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 241
Narrated Aisha, Ummul Mu'minin: Jumay' ibn Umayr, one of the sons of Banu Taym Allah ibn Tha'labah, said: Accompanied by…
Sunan Abi Dawud 242
Aishah reported :When the Messenger of Allah (May peace be upon him) would take a bath because of sexual defilement, acc…
Sunan Abi Dawud 243
Aishah said; When the Messenger of Allah (May peace be upon him) intended to take a bath because of sexual defilement, h…
Sunan Abi Dawud 244
Narrated Aisha, Ummul Mu'minin: If you want, I can certainly show you the marks of the hand of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ…
Sunan Abi Dawud 245
Maimunah reported:I placed (the vessel of) water for the Prophet (May peace be upon him) to wash himself because of sexu…
Sunan Abi Dawud 246
Shu’bah reported :when Ibn ‘Abbas took a bath because of sexual defilement, he poured (water) over his left hand with hi…
Sunan Abi Dawud 247
Narrated Abdullah ibn Umar: There were fifty prayers (obligatory in the beginning); and (in the beginning of Islam) wash…
Sunan Abi Dawud 248
Narrated AbuHurayrah: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: There is sexual defilement under every hair; so wash the hair and…
Sunan Abi Dawud 249
Narrated Ali ibn AbuTalib: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: If anyone who is sexual defiled leaves a spot equal to the b…
Sunan Abi Dawud 250
Narrated Aisha, Ummul Mu'minin: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) took a bath and offered two rak'ahs of prayer and said the da…
Sunan Abi Dawud 251
Umm Salamah said:one of the Muslims asked, and Zubair reported: Umm Salamah (herself) asked: Messenger of Allah. I am a …
Sunan Abi Dawud 252
Umm Salamah said:A women came to her, this is according to the version of the former tradition. I asked the Prophet (May…
Sunan Abi Dawud 253
Aishah said:When any of us was sexually defiled, she took three handfuls (of water) in this way, that is to say, with bo…
Sunan Abi Dawud 254
Aishah said:we took a bath while having an adhesive substance over us (our head) in both states, namely, when wearing a …
Sunan Abi Dawud 255
Narrated Thawban: Shurayh ibn Ubayd said: Jubayr ibn Nufayr gave me a verdict about the bath because of sexual defilemen…
Sunan Abi Dawud 256
Aishah said:The Messenger of Allah (May peace be upon him) used to wash his head with marsh-mallow while he was sexually…
Sunan Abi Dawud 257
On being asked about (washing) the fluid that flows between man and woman ‘A’ishah said:The Messenger of Allah (May peac…
Sunan Abi Dawud 258
Anas b. malik said:Among the jews, when a women menstruated, they ejected her from the house, and they did not eat with …
Sunan Abi Dawud 259
Aishah said:I would eat flesh from a bone when I was menstruating, then hand it over to the Prophet(ﷺ) and he would put …
Sunan Abi Dawud 260
Aishah said:The Messenger of Allah(ﷺ) would recline on my lap when I was menstruating, then recite the Qur’an