Sunan Abi Dawud 4888
Regarding spying
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حَدَّثَنَا عِيسَى بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الرَّمْلِيُّ وَابْنُ عَوْفٍ وَهَذَا لَفْظُهُ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا الْفِرْيَابِيُّ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ عَنْ ثَوْرٍ عَنْ رَاشِدِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ عَنْ مُعَاوِيَةَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ
إِنَّكَ إِنِ اتَّبَعْتَ عَوْرَاتِ النَّاسِ أَفْسَدْتَهُمْ أَوْ كِدْتَ أَنْ تُفْسِدَهُمْ
Translation
Chain of narrators
- ʿĪsá b. Muḥammad al-Ramlī Wāb. ʿAwf And Hadhā Lafẓuh
- al-Firyābī
- Sufyān
- Thawr
- Rāshid b. Saʿd
- Muʿāwiyah
- Rasūl Allāh ﷺ
I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: If you search for the faults of the people, you will corrupt them, or will nearly corrupt them. AbudDarda' said: These are the words which Mu'awiyah himself from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and Allah benefited him by them.
Grades by grader
| al-Albani | Sound | fawazahmed0, hadithunlocked, sunnah.com |
|---|---|---|
| Muhammad Muhyi al-Din Abd al-Hamid | Sahih | fawazahmed0 |
| Zubair Ali Zai | Sahih | fawazahmed0 |