Sunan Abi Dawud 2501
Regarding The Virtue Of Keeping Watch In The Cause Of Allah, The Mighty And Sublime
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حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو تَوْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاوِيَةُ يَعْنِي ابْنَ سَلاَّمٍ عَنْ زَيْدٍ يَعْنِي ابْنَ سَلاَّمٍ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ أَبَا سَلاَّمٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي السَّلُولِيُّ أَبُو كَبْشَةَ أَنَّهُ حَدَّثَهُ سَهْلُ ابْنُ الْحَنْظَلِيَّةِ
أَنَّهُمْ سَارُوا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَوْمَ حُنَيْنٍ فَأَطْنَبُوا السَّيْرَ حَتَّى كَانَتْ عَشِيَّةً فَحَضَرْتُ الصَّلاَةَ عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَجَاءَ رَجُلٌ فَارِسٌ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنِّي انْطَلَقْتُ بَيْنَ أَيْدِيكُمْ حَتَّى طَلَعْتُ جَبَلَ كَذَا وَكَذَا فَإِذَا أَنَا بِهَوَازِنَ عَلَى بَكْرَةِ آبَائِهِمْ بِظُعُنِهِمْ وَنَعَمِهِمْ وَشَائِهِمُ اجْتَمَعُوا إِلَى حُنَيْنٍ فَتَبَسَّمَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَقَالَ تِلْكَ غَنِيمَةُ الْمُسْلِمِينَ غَدًا إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ ثُمَّ قَالَ مَنْ يَحْرُسُنَا اللَّيْلَةَ قَالَ أَنَسُ بْنُ أَبِي مَرْثَدٍ الْغَنَوِيُّ أَنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ فَارْكَبْ فَرَكِبَ فَرَسًا لَهُ فَجَاءَ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ اسْتَقْبِلْ هَذَا الشِّعْبَ حَتَّى تَكُونَ فِي أَعْلاَهُ وَلاَ نُغَرَّنَّ مِنْ قِبَلِكَ اللَّيْلَةَ فَلَمَّا أَصْبَحْنَا خَرَجَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِلَى مُصَلاَّهُ فَرَكَعَ رَكْعَتَيْنِ ثُمَّ قَالَ هَلْ أَحْسَسْتُمْ فَارِسَكُمْ قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ مَا أَحْسَسْنَاهُ فَثُوِّبَ بِالصَّلاَةِ فَجَعَلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يُصَلِّي وَهُوَ يَلْتَفِتُ إِلَى الشِّعْبِ حَتَّى إِذَا قَضَى صَلاَتَهُ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ أَبْشِرُوا فَقَدْ جَاءَكُمْ فَارِسُكُمْ فَجَعَلْنَا نَنْظُرُ إِلَى خِلاَلِ الشَّجَرِ فِي الشِّعْبِ فَإِذَا هُوَ قَدْ جَاءَ حَتَّى وَقَفَ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَ إِنِّي انْطَلَقْتُ حَتَّى كُنْتُ فِي أَعْلَى هَذَا الشِّعْبِ حَيْثُ أَمَرَنِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَلَمَّا أَصْبَحْتُ اطَّلَعْتُ الشِّعْبَيْنِ كِلَيْهِمَا فَنَظَرْتُ فَلَمْ أَرَ أَحَدًا فَقَالَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ هَلْ نَزَلْتَ اللَّيْلَةَ قَالَ لاَ إِلاَّ مُصَلِّيًا أَوْ قَاضِيًا حَاجَةً فَقَالَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَدْ أَوْجَبْتَ فَلاَ عَلَيْكَ أَنْ لاَ تَعْمَلَ بَعْدَهَا
Translation
Chain of narrators
- Abū Tawbah
- Muʿāwiyah / Ibn Salāam
- Zayd / Ibn Salāam
- Abū Salāam
- al-Salūlī Abū Kabshah
- Sahl Ibn al-Ḥanẓaliyyah
On the day of Hunayn we travelled with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and we journeyed for a long time until the evening came. I attended the prayer along with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. A horseman came and said: Messenger of Allah, I went before you and climbed a certain mountain where saw Hawazin all together with their women, cattle, and sheep, having gathered at Hunayn. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ smiled and said: That will be the booty of the Muslims tomorrow if Allah wills. He then asked: Who will be on guard tonight? Anas ibn AbuMarthad al-Ghanawi said: I shall, Messenger of Allah. He said: Then mount your horse. He then mounted his horse, and came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. The Messenger of Allah said to him: Go forward to this ravine till you get to the top of it. We should not be exposed to danger from your side. In the morning the Apostle of of Allah ﷺ came out to his place of prayer, and offered two rak'ahs. He then said: Have you seen any sign of your horseman? They said: We have not, Messenger of Allah. The announcement of the time for prayer was then made, and while the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was saying the prayer, he began to glance towards the ravine. When he finished his prayer and uttered salutation, he said: Cheer up, for your horseman has come. We therefore began to look between the trees in the ravine, and sure enough he had come. He stood beside the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, saluted him and said: I continued till I reached the top of this ravine where the Messenger of Allah ﷺ commanded me, and in the morning I looked down into both ravines but saw no one. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ asked him: Did you dismount during the night? He replied: No, except to pray or to relieve myself. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: You have ensured your entry to (Paradise). No blame will be attached to you supposing you do not work after it.
Grades by grader
| al-Albani | Sound | fawazahmed0, hadithunlocked, sunnah.com |
|---|---|---|
| Muhammad Muhyi al-Din Abd al-Hamid | Sahih | fawazahmed0 |
| Shuayb al-Arnaut | Sound Chainin تخريج سنن أبي داود, p. 2501 | fawazahmed0, hadithunlocked |
| Zubair Ali Zai | Isnaad Hasan | fawazahmed0 |
What scholars said about it
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- Ibn Ḥajar al-ʿAsqalānī
إسناد حسن
machine translationIts chain of transmission (isnād) is good (ḥasan).
in سنن أبي داود, p. 2497 - Ibn Ḥajar al-ʿAsqalānī
إسناده على شرط الصحيح
machine translationIts chain of transmission meets the criteria of the Ṣaḥīḥ (al-Bukhārī and Muslim).
in سنن أبي داود, p. 2497
Same hadith, other wordings
- Misykatul Mashabih 5932وَعَن سهل ابْن الْحَنْظَلِيَّةِ أَنَّهُمْ سَارُوا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَوْمَ حُنَيْنٍ فَأَطْنَبُوا السَّيْرَ حَتَّى كَانَت عَشِيَّةً فَجَاءَ فَارِسٌ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنِّي طَلِعْتُ عَلَى جَبَلِ
Other narrations of this report
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 5627al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 773al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Bayhaqi) 2256al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Bayhaqi) 2287al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8839al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 865
Narrators
- Companion (ṣaḥābī)d. in the early part of Muʿāwiyah's caliphateسَهْلٌ ابْنُ الْحَنْظَلِيَّةِ الْحَارِثِيُّصحابيحدثه
- trustworthy (thiqah)d. between 81 and 90 AHالسَّلُولِيُّ أَبُو كَبْشَةَثقةحدثني
- trustworthy (thiqah), he narrates mursal reports (yursil)d. between 101 and 110 AHأَبَا سَلَّامٍثقة يرسلسمع
- trustworthy (thiqah)d. between 121 AH and 130 AHزَيْدٍ يَعْنِي : ابْنَ سَلَّامٍثقةعن
- trustworthy (thiqah)d. around 170 AH or after itمُعَاوِيَةُ يَعْنِي : ابْنَ سَلَّامٍثقةنا
- trustworthy (thiqah), proof (ḥujjah), devout worshipperd. 241 AH, also said: after 220 AHأَبُو تَوْبَةَثقة ، حجة ، عابدحدثنا
- Trustworthy (thiqah), a memorizer (ḥāfiẓ), the compiler of the Sunan and other works, one of the senior scholars.d. 275 AHأَبُو 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.
Commentaries
الاعتبار في الناسخ والمنسوخ
Mirqāt al-Mafātīḥ (al-Mullā ʿAlī Qārī)
Lamaʿāt al-Tanqīḥ (ʿAbd al-Ḥaqq al-Dihlawī)
ʿAwn al-Maʿbūd (Ashraf)
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