سنن أبي داود
Sunan Abu Dawud — Hadith 707
Compiled by Imam Abu Dawud
Arabic Text
حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ صَالِحٍ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ وَهْبٍ أَخْبَرَنِي عَمْرٌو وَابْنُ لَهِيعَةَ عَنْ بَكْرِ بْنِ سَوَادَةَ عَنْ وَفَاءِ بْنِ شُرَيْحٍ الصَّدَفِيِّ عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ السَّاعِدِيِّ قَالَخَرَجَ عَلَيْنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَوْمًا وَنَحْنُ نَقْتَرِئُ فَقَالَ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ كِتَابُ اللَّهِ وَاحِدٌ وَفِيكُمْ الْأَحْمَرُ وَفِيكُمْ الْأَبْيَضُ وَفِيكُمْ الْأَسْوَدُ اقْرَءُوهُ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَقْرَأَهُ أَقْوَامٌ يُقِيمُونَهُ كَمَا يُقَوَّمُ السَّهْمُ يُتَعَجَّلُ أَجْرُهُ وَلَا يُتَأَجَّلُهُ
English Translation
Telah menceritakan kepada kami [Ahmad bin Shalih] telah menceritakan kepada kami [Abdullah bin Wahb] telah mengabarkan kepadaku ['Amru] dan [Ibnu Lahi'ah] dari [Bakr bin Sawadah] dari [Wafa' bin Syuraikh Ash Shadafi] dari [Sahl bin Sa'ad As Sa'idi] dia berkata; Rasulullah shallallahu 'alaihi wasallam menemui kami, sementara kami sedang membaca Al Qur'an, maka beliau bersabda: "Segala puji bagi Allah kitab Allah hanya satu, padahal di antara kalian ada bangsa yang berkulit merah, putih dan hitam, bacalah Al Qur'an tersebut, sebelum di baca oleh suatu kaum, mereka membacanya dengan lurus sebagaimana meluruskan anak panah, mereka mengharap pahalanya yang disegerakan di dunia, dan tidak mengharap pahala yang ditangguhkan di akhirat."
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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