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 761
‘Ali b. Ali Talib said:When the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) stood up for (offering) obligatory prayer, he uttered the takbir …
Sunan Abi Dawud 762
Shu’aib b. Abi Hamzah said:Ibn al-Munkadir, Ibn Abi Farwah and a number of jurists of Madina said to me: When you recite…
Sunan Abi Dawud 763
Anas b. Malik said:A man came panting to join the row of worshippers, and said: Allah is most great; praise be to Allah,…
Sunan Abi Dawud 764
Narrated Jubayr ibn Mut'im: Jabir saw the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) observing prayer. (The narrator Amr said: I do not know…
Sunan Abi Dawud 765
The above mentioned tradition has also been reported by Jubair b. Mut’im through a different chain of narrators. This ve…
Sunan Abi Dawud 766
Narrated Aisha, Ummul Mu'minin: Asim ibn Humayd said: I asked Aisha: By what words the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) would begi…
Sunan Abi Dawud 767
Abu Salamah b. ‘Abd al-Rahman b. ‘Awf said:I asked ‘A’ishah: By what words the Prophet(ﷺ) used to begin his prayer when …
Sunan Abi Dawud 768
The above mentioned tradition has been reported by ‘Ikramah with a different chain of narrators. This version adds:When …
Sunan Abi Dawud 769
Malik said:There is no harm in uttering supplication in prayer, in its beginning, in its middle, and in the end, in obli…
Sunan Abi Dawud 770
Rifa’ah b. Rafi’ said:One day we were praying behind the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). When the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) raised …
Sunan Abi Dawud 771
Ibn ‘Abbas said:When the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) stood up for praying at midnight, he said: o Allah, be praise to Thee, T…
Sunan Abi Dawud 772
Ibn ‘Abbas said:The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to say in his tahajjud prayer(i.e. supererogatory prayer offered in or a…
Sunan Abi Dawud 773
Narrated Rifa'ah ibn Rafi': I offered prayer behind the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). Rifa'ah sneezed. The narrator Qutaybah d…
Sunan Abi Dawud 774
Rabi’ah said:A young man from the Ansar sneezed behind the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) while he was praying. He then said: Pr…
Sunan Abi Dawud 775
Narrated AbuSa'id al-Khudri: When the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) got up to pray at night (for tahajjud prayer) he uttered th…
Sunan Abi Dawud 776
Narrated Aisha, Ummul Mu'minin: When the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) began his prayer, he said: "Glory be to Thee, O Allah," …
Sunan Abi Dawud 777
Narrated Samurah ibn Jundub: I remember two period of silence in prayer, one when the imam said the takbir; and one when…
Sunan Abi Dawud 778
Samurah b. Jundub said:The Prophet(ﷺ) had two periods of silence; when he began his prayer and when he finished the reci…
Sunan Abi Dawud 779
Narrated Samurah ibn Jundub; Ubayy ibn Ka'b: Samurah ibn Jundub and Imran ibn Husayn had a discussion (about the periods…
Sunan Abi Dawud 780
Narrated Samurah ibn Jundub: I remember from the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) two periods of silence. Sa'id said: We asked Qat…