سنن أبي داود
Sunan Abu Dawud — Hadith 988
Compiled by Imam Abu Dawud
Arabic Text
حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي خَلَفٍ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ حَدَّثَنَا مِسْعَرٌ عَنْ يَزِيدَ الْفَقِيرِ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَأَتَتْ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بَوَاكِي فَقَالَ اللَّهُمَّ اسْقِنَا غَيْثًا مُغِيثًا مَرِيئًا مَرِيعًا نَافِعًا غَيْرَ ضَارٍّ عَاجِلًا غَيْرَ آجِلٍ قَالَ فَأَطْبَقَتْ عَلَيْهِمْ السَّمَاءُ
English Translation
Telah menceritakan kepada kami [Ibnu Abu Khalaf] telah menceritakan kepada kami [Muhammad bin 'Ubaid] telah menceritakan kepada kami [Mis'ar] dari [Yazid Al Faqir] dari [Jabir bin Abdillah] dia berkata; "Beberapa wanita mendatangi Rasulullah shallallahu 'alaihi wasallam sambil menangis (karena kekeringan), kemudian beliau berdo'a: "Allahummasqina ghaitsan mughitsan mari'an nafi'an ghair dharrin 'ajilan ghaira ajilin" (ya Allah, turunkanlah kepada kami hujan yang dapat menolong kami, yang menyenangkan kami, menyuburkan lagi bermanfaat dan tidak membahayakan, segera jangan ditunda-tunda)." Seketika itu juga, langit menurunkan hujannya atas 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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