Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 20, Hadith 133 Narrated Amr ibn Hurayth: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) demarcated a house with a bow at Medina for me. He said: I shall give you more. I shall give you more. حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ دَاوُدَ، عَنْ فِطْرٍ، حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي، عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ حُرَيْثٍ، قَالَ خَطَّ […]
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 20, Tribute, Spoils & Governance, discusses war spoils (khārāj, fay), financial dues, and rulership/government matters.
Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 20, Hadith 134 Narrated Rabi’ah ibn AbuAbdurRahman: Rabi’ah reported on the authority of more than one person saying: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) assigned as a fief to Bilal ibn al-Harith al-Muzani the mines of al-Qabaliyyah which is in the neighbourhood of al-Fur’, and only zakat is levied on those mines […]
Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 20, Hadith 135 Narrated Amr ibn Awf al-Muzani: The Prophet (ﷺ) assigned as a fief to Bilal ibn al-Muzani the mines of al-Qabaliyyah both which lay on the upper side and which lay on the lower side, and (the land) which was suitable for cultivation at Quds. He did not give […]
Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 20, Hadith 136 Narrated Amr ibn Awf al-Muzani: The Prophet (ﷺ) assigned as a fief to Bilal ibn Harith al-Muzani the mines of al-Qabaliyyah, both those which lay on the upper side those and which lay on the lower side. The narrator, Ibn an-Nadr, added: “also Jars and Dhat an-Nusub.” The […]
Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 20, Hadith 137 Narrated Abyad ibn Hammal: Abyad went to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and asked him for assigning him (the mines of) salt as fief. (The narrator Ibn al-Mutawakkil said: which was in Ma’arib.) So he assigned it to him as a fief. When he returned, a man in […]
Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 20, Hadith 138 Muhammad bin Al hasan Al Mukhzumi said “The sentence “that which is not reached by the Camel hoofs” means that the Camels eat (the arak trees) within the reach of their heads. So the land (where the arak trees are growing) may be protected beyond such a region. […]
Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 20, Hadith 139 Narrated Abyad ibn Hammal: He asked the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) for giving him some land which had arak trees growing in it. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: There is no (permission for) protecting a land which has arak trees growing in it. He said: These arak […]
Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 20, Hadith 140 Narrated Sakhr ibn al-Ayla al-Ahmasi: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) raided Thaqif. When Sakhr heard this, he proceeded on his horse along with some horsemen to support the Prophet (ﷺ). He found the Prophet of Allah (ﷺ) had returned and he did not conquer (Ta’if). On that day […]
Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 20, Hadith 141 Narrated Saburah ibn Ma’bad al-Juhani: The Prophet (ﷺ) alighted at a place where a mosque has been built under a large tree. He tarried there for three days, and then proceeded to Tabuk. Juhaynah met him on a wide plain. He asked them: who are the people of […]
Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 20, Hadith 142 Narrated Asma’ daughter of AbuBakr: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) assigned to az-Zubayr palm-trees as a fief. حَدَّثَنَا حُسَيْنُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى، – يَعْنِي ابْنَ آدَمَ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ عَيَّاشٍ، عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ أَسْمَاءَ بِنْتِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى […]
Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 20, Hadith 143 Narrated Qaylah bint Makhramah: Abdullah ibn Hasan al-Anbari said: My grandmothers, Safiyyah and Duhaybah, narrated to me, that hey were the daughters of Ulaybah and were nourished by Qaylah, daughter of Makhramah. She was the grandmother of their father. She reported to them, saying: We came upon the […]
Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 20, Hadith 144 Narrated Asmar ibn Mudarris: I came to the Prophet (ﷺ), and took the oath of allegiance to him. He said: If anyone reaches a water which has not been approached before by any Muslim, it belongs to him. The people, therefore, went out running and marking (on the […]