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Sunan Abi Dawud, 4517
sahih· Al-Albani

Chain of narration · Isnād

Each narrator name opens their biography and classical source evidence.

3 transmitters

Narrated by al-Hasan bin 'Ali al-HalwanifromSa'id bin 'Amir al-Dab'aifromSa'id bin Abi 'Aruba

Hadith text · Matn

‏ لاَ يُقْتَلُ حُرٌّ بِعَبْدٍ ‏

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English translation

Qatadah transmitted the tradition mentioned above through a chain of narrators like that of Shu'bah. This version adds:

Then al-Hasan forgot this tradition, and he used to say: A free man is not to be killed for a slave.

Original Arabic chain wording

حَدَّثَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ، حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ عَامِرٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عَرُوبَةَ، عَنْ قَتَادَةَ، بِإِسْنَادِ شُعْبَةَ مِثْلَهُ زَادَ ثُمَّ إِنَّ الْحَسَنَ نَسِيَ هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ فَكَانَ يَقُولُ ‏

References2 variants
In-Book Reference
Book 41, Hadith 24
English Reference
Book 40, Hadith 4503
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