Sunan Abi Dawud: General Behavior (Kitab Al-Adab)
Chapter: Regarding forbearance and the character of the Prophet(pbuh)
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4773 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 1 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4755 |
Narrated Anas ibn Malik:
I served the Prophet (ﷺ) at Medina for ten years. I was a boy. Every work that I did was not according to the desire of my master, but he never said to me: Fie, nor did he say to me: Why did you do this? or Why did you not do this?
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4774 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 2 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4756 |
Narrated AbuHurayrah:
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to sit with us in meetings and talk to us. When he stood up we also used to stand up and see him entering the house of one of his wives. One day he talked to us and we stood up as he stood up and we saw that an Arabi (a nomadic Arab) caught hold of him and gave his cloak a violent tug making his neck red.
AbuHurayrah said: The cloak was coarse. He turned to him and the Arabi said to him: Load these two camels of mine, for you do not give me anything from your property or from your father's property.
The Prophet (ﷺ) said to him: No, I ask Allah's forgiveness; no, I ask Allah's forgiveness; no, I ask Allah's forgiveness. I shall not give you the camel-load until you make amends for the way in which you tugged at me.
Each time the Arabi said to him: I swear by Allah, I shall not do so.
He then mentioned the rest of the tradition. He (the Prophet), then called a man and said to him: Load these two camels of his: one camel with barley and the other with dates. He then turned to us and said: Go on your way with the blessing of Allah.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4775 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 3 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4757 |
Chapter: Regarding dignity
Narrated Abdullah ibn Abbas:
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: Good way, dignified good bearing and moderation are the twenty-fifth part of Prophecy.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4776 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 4 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4758 |
Chapter: Regarding suppressing anger
Narrated Mu'adh ibn Anas:
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: If anyone suppresses anger when he is in a position to give vent to it, Allah, the Exalted, will call him on the Day of Resurrection over the heads of all creatures, and ask him to choose any of the bright and large eyed maidens he wishes.
Abu Dawud said: The name of the transmitter Abu Marhum is 'Abd al-Rahman b. Maimun
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4777 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 5 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4759 |
Suwaid b. Wahb quoted a son of a Companion of the Prophet (ﷺ) who said his father reported the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4778 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 6 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4760 |
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4779 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 7 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4761 |
Chapter: What should be said at the time of anger
Narrated Mu'adh ibn Jabal:
Two men reviled each other in the presence of the Prophet (ﷺ) and one of them became excessively angry so much so that I thought that his nose will break up on account of excess of anger. The Prophet (ﷺ) said: I know a phrase which, if he repeated, he could get rid of this angry feeling. They asked: What is it, Messenger of Allah? He replied: He should say: I seek refuge in Thee from the accursed devil. Mu'adh then began to ask him to do so, but he refused and persisted in quarrelling, and began to enhance his anger.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4780 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 8 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4762 |
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4781 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 9 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4763 |
Narrated AbuDharr:
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said to us: When one of you becomes angry while standing, he should sit down. If the anger leaves him, well and good; otherwise he should lie down.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4782 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 10 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4764 |
Bakr said:
Abu Dawud said: This tradition is sounder of the two traditions.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4783 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 11 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4765 |
Narrated Atiyyah as-Sa'di:
AbuWa'il al-Qass said: We entered upon Urwah ibn Muhammad ibn as-Sa'di. A man spoke to him and made him angry. So he stood and performed ablution; he then returned and performed ablution, and said: My father told me on the authority of my grandfather Atiyyah who reported the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) as saying: Anger comes from the devil, the devil was created of fire, and fire is extinguished only with water; so when one of you becomes angry, he should perform ablution.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4784 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 12 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4766 |
Chapter: Being tolerant
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4785 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 13 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4767 |
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4786 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 14 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4768 |
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4787 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 15 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4769 |
Chapter: Regarding good interactions with people
Narrated Aisha, Ummul Mu'minin:
When the Prophet (ﷺ) was informed of anything of a certain man, he would not say: What is the matter with so and so that he says? But he would say: What is the matter with the people that they say such and such?
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4788 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 16 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4770 |
Narrated Anas ibn Malik:
A man who had the mark of yellowness on him came to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). The apostle of Allah (ﷺ) rarely mentioned anything of a man which he disliked before him. When he went out, he said: Would that you asked him to wash it from him.
Abu Dawud said: Salam is not 'Alawi (from the descendants of 'Ali). He used to foretell events by stars. He bore witness before 'Abi b. Arafat to the visibility of moon, but he did not accept his witness.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4789 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 17 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4771 |
Narrated AbuSalamah ; AbuHurayrah:
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: The believer is simple and generous, but the profligate is deceitful and ignoble.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4790 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 18 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4772 |
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4791 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 19 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4773 |
Narrated Aisha, Ummul Mu'minin:
A man asked permission to see the Prophet (ﷺ), and the Prophet (ﷺ) said: He is a bad member of the tribe. When he entered, the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) treated in a frank and friendly way and spoke to him. When he departed , I said: Messenger of Allah! When he asked permission, you said: He is a bad member of the tribe, but when he entered, you treated him in a frank and friendly way. The Messenger of Allah replied: Aisha! Allah does not like the one who is unseemly and lewd in his language.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4792 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 20 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4774 |
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4793 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 21 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4775 |
Narrated Anas ibn Malik:
I never said that when any man brought his mouth to the ear of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and he withdrew his head until the man himself withdrew his head, and I never saw that when any man took him by his hand and he withdrew his hand, until the man himself withdrew his hand.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4794 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 22 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4776 |
Chapter: Modesty (Al-haya)
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4795 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 23 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4777 |
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4796 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 24 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4778 |
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4797 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 25 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4779 |
Chapter: Regarding good character
Narrated Aisha, Ummul Mu'minin:
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: By his good character a believer will attain the degree of one who prays during the night and fasts during the day.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4798 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 26 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4780 |
Narrated AbudDarda':
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: There is nothing heavier than good character put in the scale of a believer on the Day of Resurrection.
Abu al-Walid said: I heard 'Ata al-Kaikharani say: Abu Dawud said: His name is 'Ata b. Ya'qub. He is the maternal uncle of Ibrahim b. Nafi'. He is called Kaikharani or Kukharani.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4799 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 27 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4781 |
Narrated AbuUmamah:
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: I guarantee a house in the surroundings of Paradise for a man who avoids quarrelling even if he were in the right, a house in the middle of Paradise for a man who avoids lying even if he were joking, and a house in the upper part of Paradise for a man who made his character good.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4800 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 28 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4782 |
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4801 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 29 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4783 |
Chapter: Regarding exaltation being disliked in (worldly) matters
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4802 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 30 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4784 |
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4803 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 31 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4785 |
Chapter: Regarding it being disliked to praise (people)
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4804 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 32 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4786 |
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4805 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 33 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4787 |
Narrated Abdullah ibn ash-Shikhkhir:
I went with a deputation of Banu Amir to the apostle of Allah (ﷺ), and we said: You are our lord (sayyid). To this he replied: The lord is Allah, the Blessed and Exalted. Then we said: And the one of us most endowed with excellence and superiority. To this he replied: Say what you have to say, or part of what you have to say, and do not let the devil make you his agents.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4806 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 34 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4788 |
Chapter: Regarding gentleness
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4807 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 35 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4789 |
Narrated Aisha, Ummul Mu'minin:
Al-Miqdam ibn Shurayh, quoting his father, said: I asked Aisha about living in the desert. She said: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to go to the desert to these rivulets. Once he intended to go to the desert and he sent to me a she-camel from the camel of sadaqah which had not been used for riding so far. He said to me: Aisha! show gentleness, for if gentleness is found in anything, it beautifies it and when it is taken out from anything it damages it.
Ibn al-Sabbah said in his version: Muharramah means a mount which has not been used for riding.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4808 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 36 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4790 |
Narrated Jarir:
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: He who is deprived of gentleness is deprived of good.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4809 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 37 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4791 |
Narrated Sa'd:
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: There is hesitation in everything except in the actions of the next world.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4810 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 38 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4792 |
Chapter: Regarding gratitude for acts of kindness
Narrated Abu Hurayrah:
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: He who does not thank the people is not thankful to Allah.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4811 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 39 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4793 |
Narrated Anas ibn Malik:
The Immigrants (Muhajirun) said: Messenger of Allah! the Helpers (Ansar) got the entire reward. He said: no, so long as you pray to Allah for them and praise them.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4812 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 40 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4794 |
Narrated Jabir ibn Abdullah:
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: If someone is given something, he should give a return for it provided he can afford; if he cannot afford, he should praise him. He who praises him for it, thanks him, and he who conceals it is ungrateful to him.
Abu Dawud said: It has been transmitted by Yahya b. Ayyub, from `Umarah b. Ghaziyyah, from Sharahbil on the authority of Jabir.
Abu Dawud said: In the chain of this tradition `Umarah b. Ghaziyyah said: A man from my tribe said. The man referred by him is Sharahbil. It is likely that they disliked him and, therefore, they did not name him.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4813 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 41 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4795 |
Narrated Jabir ibn Abdullah:
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: If someone is donated something, and he mentions it, he thanks for it, and if he conceals it, he is ungrateful for it.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4814 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 42 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4796 |
Chapter: Regarding sitting in the streets
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4815 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 43 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4797 |
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4816 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 44 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4798 |
Narrated Umar ibn al-Khattab:
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: the same occasion: Help the oppressed (sorrowful) and guide those who have lost their way.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4817 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 45 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4799 |
Narrated Anas ibn Malik:
A woman came to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and said: Messenger of Allah: I have some need with you. He said to her: Mother of so and so, sit in the corner of any street you wish and I shall sit with you. So she sat and the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) also sat with her till she fulfilled her need.
The narrator Ibn 'Isa did not mention "till she fulfilled her need." And Kathir said: from Humaid on the authority of Anas.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4818 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 46 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4800 |
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4819 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 47 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4801 |
Chapter: Regarding spaciousness in gatherings
Narrated AbuSa'id al-Khudri:
I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) as saying: The best places to sit are those which provide most room.
Abu Dawud said: The name of 'Abd al-Rahman b. Abi 'Amr is 'Abd al-Rahman b. 'Amr b. Abi 'Umrat al-Ansari.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4820 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 48 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4802 |
Chapter: Regarding sitting party in the sun and party in the shade
Narrated AbuHurayrah:
AbulQasim (ﷺ) said: When one of you is in the sun (Shams)--Makhlad's version has "fay'"--and the shadow withdraws from him so that he is partly in sun and partly in shade, he should get up.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4821 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 49 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4803 |
Qais quoted his father as saying that he (his father) came when the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) was addressing. He stood in the sun. He ordered him (to shift) and he shifted to the shade.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4822 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 50 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4804 |
Chapter: Regarding sitting in circles
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4823 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 51 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4805 |
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4824 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 52 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4806 |
Narrated Jabir ibn Samurah:
When we came to the Prophet (ﷺ), each one would sit down where there was room.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4825 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 53 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4807 |
Chapter: Regarding sitting in the middle of the circle
Narrated Hudhayfah:
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) cursed the one who sat in the middle of a circle.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4826 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 54 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4808 |
Chapter: A man who gets up to give his seat to another man
Narrated AbuBakrah:
Sa'id ibn AbulHasan said: When AbuBakrah came to us to give some evidence, a man got up from his place, but he refused to sit in it saying: The Prophet (ﷺ) forbade this, and the Prophet (ﷺ) forbade anyone to wipe his hand on the garment of anyone whose clothing he had not himself provided.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4827 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 55 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4809 |
Narrated Abdullah ibn Umar:
A man came to the Prophet (ﷺ), another man got up from his place for him, and when he went to sit in it, the Prophet (ﷺ) forbade him.
Abu Dawud said: The name of Abu al-Khusaib is Ziyad b. 'Abd al-Rahman.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4828 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 56 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4810 |
Chapter: With whom we are ordered to accompany
Narrated Anas ibn Malik:
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: A believer who recites the Qur'an is like a citron whose fragrance is sweet and whose taste is sweet, a believer who does not recite the Qur'an is like a date which has no fragrance but has sweet taste, a profligate who recites the Qur'an is like basil whose fragrance is sweet but whose taste is bitter, and the profligate who does not recite the Qur'an is like the colocynth which has a bitter taste and has not fragrance. A good companion is like a man who has musk; if nothing of it goes to you, its fragrance will (certainly) go to you; and a bad companion is like a man who has bellows; if its (black) root does not go to you, its smoke will (certainly) go to you.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4829 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 57 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4811 |
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4830 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 58 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4812 |
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4831 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 59 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4813 |
Narrated AbuSa'id al-Khudri:
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: Associate only with a believer, and let only a God-fearing man eat your meals.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4832 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 60 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4814 |
Narrated AbuHurayrah:
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: A man follows the religion of his friend; so each one should consider whom he makes his friend.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4833 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 61 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4815 |
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4834 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 62 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4816 |
Chapter: Opinion based arguing is disliked
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4835 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 63 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4817 |
Narrated As-Sa'ib:
I came to the Prophet (ﷺ). The people began to praise me and make a mention of me. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: I know you, that is, he knew him. I said: My father and mother be sacrificed for you! you were my partner and how good a partner ; you neither disputed nor quarrelled.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4836 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 64 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4818 |
Chapter: Manner of speech
Narrated Abdullah ibn Salam:
When the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) sat talking (to the people), he would often raise his eyes to the sky.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4837 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 65 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4819 |
Narrated Jabir ibn Abdullah:
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) spoke in a distinct and leisurely manner.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4838 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 66 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4820 |
Narrated Aisha, Ummul Mu'minin:
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) spoke in a distinct manner so that anyone who listened to him could understand it.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4839 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 67 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4821 |
Narrated AbuHurayrah:
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: Every important matter which is not begun by an expression of praise to Allah is maimed.
Abu Dawud said: It has also been transmitted by Yunus, 'Aqil, Shu'aib, Sa'id b. 'Abd al-Aziz from al-Zuhri from the Prophet (ﷺ) in Mursal form (the link of the Companion is missing).
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4840 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 68 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4822 |
Chapter: Regarding the khutbah
Narrated AbuHurayrah:
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: Every sermon which does not contain a tashahhud is like a hand cut off.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4841 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 69 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4823 |
Chapter: Treating people according to their status
Narrated Maimun ibn Abu Shabib:
A beggar passed by Aisha and she gave him a piece of bread. Another man who wore clothes and had a good appearance passed by her, and she made him sit down and he ate (with her). When she was asked about that, she replied: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: Treat the people according to their ranks.
Abu Dawud said: The version of Yahya is short.
Abu Dawud said: Maimun did not meet 'A'ishah.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4842 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 70 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4824 |
Narrated AbuMusa al-Ash'ari:
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: Glorifying Allah involves showing honour to a grey-haired Muslim and to one who can expound the Qur'an, but not to one who acts extravagantly regarding it, or turns away from it, and showing honour to a just ruler.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4843 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 71 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4825 |
Chapter: A man who sits between two others without their permission
Narrated Abdullah ibn Amr ibn al-'As:
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: One should not sit between two men except with their permission.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4844 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 72 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4826 |
Narrated Abdullah ibn Amr ibn al-'As:
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: It is not lawful for a man to separate two persons except with their permission.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4845 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 73 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4827 |
Chapter: Regarding how a man should sit
Narrated AbuSa'id al-Khudri:
When the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) sat, he had his knees drawn up supported by his hands.
Abu Dawud said: 'Abd Allah b. Ibrahim was an old man and his traditions were rejected.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4846 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 74 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4828 |
Narrated Qaylah daughter of Makhramah:
She saw the Prophet (ﷺ) sitting with his arms round his legs. She said: When I saw the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) in such humble condition in the sitting position (according to Musa's version), I trembled with fear.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4847 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 75 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4829 |
Chapter: Regarding disapproved manners of sitting
'Amr b. al-Sharid quoted his father al-Sharid b. Suwaid as saying:
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4848 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 76 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4830 |
Chapter: Regarding conversing late after Isha'
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4849 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 77 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4831 |
Chapter: Regarding a man sitting cross-legged
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4850 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 78 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4832 |
Chapter: Conversing privately (around others)
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4851 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 79 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4833 |
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4852 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 80 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4834 |
Chapter: If a person gets up from his seat then returns
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4853 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 81 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4835 |
Narrated AbudDarda':
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) would sit and we would also sit around him. If he got up intending to return, he would take off his sandals or something he was wearing, and his Companions recognising his purpose (that he would return) would stay where they were.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4854 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 82 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4836 |
Chapter: Is it disliked for a person to get from his seat without remembering Allah
Narrated AbuHurayrah:
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: People who get up from an assembly in which they did not remember Allah will be just as if they had got up from an ass's corpse, and it will be a cause of grief to them.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4855 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 83 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4837 |
Narrated AbuHurayrah:
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: If anyone sits at a place where he does not remember Allah, deprivation will descend on him from Allah; and if he lies at a place where he does not remember Allah, deprivation will descend on him from Allah.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4856 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 84 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4838 |
Chapter: Regarding expiation of a gathering
Narrated Abdullah ibn Amr ibn al-'As:
There are some expressions which a man utters three times when he gets up from an assembly he will be forgiven for what happened in the assembly; and no one utters them in an assembly held for a noble cause or for remembrance of Allah but that is stamped with them just as a document is stamped with a signet-ring. These expressions are: Glory be to Thee, O Allah, and I begin with praise of Thee, there is no god but thou; I ask Thy pardon, and return to Thee in repentance.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4857 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 85 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4839 |
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4858 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 86 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4840 |
Narrated AbuBarzah al-Aslami:
When the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) intended to get up from the assembly he used to say in the last. Glory be to Thee. O Allah, and I begin with praise of Thee, I testify that there is no god but Thou; I ask Thy pardon, and return to Thee in repentance. The man asked: Messenger of Allah! you utter the words now which you did not do in the past? He replied: (This is an) atonement for what takes place in the assembly.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4859 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 87 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4841 |
Chapter: Conveying negative information from a gathering
Narrated Abdullah ibn Mas'ud:
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: None of my Companions must tell me anything about anyone, for I like to come out to you with no ill-feelings.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4860 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 88 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4842 |
Chapter: To beware of people
Narrated Amr ibn al-Faghwa' al-Khuza'i:
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) called me. He intended to send me with some goods to AbuSufyan to distribute among the Quraysh at Mecca after the conquest.
He said: Search for a companion. Then Amr ibn Umayyah ad-Damri came to me and said: I have been told that you are intending to make a journey and are seeking a companion.
I said: Yes. He said: I am your companion. I then went to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and said: I have found a companion.
He asked: Who is he? I replied: Amr ibn Umayyah ad-Damri. He said: When you come down to the territory of his people, be careful of him, for a maxim says: If one is your real brother, do not feel safe with him.
So we proceeded, and when I reached al-Abwa', he said to me: I have some work with my people at Waddan, so stay here till I come back. I said: Do not lose your way. When he turned his back, I recalled the words of the Prophet (ﷺ). So I rode my camel and galloped without stopping. When I reached al-Asafir, he was pursuing me with a group of men. So I galloped and forged ahead of him. When he saw me that I had outstripped him, they returned and he came to me.
He said to me: I had some work with my people. I said: Yes. We then went on until we reached Mecca, and I gave the goods to AbuSufyan.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4861 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 89 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4843 |
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4862 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 90 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4844 |
Chapter: The bearing of the Prophet(pbuh)
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4863 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 91 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4845 |
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4864 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 92 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4846 |
Chapter: Regarding a man placing one leg on top of the other
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4865 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 93 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4847 |
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4866 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 94 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4848 |
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4867 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 95 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4849 |
Chapter: Transmitting what others have said
Narrated Jabir ibn Abdullah:
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: When a man tells something and then departs, it is a trust.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4868 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 96 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4850 |
Narrated Jabir ibn Abdullah:
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: Meetings are confidential except three: those for the purpose of shedding blood unlawfully, or committing fornication, or acquiring property unjustly.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4869 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 97 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4851 |
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4870 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 98 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4852 |
Chapter: Regarding the one who spreads gossip
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4871 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 99 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4853 |
Chapter: Regarding the one who is two-faced
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4872 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 100 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4854 |
Narrated Ammar:
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: He who is two-faced in this world will have two tongues of fire on the Day of Resurrection.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4873 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 101 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4855 |
Chapter: Regarding backbiting (al-ghibah)
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4874 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 102 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4856 |
Narrated Aisha, Ummul Mu'minin:
I said to the Prophet (ﷺ): It is enough for you in Safiyyah that she is such and such (the other version than Musaddad's has:) meaning that she was short-statured. He replied; You have said a word which would change the sea if it were mixed in it. She said: I imitated a man before him (out of disgrace). He said: I do not like that I imitate anyone even if I should get such and such.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4875 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 103 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4857 |
Narrated Sa'id ibn Zayd:
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: The most prevalent kind of usury is going to lengths in talking unjustly against a Muslim's honour.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4876 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 104 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4858 |
Narrated AbuHurayrah:
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: The gravest sin is going to lengths in talking unjustly against a Muslim's honour, and it is a major sin to abuse twice for abusing once.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4877 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 105 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4859 |
Narrated Anas ibn Malik:
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: When I was taken up to heaven I passed by people who had nails of copper and were scratching their faces and their breasts. I said: Who are these people, Gabriel? He replied: They are those who were given to back biting and who aspersed people's honour.
Abu Dawud said: Yahya b. 'Uthman has also transmitted it from Baqiyyah, there is no mention of Anas in it.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4878 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 106 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4860 |
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4879 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 107 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4861 |
Narrated AbuBarzah al-Aslami:
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: O community of people, who believed by their tongue, and belief did not enter their hearts, do not back-bite Muslims, and do not search for their faults, for if anyone searches for their faults, Allah will search for his fault, and if Allah searches for the fault of anyone, He disgraces him in his house.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4880 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 108 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4862 |
Narrated Al-Mustawrid:
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: If anyone eats once at the cost of a Muslim's honour, Allah will give him a like amount of Jahannam to eat; if anyone clothes himself with a garment at the cost of a Muslim's honour, Allah will clothe him with like amount of Jahannam; and if anyone puts himself in a position of reputation and show Allah will disgrace him with a place of reputation and show on the Day of Resurrection.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4881 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 109 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4863 |
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4882 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 110 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4864 |
Chapter: Guarding the honor of one's brother
Narrated Mu'adh ibn Anas:
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: If anyone guards a believer from a hypocrite, Allah will send an angel who will guard his flesh on the Day of Resurrection from the fire of Jahannam; but if anyone attacks a Muslim saying something by which he wishes to disgrace him, he will be restrained by Allah on the bridge over Jahannam till he is acquitted of what he said.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4883 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 111 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4865 |
Narrated Jabir ibn Abdullah ; AbuTalhah ibn Sahl al-Ansari:
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: No (Muslim) man will desert a man who is a Muslim in a place where his respect may be violated and his honour aspersed without Allah deserting him in a place here he wishes his help; and no (Muslim) man who will help a Muslim in a place where his honour may be aspersed and his respect violated without Allah helping him in a place where he wishes his help.
Yahya said: 'Ubaid Allah b. 'Abd Allah b. 'Umar and 'Uqbah b. Shaddad transmitted it to me.
Abu Dawud said: This yahya b. Sulaim is the son of Zaid, the freed slave of the Prophet (ﷺ), and Isma'il b. Bashir is the freed slave of Banu Maghalah. Sometimes the name of 'Utbah b. Shaddad is mentioned instead of 'Uqbah.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4884 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 112 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4866 |
Chapter: Cases where it is not backbiting
Narrated Jundub:
A desert Arab came and making his camel kneel and tethering it, entered the mosque and prayed behind the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). When The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) had given the salutation, he went to his riding beast and, after untethering and riding it, he called out: O Allah, show mercy to me and to Muhammad and associate no one else in Thy mercy to us. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) then said: Do you think that he or his camel is farther astray? Did you not listen to what he said? They replied: Certainly.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4885 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 113 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4867 |
Chapter: Forgiving others for backbiting
Narrated Qatadah:
Is one of you helpless to be like AbuDaygham or Damdam (Ibn Ubayd is doubtful) who would say when morning came: O Allah, I gave my honour as alms to Thy servants?
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4886 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 114 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4868 |
‘Abd al-Rahman b. ‘Ajlan reported the Messenger of Allah (May peace be upon him) as saying :
Abu Dawud said: This tradition has also been transmitted by Hashim bin al-Qasim from Muhammad b. 'Adb Allah al-'Ammi from Thabit on the authority of Anas from Prophet (ﷺ) to the same effect.
Abu Dawud said: The tradition of Hammad (i.e. 'Abd al-Rahman's version) is sounder.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4887 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 115 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4869 |
Chapter: Regarding spying
Narrated Mu'awiyah:
I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: If you search for the faults of the people, you will corrupt them, or will nearly corrupt them. AbudDarda' said: These are the words which Mu'awiyah himself from the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), and Allah benefited him by them.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4888 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 116 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4870 |
Narrated Miqdam ibn Ma'dikarib ; AbuUmamah:
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: When a ruler seeks to make imputations against the people, he corrupts them.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4889 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 117 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4871 |
Narrated Abdullah ibn Mas'ud:
Zayd ibn Wahb said: A man was brought to Ibn Mas'ud. He was told: This is so and so, and wine was dropping from his beard. Abdullah thereupon said: We have been prohibited to seek out (faults). If anything becomes manifest to us, we shall seize it.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4890 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 118 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4872 |
Chapter: Concealing (the fault of) a Muslim
Narrated Uqbah ibn Amir:
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: He who sees something which should be kept hidden and conceals it will be like one who has brought to life a girl buried alive.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4891 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 119 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4873 |
Narrated Uqbah ibn Amir:
AbulHaytham quoted Dukhayn, the scribe of Uqbah ibn Amir, saying: We had some neighbours who used to drink wine. I forbade them, but they did not stop.
I then said to Uqbah ibn Amir: These neighbours of ours drink wine, and I tried to prevent them but they did not stop, and I am going to call the police about them.
He said: Leave them.
I again came to Uqbah ibn Amir and said: Our neighbours have refused to refrain from drinking wine, and I am going to call the police for them.
He said: Woe to thee! Leave them alone. I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: he then mentioned the tradition to the same effect as recorded above on the authority of the narrator Muslim.
Abu Dawud said: In this version Hashim b. al-Qasim said on the authority of Laith: Do not do it, but preach them and threaten them.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4892 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 120 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4874 |
Chapter: Brotherhood
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4893 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 121 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4875 |
Chapter: Two who revile one another
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4894 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 122 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4876 |
Chapter: Regarding humility
Narrated Iyad ibn Himar (al-Mujashi'i):
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: Allah has revealed to me that you must be humble, so that no one oppresses another and boasts over another.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4895 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 123 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4877 |
Chapter: Regarding taking revenge
Narrated Sa'id ibn al-Musayyab:
While the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) was sitting with some of his companions, a man reviled AbuBakr and insulted him. But AbuBakr remained silent. He insulted him twice, but AbuBakr controlled himself. He insulted him thrice and AbuBakr took revenge on him. Then the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) got up when AbuBakr took revenge.
AbuBakr said: Were you angry with me, Messenger of Allah?
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) replied: An angel came down from Heaven and he was rejecting what he had said to you. When you took revenge, a devil came down. I was not going to sit when the devil came down.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4896 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 124 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4878 |
The tradition mentioned above has also been transmitted by Abu Hurairah through a different chain of narrators. This version has:
Abu Dawud said: Similarly, it has been transmitted by Safwan b. ‘Isa, from Ibn ‘Affan, as Sufyan said.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4897 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 125 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4879 |
Narrated Aisha, Ummul Mu'minin:
Ibn Awn said: I asked about the meaning of intisar (revenge) in the Qur'anic verse: "But indeed if any do help and defend themselves (intasara) after a wrong (done) to them, against them there is no cause of blame." Then Ali ibn Zayd ibn Jad'an told me on the authority of Umm Muhammad, the wife of his father.
Ibn Awn said: It was believed that she used to go to the Mother of the Faithful (i.e. Aisha). She said: The Mother of the Faithful said: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) came upon me while Zaynab, daughter of Jahsh, was with us. He began to do something with his hand. I signalled to him until I made him understand about her. So he stopped. Zaynab came on and began to abuse Aisha. She tried to prevent her but she did not stop.
So he (the Prophet) said to Aisha: Abuse her.
So she abused her and dominated her. Zaynab then went to Ali and said: Aisha abused you and did (such and such). Then Fatimah came (to the Prophet) and he said to her: She is the favourite of your father, by the Lord of the Ka'bah!
She then returned and said to them: I said to him such and such, and he said to me such and such. Then Ali came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and spoke to him about that.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4898 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 126 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4880 |
Chapter: Regarding the prohibition of speaking ill about the dead
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4899 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 127 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4881 |
Narrated Abdullah ibn Umar:
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: Make a mention of the virtues of your dead, and refrain from (mentioning) their evils.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4900 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 128 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4882 |
Chapter: Regarding the prohibition of wronging others
Narrated AbuHurayrah:
I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: There were two men among Banu Isra'il, who were striving for the same goal. One of them would commit sin and the other would strive to do his best in the world. The man who exerted himself in worship continued to see the other in sin.
He would say: Refrain from it. One day he found him in sin and said to him: Refrain from it.
He said: Leave me alone with my Lord. Have you been sent as a watchman over me? He said: I swear by Allah, Allah will not forgive you, nor will he admit you to Paradise. Then their souls were taken back (by Allah), and they met together with the Lord of the worlds.
He (Allah) said to this man who had striven hard in worship; Had you knowledge about Me or had you power over that which I had in My hand? He said to the man who sinned: Go and enter Paradise by My mercy. He said about the other: Take him to Hell.
AbuHurayrah said: By Him in Whose hand my soul is, he spoke a word by which this world and the next world of his were destroyed.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4901 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 129 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4883 |
Narrated AbuBakrah:
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: There is no sin more fitted to have punishment meted out by Allah to its perpetrator in advance in this world along with what He stores up for him in the next world than oppression and severing ties of relationship.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4902 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 130 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4884 |
Chapter: Envy (hasad)
Narrated AbuHurayrah:
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: Avoid envy, for envy devours good deeds just as fire devours fuel or (he said) "grass."
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4903 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 131 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4885 |
Narrated Anas ibn Malik:
Sahl ibn AbuUmamah said that he and his father (AbuUmamah) visited Anas ibn Malik at Medina during the time (rule) of Umar ibn AbdulAziz when he (Anas ibn Malik) was the governor of Medina. He was praying a very short prayer as if it were the prayer of a traveller or near it.
When he gave a greeting, my father said: May Allah have mercy on you! Tell me about this prayer: Is it obligatory or supererogatory?
He said: It is obligatory; it is the prayer performed by the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). I did not make a mistake except in one thing that I forgot.
He said: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to say: Do not impose austerities on yourselves so that austerities will be imposed on you, for people have imposed austerities on themselves and Allah imposed austerities on them. Their survivors are to be found in cells and monasteries. (Then he quoted:) "Monasticism, they invented it; we did not prescribe it for them."
Next day he went out in the morning and said: will you not go out for a ride, so that you may see something and take a lesson from it?
He said: Yes. Then all of them rode away and reached a land whose inhabitants had perished, passed away and died. The roofs of the town had fallen in.
He asked: Do you know this land? I said: Who acquainted me with it and its inhabitants? (Anas said:) This is the land of the people whom oppression and envy destroyed. Envy extinguishes the light of good deeds, and oppression confirms or falsifies it. The eye commits fornication, and the palm of the hand, the foot, body, tongue and private part of the body confirm it or deny it.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4904 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 132 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4886 |
Chapter: Cursing
Abu al-Darda’ reported the Messenger of Allah (May peace be upon him) as saying :
Abu Dawud said : Marwan b. Muhammad said: He is Rabah b. al-Walid who heard from him (nimran). He (Marwan b. Muhammad) said: Yahya b. Hussain was confused in it.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4905 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 133 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4887 |
Narrated Samurah ibn Jundub:
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: Do not invoke Allah's curse, Allah's anger, or Hell.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4906 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 134 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4888 |
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4907 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 135 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4889 |
Narrated Abdullah ibn Abbas:
A man cursed the wind. The narrator Muslim's version has: The wind snatched away a man's cloak during the time of the Prophet (ﷺ) and he cursed it. The Prophet (ﷺ) said: Do not curse it, for it is under command, and if anyone curses a thing undeservedly, the curse returns upon him.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4908 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 136 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4890 |
Chapter: One who prays against the one who wrongs him
Narrated Aisha, Ummul Mu'minin:
Something of her was stolen, and she began to curse him (i.e. the thief). The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said to her: Do not lessen his sin.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4909 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 137 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4891 |
Chapter: Regarding a man abandoning his brother
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4910 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 138 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4892 |
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4911 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 139 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4893 |
Narrated AbuHurayrah:
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: It is not allowable for a believer to keep from a believer for more than three days. If three days pass, he should meet him and give him a salutation, and if he replies to it they will both have shared in the reward; but if he does not reply he will bear his sin (according to Ahmad's version) and the one who gives the salutation will have come forth from the sin of keeping apart.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4912 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 140 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4894 |
Narrated Aisha, Ummul Mu'minin:
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: It is not right for a Muslim to keep apart from another Muslim for more than three days. Then when he meets him and gives three salutations, receiving during that time no response, the other bears his sin.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4913 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 141 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4895 |
Narrated AbuHurayrah:
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: It is not allowable for a Muslim to keep apart from his brother for more than three days, for one who does so and dies will enter Hell.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4914 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 142 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4896 |
Narrated AbuKhirash as-Sulami:
AbuKhirash heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: If one keeps apart from his brother for a year, it is like shedding his blood.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4915 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 143 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4897 |
Abu Hurairah reported the Messenger of Allah (May peace be upon him) as saying:
Abu Dawud said: The Prophet (ﷺ) kept apart from some of his wives for forty days, and Ibn 'Umar kept apart from his son till he died.
Abu Dawud said: If keeping apart is meant for the sake of Allah, then it has no concern with it. 'Umar bin 'Abd al-'Aziz covered his face from a man.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4916 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 144 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4898 |
Chapter: Regarding suspicion
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4917 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 145 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4899 |
Chapter: Regarding sincere counsel and protection
Narrated AbuHurayrah:
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: The believer is the believer's mirror, and the believer is the believer's brother who guards him against loss and protects him when he is absent.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4918 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 146 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4900 |
Chapter: Reconciliation
Narrated AbudDarda':
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: Shall I not inform you of something more excellent in degree than fasting, prayer and almsgiving (sadaqah)? The people replied: Yes, Prophet of Allah! He said: It is putting things right between people, spoiling them is the shaver (destructive).
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4919 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 147 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4901 |
Humaid b. 'Abd al-Rahman quoted his mother as saying:
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4920 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 148 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4902 |
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4921 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 149 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4903 |
Chapter: Regarding singing
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4922 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 150 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4904 |
Narrated Anas ibn Malik:
When the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) came to Medina, the Abyssinians played for his coming out of joy; they played with spears.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4923 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 151 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4905 |
Chapter: Singing and playing wind instruments is disliked
Narrated Abdullah ibn Umar:
Nafi' said: Ibn Umar heard a pipe, put his fingers in his ears and went away from the road. He said to me: Are you hearing anything? I said: No. He said: He then took his fingers out of his ears and said: I was with the Prophet (ﷺ), and he heard like this and he did like this.
AbuAli al-Lu'lu said: I heard AbuDawud say: This is a rejected tradition.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4924 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 152 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4906 |
Nafi said :
Abu Dawud said : Between Mut’im and Nafi the name of a narrator Sulaiman b. Musa has been inserted.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4925 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 153 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4907 |
Nafi said :
Abu Dawud said : This is more rejected.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4926 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 154 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4908 |
Salam ibn Miskin, quoting an old man who witnessed AbuWa'il in a wedding feast, said:
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4927 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 155 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4909 |
Chapter: The ruling regarding effeminate men
Narrated AbuHurayrah:
Am effeminate man (mukhannath) who had dyed his hands and feet with henna was brought to the Prophet (ﷺ). He asked: What is the matter with this man? He was told: "Messenger of Allah! He imitates the look of women." So he issued an order regarding him and he was banished to an-Naqi'. The people said: Messenger of Allah! Should we not kill him? He said: I have been prohibited from killing people who pray. AbuUsamah said: Naqi' is a region near Medina and not a Baqi'.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4928 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 156 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4910 |
Umm Salamah said that the Prophet (May peace be upon him) came upon her when there was with her an effeminate man (mukhannath) who said to her brother ‘Abd Allah (b. Abi Umayyah) :
Abu Dawud said : The woman had four folds of fat on her belly.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4929 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 157 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4911 |
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4930 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 158 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4912 |
Chapter: Playing with dolls
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4931 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 159 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4913 |
Narrated Aisha, Ummul Mu'minin:
When the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) arrived after the expedition to Tabuk or Khaybar (the narrator is doubtful), the draught raised an end of a curtain which was hung in front of her store-room, revealing some dolls which belonged to her.
He asked: What is this? She replied: My dolls. Among them he saw a horse with wings made of rags, and asked: What is this I see among them? She replied: A horse. He asked: What is this that it has on it? She replied: Two wings. He asked: A horse with two wings? She replied: Have you not heard that Solomon had horses with wings? She said: Thereupon the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) laughed so heartily that I could see his molar teeth.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4932 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 160 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4914 |
Chapter: About swings
Narrated Aisha, Ummul Mu'minin:
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) married me when I was seven or six. When we came to Medina, some women came. according to Bishr's version: Umm Ruman came to me when I was swinging. They took me, made me prepared and decorated me. I was then brought to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), and he took up cohabitation with me when I was nine. She halted me at the door, and I burst into laughter.
Abu Dawud said: That is to say: I menstruated, and I was brought in a house, and there were some women of the Ansari in it. They said: With good luck and blessing. The tradition of one of them has been included in the other.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4933 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 161 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4915 |
Narrated AbuUsamah:
The tradition mentioned above (No. 4915) has also been transmitted by AbuUsamah in a similar manner through a different chain of narrators.
This version has: "With good fortune. " She (Umm Ruman) entrusted me to them. They washed my head and redressed me. No one came to me suddenly except the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) in the forenoon. So they entrusted me to him.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4934 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 162 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4916 |
Narrated Aisha, Ummul Mu'minin:
When we came to Medina, the women came to me when I was playing on the swing, and my hair were up to my ears. They brought me, prepared me, and decorated me. Then they brought me to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and he took up cohabitation with me, when I was nine.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4935 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 163 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4917 |
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4936 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 164 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4918 |
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4937 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 165 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4919 |
Chapter: The prohibition of playing dice
Narrated AbuMusa al-Ash'ari:
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: He who plays backgammon disobeys Allah and His Apostle.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4938 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 166 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4920 |
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4939 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 167 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4921 |
Chapter: Playing with pigeons
Narrated AbuHurayrah:
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) saw a man pursuing a pigeon. He said: A devil is pursuing a female devil.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4940 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 168 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4922 |
Chapter: About mercy
Narrated Abdullah ibn Amr ibn al-'As:
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: The Compassionate One has mercy on those who are merciful. If you show mercy to those who are on the earth, He Who is in the heaven will show mercy to you.
Musaddad did not say: The client of 'Adb Allah b. 'Amr. He said: The Prophet (ﷺ) said.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4941 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 169 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4923 |
Narrated AbuHurayrah:
I heard AbulQasim (ﷺ) who spoke the truth and whose word was verified say: Mercy is taken away only from him who is miserable.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4942 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 170 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4924 |
Narrated Abdullah ibn Amr ibn al-'As:
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: Those who do not show mercy to our young ones and do not realise the right of our elders are not from us.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4943 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 171 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4925 |
Chapter: Regarding sincere counsel
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4944 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 172 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4926 |
Narrated Jarir:
I swore allegiance to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) promising to hear and obey, and behave sincerely towards every Muslim. AbuZur'ah said: Whenever he sold and bought anything, he would say: What we took from you is dearer to us than what we gave you. So choose (as you like).
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4945 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 173 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4927 |
Chapter: Regarding helping a muslim
Abu Hurairah reported the prophet (ﷺ) as saying:
Abu Dawud said: ‘Uthman did not transmit the following words from Abu Mu’awiyah: “if anyone makes easy for an impoverished man”.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4946 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 174 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4928 |
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4947 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 175 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4929 |
Chapter: Changing names
Narrated AbudDarda':
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: On the Day of Resurrection you will be called by your names and by your father's names, so give yourselves good names.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4948 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 176 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4930 |
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4949 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 177 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4931 |
Narrated AbuWahb al-Jushami:
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: Call yourselves by the names of the Prophets. The names dearest to Allah are Abdullah and AbdurRahman, the truest are Harith and Hammam, and the worst are Harb and Murrah.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4950 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 178 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4932 |
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4951 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 179 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4933 |
Chapter: Changing bad names
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4952 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 180 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4934 |
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4953 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 181 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4935 |
Narrated Usamah ibn Akhdari:
A man called Asram was among those who came to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: What is your name? He replied: Asram. He said: No, you are Zur'ah.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4954 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 182 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4936 |
Narrated Hani ibn Yazid:
When Hani went with his people in a deputation to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), he heard them calling him by his kunyah (surname), AbulHakam.
So the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) called him and said: Allah is the judge (al-Hakam), and to Him judgment belongs. Why are you given the kunyah AbulHakam?
He replied: When my people disagree about a matter, they come to me, and I decide between them, and both parties are satisfied with my decision.
He said: How good this is! What children have you? He replied: I have Shurayh, Muslim and Abdullah. He asked; Who is the oldest of them? I replied: Shurayh. He said: Then you are AbuShurayh.
Abu Dawud said: This is Shuraib who broke the chain, and who entered Tustar.
Abu Dawud said: I have been told that Shuraib broke the gate of Tustar, and he entered it through tunnel.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4955 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 183 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4937 |
Sa'id b. Musayyab told that his father said on the authority of his grandfather (Hazn):
AbuDawud said: The Prophet (ﷺ) changed the names al-'As, Aziz, Atalah, Shaytan, al-Hakam, Ghurab, Hubab, and Shihab and called him Hisham. He changed the name Harb (war) and called him Silm (peace). He changed the name al-Munba'ith (one who lies) and called him al-Mudtaji' (one who stands up). He changed the name of a land Afrah (barren) and called it Khadrah (green). He changed the name Shi'b ad-Dalalah (the mountain path of a stray), the name of a mountain path and called it Shi'b al-Huda (mountain path of guidance). He changed the name Banu az-Zinyah (children of fornication) and called them Banu ar-Rushdah (children of those who are on the right path), and changed the name Banu Mughwiyah (children of a woman who allures and goes astray), and called them Banu Rushdah (children of a woman who is on the right path).
AbuDawud said: I omitted the chains of these for the sake of brevity.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4956 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 184 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4938 |
Narrated Umar ibn al-Khattab:
Masruq said: I met Umar ibn al-Khattab (Allah be pleased with him) who said: Who are you? I replied: Masruq ibn al-Ajda'. Umar then said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: al-Ajda' (mutilated) is a devil.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4957 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 185 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4939 |
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4958 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 186 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4940 |
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4959 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 187 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4941 |
Narrated Jabir ibn Abdullah:
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: If I survive (God willing), I shall forbid my people to give the names Nafi' (beneficial), Aflah (successful) and Barakah (blessing). Al-A'mash said: I do not know whether he mentioned Nafi' or not. When a man comes and asks: Is there Barakah (blessing)? The people say: No.
Abu Dawud said: A similar tradition has been transmitted by Abu al-Zubair on the authority of Jabir from the Prophet (ﷺ) through a different chain of narrators. This version has no mention of Barakah.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4960 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 188 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4942 |
Abu Hurairah reported the prophet (May peace be upon him) as saying :
Abu Dawud said: This tradition has also been transmitted by Shu'aib b. Abi Hamzah from Abi al-Zinad through different chain of narrators. This version has the words "akhna' ismin" (most obscene name) instead of "akhna ismin" (the vilest name).
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4961 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 189 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4943 |
Chapter: Nicknames
Narrated AbuJubayrah ibn ad-Dahhak:
This verse was revealed about us, the Banu Salimah: "Nor call each other by (offensive) nicknames: ill-seeming is a name connoting wickedness (to be used of one) after he has believed." He said: When the apostle of Allah (ﷺ) came to us, every one of us had two or three names. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) began to say: O so and so! But they would say: Keep silence, Messenger of Allah! He becomes angry by this name. So this verse was revealed: "Nor call each other by (offensive) nicknames."
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4962 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 190 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4944 |
Chapter: One who has the kunyah of Abu Eisa
Narrated Umar ibn al-Khattab:
Zayd ibn Aslam quoted his father as saying: Umar ibn al-Khattab (Allah be pleased with him) struck one of his sons who was given the kunyah AbuIsa, and al-Mughirah ibn Shu'bah had the kunyah AbuIsa. Umar said to him: Is it not sufficient for you that you are called by the kunyah AbuAbdullah? He replied: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) gave me this kunyah. Thereupon he said: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) was forgiven all his sins, past and those followed. But we are among the people similar to us. Henceforth he was called by the kunyah AbuAbdullah until he died.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4963 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 191 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4945 |
Chapter: Saying to someone else's son, "O my son"
Narrated Anas bin Malik:
The Prophet (ﷺ) said to him: My sonny.
Abu Dawud said: I heard Yahya b. Ma'in praising the transmitter Muhammad b. Mahbub, and he said: He transmitted a large number of traditions.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4964 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 192 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4946 |
Chapter: Aman having the kunyah Abul-Qasim
Abu Hurairah reported the Messenger of Allah (May peace be upon him) as saying:
Abu Dawud said : Abu Salih has transmitted it in a similar way from Abu Hurairah, and similar are the traditions of Abu Sufyan from Jabir, of Salim b. Abl al-Ja’d from Jabir, of Sulaiman al-Yashkuri from Jabir, and of Ibn al-Munkadir from Jabir and similar others and Anas b. Malik.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4965 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 193 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4947 |
Chapter: The view that Prophet's name and kunyah should not be combined in one person's name
Narrated Jabir ibn Abdullah:
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: If anyone is called by my name, he must not be given my kunyah (surname), and if anyone uses my kunyah (surname), he must not be called by my name.
Abu Dawud said: Ibn 'Ajlan transmitted it to the same effect from his father on the authority if Abu Hurairah. It has also been transmitted by Abu Zar'ah from Abu Hurairah in two different versions. And similar is the version of 'Abd al-Rahman b. Abi 'Amrah from Abu Hurairah. This version is disputed: Al-Thawri and Ibn Juraij transmitted it according to the version of Abu al-Zubair; and Ma'qil b. 'Ubaid Allah transmitted it according to the version of Ibn Sirin. It is again dispted on Musa b. Yasar from Abu Hurariah, transmitting it in two versions: Hammad b. Khalid and Ibn Abi Fudaik varied in their versions.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4966 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 194 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4948 |
Chapter: Concession allowing them to be combined
Muhammad b. al-Hanafiyyah quoted 'Ali as saying:
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4967 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 195 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4949 |
Narrated Aisha, Ummul Mu'minin:
A woman came to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and said: Messenger of Allah! I have given birth to a boy, and call him Muhammad and AbulQasim as kunyah (surname), but I have been told that you disapproved of that. He replied: What is it which has made my name lawful and my kunyah unlawful, or what is it which has made my kunyah unlawful and my name lawful?
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4968 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 196 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4950 |
Chapter: Giving a man a kunyah when he does not have a son
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4969 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 197 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4951 |
Chapter: Giving a kunyah to a woman
Narrated Aisha, Ummul Mu'minin:
Aisha said: Messenger of Allah! All my fellow-wives have kunyahs? He said: Give yourself the kunyah by Abdullah, your son - that is to say, her nephew (her sister's son).
Musaddad said: Abdullah ibn az-Zubayr. She was called by the kunyah Umm Abdullah.
Abu Dawud said: Qurran b. Tammam and Ma'mar all have transmitted it from Hisham in a similar manner. It has also been transmitted by Abu Usamah from Hisham, from 'Abbad b. Hamzah. Similarly, Hammad b. Salamah and Maslamah b. Qa'nab have narrated it from Hisham, like the tradition transmitted by Abu Usamah.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4970 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 198 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4952 |
Chapter: Speech that conveys other than the intended meaning
Narrated Sufyan ibn Asid al-Hadrami:
I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: It is great treachery that you should tell your brother something and have him believe you when you are lying.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4971 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 199 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4953 |
Chapter: Regarding (saying) "they claim"
Abu Mas’ud asked Abu ‘Abu Allah, or Abu Abd Allah asked Abu Mas’ud; what did you hear the Messenger of Allah (May peace be upon him) say about za’ama (they alleged, asserted, or it is said). He replied :
Abu DAwud said : This Abu ‘Abd Allah is Hudhaifah.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4972 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 200 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4954 |
Chapter: Saying in one's khutbah: "amma ba'd (to proceed)"
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4973 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 201 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4955 |
Chapter: Saying karam (regarding grapes) and regarding the tongue
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4974 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 202 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4956 |
Chapter: The slave should not say Rabbi or Rabbati (My lord, My lady)
Narrated AbuHurayrah:
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: None of you must say: "My slave" (abdi) and "My slave-woman" (amati), and a slave must not say: "My lord" (rabbi or rabbati). The master (of a slave) should say: "My young man" (fataya) and "My young woman" (fatati), and a slave should say "My master" (sayyidi) and "My mistress" (sayyidati), for you are all (Allah's slave and the Lord is Allah, Most High.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4975 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 203 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4957 |
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4976 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 204 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4958 |
Narrated Buraydah ibn al-Hasib:
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: Do not call a hypocrite sayyid (master), for if he is a sayyid, you will displease your Lord, Most High.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4977 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 205 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4959 |
Chapter: No one should say "Khabuthat nafsi" (I feel nauseous)
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4978 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 206 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4960 |
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4979 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 207 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4961 |
Narrated Hudhayfah:
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: Do not say: "What Allah wills and so and so wills," but say: "What Allah wills and afterwards so and so wills.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4980 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 208 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4962 |
Chapter: Same caption as above
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4981 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 209 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4963 |
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4982 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 210 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4964 |
Narrated AbuHurayrah:
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: When you hear....(Musa's version has): When a man says people have perished, he is the one who has suffered that fate most.
Abu Dawud said: Malik said: If he says that out of sadness for the decadence of religion which he sees among the people, I do not think there is any harm in that. If he says that out of self-conceit and servility of the people, it is an abominable act which has been prohibited.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4983 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 211 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4965 |
Chapter: Salat al atamah ("darkness prayer")
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4984 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 212 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4966 |
Narrated A man:
Salim ibn AbulJa'dah said: A man said: (Mis'ar said: I think he was from the tribe of Khuza'ah): would that I had prayed, and got comfort. The people objected to him for it. Thereupon he said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) as saying: O Bilal, call iqamah for prayer: give us comfort by it.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4985 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 213 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4967 |
Narrated Abdullah ibn Muhammad ibn al-Hanafiyyah:
I and my father went to the house of my father-in-law from the Ansar to pay a sick visit to him. The time of prayer came. He said to someone of his relatives: O girl! bring me water for ablution so that I pray and get comfort. We objected to him for it. He said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: Get up, Bilal, and give us comfort by the prayer.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4986 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 214 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4968 |
Narrated Aisha, Ummul Mu'minin:
I never heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) attributing anyone to anything except to religion.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4987 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 215 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4969 |
Chapter: What was narrated regarding concession regarding that
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4988 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 216 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4970 |
Chapter: Stern warning regarding lying
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4989 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 217 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4971 |
Narrated Mu'awiyah ibn Jaydah al-Qushayri:
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: Woe to him who tells things, speaking falsely, to make people laugh thereby. Woe to him! Woe to him!.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4990 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 218 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4972 |
Narrated Abdullah ibn Amir:
My mother called me one day when the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) was sitting in our house. She said: Come here and I shall give you something. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) asked her: What did you intend to give him? She replied: I intended to give him some dates. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: If you were not to give him anything, a lie would be recorded against you.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4991 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 219 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4973 |
Narrated AbuHurayrah:
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: It is enough falsehood for a man to relate everything he hears.
Abu Dawud said: Hafs did not mention Abu Hurairah (in his version).
Abu Dawud said: No other transmitter except this old man, that is, 'Ali b. Hafs al-Mada'ini related the perfect chain of this tradition.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4992 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 220 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4974 |
Chapter: Thinking well of people
Narrated AbuHurayrah:
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: To harbour good thoughts is a part of well-conducted worship. (This is according to Nasr's version).
Abu Dawud said: Mahna' is reliable and he is from Basrah.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4993 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 221 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4975 |
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4994 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 222 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4976 |
Chapter: Regarding promises
Narrated Zayd ibn Arqam:
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: When a man makes a promise to his brother with the intention of fulfilling it and does not do so, and does not come at the appointed time, he is guilty of no sin.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4995 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 223 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4977 |
Narrated Abdullah ibn AbulHamsa':
I bought something from the Prophet (ﷺ) before he received his Prophetic commission, and as there was something still due to him I promised him that I would bring it to him at his place, but I forgot. When I remembered three days later, I went to that place and found him there. He said: You have vexed me, young man. I have been here for three days waiting for you.
Abu Dawud said: Muhammad b. Yahya said : This is, in our opinion, 'Abd al-Karim b. 'Abd Allah b. Shaqiq (instead of "from 'Abd al-Karim from 'Abd Allah b. Shaqiq").
Abu Dawud said: In a similar way I have been informed by 'Ali b. 'Abd Allah.
Abu Dawud said: I have been told that Bishr b. al-Sarri transmitted it from 'Abd Allah b. Shaqiq.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4996 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 224 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4978 |
Chapter: One who boasts of having something that he has not been given
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4997 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 225 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4979 |
Chapter: What was narrated about joking
Narrated Anas ibn Malik:
A man came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and said: Messenger of Allah! give me a mount. The Prophet (ﷺ) said: We shall give you a she-camel's child to ride on. He said: What shall I do with a she-camel's child? The Prophet (ﷺ) replied: Do any others than she-camels give birth to camels?
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4998 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 226 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4980 |
Narrated An-Nu'man ibn Bashir:
When AbuBakr asked the permission of the Prophet (ﷺ) to come in, he heard Aisha speaking in a loud voice.
So when he entered, he caught hold of her in order to slap her, and said: Do I see you raising your voice to the Messenger of Allah? The Prophet (ﷺ) began to prevent him and AbuBakr went out angry. The Prophet (ﷺ) said when AbuBakr went out: You see I rescued you from the man.
AbuBakr waited for some days, then asked permission of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) to enter, and found that they had made peace with each other. He said to them: Bring me into your peace as you brought me into your war.
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: We have done so: we have done so.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4999 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 227 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4981 |
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5000 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 228 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4982 |
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5001 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 229 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4983 |
Narrated Anas ibn Malik:
The Prophet (ﷺ) addressed me as: O you with the two ears.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5002 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 230 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4984 |
Chapter: One who takes something in jest
Narrated Abdullah ibn as-Sa'ib ibn Yazid:
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: None of you should take the property of his brother in amusement (i.e. jest), nor in earnest. The narrator Sulayman said: Out of amusement and out of earnest. If anyone takes the staff of his brother, he should return it. The transmitter Ibn Bashshar did not say "Ibn Yazid, and he said: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5003 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 231 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4985 |
Narrated AbdurRahman ibn AbuLayla:
The Companions of the Prophet (ﷺ) told us that they were travelling with the Prophet (ﷺ). A man of them slept, and one of them went to the rope which he had with him. He took it, by which he was frightened. The Prophet (ﷺ) said: It is not lawful for a Muslim that he frightens a Muslim.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5004 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 232 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4986 |
Chapter: What has been narrated about eloquent speech
Narrated Abdullah ibn Amr ibn al-'As:
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: Allah , the Exalted, hates the eloquent one among men who moves his tongue round (among his teeth), as cattle do.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5005 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 233 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4987 |
Narrated AbuHurayrah:
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: On the Day of resurrection Allah will not accept repentance or ransom from him who learns excellence of speech to captivate thereby the hearts of men, or of people.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5006 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 234 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4988 |
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5007 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 235 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4989 |
One day when a man got up and spoke at length Amr ibn al-'As said If he had been moderate in what he said:
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5008 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 236 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4990 |
Chapter: What has been narrated about poetry
Abu Hurairah reported the Messenger of Allah (May peace be upon him) as saying :
Abu ‘Ali said : I have been told that Abu ‘Ubaid said : It means that his heart is full of poetry so much so that it makes him neglectful of the Quran and remembrance of Allah. If the Quran and the knowledge (of religion) are dominant, the belly will not be full of poetry in our opinion. Some eloquent speech is magic. It means that a man expresses his eloquence by praising another man, and he speaks the truth about him so much so that he attracts the hearts to his speech. He then condemns him and speaks the truth about him so much so that he attracts the hearts to another of his speech, as if he spelled the audience by it.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5009 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 237 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4991 |
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5010 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 238 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4992 |
Narrated Abdullah ibn Abbas:
A desert Arab came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and began to speak. Thereupon the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: In eloquence there is magic and in poetry there is wisdom.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5011 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 239 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4993 |
Narrated Buraydah ibn al-Hasib:
I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: In eloquence there is magic, in knowledge ignorance, in poetry wisdom, and in speech heaviness.
Sa'sa'ah ibn Suhan said: The Prophet of Allah (ﷺ) spoke the truth. His statement "In eloquence there is magic" means: (For example), there is a right due from a man who is more eloquent in reasoning than the man who is demanding his right. He (the defendant) charms the people by his speech and takes away his right. His statement "In knowledge there is ignorance" means: A scholar brings to his knowledge what he does not know, and thus he becomes ignorant of that. His statement "In poetry there is wisdom" means: These are the sermons and examples by which people receive admonition. His statement "In speech there is heaviness" means: That you present your speech and your talk to a man who is not capable of understanding it, and who does not want it.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5012 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 240 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4994 |
Sa'id said:
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5013 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 241 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4995 |
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5014 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 242 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4996 |
Narrated Aisha, Ummul Mu'minin:
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to setup a pulpit in the mosque for Hassan who would stand on it and satirise those who spoke against the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) would say: The spirit of holiness (i.e. Gabriel) is with Hassan so long as he speaks in defence of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ).
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5015 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 243 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4997 |
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5016 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 244 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4998 |
Chapter: Regarding dreams
Narrated AbuHurayrah:
When the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) finished the dawn prayer, he would ask: Did any of you have a dream last night? And he said: All that is left of Prophecy after me is a good vision.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5017 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 245 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4999 |
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5018 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 246 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5000 |
Abu Hurairah reported the Prophet (May peace be upon him) as saying:
Abu Dawud said : “when the time draws near” means that when the day and night are equal.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5019 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 247 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5001 |
Narrated AbuRazin:
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: The vision flutters over a man as long as it is not interpreted , but when it is interpreted, it settles. And I think he said: Tell it only to one who loves (i.e. friend) or one who has judgment.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5020 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 248 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5002 |
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5021 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 249 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5003 |
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5022 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 250 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5004 |
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5023 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 251 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5005 |
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5024 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 252 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5006 |
Narrated Anas ibn Malik:
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: One night it seemed to me in a dream that we were in the house of Uqbah ibn Rafi' and were brought some of the fresh dates of Ibn tab. I interpreted it as meaning that to us is granted eminence (rif'ah) in this world, a blessed hereafter ('aqibah), and that our religion has been good (tabah).
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5025 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 253 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5007 |
Chapter: Regarding yawning
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5026 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 254 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5008 |
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5027 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 255 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5009 |
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5028 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 256 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5010 |
Chapter: Regarding sneezing
Narrated AbuHurayrah:
When the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) sneezed, he placed his hand or a garment on his mouth, and lessened the noise. The transmitter Yahya is doubtful about the exact words khafada or ghadda (lessened).
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5029 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 257 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5011 |
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5030 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 258 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5012 |
Chapter: How to respond to one who sneezes
Narrated Salim ibn Ubayd:
Hilal ibn Yasar said: We were with Salim ibn Ubayd when a man from among the people sneezed and said: Peace be upon you.
Salim said: And upon you and your mother. Later he said: Perhaps you found something (annoying) in what I said to you.
He said: I wished you would not mention my mother with good or evil. He said: I have just said to you what the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said. We were in the presence of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) when a man from among the people sneezed, saying: Peace be upon you!
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: And upon you and your mother. He then said: When one of you sneezes, he should praise Allah. He further mentioned some attributes (of Allah), saying: The one who is with him should say to him: Allah have mercy on you, and he should reply to them: Allah forgive us and you.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5031 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 259 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5013 |
Narrated Salim ibn Ubayd al-Ashja'i:
The tradition mentioned above (No. 5013) has also been mentioned by Salim ibn Ubayd al-Ashja'i to the same effect from the Prophet (ﷺ) through a different chain of narrators.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5032 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 260 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5014 |
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5033 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 261 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5015 |
Chapter: How many times should one say "May Allah have mercy on you" to one who sneezes?
Narrated AbuHurayrah:
Respond three times to your brother when he sneezes, and if he sneezes more often, he has a cold in his head.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5034 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 262 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5016 |
The tradition mentioned above has also been transmitted by Abu Hurairah through a different chain from the prophet (May peace be upon him). A transmitter Sa’id b. Sa’id said:
Abu Dawud said: Abu Nu’aim transmitted it from Musa b. Qais, from Muhammad b. Ajlan, from Sa’id, on the authority of Abu Hurairah, from the prophet (May peace be upon him).
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5035 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 263 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5017 |
Narrated Ubayd ibn Rifa'ah az-Zuraqi:
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: Invoke a blessing on one who sneezes three times; (and if he sneezes more often), then if you wish to invoke a blessing on him, you may invoke, and if you wish (to stop), then stop.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5036 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 264 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5018 |
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5037 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 265 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5019 |
Chapter: How to respond when a dhimmi sneezes
Narrated AbuBurdah:
The Jews used to try to sneezes in the presence of the Prophet (ﷺ) hoping that he would say to them: "Allah have mercy on you!" but he would say: May Allah guide you and grant you well-being!
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5038 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 266 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5020 |
Chapter: Regarding one who sneezes and does not praise Allah
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5039 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 267 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5021 |
Chapter: Regarding a man lying on his stomach
Narrated Tikhfat al-Ghifari:
Ya'ish ibn Tikhfat al-Ghifari said: My father was one of the people in the Suffah.
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: Come with us to the house of Aisha. So we went and he said: Give us food, Aisha. She brought hashishah and we ate. He then said: Give us food, Aisha. She then brought haysah as small in quantity as a pigeon and we ate. He then said: Give us something to drink, Aisha. So she brought a bowl of milk, and we drank. Again he said: Give us something to drink, Aisha. She then brought a small cup and we drank. He then said: If you wish, you may spend the night (here), or if you wish, you may go to the mosque.
He said: While I was lying on my stomach because of pain in the lung, a man began to shake me with his foot and then said: This is a method of lying which Allah hates. I looked and saw that he was the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ).
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5040 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 268 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5022 |
Chapter: Sleeping on a roof that has no walls
Narrated Ali ibn Shayban:
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: If anyone spends the night on the roof of a house with no stone palisade, Allah's responsibility to guard him no longer applies.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5041 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 269 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5023 |
Chapter: Sleeping in a state of purity
Narrated Mu'adh ibn Jabal:
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: If a Muslim sleeps while remembering Allah, in the state of purification, is alarmed while asleep at night, and asks Allah for good in this world and in the Hereafter. He surely gives it to him. Thabit al-Bunani said: AbuZabyah came to visit us and he transmitted this tradition to us from Mu'adh ibn Jabal from the Prophet (ﷺ). Thabit said: So and so said: I tried my best to utter these (prayers) when I got up, but I could not do.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5042 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 270 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5024 |
Ibn ‘Abbas said:
Abu Dawud said: that is to say, he urinated
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5043 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 271 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5025 |
Chapter: Which direction should one face while sleeping
Narrated Umm Salamah, Ummul Mu'minin:
Some relative of Umm Salamah said: The bed of the Prophet (ﷺ) was set as a man is laid in his grave; the mosque was towards his head.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5044 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 272 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5026 |
Chapter: What to say when going to sleep
Narrated Hafsah, Ummul Mu'minin:
When the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) wanted to go to sleep, he put his right hand under his cheek and would then say three times: O Allah, guard me from Thy punishment on the day when Thou raisest up Thy servants.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5045 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 273 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5027 |
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5046 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 274 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5028 |
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5047 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 275 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5029 |
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5048 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 276 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5030 |
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5049 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 277 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5031 |
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5050 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 278 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5032 |
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5051 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 279 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5033 |
Narrated Ali ibn AbuTalib:
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to say when he lay down: O Allah, I seek refuge in Thy noble Person and in Thy perfect Words from the evil of what Thou seizest by its forelock; O Allah! Thou removest debt and sin; O Allah! thy troop's not routed, Thy promise is not broken and the riches of the rich do not avail against Thee. Glory and praise be unto Thee!.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5052 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 280 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5034 |
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5053 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 281 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5035 |
Narrated AbulAzhar al-Anmari:
When the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) went to his bed at night, he would say: in the name of Allah, I have laid down my side for Allah. O Allah! forgive me my sin, drive away my devil, free me from my responsibility, and place me in the highest assembly.
Abu Dawud said: Abu Hammam al-Ahwazi transmitted it from Thawr. He mentioned Abu Zuhair al-Anmari (instead of Abu al-Azhar).
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5054 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 282 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5036 |
Farwah b. Nawfal quoted his father as saying that the Prophet (ﷺ) said to Nawfal (his father):
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5055 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 283 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5037 |
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5056 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 284 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5038 |
Narrated Irbad ibn Sariyah:
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to recite al-Musabbihat before going to sleep, and say: They contain a verse which is better than a thousand verses.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5057 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 285 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5039 |
Narrated Abdullah ibn Umar:
When the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) went to his bed, he would say: Praise be to Allah Who has given me sufficiency, has guarded me, given me food and drink, been most gracious to me, and given to me most lavishly. Praise be to Allah in every circumstance. O Allah! Lord and King of everything, God of everything, I seek refuge in Thee from Hell.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5058 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 286 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5040 |
Narrated AbuHurayrah:
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: If anyone lies on his side where he does not remember Allah, deprivation will descend on him on the Day of Resurrection; and if anyone sits in a place where he does not remember Allah, deprivation will descend on him on the Day of Resurrection.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5059 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 287 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5041 |
Chapter: What to say if one wakes up at night
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5060 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 288 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5042 |
Narrated Aisha, Ummul Mu'minin:
When the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) awake at night, he said: There is no god but thou, glory be to Thee, O Allah, I ask Thy pardon for my sin and I ask Thee for Thy mercy. O Allah! advance me in knowledge: do not cause my heart to deviate (from guidance) after Thou hast guided me, and grant me mercy from thyself; verily thou art the grantor.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5061 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 289 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5043 |
Chapter: Reciting Tasbih when going to sleep
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5062 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 290 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5044 |
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5063 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 291 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5045 |
Narrated Ali ibn AbuTalib:
The tradition (No 5045, about Tasbih Fatimah) has been transmitted by Ali to the same effect through a different chain of narrators.
This version adds: Ali said: I did not leave them (Tasbih Fatimah) since I heard them from the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) except on the night of Siffin, for I remembered them towards the end of the night and then I uttered them.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5064 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 292 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5046 |
Narrated Abdullah ibn Amr:
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: There are two qualities or characteristics which will not be returned by any Muslim without his entering Paradise. While they are easy, those who act upon them are few. One should say: "Glory be to Allah" ten times after every prayer, "Praise be to Allah" ten times and "Allah is Most Great" ten times. That is a hundred and fifty on the tongue, but one thousand and five hundred on the scale. When he goes to bed, he should say: "Allah is Most Great" thirty-four times, "Praise be to Allah" thirty-three times, and Glory be to Allah thirty-three times, for that is a hundred on the tongue and a thousand on the scale. (He said:) I saw the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) counting them on his hand.
The people asked: Messenger of Allah! How is it that while they are easy, those who act upon them are few?
He replied: The Devil comes to one of you when he goes to bed and he makes him sleep, before he utters them, and he comes to him while he is engaged in prayer and calls a need to his mind before he utters them.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5065 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 293 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5047 |
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5066 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 294 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5048 |
Chapter: What to say when waking up
Narrated AbuHurayrah:
AbuBakr as-Siddiq said: Messenger of Allah! command me something to say in the morning and in the evening. He said: Say "O Allah, Creator of the heavens and the earth, Who knowest the unseen and the seen, Lord and Possessor of everything. I testify that there is no god but Thee; I seek refuge in Thee from the evil within myself, from the evil of the devil, and his (incitement to) attributing partners (to Allah)." He said: Say this in the morning.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5067 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 295 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5049 |
Narrated AbuHurayrah:
The Prophet (ﷺ) used to say in the morning: "O Allah, by Thee we come to the morning, by Thee we come to the evening, by Thee are we resurrected." In the evening he would say: "O Allah, by Thee we come to the evening, by Thee we die, and to Thee are we resurrected."
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5068 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 296 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5050 |
Narrated Anas ibn Malik:
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: If anyone says in the morning or in the evening: "O Allah! in the morning we call Thee, the bearers of Thy Throne, Thy angels and all Thy creatures to witness that thou art Allah (God) than Whom alone there is no god, and that Muhammad is Thy Servant and Apostle," Allah will emancipate his fourth from Hell; if anyone says twice, Allah will emancipate his half; if anyone says it thrice, Allah will emancipate three-fourth; and if he says four times, Allah will emancipate him from Hell.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5069 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 297 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5051 |
Narrated Buraydah ibn al-Hasib:
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: If anyone says in the morning or in the evening: "O Allah! Thou art my Lord; there is no god but Thee, Thou hast created me, and I am Thy servant and hold to Thy covenant and promise as much as I can; I seek refuge in Thee from the evil of what I have done: I acknowledge Thy favour to me, and I acknowledge my sin; pardon me, for none but Thee pardons sins, and dies during the daytime or during the night." he will go to Paradise.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5070 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 298 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5052 |
‘Abd Allah (b. Mas’ud) told that when the evening came, the prophet (May peace be upon him) would say:
Abu Dawud said: Shu’bah transmitted from Salamah b. Kuhail, from Ibrahim b. Suwaid, saying: from the evil of old age. He did not mention the evil of disbelief.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5071 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 299 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5053 |
Narrated A man:
AbuSallam told that he was in the mosque of Hims. A man passed him and the people said about him that he served the Prophet (ﷺ).
He (AbuSallam) went to him and said: Tell me any tradition which you heard from the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and there were no man between him and you. He said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: If anyone says in the morning and in the evening: "I am pleased with Allah as Lord, with Islam as religion, with Muhammad as Prophet," Allah will certainly please him.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5072 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 300 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5054 |
Narrated Abdullah ibn Ghannam:
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: If anyone says in the morning: "O Allah! whatever favour has come to me, it comes from Thee alone Who has no partner; to Thee praise is due and thanksgiving,'! he will have expressed full thanksgiving for the day; and if anyone says the same in the evening, he will have expressed full thanksgiving for the night.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5073 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 301 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5055 |
Narrated Abdullah ibn Umar:
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) never failed to utter these supplications in the evening and in the morning: O Allah, I ask Thee for security in this world and in the Hereafter: O Allah! I ask Thee for forgiveness and security in my religion and my worldly affairs, in my family and my property; O Allah! conceal my fault or faults (according to Uthman's version), and keep me safe from the things which I fear; O Allah! guard me in front of me and behind me, on my right hand and on my left, and from above me: and I seek in Thy greatness from receiving unexpected harm from below me." AbuDawud said: Waki' said: That is to say, swallowing by the earth.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5074 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 302 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5056 |
Narrated Daughter of the Prophet:
AbdulHamid, a client of Banu Hashim, said that his mother who served some of the daughters of the Prophet (ﷺ) told him that one of the daughters of the Prophet (ﷺ) said that the Prophet (ﷺ) used to teach her saying: Say in the morning: Glory be to Allah, and I begin with praise of Him; there is no power but in Allah ; what Allah wills comes to pass and what He does not will does not come to pass; I know that Allah is Omnipotent and that Allah has comprehended everything in knowledge" ; for whoever says it in the morning will be guarded till the evening, and whoever says it in the evening will be guarded till the morning.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5075 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 303 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5057 |
Narrated Abdullah ibn Abbas:
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: If anyone repeats in the morning: "So glory be to Allah in the evening and in the morning; to Him is the praise in the heavens and the earth, and in the late evening and at noon....thus shall you be brought forth, " he will get that day what he has missed; and if anyone repeats these words in the evening he will get that night what he has missed. Ar-Rabi' transmitted it from al-Layth.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5076 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 304 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5058 |
Narrated AbuAyyash:
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: If anyone says in the morning: "There is no god but Allah alone Who has no partner; to Him belong the dominions, to Him praise is due, and He is Omnipotent," he will have a reward equivalent to that for setting free a slave from among the descendants of Isma'il. He will have ten good deeds recorded for him, ten evil deeds deducted from him, he will be advanced ten degrees, and will be guarded from the Devil till the evening. If he says them in the evening, he will have a similar recompense till the morning.
The version of Hammad says: A man saw the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) in a dream and said: Messenger of Allah! AbuAyyash is relating such and such on your authority.
He said: AbuAyyash has spoken the truth.
Abu Dawud said: Isma'il b. Ja'far, Musa al-Zim'i and 'Adb Allah b. Ja'far transmitted it from Suhail, from his father on the authority of Ibn 'A'ish.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5077 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 305 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5059 |
Narrated Anas ibn Malik:
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: If anyone says in the morning: "O Allah! in the morning we call Thee, the bearers of Thy Throne, Thy angels, and all Thy creatures to witness that Thou art Allah than Whom there is no god, Thou being alone and without a partner, and that Muhammad is Thy servant and Thy Apostle," Allah will forgive him any sins that he commits that day; and if he repeats them in the evening. Allah will forgive him any sins he commits that night.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5078 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 306 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5060 |
Al-Harith b. Muslim al-Tamimi quoted his father Muslim b. al-Harith al-Tamimi as saying that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) told him secretly:
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5079 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 307 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5061 |
Narrated Muslim ibn al-Harith ibn Muslim at-Tamimi:
A similar tradition (to No. 5061) has been transmitted by Muslim ibn al-Harith ibn Muslim at-Tamimi on the authority of his father from the Prophet (ﷺ) through a different chain of narrators, up to "protection from it".
But this version says: "before speaking to anyone". In this version Ali ibn Sahl said that his father told him.
Ali and Ibn al-Musaffa said: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) sent us on an expedition. When we reached the place of attack, I galloped my horse and outstripped my companions, and the people of that locality received me with a great noise.
I said to them: Say "There is no god but Allah," and you will be protected. They said this.
My companions blamed me, saying: You deprived us of the booty. When we came to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), they told him what I had done.
So he called me, appreciating what I had done, and said: Allah has recorded for you so and so (a reward) for every man of them.
AbdurRahman said: I forgot the reward. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) then said: I shall write a will for you after me. He did this and stamped it, and gave it to me, saying....He then mentioned the rest of the tradition to the same effect. Ibn al-Musaffa said: I heard al-Harith ibn Muslim ibn al-Harith at-Tamimi transmitting it from his father.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5080 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 308 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5062 |
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5081 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 309 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5063 |
Narrated Abdullah ibn Khubayb:
We went out one rainy and intensely dark night to look for the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) to lead us in prayer, and when we found him, he asked: Have you prayed?, but I did not say anything. So he said: Say, but I did not say anything. He again said: Say, but I did not say anything. He then said: Say. So I said: What am I to say? He said: Say: "Say, He is Allah, One," and al-Mu'awwadhatan three times in the morning and evening; they will serve you for every purpose.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5082 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 310 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5064 |
Narrated AbuMalik:
The people asked: Tell us a word which we repeat in the morning, evening and when we rise.
So he commanded us to say: "O Allah! Creator of Heavens and Earth; Knower of all that is hidden and open; Thou art the Lord of everything; the angels testify that there is no god but Thee, for we seek refuge in Thee from the evil within ourselves, from the evil of the Devil accused and from the evil of his suggestion about partnership with Allah, and that we earn sin for ourselves or drag it to a Muslim."
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5083 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 311 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5065 |
AbuDawud said:
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5084 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 312 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5065 |
Narrated Aisha, Ummul Mu'minin:
Shariq al-Hawzani and I came to Aisha (Allah be pleased with her) and asked her: By which (prayer) the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) began when he woke up at night? She replied: You asked me about a thing which no one asked me before. When he woke up at night, he uttered: "Allah is Most Great" ten times, and uttered "Praise be to Allah" ten times, and said "Glory be to Allah and I begin with His praise" ten times, and said: "Glory be to the King, the Most Holy" ten times, and asked Allah's pardon ten times, and said: "There is no god but Allah" ten times, and then said: "O Allah! I seek refuge in Thee from the strait of the Day of resurrection," ten times. He then began the prayer.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5085 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 313 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5066 |
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5086 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 314 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5067 |
Narrated AbuDharr:
If anyone says in the morning: "O Allah! whatever oath I take, whatever word I speak, and whatever vow I take, Thine will precedes all that: whatever Thou willeth, occurs, and whatever Thou dost not will, dost not occur. O Allah! pardon me and disregard me for it. O Allah! whomsoever Thou sendest thine blessing, to him my blessing is due, and whomsoever thou cursest, to him my curse is due, " exemption from it will be granted to him that day.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5087 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 315 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5068 |
Narrated Uthman ibn Affan:
Aban ibn Uthman said: I heard Uthman ibn Affan (his father) say: I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: If anyone says three times: "In the name of Allah, when Whose name is mentioned nothing on Earth or in Heaven can cause harm, and He is the Hearer, the Knower" he will not suffer sudden affliction till the morning, and if anyone says this in the morning, he will not suffer sudden affliction till the evening.
Aban was afflicted by some paralysis and when a man who heard the tradition began to look at him, he said to him: Why are you looking at me? I swear by Allah, I did not tell a lie about Uthman, nor did Uthman tell a lie about the Prophet (ﷺ), but that day when I was afflicted by it, I became angry and forgot to say them.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5088 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 316 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5069 |
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5089 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 317 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5070 |
Narrated AbuBakrah:
AbdurRahman ibn AbuBakrah said that he told his father: O my father! I hear you supplicating every morning: "O Allah! Grant me health in my body. O Allah! Grant me good hearing. O Allah! Grant me good eyesight. There is no god but Thou." You repeat them three times in the morning and three times in the evening.
He said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) using these words as a supplication and I like to follow his practice.
The transmitter, Abbas, said in this version: And you say: "O Allah! I seek refuge in Thee from infidelity and poverty. O Allah! I seek refuge in Thee from punishment in the grave. There is no god but Thee". You repeat them three times in the morning and three times in the evening, and use them as a supplication. I like to follow his practice.
He said: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: The supplications to be used by one who is distressed are: "O Allah! Thy mercy is what I hope for. Do not abandon me to myself for an instant, but put all my affairs in good order for me. There is no god but Thou." Some transmitters added more than others.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5090 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 318 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5071 |
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5091 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 319 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5072 |
Chapter: What a man should say when he sees the new crescent
Narrated Qatadah:
When the Prophet of Allah (ﷺ) saw the new moon, he said: "a new moon of good and right guidance; a new moon of good and right guidance; a new moon of good and right guidance. I believe in Him Who created you" three times. He would then say: "Praise be to Allah Who has made such and such a month to pass and has brought such and such a month."
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5092 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 320 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5073 |
Narrated Qatadah:
When the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) saw the new moon, he turned away his face from it.
Abu Dawud said: On this subject there is no tradition which has perfect chain and is sound.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5093 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 321 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5074 |
Chapter: What to say when leaving one's home
Narrated Umm Salamah, Ummul Mu'minin:
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) never went out of my house without raising his eye to the sky and saying: "O Allah! I seek refuge in Thee lest I stray or be led astray, or slip or made to slip, or cause injustice, or suffer injustice, or do wrong, or have wrong done to me."
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5094 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 322 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5075 |
Narrated Anas ibn Malik:
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: When a man goes out of his house and says: "In the name of Allah, I trust in Allah; there is no might and no power but in Allah," the following will be said to him at that time: "You are guided, defended and protected." The devils will go far from him and another devil will say: How can you deal with a man who has been guided, defended and protected?
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5095 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 323 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5076 |
Chapter: What a man should say when he enters his house
Narrated AbuMalik Al-Ash'ari:
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: When a man goes into his house, he should say: "O Allah! I ask Thee for good both when entering and when going out; in the name of Allah we have entered, and in the name of Allah we have gone out, and in Allah our Lord do we trust." He should then greet his family.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5096 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 324 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5077 |
Chapter: What to say when a strong wind blows
Narrated AbuHurayrah:
I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: The wind comes from Allah's mercy.
Salamah's version has: It is Allah's mercy; it (sometimes) brings blessing and (sometimes) brings punishment. So when you see it, do not revile it, but ask Allah for some of its good, and seek refuge in Allah from its evil.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5097 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 325 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5078 |
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5098 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 326 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5079 |
Narrated Aisha, Ummul Mu'minin:
When the Prophet (ﷺ) saw a cloud formation in the sky, he left work, even if he were at prayer, and then would say: "O Allah! I seek refuge in Thee from its evil. " If it rained, he would say: "O Allah! send a beneficial downpour."
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5099 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 327 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5080 |
Chapter: Regarding rain
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5100 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 328 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5081 |
Chapter: The braying of donkeys and barking of dogs
Chapter: Regarding roosters and animals
Narrated Zayd ibn Khalid:
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: Do not curse the cock, for it awakens for prayer.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5101 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 329 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5082 |
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5102 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 330 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5083 |
Narrated Jabir ibn Abdullah:
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: When you hear the barking of dogs and the braying of asses at night, seek refuge in Allah, for they see which you do not see.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5103 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 331 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5084 |
Narrated Ali ibn Umar ibn Husayn ibn Ali:
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) as saying: Do not go out much when there are few people about , for Allah the Exalted scatters abroad of His beasts in that hour (according to Ibn Marwan's version).
Ibn Marwan's version has: For Allah has creatures. He then mentioned the barking of dogs and braying of asses in a similar manner. He added in his version: Ibn al-Had said: Shurahbil ibn al-Hajib told me on the authority of Jabir ibn Abdullah from the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) similar to it.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5104 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 332 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5085 |
Chapter: Saying the adhan in the ear of the newborn
Narrated AbuRafi':
I saw the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) uttering the call to prayer (Adhan) in the ear of al-Hasan ibn Ali when Fatimah gave birth to him.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5105 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 333 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5086 |
Narrated Aisha, Ummul Mu'minin:
Boys used to be brought to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), and he would invoke blessings on them. Yusuf added: "and soften some dates and rub their palates with them". He did not mention "blessings".
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5106 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 334 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5087 |
Narrated Aisha, Ummul Mu'minin:
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said to me: Have the mugharribun been seen (or some other word) among you? I asked: What do the mugharribun mean? He replied: They are those in whom is a strain of the jinn.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5107 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 335 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5088 |
Chapter: When one man seeks the refuge of another
Narrated Abdullah ibn Abbas:
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: If anyone asks (you) for refuge for the sake of Allah, give him refuge; and if anyone asks you (for something) for the pleasure of Allah, give him. Ubaydullah said: If anyone asks you for the sake of Allah.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5108 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 336 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5089 |
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5109 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 337 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5090 |
Chapter: Warding off waswasah
Narrated Abdullah ibn Abbas:
AbuZumayl said: I asked Ibn Abbas, saying: What is that I find in my breast? He asked: What is it? I replied: I swear by Allah, I cannot speak about it. He asked me: Is it something doubtful? and he laughed. He then said: No one could escape that, until Allah, the exalted, revealed: "If thou went in doubt as to what we have revealed unto thee, and ask those who have been reading the Book from before thee." He said: If you find something in your heart, say: He is the first and the Last, the Evident and the Immanent, and He has full knowledge of all things.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5110 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 338 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5091 |
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5111 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 339 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5092 |
Narrated Abdullah ibn Abbas:
A man came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and said: Messenger of Allah! one of us has thoughts of such nature that he would rather be reduced to charcoal than speak about them. He said: Allah is Most Great, Allah is Most Great, Allah is Most Great. Praise be to Allah Who has reduced the guile of the devil to evil prompting. Ibn Qudamah said "reduced his matter" instead of "reduced his guile".
Ibn Qudamah said "reduced his matter" instead of "reduced his guile".
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5112 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 340 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5093 |
Chapter: When a man claims to belong to someone other than his master
Sa’id b. Malik said:
‘Asim said : I said : Abu ‘Uthman! Two men testified before you. Who are they? He said : One of them is the one who is first to shoot arrow in the path of Allah or in the path of Islam, that is to say : Sa’d b. Malik. The other is the one came from al-Taif with ten and some men on foot. He then mentioned his excellence.
Abu Dawud said : When al-Nufaili mentioned this tradition, he said : I swear by Allah, this is sweater with me than honey, that is no say, his way transmission.
Abu ‘Ali said : I heard Abu Dawud say : I heard Ahmad say : The people of Kufah have no light in their traditions. I did not see them like the people of Basrah. They learnt it from Shu’bah.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5113 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 341 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5094 |
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5114 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 342 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5095 |
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5115 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 343 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5096 |
Chapter: Regarding boasting of one's lineage
Narrated AbuHurayrah:
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: Allah, Most High, has removed from you the pride of the pre-Islamic period and its boasting in ancestors. One is only a pious believer or a miserable sinner. You are sons of Adam, and Adam came from dust. Let the people cease to boast about their ancestors. They are merely fuel in Jahannam; or they will certainly be of less account with Allah than the beetle which rolls dung with its nose.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5116 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 344 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5097 |
Chapter: Regarding tribalism
Narrated Abdullah ibn Mas'ud:
If anyone helps his people in an unrighteous cause, he is like a camel which falls into a well and is pulled out by its tail.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5117 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 345 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5098 |
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5118 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 346 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5099 |
Narrated Wathilah ibn al-Asqa':
I asked: Messenger of Allah! what is party spirit? He replied: That you should help your people in wrongdoing.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5119 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 347 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5100 |
Narrated Suraqah ibn Malik ibn Ju'sham al-Mudlaji:
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) gave us an address and said: The best of you is the one who defends his tribe, so long as he commits no sin.
Abu Dawud said: Abu Ayyub b. Suwaid is weak.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5120 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 348 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5101 |
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5121 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 349 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5102 |
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5122 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 350 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5103 |
Narrated AbuUqbah:
AbdurRahman ibn AbuUqbah quoted his father AbuUqbah who was a client from the people of Persia as saying: I was present at Uhud along with the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), and on smiting one of the polytheists I said: Take this from me who is the young Persian. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) then turned to me and said: Why did you not say: Take this from me who is the young Ansari?
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5123 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 351 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5104 |
Chapter: When one man loves another because of some good that he sees
Narrated Al-Miqdam ibn Ma'dikarib:
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: When a man loves his brother, he should tell him that he loves him.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5124 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 352 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5105 |
Narrated Anas ibn Malik:
A man was with the Prophet (ﷺ) and a man passed by him and said: Messenger of Allah! I love this man. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) then asked: Have you informed him? He replied: No. He said: Inform him. He then went to him and said: I love you for Allah's sake. He replied: May He for Whose sake you love me love you!
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5125 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 353 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5106 |
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5126 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 354 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5107 |
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5127 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 355 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5108 |
Chapter: Regarding consultation
Narrated AbuHurayrah:
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: He who is consulted is trustworthy.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5128 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 356 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5109 |
Chapter: The one who guides others to do good
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5129 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 357 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5110 |
Chapter: Regarding desires
Narrated AbudDarda':
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: Your love for a thing causes blindness and deafness.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5130 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 358 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5111 |
Chapter: Regarding intercession
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5131 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 359 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5112 |
Narrated Mu'awiyah:
Make intercession, you will be rewarded, for I purposely delay a matter so that you intercede and then you are rewarded. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: If you make intercession, you will be rewarded.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5132 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 360 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5113 |
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5133 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 361 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5114 |
Chapter: A man should begin with his own name when writing a letter
Narrated al-Ala' ibn al-Hadrami:
Some of the children of al-Ala' ibn al-Hadrami said: Al-Ala' ibn al-Hadrami was the governor of the Prophet (ﷺ) at al-Bahrayn, and when he wrote to him he began with his won name.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5134 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 362 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5115 |
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5135 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 363 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5116 |
Chapter: How to write to a dhimmi
Narrated Abdullah ibn Abbas:
The Prophet (ﷺ) wrote a letter to Heraclius: "From Muhammad, the Messenger of Allah, to Hiraql (Heraclius), Chief of the Byzantines. Peace be to those who follow the guidance." Ibn Yahya reported on the authority of Ibn Abbas that AbuSufyan said to him: We then came to see Hiraql (Heraclius) who seated us before him. He then called for the letter from the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). Its contents were: "In the name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful, from Muhammad the Messenger of Allah, to Hiraql, chief of Byzantines. Peace be to those who follow the guidance. To proceed."
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5136 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 364 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5117 |
Chapter: Regarding honoring one's parents
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5137 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 365 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5118 |
Narrated Abdullah ibn Umar:
A woman was my wife and I loved her, but Umar hated her. He said to me: Divorce her, but I refused. Umar then went to the Prophet (ﷺ) and mentioned that to him. The Prophet (ﷺ) said: Divorce her.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5138 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 366 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5119 |
Bahz b. Hakim on his father's authority said that his grandfather said:
Abu Dawud said: Aqra' means a snake whose hair of the head were removed on account of poison.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5139 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 367 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5120 |
Kulaib b. Manfa'ah said that his grandfather told then he went to the Prophet (ﷺ) and said:
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5140 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 368 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5121 |
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5141 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 369 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5122 |
Narrated AbuUsayd Malik ibn Rabi'ah as-Sa'idi:
While we were with the Messenger of Allah! (ﷺ) a man of Banu Salmah came to Him and said: Messenger of Allah is there any kindness left that I can do to my parents after their death? He replied: Yes, you can invoke blessings on them, forgiveness for them, carry out their final instructions after their death, join ties of relationship which are dependent on them, and honour their friends.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5142 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 370 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5123 |
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5143 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 371 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5124 |
Narrated AbutTufayl:
I saw the Prophet (ﷺ) distributing flesh at Ji'irranah, and I was a boy in those days bearing the bone of the camel, and when a woman who came forward approach the Prophet (ﷺ), he spread out his cloak for her, and she sat on it. I asked: Who is she? The people said: She is his foster-mother.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5144 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 372 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5125 |
Narrated Umar ibn as-Sa'ib:
One day when the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) was sitting, his foster-father came forward. He spread out of a part of his garment and he sit on it. Then his mother came forward to him and he spread out the other side of his garment and she sat on it. Again , his foster-brother came forward. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) stood for him and seated him before himself.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5145 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 373 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5126 |
Chapter: The virtue of one who takes care of an orphan
Narrated Abdullah ibn Abbas:
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: If anyone has a female child, and does not bury her alive, or slight her, or prefer his children (i.e. the male ones) to her, Allah will bring him into Paradise. Uthman did not mention "male children".
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5146 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 374 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5127 |
Narrated AbuSa'id al-Khudri:
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: If anyone cares for three daughters, disciplines them, marries them, and does good to them, he will go to Paradise.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5147 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 375 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5128 |
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5148 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 376 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5129 |
Narrated Awf ibn Malik al-Ashja'i':
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: I and a woman whose cheeks have become black shall on the Day of Resurrection be like these two (pointing to the middle and forefinger), i.e. a woman of rank and beauty who has been bereft of her husband and devotes herself to her fatherless children till they go their separate ways or die.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5149 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 377 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5130 |
Chapter: One who takes care of an orphan
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5150 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 378 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5131 |
Chapter: The rights of neighbors
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5151 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 379 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5132 |
Narrated Abdullah ibn Amr ibn al-'As:
Mujahid said that Abdullah ibn Amr slaughtered a sheep and said: Have you presented a gift from it to my neighbour, the Jew, for I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: Gabriel kept on commending the neighbour to me so that I thought he would make an heir?
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5152 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 380 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5133 |
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5153 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 381 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5134 |
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5154 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 382 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5135 |
‘A’ishah said:
Abu Dawud said: Shu’bah said this tradition : Talhah is a man of the Quraish.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5155 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 383 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5136 |
Chapter: Regarding the rights of slaves
Narrated Ali ibn AbuTalib:
The last words which the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) spoke were: Prayer, prayer; fear Allah about those whom your right hands possess.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5156 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 384 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5137 |
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5157 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 385 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5138 |
Ma’rur b. Suwaid said :
Abu Dawud said: Ibn Numair transmitted it from al-A'mash in a similar way.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5158 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 386 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5139 |
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5159 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 387 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5140 |
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5160 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 388 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5141 |
Narrated AbuDharr:
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: Feed those of your slaves who please you from what you eat and clothe them with what you clothe yourselves, but sell those who do not please you and do not punish Allah's creatures.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5161 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 389 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5142 |
Narrated Rafi' ibn Makith:
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: Treating those under one's authority will produce prosperity, but an evil nature produces evil fortune.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5162 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 390 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5143 |
Narrated Rafi' ibn Makith:
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: Treating those under one's authority well produces prosperity, but an evil nature produces evil fortune.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5163 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 391 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5144 |
Narrated Abdullah ibn Umar:
A man came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and asked: Messenger of Allah! how often shall I forgive a servant? He gave no reply, so the man repeated what he had said, but he still kept silence. When he asked a third time, he replied: Forgive him seventy times daily.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5164 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 392 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5145 |
Abu Hurairah said:
The transmitter Mu'ammal said: 'Isa narrated it to us from al-Fudial, that is, Ibn Ghazwan.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5165 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 393 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5146 |
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5166 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 394 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5147 |
Narrated Mu'awiyah ibn Suwayd ibn Muqarrin:
I slapped a freed slave of ours. My father called him and me and said: Take retaliation on him. We, the people of Banu Muqarrin, were seven during the time of the Prophet (ﷺ),and we had only a female servant. A man of us slapped her. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: Set her free. They said: We have no other servant than her. He said: She must serve them till they become well off. When they become well off, they should set her free.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5167 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 395 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5148 |
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5168 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 396 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5149 |
Chapter: If a slave is sincere
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5169 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 397 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5150 |
Chapter: The one turns a slave against his master
Narrated AbuHurayrah:
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: If anyone corrupts (instigates) the wife of a man or his slave (against him), he is not from us.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5170 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 398 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5151 |
Chapter: Seeking permission to enter
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5171 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 399 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5152 |
Narrated AbuHurayrah:
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: If anyone peeps into the house of a people without their permission and he knocks out his eye, no responsibility is incurred for his eye.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5172 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 400 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5153 |
Narrated AbuHurayrah:
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: When one has a look into the house, then there is no (need of) permission.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5173 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 401 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5154 |
Narrated Huzayl:
A man came. Uthman's version has: Sa'd ibn AbuWaqqas came. He stood at the door. Uthman's version has: (He stood) facing the door. The Prophet (ﷺ) said to him: Away from it, (stand) this side or that side. Asking permission is meant to escape from the look of an eye.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5174 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 402 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5155 |
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5175 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 403 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5156 |
Chapter: How is permission to be sought
Narrated Kaladah ibn Hanbal:
Safwan ibn Umayyah sent him with some milk, a young gazelle and some small cucumbers to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) when he was in the upper part of Mecca. I entered but I did not give a salutation. He said: Go back and say: "Peace be upon you"! This happened after Safwan ibn Umayyah and embraced Islam. Amr said: Ibn Safwan told me all this on the authority of Kaladah ibn Hanbal, and he did not say: I heard it from him.
Abu Dawud said: Yahya b. Habib said: Umayyah b. Safwan. He did not say: I heard from Kaladah b. Hanbal. Yahya also said: 'Amr b. 'Abd Allah b. Safwan told him that Kaladah b. al-Hanbal told him.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5176 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 404 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5157 |
Narrated Rib'i:
A man of Banu Amir told that he asked the Prophet (ﷺ) for permission (to enter the house) when he was in the house, saying: May I enter ? The Prophet (ﷺ) said to his servant: Go out to this (man) and teach him how to ask permission to enter the house, and say to him: "Say : Peace be upon you. May I enter?" The man heard it and said: Peace be upon you! May I enter ? The Prophet (ﷺ) permitted him and he entered.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5177 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 405 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5158 |
Rib’i b. Hirash said I was told that a man of Banu ‘Amir asked the prophet (May peace be upon him) for permission to enter the house. He then mentioned the rest of the tradition to the same effect.
Abu Dawud said:
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5178 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 406 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5159 |
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5179 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 407 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5160 |
Chapter: How many times should one say salam when seeking permission to enter
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5180 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 408 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5161 |
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5181 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 409 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5162 |
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5182 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 410 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5163 |
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5183 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 411 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5164 |
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5184 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 412 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5165 |
Narrated Qays ibn Sa'd:
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) came to visit us in our house, and said: Peace and Allah's mercy be upon you! Sa'd returned the greeting in a lower tone.
Qays said: I said: Do you not grant permission to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) to enter?
He said: Leave him, he will give us many greetings. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) then said: Peace and Allah's mercy be upon you! Sa'd again responded in a lower tone. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) again said: Peace and Allah's mercy be upon you! So the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) went away.
Sa'd went after him and said: Messenger of Allah! I heard your greetings and responded in a lower tone so that you might give us many greetings. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) returned with him. Sa'd then offered to prepare bath-water for him, and he took a bath. He then gave him a long wrapper dyed with saffron or wars and he wrapped himself in it.
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) then raised his hands and said: O Allah, bestow Thy blessings and mercy on the family of Sa'd ibn Ubadah! The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) then shared their meals.
When he intended to return, Sa'd brought near him an ass which was covered with a blanket. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) mounted it.
Sa'd said: O Qays, accompany the Messenger of Allah. Qays said: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said to me: Ride. But I refused. He again said: Either ride or go away. He said: So I went away.
Hisham said: AbuMarwan (transmitted) from Muhammad ibn AbdurRahman ibn As'ad ibn Zurarah.
Abu Dawud said: 'Umar b. 'Abd al-Wahid and Ibn Sama'ah transmitted it from al-Awzai' in mursal form (the ling of the Companion being missing), and they did not mention Qais b. Sa'd.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5185 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 413 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5166 |
Narrated Abdullah ibn Busr:
When the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) came to some people's door, he did not face it squarely, but faced the right or left corner, and said: Peace be upon you! peace be upon you! That was because there were no curtains on the doors of the house at that time.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5186 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 414 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5167 |
Chapter: Asking permission to enter by knocking
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5187 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 415 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5168 |
Narrated Nafi' ibn AbdulHarith:
I went out with the (Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) until I entered a garden, he said: Keep on closing the door. The door was then closed. I then said: Who is there ? He then narrated the rest of the tradition.
Abu Dawud said: That is to say, the tradition of Abu Musa al-Ash'ari. In this version he said: "He then knocked at the door."
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5188 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 416 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5169 |
Chapter: If a man is invited, that is considered permission to enter
Narrated AbuHurayrah:
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: A man's messenger sent to another indicates his permission to enter.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5189 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 417 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5170 |
Narrated AbuHurayrah:
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: When one of you is invited to take meals and comes along with the messenger, that serves as permission for him to enter.
Abu 'Ali al-Lu'lu said: I heard Abu Dawud say: Qatadah did not hear anything from Abu Rafi'.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5190 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 418 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5171 |
Chapter: Asking permission to enter at the three times of undress
Ibn ‘Abbas said :
Abu Dawud said: 'Ata also transmitted it from Ibn 'Abbas in a similar way. He commanded to act upon this.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5191 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 419 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5172 |
Narrated Abdullah Ibn Abbas:
Ikrimah said: A group of people from Iraq said: Ibn Abbas, what is your opinion about the verse in which we have been commanded whatever we have been commanded, but no one acts upon it? The word of Allah, Most High, reads: "O ye who believe! Let those whom your right hands possess, and the (children) among you, who have not come of age, ask your permission (before) they enter your presence on three occasions: before morning prayer, while you are undressing for the noonday heat, and after late-night prayer. These are your three times of undress; outside those times it is not wrong for you or for them to move about."
Al-Qa'nabi recited the verse up to "full of knowledge and wisdom".
Ibn Abbas said: Allah is Most Clement and Most Merciful to the believers. He loves concealment. The people had neither curtains nor curtained canopies in their houses. Sometimes a servant, a child or a female orphan of a man entered while the man was having sexual intercourse with his wife. So Allah commanded them to ask permission in those times of undress. Then Allah brought them curtains and all good things. But I did not see anyone following it after that.
Abu Dawud said: The tradition of 'Ubaid Allah and of 'Ata, weakens this tradition.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5192 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 420 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5173 |
Chapter: Spreading salam
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5193 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 421 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5174 |
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5194 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 422 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5175 |
Chapter: How to greet others with salam
Narrated Imran ibn Husayn:
A man came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and said: Peace be upon you! He responded to his salutation. He then sat down. The Prophet (ﷺ) said: Ten. Another man came and said: Peace and Allah's mercy be upon you! He responded to his salutation when he sat down. He said: Twenty. Another man came and said: Peace and Allah's mercy and blessings be upon you! He responded to him and said when he sat down: and blessings be upon you! He responded to him and said when he sat down: Thirty.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5195 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 423 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5176 |
Narrated Mu'adh ibn Anas:
(This version is same as previous No 5176 from the Prophet (ﷺ), adding that): Afterwards another man came and said: Peace and Allah's mercy, blessings and forgiveness be upon you! whereupon he said: Forty. adding: Thus are excellent qualities rewarded.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5196 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 424 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5177 |
Chapter: The virtue of the one who initiates the greeting of salam
Narrated AbuUmamah:
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: Those who are nearest to Allah are they who are first to give a salutation.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5197 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 425 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5178 |
Chapter: Regarding who should be greeted first
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5198 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 426 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5179 |
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5199 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 427 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5180 |
Chapter: Regarding when a man parts from another, then meets him again, he should greet him with the salam
Narrated AbuHurayrah:
When one of you meets his brother, he should salute him, then if he meets him again after a tree, wall or stone has come between them, he should also salute him.
Mu'awiyah said: 'Abd al-Wahhab b. Bakht transmitted a similar tradition to me from Abu al-Zinad, from al-A'raj, from Abu Hurairah, from the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ).
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5200 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 428 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5181 |
Narrated Abdullah ibn Abbas:
Umar came to the Prophet (ﷺ) when he was in his wooden oriel, and said to him: Peace be upon you. Messenger of Allah, peace be upon you! May Umar enter ?
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5201 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 429 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5182 |
Chapter: Regarding greeting children
Narrated Anas ibn Malik:
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) came to some children who were playing: He saluted them.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5202 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 430 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5183 |
Narrated Anas ibn Malik:
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) came to us when I was a boy among the boys. He saluted us and took me by my hand. He then sent me with some message. He himself sat in the shadow of a wall, or he said: near a wall until I returned to him.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5203 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 431 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5184 |
Chapter: Regarding greeting women
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5204 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 432 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5185 |
Chapter: Regarding greeting Ahl-ad-dhimmah
Narrated AbuHurayrah:
Suhayl ibn AbuSalih said: I went out with my father to Syria. The people passed by the cloisters in which there were Christians and began to salute them. My father said: Do not give them salutation first, for AbuHurayrah reported the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) as saying: Do not salute them (Jews and Christians) first, and when you meet them on the road, force them to go to the narrowest part of it.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5205 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 433 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5186 |
Narrated Abdullah ibn Umar:
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: When one of the Jews greets you saying: Death may come upon you, reply: The same to you.
Abu Dawud said: Malik b. 'Adb Allah b. Dinar transmitted it in a similar manner, and al-Thawri transmitted it from 'Abd Allah b. Dinar. He said in this version: The same to you.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5206 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 434 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5187 |
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5207 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 435 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5188 |
Chapter: Regarding saying the salam when leaving the gathering
Narrated AbuHurayrah:
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: When one of you comes to an assembly, he should give a salutation and if he feels inclined to get up, he should give a salutation, for the former is not more of a duty than the latter.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5208 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 436 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5189 |
Chapter: It is disliked to say "alaikas salam"(upon you be peace)
Narrated AbuJurayy al-Hujaymi:
I came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and said: Upon you be peace, Messenger of Allah! He said: Do not say: Upon you be peace, for "Upon you be peace" is the salutation to the dead.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5209 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 437 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5190 |
Chapter: What has been narrated about one person responding on behalf of a group
Narrated Ali ibn AbuTalib:
AbuDawud said: Al-Hasan ibn Ali traced this tradition back to the Prophet (ﷺ): When people are passing by, it is enough if one of them gives a salutation on their behalf, and that it is enough for those who are sitting if one of them replies.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5210 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 438 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5191 |
Chapter: Regarding shaking hands
Narrated Al-Bara' ibn Azib:
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: If two Muslims meet, shake hands, praise Allah, and ask Him for forgiveness, they will be forgiven.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5211 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 439 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5192 |
Narrated Al-Bara' ibn Azib:
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: Two Muslims will not meet and shake hands having their sins forgiven them before they separate.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5212 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 440 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5193 |
Narrated Anas ibn Malik:
When the people of the Yemen came, the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: The people of the Yemen have come to you and they are first to shake hands.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5213 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 441 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5194 |
Chapter: Regarding embracing
Narrated AbuDharr:
Ayyub ibn Bushayr ibn Ka'b al-Adawi quoted a man of Anazah who said that he asked AbuDharr when he left Syria: I wish to ask you about a tradition of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). He said: I shall tell you except that it is something secret. Did the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) shake hands with you when you met him? He replied: I never met him without his shaking hands with me. One day he sent for me when I was not at home. When I came I was informed that he had sent for me. I came to him and found him on a couch. He embraced me and that was better and better.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5214 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 442 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5195 |
Chapter: Standing to receive someone
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5215 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 443 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5196 |
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5216 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 444 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5197 |
Narrated Aisha, Ummul Mu'minin:
I never saw anyone more like the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) in respect of gravity, calm deportment, pleasant disposition - according to al-Hasan's version: in respect of talk and speech. Al-Hasan did not mention gravity, calm deportment, pleasant disposition - than Fatimah, may Allah honour her face. When she came to visit him (the Prophet) he got up to (welcome) her, took her by the hand, kissed her and made her sit where he was sitting; and when he went to visit her, she got up to (welcome) him, took him by the hand, kissed him, and made him sit where she was sitting.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5217 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 445 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5198 |
Chapter: A man kissing his child
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5218 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 446 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5199 |
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5219 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 447 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5200 |
Chapter: Regarding kissing between the eyes
Narrated Ash-Sha'bi:
The Prophet (ﷺ) received Ja'far ibn AbuTalib, embraced him and kissed him between both of his eyes (forehead).
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5220 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 448 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5201 |
Chapter: Regarding kissing the cheek
Narrated AbuNadrah:
Ilyas ibn Dighfal said: I saw AbuNadrah kissing on the cheek of al-Hasan.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5221 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 449 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5202 |
Narrated Al-Bara' ibn Azib:
I went in with AbuBakr when he had newly come to Medina and he found his daughter Aisha lying down afflicted with fever. AbuBakr went to her, and saying: How are you, girlie? kissed her on the cheek.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5222 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 450 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5203 |
Chapter: Regarding kissing the hand
Narrated Abdullah ibn Umar:
Ibn Umar told a story and said: We then came near the Prophet (ﷺ) and kissed his hand.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5223 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 451 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5204 |
Chapter: Regarding kissing the body
Narrated Usayd ibn Hudayr,:
AbdurRahman ibn AbuLayla, quoting Usayd ibn Hudayr, a man of the Ansar, said that while he was given to jesting and was talking to the people and making them laugh, the Prophet (ﷺ) poked him under the ribs with a stick. He said: Let me take retaliation. He said: Take retaliation. He said: You are wearing a shirt but I am not. The Prophet (ﷺ) then raised his shirt and the man embraced him and began to kiss his side. Then he said: This is what I wanted, Messenger of Allah!
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5224 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 452 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5205 |
Chapter: Regarding kissing the feet
Narrated al-Wazi' ibn Zari':
Umm Aban, daughter of al-Wazi' ibn Zari', quoting his grandfather, who was a member of the deputation of AbdulQays, said: When we came to Medina, we raced to be first to dismount and kiss the hand and foot of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). But al-Mundhir al-Ashajj waited until he came to the bundle of his clothes. He put on his two garments and then he went to the Prophet (ﷺ).
He said to him: You have two characteristics which Allah likes: gentleness and deliberation.
He asked: Have I acquired them or has Allah has created (them) my nature? He replied: No, Allah has created (them) in your nature.
He then said: Praise be to Allah Who has created in my nature two characteristics which Allah and His Apostle like.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5225 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 453 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5206 |
Chapter: Saying "may Allah make me your ransom"
Narrated AbuDharr:
The Prophet (ﷺ) addressed me, saying: O AbuDharr! I replied: At thy service and at thy pleasure, Messenger of Allah! may I be ransom for thee.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5226 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 454 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5207 |
Chapter: Saying "an'am Allahu bika 'aynam" (May Allah give you tranquility)
Narrated Imran ibn Husayn:
In the pre-Islamic period we used to say: "May Allah make the eye happy for you," and "Good morning" but when Islam came, we were forbidden to say that.
AbdurRazzaq said on the authority of Ma'mar: It is disapproved that a man should say: "May Allah make the eye happy for you," but there is no harm in saying: "May Allah make your eye happy.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5227 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 455 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5208 |
Chapter: Saying "May Allah protect you" (Hafizak Allah)
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5228 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 456 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5209 |
Chapter: Standing up to honor a person
Narrated Mu'awiyah:
AbuMijlaz said: Mu'awiyah went out to Ibn az-Zubayr and Ibn Amir. Ibn Amir got up and Ibn az-Zubayr remained sitting. Mu'awiyah said to Ibn Amir: Sit down, for I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: Let him who likes people to stand up before him prepare his place in Hell.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5229 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 457 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5210 |
Narrated AbuUmamah:
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) came out to us leaning on a stick. We stood up to show respect to him. He said: Do not stand up as foreigners do for showing respect to one another.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5230 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 458 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5211 |
Chapter: Regarding saying: “So-and-so sends Salam to you”
Narrated A man:
Ghalib said: When we were sitting at al-Hasan's door, a man came along. He said: My father told me on the authority of my grandfather, saying: My father sent me to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and said: Go to him and give him a greeting. So I went to him and said: My father sends you a greeting. He said: Upon you and upon your father be peace.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5231 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 459 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5212 |
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5232 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 460 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5213 |
Chapter: When one man calls another and he says: "At your service"
Narrated AbuAbdurRahman al-Fihri:
I was present with the Messenger of Allah at the battle of Hunayn. We travelled on a hot day when the heat was extreme. We halted under the shade of a tree. When the sun passed the meridian, I put on my coat of mail and rode on my horse. I came to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) who was in a tent.
I said: Peace, Allah's mercy and His blessings be upon you! The time of departure has come.
He said: Yes. He then said: Rise, Bilal. He jumped out from beneath a gum-acacia tree and its shade was like that of a bird.
He said: I am at your service and at your pleasure, and I make myself a sacrifice for you.
He said: Put the saddle on the horse for me. He then took out a saddle, both sides of which were stuffed with palm-leaves; it showed no arrogance and pride. So he rode and we also rode. He then mentioned the rest of the tradition.
Abu Dawud said: Abu 'Abd al-Rahman al-Fihri did not transmit any tradition except this one. This is a tradition of an expert transmitted by Hammad b. Salamah.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5233 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 461 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5214 |
Chapter: Regarding saying "May Allah make you smile always"
Narrated Ibn Kinanah b. Abbas ibn Mirdas:
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) laughed AbuBakr or Umar said to him: May Allah make your teeth laugh! He then mentioned the tradition.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5234 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 462 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5215 |
Chapter: Regarding building
Narrated Abdullah ibn Amr ibn al-'As:
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) came upon us when my mother and I were plastering a wall of mine. He asked: What is this, Abdullah ? I replied: It is something I am repairing. He said! The matter is quicker for you than that.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5235 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 463 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5216 |
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5236 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 464 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5217 |
Narrated Anas ibn Malik:
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) came out, and on seeing a high-domed building, he said: What is it?
His companions replied to him: It belongs to so and so, one of the Ansar.
He said: he said nothing but kept the matter in mind. When its owner came and gave him a greeting among the people, he turned away from him. When he had done this several times, the man realised that he was the cause of the anger and the rebuff.
So he complained about it to his companions, saying: I swear by Allah that I cannot understand the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ).
They said: He went out and saw your domed building. So the man returned to it and demolished it, levelling it to the ground. One day the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) came out and did not see it.
He asked: What has happened to the domed building?
They replied: Its owner complained to us about your rebuff, and when we informed him about it, he demolished it.
He said: Every building is a misfortune for its owner, except what cannot, except what cannot, meaning except that which is essential.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5237 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 465 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5218 |
Chapter: Regarding having a room upstairs
Narrated Dukayn ibn Sa'id al-Muzani:
We came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and asked him for some corn. He said: Go, Umar, and give them. He ascended with us a room upstairs, took a key from his apartment and opened it.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5238 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 466 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5219 |
Chapter: Regarding cutting down lote-trees
Narrated Abdullah ibn Habashi:
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: If anyone cuts the lote-tree, Allah brings him headlong into Hell.
Abu Dawud was asked about the meaning of this tradition. He said: This is a brief tradition. It means that if anyone cuts uselessly, unjustly and without any right a lote-tree under the shade of which travellers and beasts take shelter, Allah will bring him into Hell headlong.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5239 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 467 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5220 |
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5240 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 468 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5220 |
Narrated Hassan ibn Ibrahim:
I asked Hisham ibn Urwah about the cutting of a lote-tree when he was leaning against the house of Urwah. He said: Do you not see these doors and leaves? These were made of the lote-tree of Urwah which Urwah used to cut from his hand? He said: There is no harm in it.
Humayd's version adds: You have brought an innovation, O Iraqi! He said: The innovation is from you. I heard someone say at Mecca: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) cursed him who cuts a lote-tree. He then mentioned the rest of the tradition to the same effect.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5241 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 469 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5221 |
Chapter: Removing harmful things from the road
Narrated Abu Buraydah:
I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: A human being has three hundred and sixty joints for each of which he must give alms. The people asked him: Who is capable of doing this ? He replied: It may be mucus in the mosque which you bury, and something which you remove from the road; but if you do not find such, two rak'ahs in the forenoon will be sufficient for you.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5242 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 470 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5222 |
Narrated AbuDharr:
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: In the morning alms are due from every bone in man's fingers and toes. Salutation to everyone he meets is alms; enjoining good is alms; forbidding what is disreputable is alms; removing what is harmful from the road is alms; having sexual intercourse with his wife is alms. The people asked: He fulfils his desire, Messenger of Allah; is it alms? He replied: Tell me if he fulfilled his desire where he had no right, would he commit a sin ? He then said: Two rak'ahs which one prays in the forenoon serve instead of all that.
Abu Dawud said: Hammad did not mention enjoining good and forbidding what is disreputable.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5243 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 471 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5223 |
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5244 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 472 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5224 |
Narrated AbuHurayrah:
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: A man never did a good deed but removed a thorny branch from the road; it was either in the tree and someone cut it and threw it on the road, or it was lying in it, he removed it. Allah accepted this good deed of his and brought him into Paradise.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5245 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 473 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5225 |
Chapter: Regarding extinguishing fires at night
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5246 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 474 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5226 |
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5247 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 475 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5227 |
Chapter: Regarding killing snakes
Narrated AbuHurayrah:
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: We have not made peace with them since we fought with them, so he who leaves any of them alone through fear does not belong to us.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5248 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 476 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5228 |
Narrated Abdullah ibn Mas'ud:
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: Kill all the snakes, and he who fears their revenge does not belong to me.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5249 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 477 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5229 |
Narrated Abdullah ibn Abbas:
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: He who leaves the snakes along through fear of their pursuit, does not belong to us. We have not made peace with them since we have fought with them.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5250 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 478 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5230 |
Narrated Al-Abbas ibn AbdulMuttalib:
Al-Abbas said to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ): We wish to sweep out Zamzam, but in it there are some of these Jinnan, meaning small snakes; so the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) ordered that they should be killed.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5251 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 479 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5231 |
Ibn ‘Umar reported the Messenger of Allah(ﷺ) as saying:
Salim said: ‘Abd Allah(b. ‘Umar) used to kill every snake which he found. Abu Lubabah or Zaid b. al-Khattab saw him chasing a snake. He said: He(the Prophet) prohibited house-snakes.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5252 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 480 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5232 |
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5253 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 481 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5233 |
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5254 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 482 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5234 |
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5255 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 483 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5235 |
Narrated AbuSa'id al-Khudri:
Muhammad ibn AbuYahya said that his father told that he and his companion went to AbuSa'id al-Khudri to pay a sick visit to him. He said: Then we came out from him and met a companion of ours who wanted to go to him. We went ahead and sat in the mosque. He then came back and told us that he heard AbuSa'id al-Khudri say: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: Some snakes are jinn; so when anyone sees one of them in his house, he should give it a warning three times. If it return (after that), he should kill it, for it is a devil.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5256 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 484 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5236 |
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5257 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 485 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5237 |
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5258 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 486 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5238 |
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5259 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 487 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5239 |
Narrated AbdurRahman Ibn AbuLayla:
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) was asked about the house-snakes. He said: When you see one of them in your dwelling, say: I adjure you by the covenant which Noah made with you, and I adjure you by the covenant which Solomon made with you not to harm us. Then if they come back, kill them.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5260 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 488 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5240 |
Narrated Abdullah ibn Mas'ud:
Kill all the snakes except the little white one which looks like a silver wand.
Abu Dawud said: A man said to me: A white snake does not wind in its movement. If it is correct, that is a sign in it, if Allah wills.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5261 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 489 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5241 |
Chapter: Regarding killing geckos
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5262 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 490 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5242 |
Narrated AbuHurayrah:
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: If anyone kills a gecko with the first blow, such and such number of good deeds will be recorded for him, if he kills it with the second blow, such and such number of good deeds will be recorded for him less than the former; and if he kills it with the third blow, such and such number of good deeds will be recorded for him, less than the former.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5263 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 491 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5243 |
Narrated AbuHurayrah:
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: For the first blow seventy good deeds will be recorded.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5264 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 492 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5244 |
Chapter: Regarding killing ants
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5265 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 493 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5245 |
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5266 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 494 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5246 |
Narrated Abdullah ibn Abbas:
The Prophet (ﷺ) prohibited to kill four creatures: ants, bees, hoopoes, and sparrow-hawks.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5267 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 495 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5247 |
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5268 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 496 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5248 |
Chapter: Regarding killing frogs
Narrated AbdurRahman ibn Uthman:
When a physician consulted the Prophet (ﷺ) about putting frogs in medicine, he forbade him to kill them.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5269 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 497 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5249 |
Chapter: Regarding throwing stones
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5270 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 498 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5250 |
Chapter: Regarding circumcision
Narrated Umm Atiyyah al-Ansariyyah:
A woman used to perform circumcision in Medina. The Prophet (ﷺ) said to her: Do not cut severely as that is better for a woman and more desirable for a husband.
Abu Dawud said: It has been transmitted by 'Ubaid Allah b. 'Amr from 'Abd al-Malik to the same effect through a different chain.
Abu Dawud said: It is not a strong tradition. It has been transmitted in mursal form (missing the link of the Companions)
Abu Dawud said: Muhammad b. Hasan is obscure, and this tradition is weak.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5271 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 499 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5251 |
Chapter: Women walking with men in the street
Narrated AbuUsayd al-Ansari:
AbuUsayd heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say when he was coming out of the mosque, and men and women were mingled in the road: Draw back, for you must not walk in the middle of the road; keep to the sides of the road. Then women were keeping so close to the wall that their garments were rubbing against it.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5272 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 500 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5252 |
Narrated Abdullah ibn Umar:
The Prophet (ﷺ) prohibited that one, i.e. man, should walk between two women.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5273 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 501 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5253 |
Chapter: Verbally abusing time
Abu Hurairah reported the prophet (ﷺ) as saying:
Ibn al-Sarh said: “on the authority of Ibn al-Musayyab instead of Sa’id’.
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5274 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 502 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5254 |