Sunan Abi Dawud

Sunan Abi Dawud 496

Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا زُهَيْرُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ، حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ، حَدَّثَنِي دَاوُدُ بْنُ سَوَّارٍ الْمُزَنِيُّ، بِإِسْنَادِهِ وَمَعْنَاهُ وَزَادَ ‏"‏ وَإِذَا زَوَّجَ أَحَدُكُمْ خَادِمَهُ عَبْدَهُ أَوْ أَجِيرَهُ فَلاَ يَنْظُرْ إِلَى مَا دُونَ السُّرَّةِ وَفَوْقَ الرُّكْبَةِ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ وَهِمَ وَكِيعٌ فِي اسْمِهِ وَرَوَى عَنْهُ أَبُو دَاوُدَ الطَّيَالِسِيُّ هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ فَقَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو حَمْزَةَ سَوَّارٌ الصَّيْرَفِيُّ ‏.‏

Translation

Zuhayr ibn Harb narrated to us: Wakiʿ narrated to us: Dawud ibn Sawwar al-Muzani narrated to me, with its chain and meaning, adding: ‘When one of you marries his female servant to his male slave or hired worker, he should not look at what is below the navel and above the knee.’ Abu Dawud said: Wakiʿ erred in his name. Abu Dawud al-Tayalisi narrated this hadith from him, saying: ‘Abu Hamzah Sawwar al-Sayrafi.’