Sunan Abi Dawud · Knowledge (Kitab Al-Ilm)
باب فِي الْقَصَصِ
Chapter: Regarding telling stories.
4 hadith · references 3665–3668
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Abu Dawud · 3665لَا يَقُصُّ إِلَّا أَمِيرٌ ، أَوْ مَأْمُورٌ ، أَوْ مُخْتَالٌNarrated Awf ibn Malik al-Ashjai: I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: Only a ruler, or one put in charge, or one who is presumptuous, gives instructions.6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 3666جَلَسْتُ فِي عِصَابَةٍ مِنْ ضُعَفَاءِ الْمُهَاجِرِينَ ، وَإِنَّ بَعْضَهُمْ لَيَسْتَتِرُ بِبَعْضٍ مِنَ الْعُرْيِ ، وَقَارِئٌ يَقْرَأُ عَلَيْنَا إِذْ جَاءَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، فَقَامَ عَلَيْNarrated Abu Saeed al-Khudri: I was sitting in the company of the poor members of the emigrants. Some of them were sitting together because of lack of clothing while a reader was reciting to us. All of a sudden the Messe6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 3667لَأَنْ أَقْعُدَ مَعَ قَوْمٍ يَذْكُرُونَ اللَّهَ تَعَالَى مِنْ صَلَاةِ الْغَدَاةِ حَتَّى تَطْلُعَ الشَّمْسُ أَحَبُّ إِلَيَّ مِنْ أَنْ أَعْتِقَ أَرْبَعَةً مِنْ وَلَدِ إِسْمَاعِيل ، وَلَأَنْ أَقْعُدَ مَعَ قَوْمٍ يَذْكُرُونَNarrated Anas ibn Malik: The Prophet ﷺ said: That I sit in the company of the people who remember Allah the Exalted from morning prayer till the sun rises is clearer to me than that I emancipate four slaves from the chil5 narratorsAbu Dawud · 3668اقْرَأْ عَلَيَّ سُورَةَ النِّسَاءِ ، قَالَ : قُلْتُ : أَقْرَأُ عَلَيْكَ وَعَلَيْكَ أُنْزِلَ ؟ ، قَالَ : إِنِّي أُحِبُّ أَنْ أَسْمَعَهُ مِنْ غَيْرِي ، قَالَ : فَقَرَأْتُ عَلَيْهِ حَتَّى إِذَا انْتَهَيْتُ إِلَى قَوْلِهِ : Abd Allah (bin Masud) said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺsaid to me: recite Surat al-Nisa’. I asked: Shail I recite to you what was sent down to you ? He replied: I like to here it from someone else. So I recite (it) until I 6 narrators