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 781
Abu Hurairah said:The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) kept silence between the takbir and the recitation of Qur’an. So I asked hi…
Sunan Abi Dawud 782
‘Anas said:The Prophet(peace be upon hm), Abu Bakr, ‘Umar and ‘Uthman used to begin the recitation with “Praise be to Al…
Sunan Abi Dawud 783
‘A’ishah said:The Messenger of Allah(ﷺ) began prayer with the takbir (Allah is most great) and with reciting “Praise be …
Sunan Abi Dawud 784
Anas b. Malik said:The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: A surah has just been revealed to me. He then recited:”In the name o…
Sunan Abi Dawud 785
‘Urwah reported on the authority of ‘A’ishah mentioning the incident of slander. She said:The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) sat…
Sunan Abi Dawud 786
Narrated Uthman ibn Affan:: Yazid al-Farisi said: I heard Ibn Abbas say: I asked Uthman ibn Affan: What moved you to put…
Sunan Abi Dawud 787
The above mentioned tradition has been reported by ibn abbas through a different chain of narrators to the same effect. …
Sunan Abi Dawud 788
Ibn Abbas said:The prophet (ﷺ) did not distinguish between the two surahs until the words “In the name of Allah, the Com…
Sunan Abi Dawud 789
Abu Qatadah reported the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) as saying:I stand up to pray and intend to prolong it; but when I hear t…
Sunan Abi Dawud 790
Jabir said:Mu’adh b. Jabal used to pray along with the Prophet (ﷺ); then he returned and led us in prayer. Sometimes he …
Sunan Abi Dawud 791
Hazm b. Ubayy b. Ka’b said that he came to mu’adh b. jabal who was leading the people in the sunset prayer. According to…
Sunan Abi Dawud 792
Narrated Some Companions of the Prophet: AbuSalih reported on the authority of some Companions of the Prophet (ﷺ): The P…
Sunan Abi Dawud 793
Jabir narrated the story of mu’adh and said:The prophet (ﷺ) said to a youth: My nephew, what do you do in prayer? He rep…
Sunan Abi Dawud 794
Abu Hurairah reported the prophet (ﷺ) as saying:When one of you leads the people in prayer, he should be brief, for amon…
Sunan Abi Dawud 795
Abu Hurairah reported the prophet (ﷺ) as saying:when one of you leads the people in prayer, he should be brief, for amon…
Sunan Abi Dawud 796
‘Ammar b. Yasir said:I heard the apostle of Allah (ﷺ) say: A man returns after saying his prayer while a tenth part of h…
Sunan Abi Dawud 797
Abu Hurairah said:In every prayer there is a recitation. We make you listen what the Messenger of Allah(ﷺ) made us liste…
Sunan Abi Dawud 798
Abu Qatadah said:The apostle of Allah (ﷺ) used to lead us in prayer and recite in the first two rak’ahs of the noon pray…
Sunan Abi Dawud 799
The above mentioned tradition as been reported by Abu Qatadah through a different chain of narrators. This version adds:…
Sunan Abi Dawud 800
Abu Qatadah said:We thought that by this (prolonging the first rak’ah). He (the prophet) meant that the people might joi…