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Sunan Abu Dawud 23

Chapter: Urinating While Standing

Authentic 4 scholars’ grades Sunan Abu Dawud 23

Narrator:Hudhayfah

حَدَّثَنَا حَفْصُ بْنُ عُمَرَ، وَمُسْلِمُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، ح وَحَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ، - وَهَذَا لَفْظُ حَفْصٍ - عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ، عَنْ أَبِي وَائِلٍ، عَنْ حُذَيْفَةَ، قَالَ أَتَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم سُبَاطَةَ قَوْمٍ

فَبَالَ قَائِمًا ثُمَّ دَعَا بِمَاءٍ فَمَسَحَ عَلَى خُفَّيْهِ ‏.‏

Narrated Hudhaifah :

The Apostle of Allaah ( sal Allaahu alayhi wa sallam ) came to a midden of some people and urinated while standing. He then asked for water and wiped his shoes.

Abu Dawud said: Musaddad, a narrator, reported: I went far away from him. He then called me and I reached just near his heals.

Reported by Abu Dawud (No. 23).

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Classical commentary

Al-Azimabadi — Awn al-Ma'bud

( حَفْص بْن عُمَر ) : بْن الْحَارِث أَبُو عُمَر الْحَوْضِيّ الْبَصْرِيّ عَنْ شُعْبَة وَهَمَّام وَطَائِفَة , وَعَنْهُ الْبُخَارِيّ وَأَبُو دَاوُدَ وَمُحَمَّد بْن عَبْد الرَّحِيم وَإِبْرَاهِيم بْن يَعْقُوب الْجُوزَجَانِيُّ , قَالَ أَحْمَدُ : ثِقَة ثَبْت مُتْقِن ( وَمُسْلِم بْن إِبْرَاهِيم ) : الْأَزْدِيّ الْبَصْرِيّ عَنْ مَالِك بْن مَغُول وَشُعْبَةُ وَخَلْقٌ , قَالَ التِّرْمِذِيّ : سَمِعْت مُسْلِم بْن إِبْرَاهِيم يَقُول كَتَبْت عَنْ ثَمَانِمِائَةِ شَيْخ , رَوَى عَنْهُ الْبُخَارِيّ وَأَبُو دَاوُدَ وَيَحْيَى بْن مَعِين وَمُحَمَّد بْن نُمَيْر وَخَلْق , قَالَ اِبْن مَعِين : ثِقَة مَأْمُون , وَقَالَ الْعِجْلِيُّ وَأَبُو حَاتِم ثِقَة , زَادَ أَبُو حَاتِم : صَدُوق ( شُعْبَة ) : بْن الْحَجَّاج بْن الْ…

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Scholars’ grades

ScholarGradeApplies toWork
Al-Albanid. 1420 AH AuthenticSahih صحيح The hadith No. 23
Shu'ayb al-Arna'utd. 1438 AH AuthenticSahih The hadith No. 23
Zubair Ali Zaid. 1435 AH AuthenticSahih Bukhari (224) Sahih Muslim (273) The hadith No. 23
Muhammad Muhyi al-Din Abd al-Hamidd. 1392 AH AuthenticSahih The hadith No. 23

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