Sunan Abi Dawud

Sunan Abi Dawud 4609

Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ أَيُّوبَ، حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ، - يَعْنِي ابْنَ جَعْفَرٍ - قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي الْعَلاَءُ، - يَعْنِي ابْنَ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ - عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ ‏"‏ مَنْ دَعَا إِلَى هُدًى كَانَ لَهُ مِنَ الأَجْرِ مِثْلُ أُجُورِ مَنْ تَبِعَهُ لاَ يَنْقُصُ ذَلِكَ مِنْ أُجُورِهِمْ شَيْئًا وَمَنْ دَعَا إِلَى ضَلاَلَةٍ كَانَ عَلَيْهِ مِنَ الإِثْمِ مِثْلُ آثَامِ مَنْ تَبِعَهُ لاَ يَنْقُصُ ذَلِكَ مِنْ آثَامِهِمْ شَيْئًا ‏"‏ ‏.‏

Translation

Yahya ibn Ayyub narrated to us; Isma'il—meaning Ibn Ja'far—said: al-Ala—meaning Ibn Abd al-Rahman—informed me, from his father, from Abu Hurayrah, that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: ‘Whoever calls to guidance will have a reward like the rewards of those who follow him, without their rewards being diminished in the least. And whoever calls to error will bear a sin like the sins of those who follow him, without their sins being diminished in the least.’