Sunan Abi Dawud

Sunan Abi Dawud 571

Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مَعْمَرٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَارِثِ، حَدَّثَنَا أَيُّوبُ، عَنْ نَافِعٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏"‏ لَوْ تَرَكْنَا هَذَا الْبَابَ لِلنِّسَاءِ ‏" ‏ ‏.‏ قَالَ نَافِعٌ فَلَمْ يَدْخُلْ مِنْهُ ابْنُ عُمَرَ حَتَّى مَاتَ ‏.‏ قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ رَوَاهُ إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَيُّوبَ عَنْ نَافِعٍ قَالَ قَالَ عُمَرُ وَهَذَا أَصَحُّ ‏.‏

Translation

Abu Maʿmar narrated to us: ʿAbd al-Warith narrated to us: Ayyub narrated to us, from Nafiʿ, from Ibn ʿUmar, who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: ‘If only we left this door for the women.’ Nafiʿ said: Ibn ʿUmar never entered through it until he died. Abu Dawud said: Ismaʿil ibn Ibrahim narrated it from Ayyub, from Nafiʿ, who said that ʿUmar said it; this is more correct.