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Sunan Abu Dawud 4307

Chapter: On The Mention Of Al-Basrah

Differing grades 3 scholars’ grades Sunan Abu Dawud 4307

Narrator:Anas ibn Mālik

حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ الصَّبَّاحِ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ عَبْدِ الصَّمَدِ، حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى الْحَنَّاطُ، - لاَ أَعْلَمُهُ إِلاَّ ذَكَرَهُ - عَنْ مُوسَى بْنِ أَنَسٍ، عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ لَهُ ‏"‏ يَا أَنَسُ

إِنَّ النَّاسَ يُمَصِّرُونَ أَمْصَارًا وَإِنَّ مِصْرًا مِنْهَا يُقَالُ لَهُ الْبَصْرَةُ أَوِ الْبُصَيْرَةُ فَإِنْ أَنْتَ مَرَرْتَ بِهَا أَوْ دَخَلْتَهَا فَإِيَّاكَ وَسِبَاخَهَا وَكِلاَءَهَا وَسُوقَهَا وَبَابَ أُمَرَائِهَا وَعَلَيْكَ بِضَوَاحِيهَا فَإِنَّهُ يَكُونُ بِهَا خَسْفٌ وَقَذْفٌ وَرَجْفٌ وَقَوْمٌ يَبِيتُونَ يُصْبِحُونَ قِرَدَةً وَخَنَازِيرَ ‏"

Narrated Anas ibn Malik:

The Prophet (ﷺ) said: The people will establish cities, Anas, and one of them will be called al-Basrah or al-Busayrah. If you should pass by it or enter it, avoid its salt-marshes, its Kall, its market, and the gate of its commanders, and keep to its environs, for the earth will swallow some people up, pelting rain will fall and earthquakes will take place in it, and there will be people who will spend the night in it and become apes and swine in the morning.

Reported by Abu Dawud (No. 4307).

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Classical commentary

Al-Azimabadi — Awn al-Ma'bud

( الْحَنَّاط ) : بِالْمُهْمَلَةِ وَهُوَ مُوسَى بْن أَبِي عِيسَى ( يُمَصِّرُونَ أَمْصَارًا ) : أَيْ يَتَّخِذُونَ بِلَادًا وَالتَّمْصِير اِتِّخَاذ الْمِصْر ( وَإِنَّ مِصْرًا مِنْهَا ) : أَيْ مِنْ الْأَمْصَار ( فَإِنْ أَنْتَ مَرَرْت بِهَا أَوْ دَخَلْتهَا ) : أَوْ لِلتَّنْوِيعِ لَا لِلشَّكِّ ( فَإِيَّاكَ وَسِبَاخهَا ) : أَيْ فَاحْذَرْ سِبَاخهَا وَهُوَ بِكَسْرِ السِّين جَمْع سَبِخَة بِفَتْحٍ فَكَسْر أَيْ أَرْض ذَات مِلْح. وَقَالَ الطِّيبِيُّ : هِيَ الْأَرْض الَّتِي تَعْلُوهَا الْمُلُوحَة وَلَا تَكَاد تُنْبِت إِلَّا بَعْض الشَّجَر ( وَكِلَاءَهَا ) : كَكِتَابِ مَوْضِع بِالْبَصْرَةِ قَالَهُ فِي فَتْح الْوَدُود. و قَالَ الْقَارِي : بِفَتْحِ الْكَاف وَتَشْدِيد اللَّام مَمْدُودًا مَوْضِع بِالْبَصْرَةِ…

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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. 4307
Zubair Ali Zaid. 1435 AH WeakDaif The hadith No. 4307
Muhammad Muhyi al-Din Abd al-Hamidd. 1392 AH AuthenticSahih The hadith No. 4307

Other versions

Not graded Mishkat al-Masabih 5433

Anas reported God's messenger as saying, "The people will establish cities, Anas, and one of them will be called al-Basra. If you should pass by it or enter it, avoid its salt-marshes, its river front, its palm trees, its market, and the gate of its commanders, and keep to its environs, for the…

" يَا أَنَسُ إِنَّ النَّاسَ يمصِّرون أمصاراً فَإِن مِصْرًا مِنْهَا يُقَالُ لَهُ: الْبَصْرَةُ فَإِنْ أَنْتَ مَرَرْتَ بِهَا أَوْ دَخَلْتَهَا فَإِيَّاكَ وَسِبَاخَهَا وَكَلَأَهَا ونخيلها وَسُوقَهَا وَبَابَ أُمَرَائِهَا…

Narrated by Anas ibn Mālik

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