Imaam Abu Bakr bin Abi Dawood as-Sijistaani
(rahimahullah)
In this
short and succinct article, we will present beneficial information about the
life and Jarh wa Ta’deel about Imaam Abu Bakr bin Abi Dawood as-Sijistaani
(rahimahullah):
His Name and
Lineage: Haafidh
Abu Bakr Abdullah bin Abi Dawood: Sulemaan bin al-Asha’th bin Ishaaq bin
Bushayr bin Amr bin Imraan as-Sijistaani
Al-Azdi.
Birth: 230 H, at
Sijistaan.
His Teachers
(Shuyookh): Muhammad bin Aslam at-Tausi, Muhammad bin Bashaar: Bandaar,
Muhammad bin al-Muthana, Muhammad bin Yahay az-Zahli, Ahmed bin al-Azhar
al-Nisaburi. Ahmed bin Saalih al-Misri, Abu Taahir Amr bin al-Surah, Nasr bin
Ali al-Jahdami, Rabee’ bin Sulemaan, Ya’qoob bin Sufyaan al-Faarsi, Ishaaq bin
Mansoor Al-Kosaj, and Amr bin Ali al-Falaas etc. rahimahumullah.
Students: Abu Muhammad
Abdur Rahmaan bin Abi Haatim ar-Raazi, Abu Hafs Ibn Shaaheen, Abul Hassan
ad-Daraqutni, Abu Bakr Ahmed bin Muhammad bin Ishaaq bin as-Sunni, Abu Ahmed
al-Haakim, Muhammad bin Abdur Rahmaan Al-Mukhlas, and Da’laj bin Ahmed etc. rahimahumullah.
Criticizers and Criticism: There is a difference of opinion among the Muhadditheen regarding
the tawtheeq and tad’eef of Abu Bakr. Firstly, the criticism and Jarh is
as follows:
1. Yahya bin
Muhammad bin Saa’ad said: “For us, what his father said about him, is
sufficient” [Al-Kaamil by Ibn Adee: 4/1577]
We say that
there was a severe animosity between Ibn Abi Dawood, and Ibn Saa’ad. In fact
Ibn Abi Dawood said about Imaam Ibn Saa’ad that: “He used to lie upon the
Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him)” [Taareekh Dimashq: 31/58, Chain Saheeh]
The Jarh of
enemies and adversaries is especially rejected when there is a strong tawtheeq on the contrary. Therefore, the Jarh of both of them is rejected upon each
other.
Secondly,
Ibn Saa’ad did not tell what the father of Ibn Abi Dawood said about him?
2. Imaam Abu
Dawood As-Sijistaani said: “And It is from the trial that (my son) Abdullah
wishes to become a Judge (Qaadhi).” [Al-Kaamil by Ibn Adee: 4/1578]
This is no
Jarh. Imaam Abu Dawood is only expressing his dislike from the position of
Judge.
- Imaam Ibn Adee narrated from Ali bin Abdullah ad-Daahri (?), he narrated from Ahmed bin Muhammad bin Amr bin Eesa Kurkur or Kurkurah (?), he narrated from Ali bin al-Hussain bin Junaid, he said: I heard Abu Dawood As-Sijistaani saying that: “This, my son Abdullah, is a Kadhaab (Liar).” [Al-Kaamil by Ibn Adee: 4/1577, Taareekh Dimashq: 31/95]
This
narration is rejected due to two reasons:
o
The tawtheeq of Ali bin Abdullah
Ad-Daahri is unknown.
o
The tawtheeq of Kurkurah is
unknown.
Imaam Abdur Rahmaan bin Yahya Al-Mu’allamai
(rahimahullah) said: “Besides this place, I did not find the mention of Daahri
and Kurkurah anywhere…… and we do not consider this chain to be proven.”
[Al-Tankeel: 1/298 T. 123]
Dhahabi has also pointed towards its weakness
by saying “Inna as-Sahha (If it is authentic)” [See: Tadhkirat ul-Huffaadh:
2/772 T. 768]
Thus he said: “And it is possible that the
chain of the saying of Abu Dawood might not be Saheeh” [Taareekh al-Islaam:
23/518]
So it is proven that spreading the propaganda
that the father of Imaam Ibn Abi Dawood, Imaam Abu Dawood declared him a
Liar, is False and rejected.
- Imaam Ibn Adee has narrated from Moosa bin Al-Qaasim bin Moosa bin al-Hassan bin Moosa Al-Ashayb (Thiqah), he narrated from Abu Bakr, he said: I heard Ibraaheem al-Asbahaani saying that: “Abu Bakr bin Abi Dawood is a Liar.” [Al-Kaamil: 4/1577, Taareekh Dimashq: 31/59, and it contains Ibn Bakr]
The narrator
of this narration, Abu Bakr or Ibn Bakr is unknown. Therefore this Jarh is also
not proven. The saying of Imaam Ibn Adee, based on these two unproven
criticisms that: “And his father and Ibraaheem Asbahani have criticized him” [Al-Kaamil:
4/1578] also holds no status, because narrating an unproven saying as a Jazam
is wrong.
Allaamah
Mu’allami has also shown his doubt regarding this Jarh. [See: Al-Tankeel:
1/300]
3. Imaam
Abdullah bin Muhammad bin Abdul Azeez al-Baghwi (Thiqah), wrote in an answer to
a letter of Ibn Abi Dawood that: “By Allah, you are short of knowledge
according to me” [Al-Kaamil by Ibn Adee: 4/1578]
- Ali bin Abdullah Ad-Daahri said that I asked Ibn Abi Dawood about the hadeeth of at-Tair (Bird) in ray, so he said: “If the hadeeth of bird is Saheeh then the Prophethood of the Prophet (peace be upon him) becomes baatil (invalid)….” [Al-Kaamil: 4/1578]
The narrator
of this saying, Ad-Daahri is Majhool, therefore this saying is invalid and
Mardood.
Hadeeth
at-Tair is when the meat of a bird was brought to the Prophet (peace be upon
him), so he said: O Allah, send a man to me who is the most beloved to you
among the creation, who will eat this meat with me. Then Ali (radiallah anhu)
came and he ate the meat from it.
[Sunan
Tirmidhi: 3721, and said: “Ghareeb”, Taareekh Dimashq by Ibn Asaakir: 45/192
from the rout of Daraqutni, chain Hasan]
In some
Nuskha of Musnad Abu Ya’la, it has a Hasan Shaahid too. [See: Bidayah wal
Nihayah: 7/363]
In some
chains of this narration, it says that Anas (radiallah anhu) said to Ali
(radiallah anhu) that The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) is busy.
[Al-Mustadrak: 3/130-131, H. 4650, and Haakim said: This Hadeeth is Saheeh on
the conditions of Shaikhayn!]
Its narrator
Muhammad bin Ahmed bin Iyyaadh bin Abi Taybah is Majhool, and only the tasheeh
of Haakim is not enough here.
- Muhammad bin Dahhaak bin Amr bin Abi Aasim Al-Nabeel narrated from Muhammad bin Yahya bin Mandah, he narrated from Abu Bakr bin Abi Dawood: Zuhri narrated from Urwah that: “The Nails of Ali (radiallah anhu) scratched, because he used to visit the Prophet’s wives very often.” [Al-Kaamil: 4/1574]
In this
narration, the narrator Muhammad bin Dahhaak is mentioned in Taareekh Baghdaad
[5/376 T. 2901], but his tawtheeq is unknown.
Even if this
narration was proven that it is not a Jarh on Ibn Abi Dawood, rather it is weak
and rejected because the chain between Ibn Abi Dawood and Zuhri is unknown.
- Qaadhi Ahmed bin Umar bin Ali said: I heard Muhammad bin Abdullah bin Ayyub al-Qattaan saying that, I was with Muhammad bin Jareer at-Tabari when a man said to him: “Ibn Abi Dawood is reading the virtues of Ali bin Abi Taalib (radiallah anhu) to the people, so Ibn Jareer said: ‘The Takbeer of a Watchman’.” [Taareekh Baghdaad: 9/467 T. 5095]
The first
narrator of this narration, Ahmed bin Umar bin Ali is mentioned in Taareekh
Baghdaad [4/259 T. 2061], but his tawtheeq is unknown. Furthermore, see:
Taareekh al-Islaam by Adh-Dhahabi [29/250].
The second
narrator is Muhammad bin Abdullah bin Ayyub, about whom Imaam Ashari said: “His
Samaa from Abu Ja’far At-Tabari was Saheeh, but he was a Raafidi of a filthy
Madhab.”
Qaadhi Abu
Bakr Muhammad bin Umar ad-Dawoodi said: He is Saheeh ul-Sama, Thiqah. After him
they attributed him to tafdeel Ali and refused from him Raafdiyat. [Taareekh
Baghdaad: 5/465 T. 3007]
Dhahabi
said: “He is Raafidi Wrongdoer” [Mizaan ul-I’tidaal: 3/606, Al-Mughni fi
Ad-Du’afa: 2/332 T. 5720]
So we come
to know that this saying is not proven due to Ahmed bin Umar bin Ali being
Majhool ul-Haal, Secondly, “Takbeer of a Watchman” is not a Jarh. See:
Al-Tankeel: (1/299)
- Ibn Adee said: In the beginning he was attributed to some belief of Naasbiyat, and Ibn Faraat got him out from Baghdaad to Waasit, And Ali bin Eesa called him back, where he described the virtues of Ali (radiallah anhu) and became a Hanbali. [Al-Kaamil: 4/1578]
We say, that
there is nothing known about the one who attributed this to him, therefore this
is a Jarh of a Majhool, and is Mardood.
Note: What is
meant by being a Hanbali here, is to be upon his Aqeedah, not his Muqallid. And
it is coming ahead that Imaam Abu Bakr bin Abi Dawood was from the Madhab of
Ahl al-Hadeeth.
Mawthaqeen
and Tawtheeq:
Now, we will
present the proven tawtheeq regarding him with reference:
1. Haafidh Ibn
Adee said: “And he is Maqbool according to the People of Hadeeth.” [Al-Kaamil:
4/1578]
2. Haafidh Ibn
Hibbaan has narrated many of the narrations of Saheeh Ibn Hibbaan from Abu Bakr
bin Abi Dawood, which is proof that he was Thiqah and Sudooq according to him.
[Se: Al-Ihsaan: 280, 981]
3. Regarding
one hadeeth narrated by Abu Bakr bin Abi Dawood, Imaam Daraqutni said: “Its
Isnaad is Saheeh and Proven” [Sunan Daraqutni: 1/345-346, H. 1294]
And in
another narration (in which Ibn Abi Dawood was also present), he said: “All its
narrators are Thiqah” [Sunan Daraqutni: 2/24-25 H. 1634]
This Proves
that Ibn Abi Dawood was Thiqah and Saheeh ul-Hadeeth according to Imaam
Daraqutni.
Note: Abu Abdur
Rahmaan as-Sulamai (Soofi) has narrated from Imam Daraqutni that he (Ibn Abi
Dawood) is Thiqah, but makes a lot of mistakes in commenting on a hadeeth.
[Sawalaat as-Sulami: 242]
This Jarh is
Mardood, because Sulami himself is Da’eef and Majrooh narrator.
4. Imaam Abu
Awaanah Ya’qoob bin Ishaaq al-Asfaraaini has took narrations from Ibn Abi
Dawood in Saheeh Abi Awaanah. [Al-Mustakhraj Vol 4 Pg 207 H. 6553]
It proves
that he was Thiqah according to Abu Awaanah.
5. Regarding
one hadeeth of Ibn Abi Dawood, Imaam Haakim Nishaburi said: “It is Saheeh
according to the conditions of Muslim.” [Al-Mustadrak: 2/49 H. 2306]
6. Abu N’aym
Al-Asbahaani has took narrations from him in Al-Mustkhraj Ala Saheeh Muslim.
[1/245 H. 452]
And said:
“He held a great influence in the fields of Knowledge, Memorization, wisdom,
and Understanding; which is why a group of people are jealous from him.”
[Akhbaar Asbhaan: 2/211, Tarjumah: Muhammad bin Abdullah bin al-Hassan bin Hafs
al-Hamdaani]
7. Haafidh
Dhahabi said: “He is Al-Haafidh Al-Thiqah, the author of several books.”
[Mizaan ul-I’tidaal: 2/433
Dhahabi
said: “He is thiqah and his father has called him a Liar.” [Al-Mughni fi Du’afa:
1/542 T. 3207]
His father
declaring him Liar is not proven at all, and in the above saying the Tawtheeq
of Dhahabi is Proven.
8. Khateeb
Baghdaadi said about Ibn Abi Dawood that: “He was the Man of Understanding, A
Scholar (and) a Haafidh” [Taareekh Baghdaad: 9/464]
9. Haafidh Abul
Fadal Saalih bin Ahmed bin Muhammad bin Ahmed bin Saalih al-Hamdaani said: “He
is the Imaam of Iraaq, He learned knowledge from different places, The Sultaan
had a Minbar set for him due to his Virtues and Popularity, then he narrated
ahadeeth to him….. During his lifetime, there were many Shuyookh in Iraaq which
used to narrate better Asaaneed than him, but the position that he held in
being an expert and Thiqah, was not held by any other Shaikh.” [Taareekh
Baghdaad: 9/465-466, Chain Saheeh]
10.
Imaam Hassan bin Muhammad
al-Khallaal said: “Abu Bakr bin Abi Dawood was a bigger Haafidh than his Father
(Imaam Abu Dawood).” [Tareekh Baghdaad: 9/466, Chain Saheeh]
11.
Abu Bakr bin Muhammad bin
Ubaydullah bin Muhammad bin al-Fath As-Seerfi said: “More than three hundred
thousand people performed his Janazah Prayer. His Janazah was performed in four
different places…. He was an Ascetic, a Scholar and a religious person. May
Allah be pleased with him and grant him Jannah with to His Mercy.” [Taareekh
Baghdaad: 9/468]
12.
Imaam Ibn Shaaheen has mentioned
Ibn Abi Dawood in Kitaab ath-Thiqaat. [Pg 239 T 1468]
13.
Allaamah Ibn al-Jawzi said: “He
is a Major Imaam, Maqbool, author, but….” [Kitaab ad-Du’afaa wal Matrokeen:
2/126 T. 2040]
After “but”,
Ibn al-Jawzi has narrated the criticisms of Imaam Abu Dawood and Ibraaheem
al-Asbahaani, which are not proven, therefore the reference after the 'but' is
wrong.
14.
Imaam Abul Khair Muhammad bin
Muhammad al-Jazri said: “He is Thiqa
Kabeer Ma’moon.” [Ghayat an-Nihayah fi Tabaqaat al-Qira’ah: 1/420 T. 1779]
15.
Ibn Asaakir said, regarding one
of the ahadeeth of Ibn Abi Dawood, that: “It is Hassan Saheeh” [Mu’jam Shuyookh
Ibn Asaakir 2/768 H. 960]
16.
Haafidh Abu Ya’la Al-Khaleeli
said: “He is al-Haafidh Al-Imaam of Baghdaad in his time, The agreed upon
Scholar, Imaam - the son of an Imaam….” [Al-Irshaad fi Ma’rifat Ulama al-Hadeeth:
2/610 T. 331]
17.
Haafidh Ibn Naasir ud-Deen
ad-Dimashqi said about Ibn Abi Dawood, that: “He was an Imaam Allaamah Noble,
Haafidh, Mutqin, decent.” [Al-Tibyaan li badi’at ul-Bayaan: 2/906 T. 735]
18.
The Historian Ibn Khalqaan said:
“He was from the Major Huffaadh of Baghdaad, An Agreed upon Aalim, Imaam son of
an Imaam.” [Wafiyaat al-A’yaan: 2/405 T. 272]
19.
Ibn al-‘Ammaad al-Hanbali said:
“He was from the Major Huffaadh of Baghdaad, An Agreed upon Aalim, Imaam - the son of
an Imaam.” [Shazraat az-Zahab: Vol 2 Pg 168]
20.
Abul Shaikh Al-Asbahaani said:
“He was from the Major Scholars…..” [Tabaqaat ul-Muhadditheen from Asbahaan:
3/303, T. 370]
21.
Imaam Bayhaqi said about Ibn Abi
Dawood that: “He was from the Huffaadh and Ulama of his time.” [Dalaail
al-Nabuwa: 6/40 H. 2284]
22.
Abul Qaasim Ismaa’eel bin
Muhammad bin al-Fadal (rahimahullah) said about a hadeeth narrated by Ibn Abi
Dawood that: “This Hadeeth is Saheeh” [Al-Ahadeeth al-Mukhtarah: 7/76 H. 2486]
23.
Zayaa Maqdisi has took narration
from Ibn Abi Dawood in al-Mukhtarah. [See: the previous saying: 22]
24.
Qaadhi Abul Hussain Muhammad bin
Abi Ya’la al-Hanbali said: “He was the man of understanding, a Scholar,
(and) a Haafidh” [Tabaqaat al-Hanabilah: 2/51 T. 595]
25.
Muhammad bin Ali bin Ahmed
Al-Dawoodi said: “And he became an
expert, and becme the Leader of the people of his era.” [Tabaqaat
al-Mufassireen: Pg 166 T. 222]
Among the
sayings above, some are just the words of praise, not the actual tawtheeq, but
the common sayings and references are those of tawtheeqaat, therefore it gets
proven that Imaam Abu Bakr Abdullah bin Abi Dawood Sulemaan bin Asha’th
as-Sijistaani is Thiqah, Sudooq, Saheeh ul-Hadeeth and Hasan ul-Hadeeth
narrator according to the Jumhoor Muhadditheen. Walhamdulillah.
After the
tawtheeq of Jumhoor, the Jarh of some scholars such as: Ibn Saa’ad upon him, is
Mardood.
Benefit: An excellent
defense of Imaam Ibn Abi Dawood has been done by the Dhahabi of his Time, Imaam
Abdur Rahmaan bin Yahya al-Mu’allami (rahimahullah), in his famous book:
Al-Tankeel.
Books: Imaam Ibn
Abi Dawood has authored a lot of books. The names of some of them are as
follows:
1. Kitaab
al-Masaahif
2. Kitaab
al-Ba’th
3. Musnad Aisha
4. Kitaab
al-Masaabih fil Hadeeth
5. Kitaab
Fadhaail al-Quraan
6. Kitaab
al-Naasikh wal Mansookh
7. Kitaab
at-Tafseer, etc
His Memory: Allah had
granted him an extra ordinary power of Memorization
1. Ahmed bin
Ibraaheem bin Shaazaan (Thiqah) narrated that Abu Bakr bin Abi Dawood went to
Sijistaan during the lieftime of Amr bin al-Layth, so the people of hadeeth
gathered around him, and asked him to narrate ahadeeth. Ibn Abi Dawood
refused to do so saying that I do not have the book with me. They said (in amazement): Ibn Abi
Dawood (a great Haafidh) and asking for Book?
Abu Bakr bin
Abi Dawood said: Thus they compelled me, so I narrated to them thrity thousand
ahadeeth (30,000) from my memory. When I came to Baghdaad, the Baghdaadi people
said: Ibn Abi Dawood went to Sijistaan and fooled the people, so they sent a fast caravan to Sijistaan with 60 deenaar, in order to write the Nuskha
(of ahadeeth narrated by Ibn Abi Dawood), thus it was brought to Baghdaad, and it was presented to the Huffaadh of Hadeeth, and they accused me of being mistaken
in six ahadeeth. The three narrations among them were the same as I
heard them from my Shuyookh, and in three remaining narrations, I was actually
mistaken. [Taareekh Baghdaad: 9/466 Chain Saheeh, Taareekh Dimashq 29/83]
Subhanallah,
he narrated thirty thousand ahadeeth from memory, and got mistaken in only
three of them. This is the proof of an extra ordinary memoy!
It is know
even to common people that, even a proper and strong Haafidh of the Quraan
gets mistaken in the Qiraat sometimes. Therefore, getting mistaken in only one
narration out of thousand narrations is a proof that Ibn Abi Dawood was a huge
Haafidh of Hadeeth. Rahimahullah.
2. Imaam Abu
Ali al-Hussain bin Ali al-Haafidh al-Nisaburi has narrated that Ibn Abi Dawood
had narrated these narration in Asbahaan (Sijistaan), among which he was only
mistaken in two of them. [Taareekh Baghdaad: 29/82, Chain Saheeh]
We come to
know that what is meant by Sijistaan, is Asbahaan, and this is authentic.
Wallahu a’lam
The word
Asbahaan is also present in the narration of Abu Dhar Abd bin Ahmed al-Harwi
from Ibn Shaazaan. [Taareekh Dimashq: 29/82, Chain Saheeh]
It is
possible that Abul Qaasim al-Azhari (Shaikh al-Khateeb) might have been
mistaken by the word Sijistaan. Wallahu a’lam.
3. Imaam Abu
Hafs Ibn Shaaheen said: “Ibn Abi Dawood narrated 2 million (2000000) ahadeeth
to us from his memory. I never saw a book in his hand. He used to narrate
ahadeeth from his memory.” [Taareekh Dimashq: 29/83, Chain Saheeh]
4. Ibn Shaaheen
said: “When Ibn Abi Dawood got blind (at the end of his age), he used to sit on
the minbar, and his son Ma’mar used to sit one step below him holding a book in
his hand. He would point out and say: so-and-so hadeeth, and Ibn Abi Dawood
would read that whole hadeeth (with sanad and Matan) to him. One day he read
the (long) hadeeth of Qunoot (or Futoon) from his memory, so Abu Tamaam stood
up and said: ‘By Allaah, I have not seen anyone like you, except if it were
Ibraaheem al-Harbi.’” [Taareekh Dimashq: 29/83, Chain Saheeh]
Pearls of Wisdom: The
following are some pearls of Wisdom from Imaam Ibn Abi Dawood:
1. Imaam Ibn
Shaaheen said: Our teacher (Imaam) Abu Bakr bin Abi Dawood as-Sijistaani (rahimahullah)
said:
مسَّـكْ
بحَـبْلِ اللهِ واتَّبِع الهُـدَى ولا تَـكُ بِدْعِيَّـاً لَعلَّـكَ تُفْلِــحُ(1)
وَدِنْ
بِكِتَابِ اللهِ والسُّـنـَنِ التِـي أَتَتْ عَن رَسُولِ اللهِ تَنْجُ وَتَرْبَح(2)
وَقُـلْ
غَيْـرُ مَخْلِوقٍ كَلامُ مَليكِنا بِـذَلكَ دَانَ الأتْقِياءُ وأَفْصحُــوا(3)
وَقُـلْ
إنَّ خَيْرَ النَّاسِ بَعْـدَ مُحَمَّـدٍ وَزِيـراهُ قُدْمًا , ثُمَّ عُثْمَانُ
أرْجَـحُ(15)
وَرابِعُهُـم
خَـيْرُ البريَّـةِ بَعْـدَهُـم عَلِـيٌّ حَليفُ الخَـيرِ , بالخَيرِ مُنْجِحُ (16)
وإنَّهمُ
و الرَّهْطُ لا رَيْــبَ فِيْهِــمُ عَلَى نُجُبِ الفِرْدَوْسِ في الخُلْدِ
تَسْرَحُ (17)
و
من بعد هم فالشافعي وأحمد إمام الهدي من يتبع الحق يفصح (24)
وَقُلْ
خَـيْرَ قولٍ في الصَّحَابةِ كُلِّهِـمْ ولا تَــكُ طَعَّاناً تَعِيْـبُ
وَتَجْـرَحُ (26)
وَدَعْ
عنكَ آراءَ الرِّجالِ وَقـولَهُـم فَقْولُ رَسُولِ اللهِ أَزكى وَأَشْــرَحُ (38)
وَلا
تَكُ مِـن قـوْمٍ تَلَهَّـوْ بِدِينِهِـم فَتَطْعـنَ في أَهَلِ الحَدَيثِ
وتَقْـدَحُ (39)
إذا
مَا اعتقـدْتَ الدَّهْرَ يا صَاحِ هذِه فَأَنْـتَ عَلـى خَيْـرٍ تَبِيتُ وتُصْبِحُ (40)
(1)
Hold firmly, the rope of Allah,
and follow the hidayah and do not become a bid’ati, so you could achieve Falaah
(Success)
(2)
Make the book of Allah and the
Sunnah of Rasoolullah (pbuh), your deen, you will get salvation and be in a
good profit.
(3)
And say: The Kalaam of our Lord
(Allah) is Ghair Makhlooq (non-created), this is the Aqeedah of righteous people,
and they have explained it very explicitly.
(15)
And say: The best of men after Muhammad (peace
be upon him) are his two wazeers (Abu Bakr and Umar radiallah anhum), then is Uthmaan and this is authentic.
(16)
And in the fourth place is Khair al-Baraiyyah
(the best of all the Jama’ah), Ali (radiallah anhu). The friend of Khair, ends
up with Khair.
(17)
And this is the Jama’ah, regarding whom there
is no doubt that they will always ride on the beautiful rides of Jannah.
(24)
And after them, Shaafi’ee and Ahmed are the
Imaams of Hidayah, the one who follows the truth speaks eloquently
(explicitly).
(26)
Say only good things about all the Sahabah,
don’t point out their defects or malign them (Otherwise) you will become the
criticiser (of Sahaabah) (Meaning: You will become Marjooh)
(38)
Leave the Sayings and the opinions of people
(If they go against Kitaab-o-Sunnat), thus the saying of the Messenger of Allah
(peace be upon him) is the best and the brightest.
(39)
Don’t be among those who play with their
religion, thus you will become the one who criticises & maligns Ahl ul-Hadeeth
(meaning: You will become Majrooh yourself)
(40)
Oh My Friend, If you always hold this aqeedah,
then your day and night will be in Khair.
[Sharh Madhaahib Ahl us-Sunnah by Ibn Shaaheen: Pg 321-323]
After this poem, ImaamAbu Bakr bin Abi Dawood said: “This is my
saying, My Father’s saying (Imam Abu Dawood), and the saying of Imaam Ahmed bin
Hanbal (rahimahullah). This is the Aqeedah that has reached to us, from the
Scholars we have seen and the scholars that we have not seen. The one who
attributes anything other than this to me, has lied.” [Sharh Madhaahib Ahl
us-Sunnah: Pg 323]
Benefit: From this Qaseedah, it gets proven that Imaam Ibn Abi Dawood was
not a Muqallid, but was from Ahl ul-Hadeeth. Therefore saying that he is a
Hanbali, does not mean that he is a Muqallid, rather he is upon the Aqeedah
of Imaam Ahmed bin Hanbal (rahimahullah)
2. It is not
proven from Imaam Ibn Abi Dawood that at any point of his life he became a
Naasibi, and Qaseedah Haaiyah is a clear proof of the invalidation of this
accusation.
3. Imaam Abul
Qaasim Abdullah bin al-Hassan bin Sulemaan al-Maqri Ibn al-Khannaas (Thiqah)
(rahimahullah) said: I heard Abu Bakr bin Abi Dawood saying that: “I saw Abu
Hurayrah (radiallah anhu) in Sijistaan in my dream, and I was writing a book
while compiling his ahadeeth. He had a dark beard, mid-height and wheat
clolored skin. He was wearing heavy clothes. I said to him: ‘O Abu Hurayrah, I
love you’, so he said: ‘I was the first man of hadeeth (Ahl al-Hadeeth) on
earth (who gathered an army of students).’” [Taareekh Baghdaad: 9/467, Chain
Saheeh]
His
Children: He
had three sons: Abu Dawood Muhammad, Abu Umar Ubaydullah, Abu Ahmed Abdul
A’laa, and Five daughters including Faatimah.
Death: Imaam Abu
Bakr bin Abi Dawood (rahimahullah) died in 17 Dhul Hijja 316 H. And more than
three hundred thousand people performed his Janazah Prayer. May Allah have
mercy upon him.
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