Sunan Abi Dawud 685 · Project Hadith

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حدثنا محمد بن كثير العبدي، حدثنا إسرائيل، عن سماك، عن موسى بن طلحة، عن أبيه طلحة بن عبيد الله، قال: قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم: «إذا جعلت بين يديك مثل مؤخرة الرحل فلا يضرك من مر بين يديك»

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Sunan Abi Dawud, vol. 1, p. 183, no. 685. Not yet checked against the printed edition.

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Chain of narratorsBy year of death

أبو داودCompiler · Identified · d. 275 AH
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Named by the text itself.
Who
سليمان بن الأشعث بن إسحاق بن بشير بن شداد بن عمرو بن عمران ، وقيل : سليمان بن الأشعث بن بشر بن شداد ، وقيل : سليمان بن الأشعث بن شداد بن عمرو بن عامر
d. 275 AH, per Itqan narrator index (internal disambiguation only)
Why this match
- The compiler of the work.
حدثنا · ḥaddathanā, “he narrated to us”
محمد بن كثير العبديProposed match · d. 223 AH
Proposed match
The importer's suggestion, not yet confirmed by a scholar.
Proposed identity
محمد بن كثير
d. 223 AH, per Itqan narrator index (internal disambiguation only)
Why this match
- Only Itqan profile 669 carries the name form 'محمد بن كثير العبدي'.
What the critics say
- ثقة لم يصب من ضعفهIbn Ḥajar al-ʿAsqalānī, Taqrib al-Tahdhib, p. 504, entry 6252 · not yet checked against the printed edition
These are said of the proposed identity, which a scholar has not yet confirmed.
حدثنا · ḥaddathanā, “he narrated to us”
إسرائيلProposed match · d. 160–164 AH
Proposed match
The importer's suggestion, not yet confirmed by a scholar.
Proposed identity
إسرائيل بن يونس بن أبي إسحاق
d. 160–164 AH, per Itqan narrator index (internal disambiguation only)
Why this match
- 2 Itqan profiles carry the name form 'اسراييل'. This one's recorded teachers and students include the narrator before and the narrator after in this chain. The identity rests on that link, so the link is not independent evidence of continuity.
Other candidates considered
- إسرائيل بن موسى d. 141–150 AH
What the critics say
- ثقة تكلم فيه بلا حجةIbn Ḥajar al-ʿAsqalānī, Taqrib al-Tahdhib, p. 104, entry 401 · not yet checked against the printed edition
- حديث أبي إسحاق كما أحفظ السورةأحفظ, al-Kashif, p. 241, entry 336 · not yet checked against the printed edition
- ثقة وتعجب من حفظهأحمد, al-Kashif, p. 241, entry 336 · not yet checked against the printed edition
- هو من أتقن أصحاب أبي إسحاق وضعفه بن المدينيأبو حاتم, al-Kashif, p. 241, entry 336 · not yet checked against the printed edition
These are said of the proposed identity, which a scholar has not yet confirmed.
عن · ʿan, “from”
سماكProposed match · d. 123 AH
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Proposed identity
سماك بن حرب بن أوس بن خالد بن نزار بن معاوية بن حارثة بن ربيعة بن عامر بن ذهل بن ثعلبة
d. 123 AH, per Itqan narrator index (internal disambiguation only)
Why this match
- 4 Itqan profiles carry the name form 'سماك'. This one's recorded teachers and students include the narrator before and the narrator after in this chain. The identity rests on that link, so the link is not independent evidence of continuity.
Other candidates considered
- سماك بن عطية d. 130 AH
- سماك بن الوليد ، وقيل : سماك بن يزيد d. 111–120 AH
- سماك بن الفضل d. 121–130 AH
What the critics say
- صدوق وروايته عن عكرمة خاصة مضطربة وقد تغير بأخرة فكان ربما تلقنIbn Ḥajar al-ʿAsqalānī, Taqrib al-Tahdhib, p. 255, entry 2624 · not yet checked against the printed edition
- ثمانين صحابياأدركت, al-Kashif, p. 465, entry 2141 · not yet checked against the printed edition
- هو ثقة ساء حفظهal-Dhahabī, al-Kashif, p. 465, entry 2141 · not yet checked against the printed edition
- قال صالح جزرة يضعفal-Dhahabī, al-Kashif, p. 465, entry 2141 · not yet checked against the printed edition
- ضعيف الحديث وكان شعبة يضعفه وقواه جماعةبن المبارك, al-Kashif, p. 465, entry 2141 · not yet checked against the printed edition
These are said of the proposed identity, which a scholar has not yet confirmed.
عن · ʿan, “from”
موسى بن طلحةProposed match · d. 103–106 AH
Proposed match
The importer's suggestion, not yet confirmed by a scholar.
Proposed identity
موسى بن طلحة بن عبيد الله
d. 103–106 AH, per Itqan narrator index (internal disambiguation only)
Why this match
- Only Itqan profile 871 carries the name form 'موسي بن طلحه'.
What the critics say
- ثقة جليلReliable · Ibn Ḥajar al-ʿAsqalānī, Taqrib al-Tahdhib, p. 551, entry 6978 · not yet checked against the printed edition
- ثقة وقور عابد كان يسمى المهدي في زمانهReliable · al-Dhahabī, al-Kashif, p. 305, entry 5705 · not yet checked against the printed edition
These are said of the proposed identity, which a scholar has not yet confirmed.
عن · ʿan, “from”
أبيه طلحة بن عبيد اللهNot identified
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no term
رسول اللهThe Prophet MuhammadThe Prophet ﷺ · Identified
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Who
رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم · The Prophet Muhammad
No death date recorded

Names are as the text writes them; Latin-script names are not in the data yet (OPEN-33). Open a name to see who it may be and what the critics say.

System check · computed, not a ruling

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سماك: a critic notes taghayyur.
أبيه طلحة بن عبيد الله: not identified, so the links around this name are not checked.
أبو داود from محمد بن كثير العبدي: no biographical source loaded lists this teacher and student.

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