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 961
(There is another chain) from Yahya bin Sa'eed that Al-Qasim bin Muhammad saw them sitting in Tashah-hud, so he mentione…
Sunan Abi Dawud 962
It was reported from Ibrahim that he said:"When the Prophet (ﷺ) would sit in the prayer, he would place his left foot ho…
Sunan Abi Dawud 963
Abu Humaid al-sa’idi said (in the presence of ten compansions of the prophet):I am more informed than any of you regardi…
Sunan Abi Dawud 964
Muhammad b. ‘Amr b.’Ata’ was sitting in the company of a few Companions of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). He then narrated …
Sunan Abi Dawud 965
Muhammad b. ‘Amr al-Amir said:I was sitting in the company( of the Companions). He then narrated this tradition saying: …
Sunan Abi Dawud 966
’Abbas or ‘Ayyash b. Sahl al-Sa’id that he attended a company in which his father was also present. He then narrated thi…
Sunan Abi Dawud 967
‘Abbas b. Sahl said:Abu Humaid, Abu usaid, Sahl b. Sa’d and Muhammad b. Maslamah got together. Then he narrated this tra…
Sunan Abi Dawud 968
‘Abd Allah b. Mas’ud said:when we (prayed and) sat up during prayer along the Messenger of Allah (may peach be upon him)…
Sunan Abi Dawud 969
Narrated Abdullah ibn Mas'ud: We did not know what we should say when we sat during prayer. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) w…
Sunan Abi Dawud 970
Narrated Abdullah ibn Mas'ud: Alqamah said that Abdullah ibn Mas'ud caught hold of his hand saying that the Messenger of…
Sunan Abi Dawud 971
Ibn ‘Umar reported the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) as saying:The adoration of the tongue are due to Allah, and acts of worshi…
Sunan Abi Dawud 972
Narrated AbuMusa al-Ash'ari: Hittan ibn Abdullah ar-Ruqashi said: AbuMusa al-Ash'ari led us in prayer. When he sat at th…
Sunan Abi Dawud 973
This tradition has also been transmitted by Hittan b. ‘Abd Allah al-Ruqashi through a different chain of narrators. This…
Sunan Abi Dawud 974
Ibn ‘Abbas said:The Messenger of Allah( may peace be upon him) used to teach us the tashahhud as he would teach us the Q…
Sunan Abi Dawud 975
Narrated Samurah ibn Jundub: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) commanded us (to recite) when we sit in the middle of the prayer…
Sunan Abi Dawud 976
Ka’b b. ‘Ujrah said:We said or the people said: Messenger of Allah, you have commanded us to invoke blessing on you and …
Sunan Abi Dawud 977
This tradition has also been reported by Shu’bah through a different chain of narrators. This version adds:Bless Muhamma…
Sunan Abi Dawud 978
This has been transmitted by al-Hakam through a different chain of narrators. This version has:O Allah, bless Muhammad a…
Sunan Abi Dawud 979
Abu Humaid al-Said said:Some people asked: Messenger of Allah, how should we invoke blessings on you? He said: Say,” O A…
Sunan Abi Dawud 980
Abu Mas’ud al-Ansari said:The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) came to us in a meeting of Sa’d b. ‘Ubadah. Bashir b. Sa’d said to …