Sunan Abi Dawud 5055
What to say when going to sleep
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حَدَّثَنَا النُّفَيْلِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا زُهَيْرٌ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ فَرْوَةَ بْنِ نَوْفَلٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ
أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ لِنَوْفَلٍ اقْرَأْ { قُلْ يَا أَيُّهَا الْكَافِرُونَ } ثُمَّ نَمْ عَلَى خَاتِمَتِهَا فَإِنَّهَا بَرَاءَةٌ مِنَ الشِّرْكِ
Translation
Chain of narrators
- al-Nufaylī
- Zuhayr
- Abū Isḥāq
- Farwah b. Nawfal
- his father
Recite (the Surah) 'Say, O you disbelievers!' and then go to sleep at its end, for it is a declaration of freedom from polytheism.
Grades by grader
| al-Albani | Soundin صحيح أبي داود, p. 5055 | fawazahmed0, hadithunlocked, sunnah.com |
|---|---|---|
| Muhammad Muhyi al-Din Abd al-Hamid | Sahih | fawazahmed0 |
| Shuayb al-Arnaut | Hasan | fawazahmed0 |
| Zubair Ali Zai | Hasan | fawazahmed0 |
What scholars said about it
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- Ibn Ḥajar al-ʿAsqalānī
في إسناده اضطراب
machine translationThere is inconsistency (iḍṭirāb) in its chain of narration.
in سنن أبي داود, p. 5039 - ʿAbd al-ʿAẓīm al-Mudhirī
مرسل
machine translationMursal (a report in which a Successor omits the Companion and attributes it directly to the Prophet ﷺ)
in سنن أبي داود, p. 5039 - al-Tirmidhi
قد اضطرب أصحاب أبي إسحاق في هذا الحديث
in سنن أبي داود, p. 5039 - Ibn ʿAbd al-Barr
مضطرب الإسناد لا يثبت
in سنن أبي داود, p. 5039
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- Dāraquṭnī
ورواه إسرائيل وأشعث بن سوار وأبو مريم ومحمد بن أبان عن أبي إسحاق عن فروة بن نوفل الأشجعي وهو الصحيح
in سنن أبي داود, p. 5039 - Shuayb al-Arnaut
حسن على اضطراب في إسناده
in تخريج سنن أبي داود, p. 5055
Same hadith, other wordings
- Keutamaan Al-Qur'an 69عَنْ فَرْوَةَ بْنِ نَوْفَلٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ لِنَوْفَلٍ " اقْرَأْ ( قُلْ يَا أَيُّهَا الْكَافِرُونَ ) ثُمَّ نَمْ عَلَى خَاتِمَتِهَا فَإِنَّهَا بَرَاءَةٌ مِنَ الشِّرْكِ ".
Other narrations of this report
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 13028Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 27059Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 29918al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4525
Narrators
- Companion (ṣaḥābī)نَوْفَلٌ الْأَشْجَعِيُّصحابيعن
- his Companionship is disputed, the correct view is that the Companionship belongs to his fatherd. 45 AHفَرْوَةَ بْنِ نَوْفَلٍمختلف في صحبته ، والصواب أن الصحبة لأبيهعن
- Trustworthy (thiqah), a prolific narrator (mukthir), devout (ʿābid); his memory became confused (ikhtalaṭa) at the end of his lifed. Ibn ʿUyaynah said 126 AH, Yaḥyā b. Saʿīd said 127 AH, Abū Nuʿaym said 128 AH, ʿAmr b. ʿAlī said 129 AH, Ibn Maʿīn said 132 AHأَبُو إِسْحَاقَثقة مكثر عابد , اختلط بآخرهنا
- trustworthy, precise (thiqah thabt)d. 172 AH, or: 173 AH, or: 174 AH, 177 AHزُهَيْرٌثقة ثبتنا
- trustworthy, a memorizer (thiqah ḥāfiẓ)d. 234 AHالنُّفَيْلِيُّثقة حافظحدثنا
- 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
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Commentaries
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