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 881
Narrated AbuLayla al-Ansari: I prayed by the side of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) in the supererogatory prayer and I heard…
Sunan Abi Dawud 882
Abu Hurairah said; The Messenger of Allah (May peace be upon him) got up for the prayer and we also stood up along with …
Sunan Abi Dawud 883
Ibn ‘Abbas reported; when the prophet (ﷺ) recited:“Glorify the name of thy Lord, the Most High.” He would say:”Glory be …
Sunan Abi Dawud 884
Musa b. Abi ‘A'ishah said:A man used to pray on the roof of his house. When he recited the verse “Is not He able to brin…
Sunan Abi Dawud 885
Sa’d reported that he heard his father or his uncle say ; I witnessed the Prophet (ﷺ) while offering prayer. He used to …
Sunan Abi Dawud 886
Narrated Abdullah ibn Mas'ud: The Prophet (ﷺ) said: When one of you bows, he should say three time,:"Glory be to my migh…
Sunan Abi Dawud 887
Narrated AbuHurayrah: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: When one of you recites "By the fig and the olive" (Surah 95) and…
Sunan Abi Dawud 888
Narrated Anas ibn Malik: I did not offer behind anyone after the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) a prayer like the prayer offered…
Sunan Abi Dawud 889
Narrated Abdullah ibn Abbas: Ibn Abbas reported the Prophet (ﷺ) as saying: I have been commanded - according to the vers…
Sunan Abi Dawud 890
Ibn ‘Abbas reported the prophet (ﷺ) as saying :I have been commanded, and sometimes the narrator said: Your prophet (ﷺ) …
Sunan Abi Dawud 891
‘Abbas b. ‘Abd al-Muttalib said that he heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) as saying:when a servant (of Allah) prostrates …
Sunan Abi Dawud 892
Narrated Abdullah ibn Umar: The Prophet (ﷺ) said: Both hands prostrate as the face prostrates. When one of you puts his …
Sunan Abi Dawud 893
Abu Hurairah reported the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) as saying; when you come to pray while we are prostrating ourselves, yo…
Sunan Abi Dawud 894
Abu sa’ld al-Khudri said:The mark of earth was seen on the forehead and nose of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) due to the pr…
Sunan Abi Dawud 895
The above mentioned tradition has also been transmitted by Ma’mar through a different chain of narrators to the same eff…
Sunan Abi Dawud 896
Narrated Al-Bara' ibn Azib: Al-Bara' described to us (the nature of prostration). He placed his hands (palms), reclined …
Sunan Abi Dawud 897
Anas reported the Messenger of Allah(ﷺ) as saying; Adopt a moderate position when prostrating yourselves, and see that n…
Sunan Abi Dawud 898
Maimunah said:When the Prophet(ﷺ) prostrated himself, he kept his arms so far away from his sides that if a lamb had wan…
Sunan Abi Dawud 899
Narrated Abdullah ibn Abbas: I came to the Prophet (ﷺ) from behind. I saw the whiteness of his armpits and he kept his a…
Sunan Abi Dawud 900
Narrated Ahmar ibn Jaz': When the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) prostrated himself, he kept his arms far away from his sides so…