Dar al-Hadith
Sunan Abi Dawud

Hadith 2536

Report an issue

Sunan Abi Dawud · Hadith 2536

This message and the hadith reference are sent privately to the administrator. Your saved commentary is not included. Please avoid personal or sensitive information. Report terms.

A Person Who Sells His Self (For The Sake Of Allāh)

English source

Darussalam · Volume 3

15. The Book Of Jihād

Sunan Abi Dawud Darussalam English translation

Arabic source
Shamela Arabic edition (opens in a new tab)

الحديث: 2536 ¦ الجزء: 3 ¦ الصفحة: 19

DarussalamHasanAl-AlbaniHasan
Al-Albani source references (2)
View bookmarks

Select a passage to highlight it. Click or tap a highlight to remove it.

Text and translation

English translation

2536. It was reported from Murrah Al-Hamdānī from 'Abdullāh bin Mas'ūd, who said: "The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: 'Our Lord, the Mighty and Sublime, admires a man who goes to battle in the cause of Allāh, the Mighty and Sublime, and they retreat' — meaning his companions — 'but he knows what is required of him, so he returns until his blood is shed. Allāh, the Mighty and Sublime, says to His Angels: "Look at my slave. He came back desiring what I have for him (reward), and fearing what I have (punishment), until his blood was shed." (Hasan)

Arabic text

2536 - حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ، حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ، أَخْبَرَنَا عَطَاءُ بْنُ السَّائِبِ، عَنْ مُرَّةَ الْهَمْدَانِيِّ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: " عَجِبَ رَبُّنَا عَزَّ وَجَلَّ مِنْ رَجُلٍ غَزَا فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ فَانْهَزَمَ - يَعْنِي أَصْحَابَهُ - فَعَلِمَ مَا عَلَيْهِ، فَرَجَعَ حَتَّى أُهَرِيقَ دَمُهُ، فَيَقُولُ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى لِمَلَائِكَتِهِ: انْظُرُوا إِلَى عَبْدِي رَجَعَ رَغْبَةً فِيمَا عِنْدِي، وَشَفَقَةً مِمَّا عِنْدِي حَتَّى أُهَرِيقَ دَمُهُ "

My commentary

Personal notes

Your commentary saves automatically in this browser, separate from the published commentary. It stays private unless you include it in a shared study file.