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 661
jabir b. Samurah reported the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) as saying:Why do you stand in rows as the angels do in the presence…
Sunan Abi Dawud 662
Al-Nu’man b. Bashir said:the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) paid attention to the people and said three times; straighten your r…
Sunan Abi Dawud 663
Al-Nu’man b. Bashir said:the prophet (ﷺ) used to straighten us in the rows of prayer as the arrow is straightened, until…
Sunan Abi Dawud 664
Narrated Al-Bara' ibn Azib: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to pass through the row from one side to the other; he used …
Sunan Abi Dawud 665
Narrated An-Nu'man ibn Bashir: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to straighten our rows when we stood up to pray, and when…
Sunan Abi Dawud 666
Narrated Abdullah ibn Umar: The Prophet (ﷺ) said: Set the rows in order, stand shoulder to shoulder, close the gaps, be …
Sunan Abi Dawud 667
Narrated Anas ibn Malik: The Prophet (ﷺ) said: Stand close together in your rows, bring them near one another, and stand…
Sunan Abi Dawud 668
Anas reported the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) as saying :Straighten your rows for the straightening of the rows is part of pe…
Sunan Abi Dawud 669
Muhammad b. Muslim b. al-Sa’ib said:one day I prayed by the side of Anas b. Malik. He said ; Do you know why this stick …
Sunan Abi Dawud 670
This tradition has also ben transmitted by Anas through a different chain of transmitters. This version goes:when the Me…
Sunan Abi Dawud 671
Narrated Anas ibn Malik: The Prophet (ﷺ) said: Complete the front row, then the one that comes next, and if there is any…
Sunan Abi Dawud 672
Narrated Abdullah ibn Abbas: The Prophet (ﷺ) said: The best of you are those whose shoulders are soft in prayer
Sunan Abi Dawud 673
Narrated AbdulHamid ibn Mahmud: I offered the Friday prayer along with Anas ibn Malik. We were pushed to the pillars (du…
Sunan Abi Dawud 674
Abu Ma’sud reported the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) as saying:let those of your who are sedate and prudent be near me, then t…
Sunan Abi Dawud 675
This tradition has also been transmitted by ‘Abd Allah (b. Mas’ud) through a different chain of narrators. This version …
Sunan Abi Dawud 676
Narrated Aisha, Ummul Mu'minin: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: Allah and His angels bless those who are on the right f…
Sunan Abi Dawud 677
Narrated AbuMalik al-Ash'ari: Should I not tell you how the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) led the prayer? He said: He had the i…
Sunan Abi Dawud 678
Abu Hurairah reported the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) as saying:the best of the men’s row is the first and the worst of them …
Sunan Abi Dawud 679
‘A’ishah reported the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) as saying the people will continue to keep themselves away from the front r…
Sunan Abi Dawud 680
Abu Sa’Id al-Khudri said; The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) saw a tendency among his companions to go to the back. He said to t…