Sunan Abi Dawud
Sunan Abi Dawud 2845
Arabic hadith text
حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ، حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ، حَدَّثَنَا يُونُسُ، عَنِ الْحَسَنِ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مُغَفَّلٍ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " لَوْلاَ أَنَّ الْكِلاَبَ أُمَّةٌ مِنَ الأُمَمِ لأَمَرْتُ بِقَتْلِهَا فَاقْتُلُوا مِنْهَا الأَسْوَدَ الْبَهِيمَ " .
Translation
Musaddad narrated to us: Yazid narrated to us: Yunus narrated to us, from al-Hasan, from 'Abd Allah ibn Mughaffal, who said that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: ‘Were dogs not a community among the communities, I would have ordered them all to be killed. So kill the pitch-black ones among them.’