Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 12, Hadith 73 Narrated Abdullah ibn Mas’ud: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) taught us the address in case of some need: Praise be to Allah from Whom we ask help and pardon, and in Whom we take refuge from the evils within ourselves. He whom Allah guides has no one who […]
Sunan Abī Dāwūd is one of the six major hadith collections in Sunni Islam, compiled by Imam Abū Dāwūd al-Sijistānī. It focuses on hadiths related to Islamic law (fiqh), offering a detailed record of the sayings and actions of the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ that form the basis for legal rulings. Carefully selected from hundreds of thousands of narrations, it emphasizes authenticity and relevance to jurisprudence, making it a key reference for scholars and students of Islamic law.
Book 12, Marriage (Kitāb al‑Nikāḥ), discusses matrimonial contracts, rights, obligations, and related legal rulings.
Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 12, Hadith 74 Narrated Abdullah ibn Mas’ud: When the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) recited the tashahhud….He then narrated the same tradition. In this version after the word “and His Apostle” he added the words: “He has sent him in truth as a bearer of glad tidings and a warner before the […]
Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 12, Hadith 75 Narrated Isma’il bin Ibrahim: On the authority of a man from Banu Sulaim: I asked the Prophet (ﷺ) to marry Umamah daughter of ‘Abd al-Muttalib to me. So he married her to me without reciting the tashahhud (i.e. the sermon for marriage). حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ، حَدَّثَنَا بَدَلُ […]
Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 12, Hadith 76 Narrated ‘Aishah: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) married me when I was seven years old. The narrator Sulaiman said: or Six years. He had intercourse with me when I was nine years old. حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ، وَأَبُو كَامِلٍ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ، عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ، […]
Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 12, Hadith 77 ‘Abd al-Malik b. Abi Bakr reported from his father on the authority of Umm Salamah: When the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) married Umm Salamah, he stayed with her three night, and said: Your people (i.e. clan) are not being humbled for you in my estimation. If you wish […]
Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 12, Hadith 78 Narrated Anas bin Malik: When the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) married Safiyyah, he stayed with her three nights. The narrator ‘Uthman added: She was non virgin (previously married). He said: This tradition has been narrated to me by Hushaim, reported by Humaid, and transmitted by Anas. حَدَّثَنَا وَهْبُ […]
Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 12, Hadith 79 Narrated Anas b. Malik : When a man who has a wife married a virgin he should stay with her seven nights ; if he marries to a woman who has been previously married he should stay with her three nights. (The narrator said:) If I say that […]
Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 12, Hadith 80 Narrated Abdullah ibn Abbas: When Ali married Fatimah, the Prophet (ﷺ) said to him: Give her something. He said: I have nothing with me. He said: Where is your Hutamiyyah (coat of mail). حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ الطَّالْقَانِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدَةُ، حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدٌ، عَنْ أَيُّوبَ، عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ، عَنِ ابْنِ […]
Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 12, Hadith 81 Muhammad ibn Abdur Rahman ibn Thawban reported on the authority of a man from the Companions of the Prophet (ﷺ): When Ali married Fatimah, daughter of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), he intended to have intercourse with her. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) prohibited him to do so […]
Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 12, Hadith 82 A similar tradition has also been transmitted by Ibn ‘Abbas through a different chain of narrators. حَدَّثَنَا كَثِيرٌ، – يَعْنِي ابْنَ عُبَيْدٍ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو حَيْوَةَ، عَنْ شُعَيْبٍ، عَنْ غَيْلاَنَ، عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، مِثْلَهُ . Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 12, Hadith 82 This hadith is […]
Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 12, Hadith 83 Narrated Aisha, Ummul Mu’minin: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) commanded me to send a woman to her husband before he gave something to her. Abu Dawud said: The narrator Khaithamah did not hear (any tradition) from ‘Aishah. حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الصَّبَّاحِ الْبَزَّارُ، حَدَّثَنَا شَرِيكٌ، عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ، عَنْ طَلْحَةَ، […]
Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 12, Hadith 84 ‘Amr b. Shu’aib on his father’s authority said that his grandfather reported The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: A woman who marries on a dower or a reward or a promise before the solemnisation of marriage is entitled to it; and whatever is fixed for her after solemnisation […]