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 341
Abu Sa'id al-Khudri reported the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) as saying:Taking bath on Friday is necessary for every adult
Sunan Abi Dawud 342
Narrated Hafsah, Ummul Mu'minin: The Prophet (ﷺ) said: It is necessary for every adult (person) to go for (saying) Frida…
Sunan Abi Dawud 343
Abu Sa'id al-Khudri and Abu Hurairah reported the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) as saying:If anyone takes a bath on Friday, put…
Sunan Abi Dawud 344
Abd al-Rahman b. Abi Sa'id al-Khudri quotes his father as saying:The Prophet (ﷺ) said: Washing and the use of tooth-stic…
Sunan Abi Dawud 345
Narrated Aws ibn Aws ath-Thaqafi: I heard the apostle of Allah (ﷺ) say: If anyone makes (his wife) wash and he washes hi…
Sunan Abi Dawud 346
Aws al-Thaqafi reported the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) as saying:If anyone washes his head on Friday and washes himself; and…
Sunan Abi Dawud 347
Abd Allah b. 'Amr al-'As reported the Prophet (ﷺ) as saying:Whoever washed himself on Friday and applies perfume of his …
Sunan Abi Dawud 348
Narrated Aisha, Ummul Mu'minin: The Prophet (ﷺ) would take a bath because of sexual defilement on Friday, after opening …
Sunan Abi Dawud 349
Makhul was asked about the meaning of words ghassala and ightasala (that occur in tradition 345) and he said:one should …
Sunan Abi Dawud 350
Explaining the meaning of the words ghassala and ightasala (that occur in tradition 345) Sa'id (b. 'Abd al-'Aziz) said:O…
Sunan Abi Dawud 351
Abu Hurairah reported the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) as saying:Whoever takes bath due to sexual defilement on Friday and goe…
Sunan Abi Dawud 352
Aishah said:The people (mostly) were workers and they would come for Friday prayer in the same condition, so it was said…
Sunan Abi Dawud 353
Amr b. Abi 'Amr and 'Ikrimah reported:Some people of Iraq came and said: Ibn 'Abbas, do you regard taking a bath on Frid…
Sunan Abi Dawud 354
Narrated Samurah: If any one of you performs ablution (on Friday) that is all right; and if any of you takes a bath, tha…
Sunan Abi Dawud 355
Narrated Qays ibn Asim: I came to the Prophet (ﷺ) with the intention of embracing Islam. He commanded me to take a bath …
Sunan Abi Dawud 356
Uthaim b. Kulaib reported from his father (Kuthair) on the authority of his grandfather (Kulaib) that he came to the Pro…
Sunan Abi Dawud 357
Mu'adhah said that 'Aishah was asked about (washing) the clothes of a menstruating woman smeared with blood. She said:Sh…
Sunan Abi Dawud 358
Aishah said:Each of us (wives of the Prophet) had only one clothe in which she would menstruate. Whenever it was smeared…
Sunan Abi Dawud 359
Narrated Umm Salamah, Ummul Mu'minin: Bakkar ibn Yahya said that his grandmother narrated to him: I entered upon Umm Sal…
Sunan Abi Dawud 360
Asma' daughter of Abu Bakr said:I heard a woman asking the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ): What should any of us to with her clo…