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 481
Narrated AbuSahlah as-Sa'ib ibn Khallad: A man led the people in prayer. He spat towards qiblah while the Messenger of A…
Sunan Abi Dawud 482
Abu al-‘Ala’ reported on the authority of his father:I came to the Messenger of Allah(ﷺ) who was saying prayer. He spat …
Sunan Abi Dawud 483
Abu al-‘Ala’ reported this tradition on the authority of his father to the same effect with a different chain of narrato…
Sunan Abi Dawud 484
Narrated Wathilah ibn al-Asqa': AbuSa'id said: I saw Wathilah ibn al-Asqa' in the mosque of Damascus. He spat at the mat…
Sunan Abi Dawud 485
Narrated Ubadah ibn as-Samit: We came to Jabir ibn Abdullah who was sitting in his mosque. He said: The Messenger of All…
Sunan Abi Dawud 486
Anas b. Malik reported :A man entered the mosque on camel and made it kneel down, and then tied his leg with rope. He th…
Sunan Abi Dawud 487
Ibn ‘Abbas reported :Banu Sa’d b. Bakr sent Qamam b. Tha’labah to the apostle of Allah (May peace be upon him). He came …
Sunan Abi Dawud 488
Abu Hurairah said:The Jews came to the Prophet (May peace be upon him) and he was sitting in the mosque among his Compan…
Sunan Abi Dawud 489
Narrated AbuDharr: The earth has been made for me purifying and as a mosque (place for prayer)
Sunan Abi Dawud 490
Narrated Ali ibn AbuTalib: AbuSalih al-Ghifari reported: Ali (once) passed by Babylon during his travels. The mu'adhdhin…
Sunan Abi Dawud 491
Abu Salih narrated this tradition with a different chain of transmitters to the same effect as reported by Sulaiman b. D…
Sunan Abi Dawud 492
Narrated Sa'id: and the narrator Musa said: As far as Amr thinks, the Prophet (ﷺ) said: The whole earth is a place of pr…
Sunan Abi Dawud 493
Bara’ b. Azib reported :The Messenger of Allah (May peace be upon him) was asked about saying prayer at places where the…
Sunan Abi Dawud 494
Narrated As-Saburah: The Prophet (ﷺ) said: Command a boy to pray when he reaches the age of seven years. When he becomes…
Sunan Abi Dawud 495
Narrated Abdullah ibn Amr ibn al-'As: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: Command your children to pray when they become se…
Sunan Abi Dawud 496
This tradition has been narrated by Dawud b. Sawar al-Muzani through a different chain of transmitters and to the same e…
Sunan Abi Dawud 497
Narrated Mu'adh ibn Abdullah ibn Khubayb al-Juhani: Hisham ibn Sa'd reported: We entered upon Mu'adh ibn Abdullah ibn Kh…
Sunan Abi Dawud 498
Narrated AbuUmayr ibn Anas: AbuUmayr reported on the authority of his uncle who was from the Ansar (the helpers of the P…
Sunan Abi Dawud 499
‘Abd Allah b. Zaid reported :when the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) ordered a bell to be made so that it might be struck to gat…
Sunan Abi Dawud 500
Abu Mahdhurah reported; I said; Messenger of Allah, teach me the method of ADHAN (how to pronounce the call to prayer). …