Sunan Abi Dawud
Sunan Abi Dawud 2330
Arabic hadith text
حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الدِّمَشْقِيُّ، - فِي هَذَا الْحَدِيثِ - قَالَ قَالَ الْوَلِيدُ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عَمْرٍو - يَعْنِي الأَوْزَاعِيَّ - يَقُولُ سِرُّهُ أَوَّلُهُ .
Translation
Sulayman ibn Abd al-Rahman al-Dimashqi commented on this report: Al-Walid said, "I heard Abu Amr al-Awzai say that sirrahu means its beginning."