Sunan Abi Dawud

Sunan Abi Dawud 4172

Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ، وَهَارُونُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، - الْمَعْنَى - أَنَّ أَبَا عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الْمُقْرِئَ، حَدَّثَهُمْ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ أَبِي أَيُّوبَ، عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ، عَنِ الأَعْرَجِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏"‏ مَنْ عُرِضَ عَلَيْهِ طِيبٌ فَلاَ يَرُدَّهُ فَإِنَّهُ طَيِّبُ الرِّيحِ خَفِيفُ الْمَحْمَلِ ‏"‏ ‏.‏

Translation

Al-Hasan ibn Ali and Harun ibn Abd Allah narrated to us—meaning, they had the same wording—that Abu Abd al-Rahman al-Muqri related to them, from Said ibn Abi Ayyub, from Ubayd Allah ibn Abi Jafar, from al-Araj, from Abu Hurayrah, who said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “If someone offers you perfume, do not refuse it, for it has a pleasant fragrance and is light to carry.”