سنن أبي داود
Sunan Abu Dawud — Hadith 7
Compiled by Imam Abu Dawud
Arabic Text
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ النُّفَيْلِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَجْلَانَ عَنْ الْقَعْقَاعِ بْنِ حَكِيمٍ عَنْ أَبِي صَالِحٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِنَّمَا أَنَا لَكُمْ بِمَنْزِلَةِ الْوَالِدِ أُعَلِّمُكُمْ فَإِذَا أَتَى أَحَدُكُمْ الْغَائِطَ فَلَا يَسْتَقْبِلْ الْقِبْلَةَ وَلَا يَسْتَدْبِرْهَا وَلَا يَسْتَطِبْ بِيَمِينِهِ وَكَانَ يَأْمُرُ بِثَلَاثَةِ أَحْجَارٍ وَيَنْهَى عَنْ الرَّوْثِ وَالرِّمَّةِ
English Translation
Telah menceritakan kepada kami [Abdullah bin Muhammad an Nufaili] telah menceritakan kepada kami [Ibnul Mubarak] dari [Muhammad bin Ajlan] dari [al Qa'qa' bin Hakim] dari [Abu Shalih] dari [Abu Hurairah] dia berkata; Rasulullah shallallahu 'alaihi wasallam bersabda: "Sesungguhnya aku bagi kalian hanyalah seperti kedudukan orang tua, aku ajarkan kepada kalian; apabila salah seorang dari kalian hendak buang air, janganlah dia menghadap kiblat, jangan pula membelakanginya, dan jangan beristinja dengan tangan kanannya." Dan beliau juga menyuruh untuk beristinja dengan tiga batu, serta melarang beristinja dengan kotoran binatang dan tulang basah.
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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