General Behavior (Kitab Al-Adab)
43/131. Chapter:
The virtue of one who takes care of an orphan
Sunan Abi Dawud
حَدَّثَنَا يُوسُفُ بْنُ مُوسَى، حَدَّثَنَا جَرِيرٌ، عَنْ سُهَيْلٍ، بِهَذَا الإِسْنَادِ بِمَعْنَاهُ قَالَ " ثَلاَثُ أَخَوَاتٍ أَوْ ثَلاَثُ بَنَاتٍ أَوْ بِنْتَانِ أَوْ أُخْتَانِ " .
The tradition mentioned above has also been transmitted by Suhail through a different chain of narrators to the same effect. This version has : “three sisters, or three daughter, or two daughter, or two sisters”.
Reference : Sunan Abi Dawud 5148In-book reference : Book 43, Hadith 376English translation : Book 42, Hadith 5129