Sunan Abi Dawud 238

Translation

The Messenger of Allah (May peace be upon him) used to take bath with from a vessel (which contained seven to eight seers, i.e., fifteen to sixteen pounds) because of sexual intercourse. Abu Dawud said: The version narrated by Mu’ammar on the authority of al-Zuhri has: She (‘A’ishah) said: I and the Messenger of Allah (May peace be upon him) took a bath from a vessel which was equal to al-faraq in measurement (i.e., containing water about seven or eight seers). Abu Dawud said: Ibn ‘Uyainah also narrated like the version of Malik. Abu Dawud said; I heard Ahmad b. Hanbal say: Al-Faraq contains sixteen rotls (of water). I also heard him say: The sa’of of Ibn Abi Dhi’b contained 5 rotls (of water). The view that a sa’ contains eight rotls (of water) is not safe. Abu Dawud said: I heard Ahmad (b. Hanbal) say: Whoever gave 5 1/3 rotls (measuring) with our rotl alms of fitr (sadaqat al-fitr), he gave in full, Thereupon he was questioned: Are the dates called al-saihani heavier (can one sa’ of them be given as alms of fitr)? He replied: The dates called al-saihani are good. But I do not know (whether water is heavier or the dates).

Notes

• قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ قَالَ مَعْمَرٌ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ فِي هَذَا الْحَدِيثِ قَالَتْ كُنْتُ أَغْتَسِلُ أَنَا وَرَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مِنْ إِنَاءٍ وَاحِدٍ فِيهِ قَدْرُ الْفَرَقِ قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ وَرَوَى ابْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ نَحْوَ حَدِيثِ مَالِكٍ قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ سَمِعْتُ أَحْمَدَ بْنَ حَنْبَلٍ يَقُولُ الْفَرَقُ سِتَّةَ عَشَرَ رِطْلاً وَسَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ صَاعُ ابْنِ أَبِي ذِئْبٍ خَمْسَةُ أَرْطَالٍ وَثُلُثٌ قَالَ فَمَنْ قَالَ ثَمَانِيَةُ أَرْطَالٍ قَالَ لَيْسَ ذَلِكَ بِمَحْفُوظٍ قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ وَسَمِعْتُ أَحْمَدَ يَقُولُ مَنْ أَعْطَى فِي صَدَقَةِ الْفِطْرِ بِرَطْلِنَا هَذَا خَمْسَةَ أَرْطَالٍ وَثُلُثًا فَقَدْ أَوْفَى قِيلَ الصَّيْحَانِيُّ ثَقِيلٌ قَالَ الصَّيْحَانِيُّ أَطْيَبُ قَالَ لاَ أَدْرِي

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• أبو زرعة الرازي

  الحديث عندي حديث عروة

  machine translationThe hadith, in my view, is the hadith of ʿUrwah. Report a problem

  in سنن أبي داود, p. 238
• Dāraquṭnī

  يرويه الزهري واختلف عنه فرواه ابن عيينة ومعمر والأوزاعي وجعفر بن برقان وبحر السقاء عن الزهري عن عروة عن عائشة وخالفهم إبراهيم بن سعد فرواه عن الزهري عن القاسم بن محمد عن عائشة والقول قول من قال عن عروة

  machine translationAl-Zuhrī narrates it, and there is disagreement about him. Ibn ʿUyaynah, Maʿmar, al-Awzāʿī, Jaʿfar b. Burqān and Baḥr al-Saqqāʾ narrated it from al-Zuhrī, from ʿUrwah, from ʿĀʾishah. Ibrāhīm b. Saʿd contradicted them and narrated it from al-Zuhrī, from al-Qāsim b. Muḥammad, from ʿĀʾishah. The correct view is the view of those who said: from ʿUrwah. Report a problem

  in سنن أبي داود, p. 238

Other narrations of this report

Sahih Muslim 319bSunan an-Nasa'i 228Muwatta' Malik 2-69Musnad Ahmad 24089al-Mu'jam al-Awsat 378al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 226

Narrators

1. 1
   ʿĀʾishah bt. Abū Bakr al-Ṣiddīq

   Mother of the Believers, the most knowledgeable woman in jurisprudence absolutely (afqah al-nisāʾ muṭlaqan)d. 57 AH, or 58 AH
   عَائِشَةُ بِنْتُ أَبِي بَكْرٍ الصِّدِّيقِأم المؤمنين ، أفقه النساء مطلقا
   عن
2. 2
   ʿUrwah b. al-Zubayr

   trustworthy (thiqah), a jurist (faqīh), well-known (mashhūr)d. 91 AH, or 92, or 93 AH, or 94 AH, or 95 AH, or 99 AH, or 100 AH, or 101 AH
   عُرْوَةَثقة فقيه مشهور
   عن
3. 3
   al-Zuhrī

   The jurist and memorizer (ḥāfiẓ), whose eminence, precision and reliability are agreed upond. Ḍamrah b. Rabīʿah and others said: 123 AH. The nephew of al-Zuhrī and others said: 124 AH. Ibn Yūnus and others said: 125 AH
   ابْنِ شِهَابٍالفقيه الحافظ ، متفق على جلالته وإتقانه وثبته
   عن
4. 4
   Mālik b. Anas

   The jurist (al-faqīh), the Imam of the Abode of Migration (Imām Dār al-Hijrah), the head of the proficient masters, and the foremost among the meticulous.d. 178 AH, or 179 AH
   مَالِكٍالفقيه ، إمام دار الهجرة ، رأس المتقنين ، وكبير المتثبتين
   عن
5. 5
   al-Qaʿnabī

   trustworthy (thiqah), devout (ʿābid)d. 220 AH, or 221 AH
   عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ مَسْلَمَةَ الْقَعْنَبِيُّثقة عابد
   حدثنا
6. 6
   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

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