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 941
sahl b. Sa’d said; Fighting took place amongst the tribe of Banu ‘Amr b. ‘Awf. This (the news) reached the prophet (May …
Sunan Abi Dawud 942
‘Isa b. Ayyub said:Clapping by women means that one should strike her left hand with the two fingers of her right hand
Sunan Abi Dawud 943
Narrated Anas ibn Malik: The Prophet (ﷺ) used to make a sign during prayer
Sunan Abi Dawud 944
Narrated AbuHurayrah: The Prophet (ﷺ) said: Saying Tasbih applies to men during prayer and clapping applies to women. An…
Sunan Abi Dawud 945
Narrated AbuDharr: The Prophet (ﷺ) said: When one of you gets up to pray, he must not remove pebbles, for mercy is facin…
Sunan Abi Dawud 946
Mu’aiqib reported the Prophet (ﷺ) as saying ; Do not remove pebbles while you are praying; if you do it out of sheer nec…
Sunan Abi Dawud 947
Abu hurairah said that the Messenger of Allah (May peace be upon him) forbade putting hands on the waist during prayer. …
Sunan Abi Dawud 948
Narrated Umm Qays bint Mihsan: Hilal ibn Yasaf said: I came to ar-Raqqah (a place in Syria). One of my companions said t…
Sunan Abi Dawud 949
Zaid b. Arqam said ; One of us used to speak to the man standing by his side during prayer. Then the Quranic verse “ And…
Sunan Abi Dawud 950
‘Abd Allah b. ‘Amr said :It has been narrated to me that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said : The Prayer of a man in sittin…
Sunan Abi Dawud 951
‘Abd Allah b. Buraidah said :‘Imran b. Hussain asked the prophet (ﷺ) about the prayer a man offers in sitting condition.…
Sunan Abi Dawud 952
‘Imran b. Husain said :I had a fistula; so I asked the prophet (ﷺ). He said: offer prayer in standing condition; if you …
Sunan Abi Dawud 953
‘A’ishah said :I never saw the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) reciting the Quraan in his prayer at night in sitting condition un…
Sunan Abi Dawud 954
‘A’ishah, wife of the prophet (ﷺ), said:when the prophet (ﷺ) prayed sitting, he recited the Quran in sitting condition. …
Sunan Abi Dawud 955
‘A’ishah said:The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to pray standing at night for a long time, and used to pray sitting at nig…
Sunan Abi Dawud 956
‘Abd Allah b. Shaqiq said:I asked ‘A’ishah whether the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) recited a whole Surah (of the Quran) in on…
Sunan Abi Dawud 957
Narrated Wa'il ibn Hujr: I said that I should look at the prayer of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) how he prays. The Messeng…
Sunan Abi Dawud 958
Abdullah bin 'Umar said:"A Sunnah of the prayer is that you should raise your right foot, and make your left foot lie (o…
Sunan Abi Dawud 959
(There is another chain) reported from Yahya who said:"I heard Al-Qasim saying: "Abdullah bin 'Abdullah informed me that…
Sunan Abi Dawud 960
(There is another chain) from Yahya with his chain and similar (to the previous hadith). Abu Dawud said:Hammad bin Zaid …