Sunan Abi Dawud

Sunan Abi Dawud 4761

Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ بَشَّارٍ، حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاذُ بْنُ هِشَامٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي، عَنْ قَتَادَةَ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الْحَسَنُ، عَنْ ضَبَّةَ بْنِ مِحْصَنٍ الْعَنَزِيِّ، عَنْ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم بِمَعْنَاهُ قَالَ ‏:‏ ‏"‏ فَمَنْ كَرِهَ فَقَدْ بَرِئَ، وَمَنْ أَنْكَرَ فَقَدْ سَلِمَ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قَالَ قَتَادَةُ ‏:‏ يَعْنِي مَنْ أَنْكَرَ بِقَلْبِهِ، وَمَنْ كَرِهَ بِقَلْبِهِ ‏.‏

Translation

Ibn Bashshar narrated to us: Mu‘adh ibn Hisham narrated to us, saying: My father narrated to me, from Qatadah, who said: al-Hasan narrated to us, from Dabrah ibn Mihsan al-‘Anazi, from Umm Salamah, from the Prophet (ﷺ), with a report of similar meaning. This version says: ‘Whoever detests it has acquitted himself, and whoever disapproves has remained safe.’ Qatadah said: ‘That is, whoever disapproves of it in his heart and detests it in his heart.’