Sunan Abi Dawud
Sunan Abi Dawud 3881
Arabic hadith text
حَدَّثَنَا الرَّبِيعُ بْنُ نَافِعٍ أَبُو تَوْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مُهَاجِرٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ أَسْمَاءَ بِنْتِ يَزِيدَ بْنِ السَّكَنِ، قَالَتْ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَقُولُ " لاَ تَقْتُلُوا أَوْلاَدَكُمْ سِرًّا فَإِنَّ الْغَيْلَ يُدْرِكُ الْفَارِسَ فَيُدَعْثِرُهُ عَنْ فَرَسِهِ " .
Translation
Al-Rabiʿ ibn Nafiʿ, Abu Tawbah, narrated to us: Muhammad ibn Muhajir narrated to us, from his father, from Asmaʾ daughter of Yazid ibn al-Sakan, who said: I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: “Do not kill your children secretly, for ghayl will catch up with the horseman and knock him from his horse.”