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.
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Hadiths
5,274 total
Sunan Abi Dawud 741
Nafi’ said on the authority of Ibn ‘Umar that when he began prayer, he uttered the takbir( Allah is most great) and rais…
Sunan Abi Dawud 742
Nafi’ said:When ‘Abd Allah b. ‘Umar began his prayer, he raised his hands opposite to his shoulders; and when he raised …
Sunan Abi Dawud 743
Ibn ‘Umar said:When the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) stood at the end of two rak’ahs, he uttered the takbir (Allah is most gre…
Sunan Abi Dawud 744
Narrated Ali ibn AbuTalib: When the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) stood for offering the obligatory prayer, he uttered the takb…
Sunan Abi Dawud 745
Malik b. al-Huwairith said:I saw the Prophet (ﷺ) raise his hands when he uttered the takbir (Allah is most great), when …
Sunan Abi Dawud 746
Narrated AbuHurayrah: If I were in front of the Prophet (ﷺ), I would see his armpits. Ibn Mu'adh added that Lahiq said: …
Sunan Abi Dawud 747
Narrated Abdullah ibn Mas'ud: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) taught us how to pray. He then uttered the takbir (Allah is mos…
Sunan Abi Dawud 748
It was reported from Alqamah who said:Abdullah ibn Mas'ud said: Should I not pray for you the way the Messenger of Allah…
Sunan Abi Dawud 749
This tradition has also been transmitted by Sufyan through a different chain of narrators. This version has:He raised hi…
Sunan Abi Dawud 750
Narrated Al-Bara' ibn Azib: When the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) began prayer, he raised his hands up to his ears, then he di…
Sunan Abi Dawud 751
This tradition has been narrated by Sufyan through a different chain of transmitters. This version does not have the wor…
Sunan Abi Dawud 752
Narrated Al-Bara' ibn Azib: I saw that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) raised his hands when he began prayer, but he did not …
Sunan Abi Dawud 753
Narrated AbuHurayrah: When the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) began his prayer, he raised his hands extensively
Sunan Abi Dawud 754
Zur’ah b. ‘Abd al-Rahman said:I heard Ibn al-Zubair say: Setting the feet right and placing one hand on the other is a s…
Sunan Abi Dawud 755
Narrated Abdullah ibn Mas'ud: AbuUthman an-Nahdi said: When Ibn Mas'ud prayed he placed his left hand on the right. The …
Sunan Abi Dawud 756
Narrated Ali ibn AbuTalib: AbuJuhayfah said: Ali said that it is a sunnah to place one hand on the other in prayer below…
Sunan Abi Dawud 757
Jarir ad-Dabbi reported:I saw Ali (Allah be pleased with him) catching hold of his left hand) by his right hand on the w…
Sunan Abi Dawud 758
Narrated AbuHurayrah: (The established way of folding hands is) to hold the hands by the hands in prayer below the navel…
Sunan Abi Dawud 759
Narrated Tawus: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to place his right hand on his left hand, then he folded them strictly o…
Sunan Abi Dawud 760
‘Ali b. Ali Talib said:When the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) stood up for prayer, he uttered the takbir (Allah is most great),…