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Sunan Abu Dawud 3971

Differing grades 3 scholars’ grades Sunan Abu Dawud 3971

Narrator:Ibn ‘Abbās

حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَاحِدِ بْنُ زِيَادٍ، حَدَّثَنَا خُصَيْفٌ، حَدَّثَنَا مِقْسَمٌ، مَوْلَى ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ قَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ رضى الله عنهما نَزَلَتْ هَذِهِ الآيَةُ ‏‏{‏ وَمَا كَانَ لِنَبِيٍّ أَنْ يَغُلَّ ‏}‏

فِي قَطِيفَةٍ حَمْرَاءَ فُقِدَتْ يَوْمَ بَدْرٍ فَقَالَ بَعْضُ النَّاسِ لَعَلَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم أَخَذَهَا فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ ‏‏{‏ وَمَا كَانَ لِنَبِيٍّ أَنْ يَغُلَّ ‏}‏ إِلَى آخِرِ الآيَةِ ‏.‏

Narrated Abdullah ibn Abbas:

The verse "And no Prophet could (ever) be false to his trust" was revealed about a red velvet. When it was found missing on the day of Badr, some people said; Perhaps the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) has taken it. So Allah, the Exalted, sent down "And no prophet could (ever) be false to his trust" to the end of the verse.

Abu Dawud said: In the word yaghulla the letter ya has a short vowel a.

Reported by Abu Dawud (No. 3971) and At-Tirmidhi (No. 3009).

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Classical commentary

Al-Azimabadi — Awn al-Ma'bud

( نَزَلَتْ هَذِهِ الْآيَة ) : الَّتِي فِي آلِ عِمْرَان هَكَذَا رُوِيَ عَنْ عِكْرِمَة وَمِقْسَم عَنْ بْن عَبَّاس. وَقَالَ الْكَلْبِيّ وَمُقَاتِل نَزَلَتْ فِي غَنَائِم أُحُد حِين تَرَكَ الرُّمَاة الْمَرْكَز لِلْغَنِيمَةِ وَقَالُوا نَخْشَى أَنْ يَقُول رَسُول اللَّه صَلَّى اللَّه عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مَنْ أَخَذَ شَيْئًا فَهُوَ لَهُ وَأَنْ لَا يَقْسِم الْغَنَائِم كَمَا لَمْ يَقْسِمهَا يَوْم بَدْر , فَتَرَكُوا الْمَرْكَز وَوَقَعُوا فِي الْغَنَائِم , فَقَالَ لَهُمْ النَّبِيّ صَلَّى اللَّه عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَلَمْ أَعْهَد إِلَيْكُمْ أَنْ لَا تَتْرُكُوا الْمَرْكَز حَتَّى يَأْتِيكُمْ أَمْرِي ؟ قَالُوا تَرَكْنَا بَقِيَّة إِخْوَاننَا وُقُوفًا فَقَالَ صَلَّى اللَّه عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بَلْ ظَنَنْتُمْ أَنَّ…

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Scholars’ grades

The 3 scholars cited do not give the same grade: each one is shown below.

ScholarGradeApplies toWork
Al-Albanid. 1420 AH AuthenticSahih صحيح The hadith No. 3971
Zubair Ali Zaid. 1435 AH WeakDaif The hadith No. 3971
Muhammad Muhyi al-Din Abd al-Hamidd. 1392 AH AuthenticSahih The hadith No. 3971

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Differing grades Jami' at-Tirmidhi 3009

from Miqsam that Ibn 'Abbas said: "This Ayah: It is not for a Prophet to illegally take a part of the booty... (3:161) was revealed about a red robe that was missing from the Day of Badr. Some of the people said: 'Perhaps the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) took it.' So Allah, Blessed and Most High…

نَزَلَتْ هَذِهِ الآيَةُ ‏:‏ ‏‏(‏ وَمَا كَانَ لِنَبِيٍّ أَنْ يَغُلَّ ‏)‏ فِي قَطِيفَةٍ حَمْرَاءَ افْتُقِدَتْ يَوْمَ بَدْرٍ ‏.‏ فَقَالَ بَعْضُ النَّاسِ لَعَلَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم أَخَذَهَا فَأَنْزَلَ…

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