سنن أبي داود
Sunan Abu Dawud — Hadith 4013
Compiled by Imam Abu Dawud
Arabic Text
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ كَثِيرٍ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ حَدَّثَنَا جَامِعُ بْنُ أَبِي رَاشِدٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو يَعْلَى عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ ابْنِ الْحَنَفِيَّةِ قَالَ قُلْتُ لِأَبِيأَيُّ النَّاسِ خَيْرٌ بَعْدَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ قَالَ قُلْتُ ثُمَّ مَنْ قَالَ ثُمَّ عُمَرُ قَالَ ثُمَّ خَشِيتُ أَنْ أَقُولَ ثُمَّ مَنْ فَيَقُولَ عُثْمَانُ فَقُلْتُ ثُمَّ أَنْتَ يَا أَبَةِ قَالَ مَا أَنَا إِلَّا رَجُلٌ مِنْ الْمُسْلِمِينَ
English Translation
Telah menceritakan kepada kami [Muhammad bin Katsir] berkata, telah menceritakan kepada kami [Sufyan] berkata, telah menceritakan kepada kami [Jami' bin Abu Rasyid] berkata, telah menceritakan kepada kami [Abu Ya'la] dari [Muhammad bin Al Hanafiyah] ia berkata, "Aku bertanya kepada [bapakku], "Siapakah manusia yang paling baik setelah Rasulullah shallallahu 'alaihi wasallam?"Iia menjawab, "Abu Bakar." Aku bertanya lagi, "Kemudian siapa lagi?" Ia menjawab, "Umar." Muhammad bin Al hanafiyah berkata, "Lalu timbul kecemasan jika aku bertanya 'lalu siapa lagi, kemudian ia menjawab 'Utsman'." Aku lalu bertanya, "Apakah setelah itu engkau wahai bapakku?" Ia menjawab, "Aku hanyalah seorang laki-laki dari kaum muslimin."
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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