Sunan Abi Dawud

Sunan Abi Dawud 3973

Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سُلَيْمٍ، عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ كَثِيرٍ، عَنْ عَاصِمِ بْنِ لَقِيطِ بْنِ صَبِرَةَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، لَقِيطِ بْنِ صَبِرَةَ قَالَ كُنْتُ وَافِدَ بَنِي الْمُنْتَفِقِ - أَوْ فِي وَفْدِ بَنِي الْمُنْتَفِقِ - إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَذَكَرَ الْحَدِيثَ فَقَالَ - يَعْنِي النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم - ‏" ‏ لاَ تَحْسِبَنَّ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ وَلَمْ يَقُلْ لاَ تَحْسَبَنَّ ‏.‏

Translation

Qutaybah ibn Saʿid narrated to us: Yahya ibn Sulaym narrated to us, from Ismaʿil ibn Kathir, from ʿAsim ibn Laqit ibn Sabirah, from his father, Laqit ibn Sabirah, who said: I was among the delegation of Banu al-Muntafiq—or with the delegation of Banu al-Muntafiq—to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. He related the hadith, and the Prophet said: ‘Do not suppose…’ The transmitter did not say, ‘Do not suppose…’