Sunan Abi Dawud

Sunan Abi Dawud 4715

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Sunan Abi Dawud 4715
Arabic hadith text

قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ قُرِئَ عَلَى الْحَارِثِ بْنِ مِسْكِينٍ وَأَنَا أَسْمَعُ، أَخْبَرَكَ يُوسُفُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو، أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ مَالِكًا، قِيلَ لَهُ إِنَّ أَهْلَ الأَهْوَاءِ يَحْتَجُّونَ عَلَيْنَا بِهَذَا الْحَدِيثِ ‏.‏ قَالَ مَالِكٌ احْتَجَّ عَلَيْهِمْ بِآخِرِهِ ‏.‏ قَالُوا أَرَأَيْتَ مَنْ يَمُوتُ وَهُوَ صَغِيرٌ قَالَ ‏"‏ اللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا كَانُوا عَامِلِينَ ‏"‏ ‏.‏

Translation

Abu Dawud said: This was read to al-Harith ibn Miskin while I was listening: Yusuf ibn ‘Amr informed you; Ibn Wahb informed us. He said: I heard Malik being told, ‘The people of heterodox views use this hadith as an argument against us.’ Malik said, ‘Use its ending as an argument against them.’ They asked, ‘What about one who dies in childhood?’ He replied, ‘Allah knows best what they would have done.’