سنن أبي داود
Sunan Abu Dawud — Hadith 4245
Compiled by Imam Abu Dawud
Arabic Text
حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو الْحَضْرَمِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَعِيلُ بْنُ عَيَّاشٍ حَدَّثَنَا ضَمْضَمُ بْنُ زُرْعَةَ عَنْ شُرَيْحِ بْنِ عُبَيْدٍ عَنْ جُبَيْرِ بْنِ نُفَيْرٍ وَكَثِيرِ بْنِ مُرَّةَ وَعَمْرِو بْنِ الْأَسْوَدِ وَالْمِقْدَامِ بْنِ مَعْدِي كَرِبَ وَأَبِي أُمَامَةَعَنْ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ إِنَّ الْأَمِيرَ إِذَا ابْتَغَى الرِّيبَةَ فِي النَّاسِ أَفْسَدَهُمْ
English Translation
Telah menceritakan kepada kami [Sa'id bin Amru Al Hadhrami] berkata, telah menceritakan kepada kami [Isma'il bin Ayyasy] berkata, telah menceritakan kepada kami [Dhamdham bin Zur'ah] dari [Syuraih bin Ubaid] dari [Jubair bin Nufair] dan [Katsir bin Murrah] dan [Amru Ibnul Aswad] dan [Al Miqdam bin Makdi Karib] dan [Abu Umamah] dari Nabi shallallahu 'alaihi wasallam, beliau bersabda: "Sesungguhnya jika seorang penguasa telah berburuk sangka kepada manusia (rakyatnya), maka itu akan merusak mereka."
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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