Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 32, Hadith 15

Narrated Umm Salamah, Ummul Mu’minin: Shahr ibn Hawshab said: I asked Umm Salamah: How did the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) read this verse: “For his conduct is unrighteous (innahu ‘amalun ghayru salih”. She replied: He read it: “He acted unrighteously” (innahu ‘amila ghayra salih). Abu Dawud said: This tradition has been transmitted by Harun al-Nahwi and Musa b. Khalaf from Thabit as reported by the narrator ‘Abd al-Aziz.

حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو كَامِلٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ، – يَعْنِي ابْنَ الْمُخْتَارِ – حَدَّثَنَا ثَابِتٌ، عَنْ شَهْرِ بْنِ حَوْشَبٍ، قَالَ سَأَلْتُ أُمَّ سَلَمَةَ كَيْفَ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم صلى الله عليه وسلم يَقْرَأُ هَذِهِ الآيَةَ ‏{‏ إِنَّهُ عَمَلٌ غَيْرُ صَالِحٍ ‏}‏ فَقَالَتْ قَرَأَهَا ‏{‏ إِنَّهُ عَمِلَ غَيْرَ صَالِحٍ ‏}‏ قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ وَرَوَاهُ هَارُونُ النَّحْوِيُّ وَمُوسَى بْنُ خَلَفٍ عَنْ ثَابِتٍ كَمَا قَالَ عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ ‏.‏

Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 32, Hadith 15

 
This hadith is from the Sunan Abi Dawud collection of hadiths. Sunan Abi Dawud constitutes a seminal work within the Kutub al-Sittah (the Six Books), the canonical compendiums of hadith in Sunni Islam. Authored by Abu Dawud Sulayman ibn al-Ash’ath al-Sijistani (817–889 CE), the collection is systematically organized into kitabs (books) that primarily address matters of fiqh (Islamic jurisprudence). Containing precisely 4,800 hadiths, it is critically acclaimed not only for its content but for the compiler’s scholarly annotations, which frequently assess the authenticity (sihha) and reliability of the included isnads (chains of transmission). Its status is thus one of pronounced authority, though it is not exclusively limited to sahih (authentic) grade hadiths.

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For more Hadith in Book 32: Dialects and Readings of the Qur’an (Kitab Al-Huruf Wa Al-Qira’at)
 

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