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 101
Narrated AbuHurayrah: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: The prayer of a person who does not perform ablution is not valid…
Sunan Abi Dawud 102
Explaining the tradition of the Prophet (ﷺ) that the ablution of a person who does not mention the name of Allah is vali…
Sunan Abi Dawud 103
Abu Hurairah reported :The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: When anyone amongst you wakes up from sleep at night, he should …
Sunan Abi Dawud 104
This Tradition has been reported by Abu Hurairah through another chain of transmitters. It adds :“ twice or thrice.” Thi…
Sunan Abi Dawud 105
Abu Hurairah reported :I heard the Messenger of Allah (May Peace be upon him) say: When any of you wakes up from sleep, …
Sunan Abi Dawud 106
Humran b. Abban, the freed slave of ‘Uthman, said :I saw ‘ Uthman’ b. ‘Affan while he performed ablution. He poured wate…
Sunan Abi Dawud 107
Humran said :I saw ‘Uthman b. ‘Affan performing ablution. He then narrated the same tradition. In this version there is …
Sunan Abi Dawud 108
‘Abd al-Rahman al-TamiI reported:Ibn Abi Mulaikah was asked about ablution. He said : I saw ‘Uthman b. ‘Affan who was as…
Sunan Abi Dawud 109
Abu ‘Alqamah said that ‘Uthman called for water and performed ablution. He then poured water with the right hand or the …
Sunan Abi Dawud 110
Shaqiq b. Salamah said :I saw ‘ Uthman b. ‘ Affan (perform ablution). He washed his forearms three times and washed his …
Sunan Abi Dawud 111
Narrated Ali ibn AbuTalib: Abdu Khayr said: Ali came upon us and he had already offered prayer. He called for water. We …
Sunan Abi Dawud 112
‘Abd Khair said :‘All offered the dawn prayer and went to Rahbah (a locality in Kufah). He called for water. A boy broug…
Sunan Abi Dawud 113
Malik b. Ghurfatah says :I heard ‘Abd Khair say: I saw a chair was brought to ‘Ali who sat on it. A vessel of water was …
Sunan Abi Dawud 114
Zirr b. Hubaish said that the heard that ‘ Ali was asked how the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to perform ablution. He the…
Sunan Abi Dawud 115
‘Abd al-Rahman b. Abi Laila says:I saw ‘ Ali performing ablution. He washed his face three times and his hands three tim…
Sunan Abi Dawud 116
Abu Hayyah said:I saw ‘Ali perform ablution. He (Abu Hayyah) then described that ‘Ali went through every part of the abl…
Sunan Abi Dawud 117
Ibn’Abbas said:‘Ali b. Abi Talib entered upon me after he has passed water. He then called for water for ablution. We br…
Sunan Abi Dawud 118
‘Amr b. Yahya al-Mazini reports on the authority of his father who asked ‘Abd Allah b. Zaid, the grandfather of ‘Amr b. …
Sunan Abi Dawud 119
‘Abd Allah b. Zaid b. ‘Asim reported this tradition saying:He rinsed his mouth and snuffed up water from one hand, doing…
Sunan Abi Dawud 120
Habban b. Wasi’ reported on the authority of his father who heard ‘Abd Allah b. Zaid al-Asim al-Mazini say that he saw t…