Sunan Abi Dawud 2670

Translation

The Prophet ﷺ said: Kill the old men who are polytheists, but spare their children.

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.

• ابن الملقن

  في إسناد أبي داود وأحمد حجاج بن أرطاة وقد ضعفوه

  machine translationIn the chain of Abū Dāwūd and Aḥmad is Ḥajjāj b. Arṭāh, and they (the scholars) have graded him weak (ḍaʿīf). Report a problem

  in سنن أبي داود, p. 2665
• al-Tirmidhi

  حسن صحيح غريب

  machine translationGood, authentic, and gharīb (ḥasan ṣaḥīḥ gharīb). Report a problem

  in سنن أبي داود, p. 2665
• Ishbīlī

  ضعف الحديث

  machine translationThe hadith is weak (ḍaʿīf). Report a problem

  in سنن أبي داود, p. 2665

Other narrations of this report

Jami' at-Tirmidhi 1583Musnad Ahmad 20145Musnad Ahmad 20490al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 6925al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Bayhaqi) 18235

Narrators

1. 1
   Samurah b. Jundub

   a well-known Companiond. 58 AH, also said 59 AH,, also said beginning of 60 AH, also said between 55 AH and 60 AH
   سَمُرَةُ بْنُ جُنْدُبٍصحابي مشهور
   عن
2. 2
   al-Ḥasan al-Baṣrī

   Trustworthy (thiqah), a jurist (faqīh), virtuous and well known; he would often narrate with omission of the Companion (irsāl) and practiced concealment (tadlīs)d. 110 AH
   الْحَسَنِثقة فقيه ، فاضل مشهور ، وكان يرسل كثيرا ويدلس
   عن
3. 3
   Qatādah b. Diʿāmah

   trustworthy, precise (thiqah thabt)d. 117 AH, or: 118 AH
   قَتَادَةُثقة ثبت
   حدثنا
4. 4
   Ḥajjāj

   Truthful (ṣadūq), who made many errors and practiced much concealment (tadlīs)d. 145 AH, or before it, or 147 AH
   حَجَّاجٌصدوق كثير الخطأ والتدليس
   حدثنا
5. 5
   Hushaym b. Bashīr

   Trustworthy (thiqah), firmly reliable (thabt), who often practiced tadlīs and hidden irsāl.d. 181 AH, or 183 AH
   هُشَيْمٌثقة ثبت كثير التدليس والإرسال الخفي
   حدثنا
6. 6
   Saʿīd b. Manṣūr

   trustworthy (thiqah), authord. 226 AH or 227 AH or 228 AH or 229 AH
   سَعِيدُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍثقة مصنف
   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.