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 221
‘Abd Allah b. ‘Umar reported :‘Umar b. al-Khattab said to the Messenger of Allah (May peace be upon him) that he became …
Sunan Abi Dawud 222
‘A’ishah reported:when the prophet (ﷺ) intended to sleep while he was sexually defiled, he would perform ablution as he …
Sunan Abi Dawud 223
This Tradition has been narrated on the Authority of al-Zuhri through a different chain. It adds :If he intends to eat w…
Sunan Abi Dawud 224
‘A’ishah reported :When the Prophet (May peace be upon him) wanted to eat or sleep, he would perform ablution. She meant…
Sunan Abi Dawud 225
Narrated Ammar ibn Yasir: The Prophet (ﷺ) granted permission to a person who was sexually defiled to eat or drink or sle…
Sunan Abi Dawud 226
Narrated Aisha, Ummul Mu'minin: Ghudayf ibn al-Harith reported: I asked Aisha: Have you seen the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) …
Sunan Abi Dawud 227
Narrated Ali ibn AbuTalib: The Prophet (ﷺ) said: Angels do not enter the house where there is a picture, or a dog, or a …
Sunan Abi Dawud 228
Narrated Aisha, Ummul Mu'minin: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) would sleep while he was sexually defiled without touching wa…
Sunan Abi Dawud 229
Narrated Ali ibn AbuTalib: Abdullah ibn Salamah said: I, accompanied by other two persons, one from us and the other fro…
Sunan Abi Dawud 230
Hudhaifah reported :The prophet (ﷺ) visited him and inclined towards him (for shaking hand). He said : I am sexually def…
Sunan Abi Dawud 231
Abu Hudhaifah reported :The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) met me on one of the streets of medina while I was sexually defiled. …
Sunan Abi Dawud 232
Narrated Aisha, Ummul Mu'minin: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) came and saw that the doors of the houses of his Companions w…
Sunan Abi Dawud 233
Narrated AbuBakrah: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) began to lead (the people) in the dawn prayer. He then signalled with his…
Sunan Abi Dawud 234
This tradition has been reported by Hammad b. Salamah through the same chain of narrators and conveying a similar meanin…
Sunan Abi Dawud 235
Abu Hurairah reported:The prayer (in congregation) began and people stood in their rows. The Messenger of Allah (May pea…
Sunan Abi Dawud 236
Narrated Aisha, Ummul Mu'minin: The Prophet (ﷺ) was asked about a person who found moisture (on his body or clothes) but…
Sunan Abi Dawud 237
‘A’ishah reported on the authority of Umm Sulaim al-Ansariyah, who was the mother of Anas b. Malik, said:Messenger of Al…
Sunan Abi Dawud 238
Aishah said:The Messenger of Allah (May peace be upon him) used to take bath with from a vessel (which contained seven t…
Sunan Abi Dawud 239
Jubair b. Mut’im reported :People made a mention of washing because of sexual defilement before the Messenger of Allah (…
Sunan Abi Dawud 240
Aishah reported :when the Messenger of Allah (May peace be upon him) wanted to wash himself because of sexual defilement…