hadith book logo

Abu Dawood: Hadith 787

2. Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat)

سنن أبي داود

2/276 Chapter:

Those Who Recited It Out Loud

باب مَنْ جَهَرَ بِهَا

787
Abu Dawood
Da'if (Al-Albani)
حَدَّثَنَا زِيَادُ بْنُ أَيُّوبَ، حَدَّثَنَا مَرْوَانُ، - يَعْنِي ابْنَ مُعَاوِيَةَ - أَخْبَرَنَا عَوْفٌ الأَعْرَابِيُّ، عَنْ يَزِيدَ الْفَارِسِيِّ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ، بِمَعْنَاهُ قَالَ فِيهِ فَقُبِضَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَلَمْ يُبَيِّنْ لَنَا أَنَّهَا مِنْهَا ‏.‏ قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ قَالَ الشَّعْبِيُّ وَأَبُو مَالِكٍ وَقَتَادَةُ وَثَابِتُ بْنُ عُمَارَةَ إِنَّ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم لَمْ يَكْتُبْ ‏{‏ بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ ‏}‏ حَتَّى نَزَلَتْ سُورَةُ النَّمْلِ هَذَا مَعْنَاهُ ‏.‏
The above mentioned tradition has been reported by ibn abbas through a different chain of narrators to the same effect. This version adds:
The apostle of Allah (ﷺ) died, but he did not mention to us that surah al baraah is a part of al-anfal.

Abu Dawood said: Al-sha'bl, Abu Malik, Qatadah, and Thabit b. "Umarah said: The prophet( ﷺ) did not write" In the name of Allah, the compassionate, the merciful" until Surah al-naml was revealed. This is the meaning of what they said. Further, this is a mursal traditional(omitting the name of the companion)
Reference: Sunan Abi Dawud 787
In-book : Book 2, Hadith 397
English translation : Book 2, Hadith 786