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 21
Narrated Ibn 'Abbas: A tradition from the Prophet (sal Allaahu alayhi wa sallam ) conveying similar meaning. The version…
Sunan Abi Dawud 22
Narrated Amr ibn al-'As: AbdurRahman ibn Hasanah reported: I and Amr ibn al-'As went to the Prophet (ﷺ). He came out wit…
Sunan Abi Dawud 23
Narrated Hudhaifah : The Apostle of Allaah ( sal Allaahu alayhi wa sallam ) came to a midden of some people and urinated…
Sunan Abi Dawud 24
Narrated Umaymah daughter of Ruqayqah: The Prophet (ﷺ) had a wooden vessel under his bed in which he would urinate at ni…
Sunan Abi Dawud 25
Narrated Abu Hurairah:The Prophet (sal Allaahu alayhi wa sallam ) as saying : Be on your guard against two things which …
Sunan Abi Dawud 26
Narrated Mu'adh ibn Jabal: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: Be on your guard against three things which provoke cursing:…
Sunan Abi Dawud 27
Narrated Abdullah ibn Mughaffal: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: No one of you should make water in his bath and then w…
Sunan Abi Dawud 28
Narrated A Man from the Companions: Humayd al-Himyari said: I met a man (Companion of the Prophet) who remained in the c…
Sunan Abi Dawud 29
Narrated Abdullah ibn Sarjis: The Prophet (ﷺ) prohibited to urinate in a hole. Qatadah (a narrator) was asked about the …
Sunan Abi Dawud 30
Narrated Aisha, Ummul Mu'minin: When the Prophet (ﷺ) came out of the privy, he used to say: "Grant me Thy forgiveness
Sunan Abi Dawud 31
Narrated Abu Qatadah:The Prophet (sal Allaahu alayhi wa sallam) said: When any one of you urinates, he must not touch hi…
Sunan Abi Dawud 32
Narrated Hafsah, Ummul Mu'minin: The Prophet (ﷺ) used his right hand for taking his food and drink and used his left han…
Sunan Abi Dawud 33
Narrated Aisha, Ummul Mu'minin: The Prophet (ﷺ) used his right hand for getting water for ablution and taking food, and …
Sunan Abi Dawud 34
Aishah, also reported a tradition bearing similar meaning through another chain of transmitters
Sunan Abi Dawud 35
Narrated AbuHurayrah: The Prophet (ﷺ) said: If anyone applies collyrium, he should do it an odd number of times. If he d…
Sunan Abi Dawud 36
Narrated Ruwayfi' ibn Thabit: Shayban al-Qatbani reported that Maslamah ibn Mukhallad made Ruwayfi' ibn Thabit the gover…
Sunan Abi Dawud 37
This tradition has also been narrated by Abu Salim al-Jaishani on the authority of 'Abd Allaah b. 'Amr. He narrated this…
Sunan Abi Dawud 38
Narrated Jabir b. 'Abd Allaah:The Apostle of Allaah ( sal Allaahu alayhi wa sallam ) forbade us to use a bone or dung fo…
Sunan Abi Dawud 39
Narrated Abdullah ibn Mas'ud: A deputation of the jinn came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and said: O Muhammad, forbid your communi…
Sunan Abi Dawud 40
Narrated Aisha, Ummul Mu'minin: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: When any of you goes to relieve himself, he should take…