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 121
Narrated Al-Miqdam ibn Ma'dikarib al-Kindi: The ablution water was brought to the Messenger (ﷺ) and he performed ablutio…
Sunan Abi Dawud 122
Al-Miqdam b. Ma’dikarib reported :I saw the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) perform ablution. When he reached the stage of wiping…
Sunan Abi Dawud 123
Another version says:He wiped his ears inside and outside. Hisham adds: He inserted his fingers in the ear-holes
Sunan Abi Dawud 124
AbulAzhar al-Mughirah ibn Farwah and Yazid ibn AbuMalik reported:Mu'awiyah performed ablution before the people, as he s…
Sunan Abi Dawud 125
Another version says:He performed each part of the ablution three times and washed his feet times without number
Sunan Abi Dawud 126
Narrated Ar-Rubayyi' daughter of Mu'awwidh ibn Afra': The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to come to us. He once said: Pour …
Sunan Abi Dawud 127
Ibn ‘Uqail reported this tradition with a slight change of wording. In his tradition he said:He rinsed his mouth three t…
Sunan Abi Dawud 128
Al-Rubayyi’ daughter of Mu’awwidh b. ‘Afra’ reported:The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) performed ablution in her presence. He w…
Sunan Abi Dawud 129
Al-Rubayyi’ daughter of Mu’awwidh b. ‘Afra’ said:I saw the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) performing ablution. He wiped his head…
Sunan Abi Dawud 130
Al-Rubayyi’ reported:The Prophet (ﷺ) wiped his head with water which was left over in his hand
Sunan Abi Dawud 131
Narrated Ar-Rubayyi' daughter of Mu'awwidh ibn Afra': The Prophet (ﷺ) performed ablution. He inserted his two fingers in…
Sunan Abi Dawud 132
Narrated Talhah ibn Musarrif: I saw the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) wiping his head once up to his nape. Musaddad reported: H…
Sunan Abi Dawud 133
Narrated Abdullah ibn Abbas: Sa'id ibn Jubayr reported: Ibn Abbas saw the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) performed ablution. He …
Sunan Abi Dawud 134
Narrated AbuUmamah: AbuUmamah mentioned how the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) performed ablution, saying that he used to wipe t…
Sunan Abi Dawud 135
Narrated Abdullah ibn Amr ibn al-'As: A man came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and asked him: Messenger of Allah, how is the abluti…
Sunan Abi Dawud 136
Narrated AbuHurayrah: The Prophet (my peace be upon him) washed the limbs in ablution twice
Sunan Abi Dawud 137
‘Ata’ b. Yasar quoting Ibn ‘Abbas said:Do you like that I should show you how the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) performed ablut…
Sunan Abi Dawud 138
‘Ata’ b. Yasar quoting Ibn. ‘Abbas said:May I not tell you how the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) performed ablution? He then pe…
Sunan Abi Dawud 139
Narrated Grandfather of Talhah: I entered upon the Prophet (ﷺ) while he was performing ablution, and the water was runni…
Sunan Abi Dawud 140
Abu Hurairah reported:The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: When any of you performs ablution, he should snuff up water in hi…