Sunan Abi Dawud

Sunan Abi Dawud 456

Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ دَاوُدَ بْنِ سُفْيَانَ، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى، - يَعْنِي ابْنَ حَسَّانَ - حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ مُوسَى، حَدَّثَنَا جَعْفَرُ بْنُ سَعْدِ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ، حَدَّثَنِي خُبَيْبُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ، سَمُرَةَ أَنَّهُ كَتَبَ إِلَى ابْنِهِ أَمَّا بَعْدُ فَإِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم كَانَ يَأْمُرُنَا بِالْمَسَاجِدِ أَنْ نَصْنَعَهَا فِي دِيَارِنَا وَنُصْلِحَ صَنْعَتَهَا وَنُطَهِّرَهَا ‏.‏

Translation

Muhammad ibn Dawud ibn Sufyan narrated to us: Yahya—meaning Ibn Hassan—narrated to us: Sulayman ibn Musa narrated to us: Jaʿfar ibn Saʿd ibn Samurah narrated to us: Khubayb ibn Sulayman narrated to me, from his father Sulayman ibn Samurah, from his father Samurah, who wrote to his son: To proceed: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) used to instruct us regarding mosques: to build them in our homes, make their construction sound, and purify them.