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 61
Narrated Ali ibn AbuTalib: The key to prayer is purification; its beginning is takbir and its end is taslim
Sunan Abi Dawud 62
Narrated Abdullah ibn Umar: AbuGhutayf al-Hudhali reported: I was in the company of Ibn Umar. When the call was made for…
Sunan Abi Dawud 63
Narrated Abdullah ibn Umar: The Prophet (ﷺ), was asked about water (in desert country) and what is frequented by animals…
Sunan Abi Dawud 64
Narrated 'Abd Allaah b. 'Umar:The Messenger of Allaah (sal Allaahu alayhi wa sallam) was asked about water in desert. He…
Sunan Abi Dawud 65
Narrated 'Abdullah b. 'Umar: The Apostle of Allaah ( sal Allaahu alayhi wa sallam ) said: When there is enough water to …
Sunan Abi Dawud 66
Narrated AbuSa'id al-Khudri: The people asked the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ): Can we perform ablution out of the well of Bud…
Sunan Abi Dawud 67
Narrated AbuSa'id al-Khudri: I heard that the people asked the Prophet of Allah (ﷺ): Water is brought for you from the w…
Sunan Abi Dawud 68
Narrated Abdullah ibn Abbas: One of the wives of the Prophet (ﷺ) took a bath from a large bowl. The Prophet (ﷺ) wanted t…
Sunan Abi Dawud 69
Narrated Abu Hurairah :The Prophet ( sal Allaahu alayhi wa sallam ) said : None amongst you should urinate in stagnant w…
Sunan Abi Dawud 70
Narrated AbuHurayrah: The Prophet (ﷺ) said: None amongst you should urinate in standing water, then wash in it after sex…
Sunan Abi Dawud 71
Narrated Abu Hurairah: The Prophet (sal Allaahu alayhi wa sallam) said: The purification of the utensil belonging to any…
Sunan Abi Dawud 72
A similar tradition has been transmitted by Abu Hurairah through a different chain of narrators. But this version has be…
Sunan Abi Dawud 73
Narrated Abu Hurairah : The Prophet (sal Allaahu alayhi wa sallam) as saying : When a dog licks a (thing contained in a)…
Sunan Abi Dawud 74
Narrated Ibn Mughaffal: The Messenger of Allaah (sal Allaahu alayhi wa sallam) ordered the killing of the dogs, and then…
Sunan Abi Dawud 75
Narrated AbuQatadah: Kabshah, daughter of Ka'b ibn Malik and wife of Ibn AbuQatadah, reported: AbuQatadah visited (me) a…
Sunan Abi Dawud 76
Narrated Aisha, Ummul Mu'minin: Dawud ibn Salih ibn Dinar at-Tammar quoted his mother as saying that her mistress sent h…
Sunan Abi Dawud 77
Narrated Aishah :I and the Messenger of Allaah ( sal Allaahu alayhi wa sallam ) took a bath from one vessel while we wer…
Sunan Abi Dawud 78
Narrated Aisha, Ummul Mu'minin: My hands and the hands of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) alternated into one vessel while we…
Sunan Abi Dawud 79
Narrated Ibn 'Umar: The males and females during the time of the Apostle of Allaah ( sal Allahu alayhi wa sallam ) used …
Sunan Abi Dawud 80
Narrated 'Abd Allaah b. 'Umar:We (men) and women during the life-time of the Apostle of Allaah ( sal Allaahu alayhi wa s…