سنن أبي داود
Sunan Abu Dawud — Hadith 4012
Compiled by Imam Abu Dawud
Arabic Text
حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ صَالِحٍ حَدَّثَنَا عَنْبَسَةُ حَدَّثَنَا يُونُسُ عَنْ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ قَالَ قَالَ سَالِمُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ إِنَّ ابْنَ عُمَرَ قَالَكُنَّا نَقُولُ وَرَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ حَيٌّ أَفْضَلُ أُمَّةِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بَعْدَهُ أَبُو بَكْرٍ ثُمَّ عُمَرُ ثُمَّ عُثْمَانُ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ
English Translation
Telah menceritakan kepada kami [Ahmad bin Shalih] berkata, telah menceritakan kepada kami [Anbasah] berkata, telah menceritakan kepada kami [Yunus] dari [Ibnu Syihab] ia berkata; [Salim bin Abdullah] berkata; [Ibnu Umar] berkata, "Kami pernah mengatakan sesuatu saat Nabi shallallahu 'alaihi wasallam masih hidup, "Yang paling utama di antara umat Nabi shallallahu 'alaihi wasallam setelah beliau adalah Abu Bakar, lalu Umar, lalu Utsman. Semoga Allah meridhai mereka semua."
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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