Sunan Abi Dawud

Dialects and Readings of the Qur'an (Kitab Al-Huruf Wa Al-Qira'at) — Hadith #4000

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Sunan Abi Dawud:Dialects and Readings of the Qur'an (Kitab Al-Huruf Wa Al-Qira'at):Hadith 4000
حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ حَنْبَلٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ، أَخْبَرَنَا مَعْمَرٌ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، قَالَ مَعْمَرٌ وَرُبَّمَا ذَكَرَ ابْنَ الْمُسَيَّبِ قَالَ كَانَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَأَبُو بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرُ وَعُثْمَانُ يَقْرَءُونَ ‏{‏ مَالِكِ يَوْمِ الدِّينِ ‏}‏ وَأَوَّلُ مَنْ قَرَأَهَا ‏{‏ مَلِكِ يَوْمِ الدِّينِ ‏}‏ مَرْوَانُ ‏.‏ قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ هَذَا أَصَحُّ مِنْ حَدِيثِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ أَنَسٍ وَالزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ سَالِمٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ ‏.‏

The Prophet (ﷺ), AbuBakr, Umar and Uthman used to read “maliki yawmid-din (master of the Day of Judgment)”. The first to read maliki yawmid-din was Marwan.

Abu Dawud said: This is sounder that the tradition which transmitted by al-Zuhri from Anas, and al-Zuhri from Salim, from his father (Ibn ‘Umar).

Chain of Narration (Isnad)
Sa'id bin Yahya bin Sa'id bin Aban سعيد بن يحيى بن سعيد بن أبان → Yahya bin Sa'id bin Aban bin Sa'id يحيى بن سعيد بن أبان بن سعيد → Ibn Jurayj ابن جريج → Abdullah bin 'Ubaidullah b. Abi Mulayka عبد الله بن عبيد الله بن أبي مليكة → Umm Salamah

Chain Family Tree

5 narrators from originator to compiler

Hadith Grading

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Traditional grade: Daif