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 841
Narrated AbuHurayrah: The Prophet (ﷺ) said: (Does) one of you kneel down in his prayer as a camel kneels down (i.e. put …
Sunan Abi Dawud 842
Abu Qilabah said:Abu sulaiman malik b. al-Huwairith came to our mosque and said: By Allah, I Shall offer prayer; and I d…
Sunan Abi Dawud 843
Abu Qilabah said:Abu Sulaiman Malik b. al-Huwairth came to our mosque, and said: By Allah, I Shall offer prayer, though …
Sunan Abi Dawud 844
Abu Qilabah said:Malik b. al-Huwairith saw that the prophet (may peace by upon him) would not stand at the end of the fi…
Sunan Abi Dawud 845
Tawus said:we asked Ibn ‘Abbas about sitting on heels between the two prostrations. He said: It is the sunnah. We said: …
Sunan Abi Dawud 846
Abd Allah b. Abi Awfa said:When the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) raised his head after bowing, he said: Allah listens to him w…
Sunan Abi Dawud 847
Abu sa’id al-Khuri said:When the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “ Allah listens to him who praises Him,” he also said: O A…
Sunan Abi Dawud 848
Abu Hurairah reported the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) as saying:When the Imam says: “Allah listens to him who praised Him,” s…
Sunan Abi Dawud 849
‘Amir said:The people behind the imam should not say: “Allah listens to him who praises Him.” But they should say: “ Our…
Sunan Abi Dawud 850
Narrated Abdullah ibn Abbas: The Prophet (ﷺ) used to say between the two prostrations: "O Allah, forgive me, have mercy …
Sunan Abi Dawud 851
Narrated Asma' daughter of AbuBakr: I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: One of you who believes in Allah and in the …
Sunan Abi Dawud 852
Al-Bara’ said:The prostration observed by the Messenger of Allah(ﷺ), his bowing, and his sitting between the two prostra…
Sunan Abi Dawud 853
Anas b. Malik said:I did not offer prayer behind anyone more brief than the one offered by the Messenger of Allah(ﷺ) and…
Sunan Abi Dawud 854
Al-Barab. Azib said:I witnessed Muhammed(ﷺ) –Abu Kamil’s version has the wording: The Messenger of Allah(ﷺ)-during his p…
Sunan Abi Dawud 855
Narrated AbuMas'ud al-Badri: The Prophet (ﷺ) said: A man's prayer does not avail him unless he keeps his back steady whe…
Sunan Abi Dawud 856
Abu Hurairah said:When the Messenger of Allah(ﷺ) entered the mosque, a man also entered it and prayed. He then came and …
Sunan Abi Dawud 857
Narrated Rifa'ah ibn Rafi': A man entered the mosque...... He then narrated the tradition like the one narrated in (No.8…
Sunan Abi Dawud 858
Narrated Rifa'ah ibn Rafi': This version (of Hadith No 856) adds: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: The prayer of any of …
Sunan Abi Dawud 859
This tradition has also been transmitted through a different chain of narrators by Rifa’ah b. Rafi. This version goes:Wh…
Sunan Abi Dawud 860
This tradition has also been transmitted by Rifa’ah b Rafi through a different chain of narrators. This version has :Whe…