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Sunan Abi Dawud 180 — Chain Notes on Kissing and Wudu
Wudu' From Kissing
Weak Chain Notes on the Kissing and Wudu Hadith
Sunan Abi Dawud : 180
Sunan Abi DawudHadith Number 180
حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ مَخْلَدٍ الطَّالْقَانِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ، - يَعْنِي ابْنَ مَغْرَاءَ - حَدَّثَنَا الأَعْمَشُ، أَخْبَرَنَا أَصْحَابٌ، لَنَا عَنْ عُرْوَةَ الْمُزَنِيِّ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، بِهَذَا الْحَدِيثِ . قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ قَالَ يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ الْقَطَّانُ لِرَجُلٍ احْكِ عَنِّي أَنَّ هَذَيْنِ - يَعْنِي حَدِيثَ الأَعْمَشِ هَذَا عَنْ حَبِيبٍ وَحَدِيثَهُ بِهَذَا الإِسْنَادِ فِي الْمُسْتَحَاضَةِ أَنَّهَا تَتَوَضَّأُ لِكُلِّ صَلاَةٍ - قَالَ يَحْيَى احْكِ عَنِّي أَنَّهُمَا شِبْهُ لاَ شَىْءَ . قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ وَرُوِيَ عَنِ الثَّوْرِيِّ قَالَ مَا حَدَّثَنَا حَبِيبٌ إِلاَّ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ الْمُزَنِيِّ يَعْنِي لَمْ يُحَدِّثْهُمْ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ بِشَىْءٍ . قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ وَقَدْ رَوَى حَمْزَةُ الزَّيَّاتُ عَنْ حَبِيبٍ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ حَدِيثًا صَحِيحًا .
A'isha Narrated from:
This tradition has been reported through another chain of narrators on the authority of 'Aishah. Abu Dawud said: Yahya b. Sa'id al-Qattan said to a person: Narrate these two tradition from me, that is to say, one tradition on the authority of al-A'mash from Habib (about kissing); another through the same chain about a woman who has prolonged flow of blood and she is asked to perform ablution for every prayer. Yahya said: Narrate from me that both these traditions are weak in respect of their chains.Abu Dawud said: Al-Thawri is reported to have said: Habib narrated this tradition to us only on the authority of 'Urwat al-Muzani, that is, he did not narrated any tradition on the authority of 'Urwah b. al-Zubair. Abu Dawud said: Hamzah al-Zayyat reported a sound tradition on the authority of Habib, from 'Urwah b. al-Zubair from 'Aishah.
[1] See no. 304.[2] Meaning, that it is not a narration of ‘Urwah bin Az-Zubair, but rather someone else named ‘Urwah.[3] See At-Tirmidhi, no. 3480.Reference : Sunan Abi Dawud 180In-book reference : Book 1, Hadith 180English translation : Book 1, Hadith 180
Summary of Sunan Abi Dawud Hadith 180
This Hadith is mainly about hadith chain analysis connected to the report on kissing and wudu. It says the tradition was reported through another chain on the authority of Aishah. Abu Dawud then quotes Yahya ibn Sa'id al-Qattan, who told a person to narrate from him that two traditions were weak in respect of their chains: the narration of al-A'mash from Habib about kissing, and another through the same chain about a woman with prolonged bleeding being told to perform ablution for every prayer. Abu Dawud also records a statement from al-Thawri about Habib's narration and then says Hamzah al-Zayyat reported a sound tradition from Habib, from Urwah ibn al-Zubair, from Aishah. The key topic is not just kissing; it is careful checking of transmission.
What we learn from this hadith
- The narration focuses on the chains of related reports.
- Yahya ibn Sa'id al-Qattan is quoted as weakening two chains.
- Abu Dawud also mentions a sound report through Hamzah al-Zayyat.
