Sunan Abi Dawud 5135
A man should begin with his own name when writing a letter
Show the chain
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحِيمِ حَدَّثَنَا الْمُعَلَّى بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ أَخْبَرَنَا هُشَيْمٌ عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ عَنِ ابْنِ سِيرِينَ عَنِ ابْنِ الْعَلاَءِ عَنِ الْعَلاَءِ يَعْنِي ابْنَ الْحَضْرَمِيِّ
أَنَّهُ كَتَبَ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَبَدَأَ بِاسْمِهِ
Translation
Chain of narrators
- Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Raḥīm
- al-Muʿallá b. Manṣūr
- Hushaym
- Manṣūr
- Ibn Sīrīn
- Ibn al-ʿAlāʾ
- al-ʿAlāʾ / Ibn al-Ḥaḍramī
Al-Ala b. al-Hadrami wrote to the prophet (May peace be upon him), and he began with his name.
Grades by grader
| al-Albani | Weak | fawazahmed0, hadithunlocked, sunnah.com |
|---|---|---|
| Muhammad Muhyi al-Din Abd al-Hamid | Daif | fawazahmed0 |
| Shuayb al-Arnaut | Weak Chainin تخريج سنن أبي داود, p. 5135 | hadithunlocked |
| Zubair Ali Zai | Daif | fawazahmed0 |
| الملا علي القاري | Good Chainin سنن أبي داود, p. 5119 | hadithunlocked |
What scholars said about it
In their own words, as Hadith Unlocked records them. They are shown, not summarised into a grade.
- ʿAbd al-ʿAẓīm al-Mudhirī
فيهما مجهول
in سنن أبي داود, p. 5119 - المناوي
فيه مجهول وضعيف
in سنن أبي داود, p. 5119
Other narrations of this report
Musnad Ahmad 18986Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 26401al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Bayhaqi) 20484al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Bayhaqi) 20485al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Bayhaqi) 20486al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7717
Narrators
- Eminent Companion (ṣaḥābī jalīl)d. 14 AH, or: 21 AHالعَلَاء بن الحَضْرَمِيّ الأُمَوِيّصحابي جليلعن
- acceptable (maqbūl)ابْنِ الْعَلَاءِمقبولعن
- Trustworthy (thiqah), reliable (thabt), devout (ʿābid), of great standing; he did not permit narration by meaning.d. 110 AHابْنِ سِيرِينَثقة ثبت عابد كبير القدر ، كان لا يرى الرواية بالمعنىعن
- trustworthy (thiqah), firmly reliable (thabt), devout (ʿābid)d. 127 AH, or 128 AH, or 129 AH, or 130 AH, or 131 AHمَنْصُورٍثقة ثبت عابدعن
- Trustworthy (thiqah), firmly reliable (thabt), who often practiced tadlīs and hidden irsāl.d. 181 AH, or 183 AHهُشَيْمٌثقة ثبت كثير التدليس والإرسال الخفيأنا
- Trustworthy (thiqah), a Sunnī, a juristd. 210 AH, or: 211 AH, also reported: 212 AH, and this is questionableالْمُعَلَّى بْنُ مَنْصُورٍثقة سني فقيهنا
- trustworthy, a memorizer (thiqah ḥāfiẓ)d. 255 AHمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحِيمِثقة 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
Who each narrator was and how reliable, from hdith.com
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Commentaries
ʿAwn al-Maʿbūd (Ashraf)
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