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Sunan Abi Dawud 3602

The Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said: The testimony of a nomad Arab against a townsman is not allowable.

Abu Hurayrahnarrated it
Sahihgraded sahih by Al-Albani
9names in the chain
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حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ الْهَمْدَانِيُّ، أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ، أَخْبَرَنِي يَحْيَى بْنُ أَيُّوبَ، وَنَافِعُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ، عَنِ ابْنِ الْهَادِ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ عَطَاءٍ، عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ يَسَارٍ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ: «لَا تَجُوزُ شَهَادَةُ بَدَوِيٍّ عَلَى صَاحِبِ قَرْيَةٍ»

The Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said: The testimony of a nomad Arab against a townsman is not allowable.

আবূ হুরাইরাহ (রাঃ) সূত্রে বর্ণিত। তিনি রাসূলুল্লাহ সাল্লাল্লাহু আলাইহি ওয়াসাল্লাম-কে বলতে শুনেছেনঃ শহরে বসবাসকারী লোকের জন্য জঙ্গলে, গ্রামে বা মরুভূমিতে বসবাসকারী লোকের সাক্ষ্য গ্রহণযোগ্য নয়।[1] সহীহ।

ابوہریرہ رضی اللہ عنہ کہتے ہیں کہ انہوں نے رسول اللہ صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم کو فرماتے سنا: دیہاتی کی گواہی بستی اور شہر میں رہنے والے شخص کے خلاف جائز نہیں ۔

Telah menceritakan kepada kami [Ahmad bin Sa'id Al Hamdani] telah mengabarkan kepada kami [Ibnu Wahb] telah mengabarkan kepadaku [Yahya bin Ayyub] serta [Nafi' bin Yazid] dari [Ibnu Al Had] dari [Muhammad bin 'Amru bin 'Atha] dari ['Atha bin Yasar] dari [Abu Hurairah] bahwa ia mendengar Rasulullah shallallahu 'alaihi wasallam bersabda: "Persaksian orang pelosok tidak berlaku untuk penduduk kota

Ebû Hureyre (ra)'den rivayet olunduğuna göre; Rasûlullah (s.a.v.)'ın şöyle buyurduğunu duymuştur: "Bedevinin köylü aleyhindeki şahitliği geçerli değildir

Sunan Abi Dawud 3602, Book 25, The Office of the Judge (Kitab Al-Aqdiyah), Hadith 32. 1 min read

What it means

This Hadīth illustrates one of the impediments to the acceptance of testimony; a desert dweller may not testify concerning a city or town dweller. The reason is that the testimony is doubtful; for why should a person who lives away and does not usually know the situation in town testify to something that happens there? Also, the reason could be that the desert people are usually rough and ignorant, and they might not take the testimony seriously, for they do not know the standards of preserving people's rights.

This was the view of Imām Mālik and Imām Ahmad. However, the majority of scholars held that the testimony of desert people is accepted due to the general indications of evidence. They interpreted this Hadīth to be referring to the desert people whose trustworthiness and reliability is not verified.

From the Encyclopedia of Translated Prophetic Hadiths, hadeethenc.com.

The chain

Who passed it on, from Abu Dawud back to the one who was there.

  1. 1Abu DawudCompiler, died 275 AH
  2. 2Ahmad ibn SaidTold us, Fourth generation, died 253 AH
  3. 3Abdullah ibn WahbInformed us, Third generation, died 197 AH
  4. 4Yahya ibn AyyubInformed me, Third generation, died 163 AH
  5. 5Nafi ibn YazidWith, Third generation, died 168 AH
  6. 6Yazid ibn Abdullah ibn UsamahFrom, Successor, died 139 AH
  7. 7Muhammad ibn AmrFrom, Successor, died 120 AH
  8. 8Ata ibn YasarFrom, Successor, died 94 AH
  9. 9Abu HurayrahFrom, Companion, died 57 AH

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