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 681
Narrated AbuHurayrah: The Prophet (ﷺ) said: Have the imam in the centre and close up the gaps
Sunan Abi Dawud 682
Narrated Wabisah: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) saw a man praying alone behind the row. He ordered him to repeat. Sulayman …
Sunan Abi Dawud 683
Abu Bakrah said that he came to the mosque when the prophet (ﷺ) was bowing. So I bowed outside the row (before joining i…
Sunan Abi Dawud 684
Al-Hasan reported :Abu Bakrah came when the apostle of Allah (ﷺ) was bowing. So he bowed without the row (before joining…
Sunan Abi Dawud 685
Talhah b. 'Ubaid Allah reported the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) as saying:When you place in front of you something such as th…
Sunan Abi Dawud 686
Ata said:The back of the saddle is (about) one cubit (in height) or more than that
Sunan Abi Dawud 687
Ibn 'Umar said:When the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) would go out (for prayer) on the day of 'Id, he ordered to bring a lance,…
Sunan Abi Dawud 688
Abu Juhaifah said:The Prophet (ﷺ) led them in prayer at al-Batha', with a staff set up in front of him. (He prayed) two …
Sunan Abi Dawud 689
Narrated AbuHurayrah: The Prophet (ﷺ) said: When one of you prays, he should put something in front of his face, and if …
Sunan Abi Dawud 690
This tradition has also been reported by Abu Hurairah through a different chain of narrators. Abu Hurairah reported:The …
Sunan Abi Dawud 691
Sufyan b. 'Uyainah said:I saw Sharik who led us in the 'Asr prayer during a funeral ceremony. He placed his cap in front…
Sunan Abi Dawud 692
Ibn 'Umar said:The Prophet (ﷺ) used to pray facing his camel
Sunan Abi Dawud 693
Narrated Al-Miqdad ibn al-Aswad: I never saw the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) praying in front of a stick, a pillar, or a tree…
Sunan Abi Dawud 694
Narrated Abdullah ibn Abbas: The Prophet (ﷺ) said: Do not pray behind a sleeping or a talking person
Sunan Abi Dawud 695
Narrated Sahl ibn AbuHathmah: The Prophet (ﷺ) said: When one of you prays facing a sutrah he should keep close to it, an…
Sunan Abi Dawud 696
Sahl said:The distance between the place where the Prophet (ﷺ) stood and the qiblah (i.e. the sutrah or the wall of the …
Sunan Abi Dawud 697
Abu Sa'id al-Khudri reported the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) as saying:When one of you prays, he should not let anyone pass i…
Sunan Abi Dawud 698
Abu Sa'id al-Khudri reported the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) as saying:When one of you prays, he should pray facing the sutra…
Sunan Abi Dawud 699
Abu 'Ubaid said:I saw 'Ata b. Yazid al-Laithi praying in a standing posture. So I went to him passing in front of him; h…
Sunan Abi Dawud 700
Abu Salih said:I narrate what I witnesses from Abu Sa'id and heard from him. Abu Sa'id entered upon Marwan and said: I h…