One of the Six Canonical Hadith Collections (Kutub al-Sittah). Abu Dawud selected approximately 5,274 hadith from a corpus of 500,000. Particularly valued in Islamic jurisprudence for its coverage of legal rulings.
Source & Attribution
Hadiths
5,274 total
Sunan Abi Dawud 201
Anas b. Malik reported:(The people) stood up for the night prayer and a man stood up and spoke forth: Messenger of Allah…
Sunan Abi Dawud 202
Narrated Abdullah ibn Abbas: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to prostrate and sleep (in prostration) and produce puffing…
Sunan Abi Dawud 203
Narrated Ali ibn AbuTalib: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: The eyes are the leather strap of the anus, so one who sleep…
Sunan Abi Dawud 204
Narrated Abdullah ibn Mas'ud: We would not wash our feet after treading on something unclean, nor would we hold our hair…
Sunan Abi Dawud 205
Narrated Ali ibn Talq: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: When any of you breaks wind during the prayer, he should turn aw…
Sunan Abi Dawud 206
‘Ali said:My prostatic fluid flowed excessively. I used to take a bath until my back cracked (because of frequent washin…
Sunan Abi Dawud 207
Narrated Al-Miqdad ibn al-Aswad: Ali ibn AbuTalib commanded him to ask the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) what a man should do w…
Sunan Abi Dawud 208
‘Urwah said :‘Ali b abi Talib said to al-miqdad, and made a similar statement as above. Al-Miqdad asked him (the prophet…
Sunan Abi Dawud 209
‘Urwah reported on the Authority of his father a tradition from ‘Ali b. Abi Talib who said :I Asked al-Miqdad (to consul…
Sunan Abi Dawud 210
Narrated Sahl ibn Hunayf: I felt greatly distressed by the frequent flowing of prostatic fluid. For this reason I used t…
Sunan Abi Dawud 211
Narrated Abdullah ibn Sa'd al-Ansari: I asked the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) as to what makes it necessary to take a bath an…
Sunan Abi Dawud 212
Narrated Abdullah ibn Sa'd al-Ansari: Abdullah asked the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ): What is lawful for me to do with my wif…
Sunan Abi Dawud 213
Narrated Mu'adh ibn Jabal: I asked the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ): What is lawful for a man to do with his wife when she is …
Sunan Abi Dawud 214
Ubayy b. Ka’b reported :The Messenger of Allah (May peace be upon him) made a concession in the early days of Islam on a…
Sunan Abi Dawud 215
Ubayy b. Ka’b said :The verdict that water (bath) is necessary when there is emission given by the people (in the early …
Sunan Abi Dawud 216
Abu Hurairah reported the Prophet (May peace be upon him) as saying :when anyone sits between the four parts of a woman …
Sunan Abi Dawud 217
Aba Sa’id al-Khudri reported :The Messenger of Allah (May peace be upon him) said : water (bath) is necessary only when …
Sunan Abi Dawud 218
Anas reported :One day the Messenger of Allah (May peace be upon him) had sexual intercourse with (all) his wives with a…
Sunan Abi Dawud 219
Narrated AbuRafi': One day the Prophet (ﷺ) had intercourse with all his wives. He took a bath after each intercourse. I …
Sunan Abi Dawud 220
Abu sa’id al-Khudri reported :The Prophet (May peace be upon him) said : When any of you has intercourse with his wife a…