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Sunan Abu Dawud 2722

Chapter: Whoever Finishes Off A Severly Wounded Person, He Is Granted Some Of His Spoils (Salab)

Weak 4 scholars’ grades Sunan Abu Dawud 2722

Narrator:Abdullah ibn Mas‘ūd

حَدَّثَنَا هَارُونُ بْنُ عَبَّادٍ الأَزْدِيُّ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ، عَنْ أَبِي عُبَيْدَةَ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ، قَالَ

نَفَّلَنِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَوْمَ بَدْرٍ سَيْفَ أَبِي جَهْلٍ كَانَ قَتَلَهُ

Narrated Abdullah ibn Mas'ud:

At the battle of Badr the Messenger of Allah gave me AbuJahl's sword, as I had killed him.

Reported by Abu Dawud (No. 2722).

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Classical commentary

Al-Azimabadi — Awn al-Ma'bud

( نَفَّلَنِي ) : بِتَشْدِيدِ الْفَاء أَيْ أَعْطَانِي نَفْلًا زَائِدًا عَلَى سَهْم الْغَنِيمَة ( كَانَ ) : اِبْن مَسْعُود ( قَتَلَهُ ) : أَيْ أَبَا جَهْل يَعْنِي حَزَّ رَأْسه وَبِهِ رَمَق وَإِلَّا فَقَدْ قَتَلَهُ مُعَاذ بْن عَمْرو بْن الْجَمُوح وَمُعَاذ بْن عَفْرَاء وَهَذَا مِنْ كَلَام الرَّاوِي وَيَحْتَمِل أَنْ يَكُون مِنْ كَلَامه عَلَى التَّجْرِيد أَوْ الِالْتِفَات وَفِي الْحَدِيث دَلِيل لِمَا تَرْجَمَ بِهِ أَبُو دَاوُدَ قَالَ الْمُنْذِرِيُّ : وَقَدْ تَقَدَّمَ أَنَّ أَبَا عُبَيْدَة لَمْ يَسْمَع مِنْ أَبِيهِ.…

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Scholars’ grades

ScholarGradeApplies toWork
Al-Albanid. 1420 AH WeakDaif ضعيف The hadith No. 2722
Shu'ayb al-Arna'utd. 1438 AH WeakDaif The hadith No. 2722
Zubair Ali Zaid. 1435 AH WeakDaif The hadith No. 2722
Muhammad Muhyi al-Din Abd al-Hamidd. 1392 AH WeakDaif The hadith No. 2722

Other versions

Not graded Mishkat al-Masabih 4004

‘Abdallah b. Mas'ud said that at the battle of Badr God’s Messenger gave him Abu Jahl’s sword, as he had killed him. Abu Dawud transmitted it.

وَعَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ قَالَ: نَفَّلَنِي رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَوْمَ بَدْرٍ سَيْفَ أَبِي جَهْلٍ وَكَانَ قَتَلَهُ. رَوَاهُ أَبُو دَاوُد

Narrated by Abdullah ibn Mas‘ūd

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