Sunan Abi Dawud 2790

Translation

I saw Ali sacrificing two rams; so I asked him: What is this? He replied. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ enjoined upon me to sacrifice on his behalf, so that is what I am doing.

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What scholars said about it

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• Mubarakpūri

  لم أجد في التضحية عن الميت منفردا حديثا مرفوعا صحيحا وأما حديث علي المذكور في هذا الباب فضعيف

  machine translationI have not found any sound raised (marfūʿ) hadith on sacrificing on behalf of the dead alone. As for the hadith of ʿAlī mentioned in this chapter, it is weak (ḍaʿīf). Report a problem

  in سنن أبي داود, p. 2786
• Abū Bakr Aḥmad b. al-Ḥusayn al-Bayhaqī

  تفرد به شريك بن عبد الله بإسناده وهو وإن ثبت يدل على جواز الأضحية عمن خرج من دار الدنيا من المسلمين

  machine translationSharīk b. ʿAbdullāh was alone in narrating it with its chain. Even if it were established, it would indicate that it is permissible to sacrifice on behalf of those Muslims who have departed from this world. Report a problem

  in سنن أبي داود, p. 2786
• Ishbīlī

  حنش هذا لا يحتج به

  machine translationThis Ḥanash is not to be relied upon as evidence. Report a problem

  in سنن أبي داود, p. 2786
• Ibn al-Qaṭṭān

  أبو الحسناء الراوي عن الحكم اسمه الحسن ولا يعرف له حال

  machine translationAbū al-Ḥasnāʾ, the narrator from al-Ḥakam, is named al-Ḥasan, and nothing is known of his condition. Report a problem

  in سنن أبي داود, p. 2786

Same hadith, other wordings

• Misykatul Mashabih 1462وَعَنْ حَنَشٍ قَالَ: رَأَيْتُ عَلِيًّا رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ يُضَحِّي بِكَبْشَيْنِ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ: مَا هَذَا؟ فَقَالَ: (إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَوْصَانِي أَنْ أُضَحِّيَ عَنْهُ فَأَنَا أُضَحِّي عَنْهُ. رَوَاهُ

Other narrations of this report

Musnad Ahmad 1279Musnad Ahmad 1286Musnad Ahmad 843al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Bayhaqi) 19252al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Bayhaqi) 19253al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7556

Narrators

1. 1
   ʿAlī b. Abū Ṭālib

   One of the ten (promised Paradise)d. 40 AH
   عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍأحد العشرة
   رأيت
2. 2
   Ḥanash

   truthful (ṣadūq), has errors and transmits mursal reportsd. between 81 and 90 AH
   حَنَشٍصدوق له أوهام ويرسل
   عن
3. 3
   al-Ḥakam b. ʿUtaybah al-Kindī

   trustworthy (thiqah), firmly reliable (thabt), a jurist (faqīh), except that he sometimes practised concealment (tadlīs)d. 113 AH, or 114 AH, or 115; also said 110 AH
   الْحَكَمِثقة ثبت فقيه ، إلا أنه ربما دلس
   عن
4. 4
   Abū al-Ḥasnāʾ

   unknown (majhūl)
   أَبِي الْحَسْنَاءِمجهول
   عن
5. 5
   Sharīk b. ʿAbdullāh al-Nakhaʿī

   Truthful (ṣadūq) who made many mistakes (yukhṭiʾ kathīran); his memory changed after he was appointed judge of Kufa; he was just, virtuous, devout, and severe against the people of innovation (ahl al-bidaʿ)d. 177 AH, or 178 AH
   شَرِيكٌصدوق يخطئ كثيرا , تغير حفظه منذ ولي القضاء بالكوفة ، وكان عادلا فاضلا عابدا شديدا على أهل البدع
   نا
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.

Also in

Mishkat al-Masabih 1462