Sunan Abu Dawud Hadith 2637

What is Sunan Abu Dawud Hadith 2637?

Sunan Abu Dawud Hadith 2637 is a narration recorded in this collection under Chapter 15: Jihad (Kitab Al-Jihad). This page presents the source record and its available text, translations and grading label. Use the reference and chapter link below to read it in context; numbering and wording may differ between editions.

Collection
Sunan Abu Dawud
Reference in Sirah
Hadith 2637
Chapter
15: Jihad (Kitab Al-Jihad)
Narrator in the source
Kab Ibn Malik
Compiler
Imam Abu Dawud
Displayed grading
Sahih
Hadith 2637
Sahih

حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ ثَوْرٍ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏عَنْ مَعْمَرٍ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏عَنْ الزُّهْرِيِّ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ كَعْبِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏عَنْ أَبِيهِ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏أَنّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ كَانَ إِذَا أَرَادَ غَزْوَةً وَرَّى غَيْرَهَا، ‏‏‏‏‏‏وَكَانَ يَقُولُ:‏‏‏‏ الْحَرْبُ خَدْعَةٌ ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُد:‏‏‏‏ لَمْ يَجِئْ بِهِ إِلَّا مَعْمَرٌ يُرِيدُ قَوْلَهُ الْحَرْبُ خَدْعَةٌ بِهَذَا الْإِسْنَادِ إِنَّمَا يُرْوَى مِنْ حَدِيثِ عَمْرِو بْنِ دِينَارٍ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏عَنْ جَابِرٍ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏وَمِنْ حَدِيثِ مَعْمَرٍ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏عَنْ هَمَّامِ بْنِ مُنَبِّهٍ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ.

When the Prophet صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم intended to go on an expedition, he always pretended to be going somewhere else, and he would say: War is deception. Abu Dawud said: Only Mamar has transmitted this tradition. By this he refers to his statement War is deception through this chain of narrators. He narrated it from the tradition of Amr bin Dinar from Jabir رضی اللہ عنہ , and from the tradition of Mamar from Hammam bin Munabbih on the authority of Abu Hurairah رضی اللہ عنہ .

— Narrated Kab Ibn Malik

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Source information

Collection: Sunan Abu Dawud. Compiler: Imam Abu Dawud. Reference in Sirah: Hadith 2637.

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Source grading label: Sahih. A displayed label is source metadata, not an independent authentication by Sirah.

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