Sunan Abi Dawud 1211

Translation

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ combined the noon and afternoon prayers, and the sunset and night prayers at Medina without any danger and rain. He was asked: What did he intend by it ? He replied: He intended that his community might not fall into hardship.

Notes

• فَقِيلَ لاِبْنِ عَبَّاسٍ مَا أَرَادَ إِلَى ذَلِكَ قَالَ أَرَادَ أَنْ لاَ يُحْرِجَ أُمَّتَهُ

Grades by grader

What scholars said about it

In their own words, as Hadith Unlocked records them. They are shown, not summarised into a grade.

• Khaṭṭābī

  إسناده جيد إلا ما تكلموا فيه من أمر حبيب

  machine translationIts chain of transmission (isnād) is good (jayyid), except for what they have criticized regarding Ḥabīb. Report a problem

  in سنن أبي داود, p. 1209
• Khaṭṭābī

  هذا حديث لا يقول به أكثر الفقهاء وإسناده جيد إلا ما تكلموا فيه من أمر حبيب

  in سنن أبي داود, p. 1209
• Bazzār

  لفظة المطر تفرد بها حبيب وغيره لا يذكرها قال على أن عبد الكريم قد قال نحو ذلك

  machine translationThe word "rain" was transmitted uniquely by Ḥabīb, and others do not mention it. He said: However, ʿAbd al-Karīm has said something similar to that. Report a problem

  in سنن أبي داود, p. 1209
• Ibn ʿAbd al-Barr

  قد اختلف على الأعمش في إسناد هذا الحديث

  machine translationThere is disagreement about al-Aʿmash regarding the chain of transmission (isnād) of this hadith. Report a problem

  in سنن أبي داود, p. 1209

Other narrations of this report

Sahih Muslim 703bSahih Muslim 703dSahih Muslim 705bSunan an-Nasa'i 592Sunan an-Nasa'i 595Sunan an-Nasa'i 602Muwatta' Malik 9-3Musnad Ahmad 1929Musnad Ahmad 4531al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 10554al-Mu'jam al-Awsat 4123Musannaf 'Abd al-Razzaq 4466

Narrators

1. 1
   ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAbbās

   One of the Companions who narrated most prolifically (mukthirūn).d. 65 AH, or 67 AH, or 68 AH, also said: 69 AH, also said: 70 AH; also said: 73 AH
   عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عَبَّاسٍأحد المكثرين من الصحابة
   عن
2. 2
   Saʿīd b. Jubayr al-Asadī

   Trustworthy (thiqah), firmly reliable (thabt), a jurist (faqīh); his narration from ʿĀʾishah, Abū Mūsā and the like is mursald. 95 AH, from al-Fallās: 94 AH
   سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍثقة ثبت فقيه ، وروايته عن عائشة وأبي موسى ونحوهما مرسلة
   عن
3. 3
   Ḥabīb b. Abī Thābit al-Kāhilī

   Trustworthy (thiqah), an eminent jurist; he often narrated mursal reports (irsāl) and practiced concealment (tadlīs).d. 119 AH, or 122 AH
   حَبِيبِ بْنِ أَبِي ثَابِتٍثقة فقيه جليل ، وكان كثير الإرسال والتدليس
   عن
4. 4
   al-Aʿmash

   Trustworthy (thiqah), a retentive memorizer (ḥāfiẓ), knowledgeable in the recitations (qirāʾāt), scrupulous (wariʿ), but he practiced concealment (tadlīs)d. Abū ʿAwānah said, and ʿAbd Allāh b. Dāwūd: 147 AH. Wakīʿ said, and more than one: 148 AH. And al-Khaṭīb considered it correct. Also said: 145 AH
   الْأَعْمَشُثقة حافظ , عارف بالقراءات ورع لكنه يدلس
   حدثنا
5. 5
   Abū Muʿāwiyah

   Trustworthy (thiqah), the best memorizer of people for the hadith of al-Aʿmash, though he may err in the hadith of othersd. 194 AH, or 195 AH
   أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَثقة ، أحفظ الناس لحديث الأعمش ، وقد يهم في حديث غيره
   حدثنا
6. 6
   ʿUthmān b. Abī Shaybah

   Trustworthy (thiqah), a renowned memorizer (ḥāfiẓ), though he had some errors (awhām). It is also said: he did not memorize the Qurʾānd. 239 AH
   عُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَثقة حافظ شهير ، وله أوهام . وقيل : كان لا يحفظ القرآن
   حدثنا
7. 7
   Abū Dāwūd al-Sijistānī

   Trustworthy (thiqah), a memorizer (ḥāfiẓ), the compiler of the Sunan and other works, one of the senior scholars.d. 275 AH
   أَبُو دَاوُدَ السِّجِسْتَانِيُّثقة ، حافظ , مصنف السنن وغيرها ، من كبار العلماء

Who each narrator was and how reliable, from hdith.com

Latin names and English verdicts with a dotted underline are machine translations, not reviewed.