Sunan Abi Dawud

General Behavior (Kitab Al-Adab) — Hadith #4875

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Sunan Abi Dawud:General Behavior (Kitab Al-Adab):Hadith 4875
حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى، عَنْ سُفْيَانَ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي عَلِيُّ بْنُ الأَقْمَرِ، عَنْ أَبِي حُذَيْفَةَ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، قَالَتْ قُلْتُ لِلنَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم حَسْبُكَ مِنْ صَفِيَّةَ كَذَا وَكَذَا قَالَ غَيْرُ مُسَدَّدٍ تَعْنِي قَصِيرَةً ‏.‏ فَقَالَ ‏"‏ لَقَدْ قُلْتِ كَلِمَةً لَوْ مُزِجَتْ بِمَاءِ الْبَحْرِ لَمَزَجَتْهُ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قَالَتْ وَحَكَيْتُ لَهُ إِنْسَانًا فَقَالَ ‏"‏ مَا أُحِبُّ أَنِّي حَكَيْتُ إِنْسَانًا وَأَنَّ لِي كَذَا وَكَذَا ‏"‏ ‏.‏

I said to the Prophet (ﷺ): It is enough for you in Safiyyah that she is such and such (the other version than Musaddad’s has:) meaning that she was short-statured. He replied; You have said a word which would change the sea if it were mixed in it. She said: I imitated a man before him (out of disgrace). He said: I do not like that I imitate anyone even if I should get such and such.

Chain of Narration (Isnad)
Ja'far bin Msafr bin Rashid جعفر بن مسافر بن راشد → Amr bin Abi Salmah عمرو بن أبي سلمة التنيسي → Zuhayr bin Mua'wiya bin Hudayj زهير بن معاوية بن حديج → al-Ala' bin 'Abdur Rahman bin Ya'qub العلاء بن عبد الرحمن →Unknown (11884) → Abu Hurairah

Chain Family Tree

5 narrators from originator to compiler

Hadith Grading

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Traditional grade: Sahih