Sunan Abi Dawud

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Darussalam · Volume 4

BOOK 29. THE BOOKOF RECITATIONS ANDREADINGS OF THEQUR'AN

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الحديث: 3988 ¦ الجزء: 4 ¦ الصفحة: 34

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3988. It was narrated that Farwah bin Musaik Al-Ghuṭaifi said: "I came to the Prophet ﷺ," and he mentioned the Hadīth. "A man among the people said: 'O Messenger of Allāh, tell us about Sabā': What is it? A land or a woman?" He said: 'It is neither a land nor a woman; rather it is a man to whom ten sons of the Arabs were born, and six went to live in Yemen, and four went to live in Ash-Shām.'" (Hasan)

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3988 - حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، وَهَارُونُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، قَالَا: حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أُسَامَةَ، حَدَّثَنِي الْحَسَنُ بْنُ الْحَكَمِ النَّخَعِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو سَبْرَةَ النَّخَعِيُّ، عَنْ فَرْوَةَ بْنِ مُسَيْكٍ الْغُطَيْفِيِّ، قَالَ: أَتَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، فَذَكَرَ الْحَدِيثَ، فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْقَوْمِ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، أَخْبِرْنَا عَنْ سَبَأٍ مَا هُوَ أَرْضٌ أَمُ امْرَأَةٌ؟ فَقَالَ: «لَيْسَ بِأَرْضٍ وَلَا امْرَأَةٍ، وَلَكِنَّهُ رَجُلٌ وَلَدَ عَشْرَةً مِنَ الْعَرَبِ فَتَيَامَنَ سِتَّةٌ وَتَشَاءَمَ أَرْبَعَةٌ» قَالَ عُثْمَانُ الْغَطَفَانِيُّ، مَكَانَ الْغُطَيْفِيِّ، وَقَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ الْحَكَمِ النَّخَعِيُّ

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