Sunan Abi Dawud
Sunan Abi Dawud 4711
Arabic hadith text
حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي بِشْرٍ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم سُئِلَ عَنْ أَوْلاَدِ الْمُشْرِكِينَ فَقَالَ " اللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا كَانُوا عَامِلِينَ " .
Translation
Musaddad narrated to us: Abu ‘Awanah narrated to us, from Abu Bishr, from Sa‘id ibn Jubayr, from Ibn ‘Abbas, that the Prophet (ﷺ) was asked about the children of the polytheists. He replied, ‘Allah knows best what they would have done.’