Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 16, Hadith 25 Narrated ‘Aishah: Some people of desert came at the time of sacrifice in the time of Apostle of Allah (ﷺ). The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: Store up for three days and give the rest as sadaqah (alms). After than the people said to the Messenger of Allah […]
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 16, Sacrifice (Kitāb al‑Dhāyā), discusses the rules, timing, and procedures for animal sacrifice.
Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 16, Hadith 26 Narrated Nubayshah: The Prophet (ﷺ) said: We forbade you to eat their meat for more than three days in order that you might have abundance; now Allah has produced abundance, so you may eat, store up and seek reward. Beware, these days are days of eating, drinking and […]
Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 16, Hadith 27 Narrated Thawban: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) sacrificed during a journey and then said: Thawban, mend the meat of this goat. I then kept on supplying its meat until we reached Medina. حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ النُّفَيْلِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ الْخَيَّاطُ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاوِيَةُ بْنُ صَالِحٍ، […]
Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 16, Hadith 28 Narrated Shaddad b. Aws: There are two characteristics that I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: Allah has decreed that everything should be done in a good way, so when you kill use a good method. The version of the narrators other than Muslim says: “So kill […]
Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 16, Hadith 29 Narrated Hisham b. Zaid: I entered upon al-Hakam b. Ayyub along with Anas. He saw some youths or boys who had set up a hen and shooting at it. Anas said: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) forbade to kill an animal in confinement. حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْوَلِيدِ الطَّيَالِسِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا […]
Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 16, Hadith 30 Narrated Ibn ‘Abbas: The verse: “So eat of (meats) on which Allah’s name hath been pronounced” and the verse: “Eat not of (meats) on which Allah’s name hath not been pronounced” were abrogated, meaning an exception was made therein by the verse: “The food of the people of […]
Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 16, Hadith 31 Narrated Abdullah ibn Abbas: explaining the verse “But the evil ones ever inspire their friend to contend with you” They used to say: Do not eat which Allah killed, but eat which you slaughtered. So Allah revealed the verse: “Eat not of (meats) on which Allah’s name hath […]
Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 16, Hadith 32 Narrated Abdullah ibn Abbas: The Jews came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and said: We eat which we kill but we do not eat which Allah kills? So Allah revealed: “Eat not of (meats) on which Allah’s name hath not been pronounced.” to the end of the verse. حَدَّثَنَا […]
Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 16, Hadith 33 Narrated Abdullah ibn Abbas: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) forbade to eat (the meat of animals) slaughtered by the bedouins for vainglory and pride. Abu Dawud said: The narrator Ghundar narrated this tradition as a saying of Ibn ‘Abbas (and not of the Prophet). حَدَّثَنَا هَارُونُ بْنُ عَبْدِ […]
Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 16, Hadith 34 Narrated Rafi’ b. Khadij: I came to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and said: Messenger of Allah, we shall meet the enemy tomorrow and we have no knives with us. May we kill with a sharp-edged white stone (flint) and with splinter of a staff ? The Messenger […]
Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 16, Hadith 35 Narrated Muhammad ibn Safwan or Safwan ibn Muhammad: I hunted two hares and slaughtered them with a flint. I asked the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) about them. He permitted me to eat them. حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ، أَنَّ عَبْدَ الْوَاحِدِ بْنَ زِيَادٍ، وَحَمَّادًا، حَدَّثَاهُمْ – الْمَعْنَى، وَاحِدٌ، – عَنْ عَاصِمٍ، […]
Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 16, Hadith 36 Narrated Ata’ ibn Yasar: A man of Banu Harith was pasturing a pregnant she-camel in one of the ravines of Uhud, (he saw that) it was about to die; he could find nothing to slaughter it; he took a stake and stabbed it in the upper part of […]