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 1041
Narrated Hulb (Yazid) at-Ta'i: Hulb prayed along with the Prophet (ﷺ). He used to turn to both his sides (sometimes to t…
Sunan Abi Dawud 1042
‘Abd Allah (b. Mas’ud) said; One of you should not give a share from his prayer to the devil, that he does not turn away…
Sunan Abi Dawud 1043
Ibn ‘Umar reported the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) as saying:Offer some of your prayers in your houses, and do not make them …
Sunan Abi Dawud 1044
Narrated Zayd ibn Thabit: The Prophet (ﷺ) said: The prayer a man offers in his house is more excellent than his prayer i…
Sunan Abi Dawud 1045
Anas said:The Prophet (ﷺ) and his Companions used to pray in the direction of Jerusalem. When the following verse was re…
Sunan Abi Dawud 1046
Narrated AbuHurayrah: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: The best day on which the sun has risen is Friday; on it Adam was…
Sunan Abi Dawud 1047
Narrated Aws ibn Aws: The Prophet (ﷺ) said: Among the most excellent of your days is Friday; on it Adam was created, on …
Sunan Abi Dawud 1048
Narrated Jabir ibn Abdullah: The Prophet (ﷺ) said: Friday is divided into twelve hours. Amongst them there is an hour in…
Sunan Abi Dawud 1049
Abu Burdah b. Abl Musa al-Asha’ri said:‘Abd Allah b. ‘Umar said to me: Did you hear your father narrating a tradition fr…
Sunan Abi Dawud 1050
If anyone performs ablution, doing it well, then come to the Friday prayer, listens and keeps silence, his sins between …
Sunan Abi Dawud 1051
Narrated Ali ibn AbuTalib: Ali said on the pulpit in the mosque of Kufah: When Friday comes, the devils go to the market…
Sunan Abi Dawud 1052
Narrated Al-Ja'd ad-Damri: The Prophet (ﷺ) said: He who leaves the Friday prayer (continuously) for three Friday on acco…
Sunan Abi Dawud 1053
Narrated Samurah ibn Jundub: The Prophet (ﷺ) said: If anyone omits the Friday prayer without excuse, he must give a dina…
Sunan Abi Dawud 1054
Narrated Qudamah ibn Wabirah: The Prophet (ﷺ) said: If anyone omits the Friday prayer without excuse, he must give one d…
Sunan Abi Dawud 1055
‘A’ishah, the wife of prophet(ﷺ), said:The people used to attend the Friday prayer from their houses and from the suburb…
Sunan Abi Dawud 1056
Narrated Abdullah ibn Amr: The Prophet (ﷺ) said: The Friday prayer is obligatory on him who hears the call. Abu Dawud sa…
Sunan Abi Dawud 1057
Narrated Usamah ibn Umayr al-Huzali: The rain was falling on the day when the Battle of Hunayn took place. The Prophet (…
Sunan Abi Dawud 1058
Abu al-Malih said:That took place on a Friday
Sunan Abi Dawud 1059
Narrated Usamah ibn Umayr al-Huzali: Usamah attended the Prophet (ﷺ) on the occasion of the treaty of al-Hudaybiyyah on …
Sunan Abi Dawud 1060
Nafi said:Ibn ‘Umar stayed at Dajnan (a place between Mecca and Medina) on a cold night. He commanded an announcer (to a…