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Sunan Abu DawudJihad (Kitab Al-Jihad)

Sunan Abu Dawud 2704

Chapter: Regarding The Prohibition Of Plundering When Food Is Scarce In The Land Of The Enemy

Authentic 4 scholars’ grades Sunan Abu Dawud 2704

Narrator:Abdullāh ibn Abi Awfa

حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْعَلاَءِ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو إِسْحَاقَ الشَّيْبَانِيُّ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَبِي مُجَالِدٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي أَوْفَى، قَالَ قُلْتُ هَلْ كُنْتُمْ تُخَمِّسُونَ - يَعْنِي الطَّعَامَ - فِي عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَقَالَ

أَصَبْنَا طَعَامًا يَوْمَ خَيْبَرَ فَكَانَ الرَّجُلُ يَجِيءُ فَيَأْخُذُ مِنْهُ مِقْدَارَ مَا يَكْفِيهِ ثُمَّ يَنْصَرِفُ

Narrated Abdullah ibn AbuAwfa:

Muhammad ibn AbulMujahid reported Abdullah ibn AbuAwfa as saying: I asked: Did you set aside the fifth of the food in the time of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)? He replied: On the day of Khaybar we captured food and a man would come and take as much food of it as needed and then go away.

Reported by Abu Dawud (No. 2704).

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An explanation exists for another version of this hadith: Mishkat al-Masabih 4020

Classical commentary

Al-Azimabadi — Awn al-Ma'bud

( عَنْ مُحَمَّد بْن أَبِي مُجَالِد ) : بِضَمِّ الْمِيم وَكَسْر اللَّام ( قَالَ قُلْت ) : أَيْ لِبَعْضِ الصَّحَابَة ( هَلْ كُنْتُمْ تُخَمِّسُونَ ) : مِنْ التَّخْمِيس ( فَقَالَ ) : أَيْ بَعْض الصَّحَابَة. وَالْحَدِيث سَكَتَ عَنْهُ الْمُنْذِرِيُّ.…

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Scholars’ grades

ScholarGradeApplies toWork
Al-Albanid. 1420 AH AuthenticSahih صحيح The hadith No. 2704
Shu'ayb al-Arna'utd. 1438 AH AuthenticSahih The hadith No. 2704
Zubair Ali Zaid. 1435 AH Authentic chainIsnaad Sahih The chain only No. 2704
Muhammad Muhyi al-Din Abd al-Hamidd. 1392 AH AuthenticSahih The hadith No. 2704

Other versions

Not graded Bulugh al-Maram 1308

’Abdullah bin Abi Aufa (RAA) narrated, ‘On the Day of Khaibar, we got some food (as spoils). The man would come and take as much as he needed and then go away.’ Related by Abu Dawud.Ibn al-Garud and Al-Hakim graded it as Sahih.

وَعَنْ عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي أَوْفَى رَضِيَ اَللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا قَالَ: { أَصَبْنَا طَعَاماً يَوْمَ خَيْبَرَ, فَكَانَ اَلرَّجُلُ يَجِيءُ, فَيَأْخُذُ مِنْهُ مِقْدَارَ مَا يَكْفِيهِ, ثُمَّ يَنْصَرِفُ } أَخْرَجَهُ أَبُو…

Narrated by Abdullāh ibn Abi Awfa

Authentic chain Mishkat al-Masabih 4020

We got some food on the Day of Khaybar. A man would come and take the amount he needed from it then go away

It was reported about ‘Abdullāh ibn Abi Awfa that he was asked (by Muhammad ibn Abi Mujāhid): "Were you people setting aside one-fifth of the spoils of war – meaning the food – during the time of the Messenger of Allah (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him)?" He replied: "We got some food on…

وَعَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَبِي الْمُجَالِدِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي أَوْفَى قَالَ: قُلْتُ: هَلْ كُنْتُمْ تُخَمِّسُونَ الطَّعَامَ فِي عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ؟ قَالَ: أَصَبْنَا…

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  • سنن سعيد بن منصور (2581)أَصَبْنَا طَعَامًا يَوْمَ خَيْبَرَ ، وَكَانَ الرَّجُلُ يَجِيءُ فَيَأْخُذُ مِنْهُ مِقْدَارَ مَا يَكْفِيهِ ، ثُمَّ يَنْصَرِفُ

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