam yang menulis surat kepadanya, [Ibnu Umar] lantas menulis surat balasan yang isinya, "Telah sampai kabar kepadaku bahwa engkau mempermasalahkan tentang takdir, maka janganlah engkau tanyakan hal itu kepdaku. Sungguh aku pernah mendengar Rasulullah shallallahu 'alaihi wasallam bersabda: "Akan ada dari umatku orang-orang yang mendustakan takdir."
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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