سنن أبي داود
Sunan Abu Dawud — Hadith 409
Compiled by Imam Abu Dawud
Arabic Text
حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ حَدَّثَنَا الْفَرَجُ بْنُ فَضَالَةَ عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ قَالَرَأَيْتُ وَاثِلَةَ بْنَ الْأَسْقَعِ فِي مَسْجِدِ دِمَشْقَ بَصَقَ عَلَى الْبُورِيِّ ثُمَّ مَسَحَهُ بِرِجْلِهِ فَقِيلَ لَهُ لِمَ فَعَلْتَ هَذَا قَالَ لِأَنِّي رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَفْعَلُهُ
English Translation
Telah menceritakan kepada kami [Qutaibah bin Sa'id] telah menceritakan kepada kami [Al-Faraj bin Fadlalah] dari [Abu Sa'id] dia berkata; Saya pernah melihat [Watsilah bin Al-Asqa'] di Masjid Damaskus, meludah pada tikar sejenis alburiyy, kemudian dia mengusapnya dengan kakinya. Lalu ditanyakan kepadanya; Mengapa kamu melakukan ini? Maka dia menjawab; Karena saya pernah melihat Rasulullah shallallahu 'alaihi wasallam melakukannya.
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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