Sunan Abi Dawud

Sunan Abi Dawud 4680

Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ الأَنْبَارِيُّ، وَعُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، - الْمَعْنَى - قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ، عَنْ سُفْيَانَ، عَنْ سِمَاكٍ، عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، قَالَ لَمَّا تَوَجَّهَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم إِلَى الْكَعْبَةِ قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ فَكَيْفَ الَّذِينَ مَاتُوا وَهُمْ يُصَلُّونَ إِلَى بَيْتِ الْمَقْدِسِ فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى ‏‏{‏ وَمَا كَانَ اللَّهُ لِيُضِيعَ إِيمَانَكُمْ ‏}‏ ‏.‏

Translation

Muhammad ibn Sulayman al-Anbari and Uthman ibn Abi Shaybah narrated to us—they gave the same meaning—and said: Waki‘ narrated to us, from Sufyan, from Simak, from Ikrimah, from Ibn Abbas, who said: When the Prophet turned toward the Ka‘bah, they said, ‘Messenger of Allah, what about those who died while praying toward Jerusalem?’ Then Allah, Exalted is He, revealed: ‘Allah would never let your faith go to waste.’