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Sunan Abi Dawud 1069 — First Jumuah Led for Forty People
The Friday Prayer In Villages
First Jumuah with Forty People Hadith and Early Friday Prayer
Sunan Abi Dawud : 1069
Sunan Abi DawudHadith Number 1069
حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ إِدْرِيسَ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَبِي أُمَامَةَ بْنِ سَهْلٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ كَعْبِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ، - وَكَانَ قَائِدَ أَبِيهِ بَعْدَ مَا ذَهَبَ بَصَرُهُ عَنْ أَبِيهِ، كَعْبِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ أَنَّهُ كَانَ إِذَا سَمِعَ النِّدَاءَ، يَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِ تَرَحَّمَ لأَسْعَدَ بْنِ زُرَارَةَ . فَقُلْتُ لَهُ إِذَا سَمِعْتَ النِّدَاءَ، تَرَحَّمْتَ لأَسْعَدَ بْنِ زُرَارَةَ قَالَ لأَنَّهُ أَوَّلُ مَنْ جَمَّعَ بِنَا فِي هَزْمِ النَّبِيتِ مِنْ حَرَّةِ بَنِي بَيَاضَةَ فِي نَقِيعٍ يُقَالُ لَهُ نَقِيعُ الْخَضِمَاتِ . قُلْتُ كَمْ أَنْتُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ قَالَ أَرْبَعُونَ .
Ka'b bin Malik Narrated from:
AbdurRahman ibn Ka'b ibn Malik said: When Ka'b ibn Malik heard the call to prayer on Friday, he prayed for As'ad ibn Zurarah. I asked him: What is the matter that when you hear the call to prayer, you pray for As'ad ibn Zurarah? He replied: This is because he held the Friday prayer for the first time for us at Hazm an-Nabit of Harrah belonging to Banu Bayadah in Naqi', called Naqi' al-Khadumat. I asked him: How many were you at that time ? He said: Forty.
Reference : Sunan Abi Dawud 1069In-book reference : Book 2, Hadith 680English translation : Book 3, Hadith 1064
Summary of Sunan Abi Dawud Hadith 1069
This Hadith shares a remembered event about early Friday prayer. When Ka'b ibn Malik heard the call to prayer on Friday, he would pray for mercy for As'ad ibn Zurarah. His son asked why he did this. Ka'b explained that As'ad was the first to hold the Friday prayer for them at Hazm an-Nabit, in the area mentioned in the narration. When asked how many people were present, he said they were forty. The Hadith about first Jumuah with forty people is focused on memory, gratitude, and a specific early gathering. It does not give extra details beyond the place, the person, and the number. The lesson is to remember those who helped establish good acts.
What we learn from this hadith
- Ka'b remembered As'ad ibn Zurarah when hearing the Friday call.
- The Hadith records an early Friday prayer gathering with forty people.
- It shows gratitude for someone connected to a good religious act.
- The narration gives specific details without adding a long explanation.
