Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 21, Hadith 1 Narrated Amir ar-Ram: We were in our country when flags and banners were raised. I said: What is this? The (the people) said: This is the banner of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). So I came to him. He was (sitting) under a tree. A sheet of cloth […]
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 21, Funerals (Kitāb al‑Janāʾiz), discusses funeral rites, prayers for the deceased, and burial rules.
Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 21, Hadith 2 Narrated Muhammad ibn Khalid as-Sulami: on his father’s authority said his grandfather reported: He was a Companion of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: When Allah has previously decreed for a servant a rank which he has not attained by […]
Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 21, Hadith 3 Narrated Abu Musa: I heard the Prophet (ﷺ) many times say: When a servant of Allah is accustomed to do a good work, then becomes ill or goes on journey, what was accustomed to do when he was well and staying at home will be recorded for him. […]
Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 21, Hadith 4 Narrated Umm al-Ala: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) visited me while I was sick. He said: Be glad, Umm al-Ala’ for Allah removes the sins of a Muslim for his illness as fire removes the dross of gold and silver. حَدَّثَنَا سَهْلُ بْنُ بَكَّارٍ، عَنْ أَبِي عَوَانَةَ، عَنْ […]
Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 21, Hadith 5 Narrated ‘Aishah: I said: Messenger of Allah, I know the severest verse in the Qur’an. He asked: What is that verse. A’ishah? She replied: Allah’s words: “If anyone does evil, he will be requited for it.” He said: Do you know A’ishah, that when a believer is afflicted […]
Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 21, Hadith 6 Narrated Usamah b. Zaid: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) went out to visit ‘Abd Allah b. Ubayy during his illness of which he died. When he entered upon him, he realised death on him. He said: I used to forbid you from the love of Jews. He (‘Abd […]
Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 21, Hadith 7 Narrated Anas : A young Jew became ill. The Prophet (ﷺ) went to visit him. He sat down by his head and said to him: Accept Islam. He looked at his father who was beside him near his head, and he said: Obey Abu al-Qasim. So he accepted […]
Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 21, Hadith 8 Narrated Jabir: The Prophet (ﷺ) would visit me (during my illness) riding neither a mule nor a pony. حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ حَنْبَلٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ مَهْدِيٍّ، عَنْ سُفْيَانَ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْمُنْكَدِرِ، عَنْ جَابِرٍ، قَالَ كَانَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَعُودُنِي لَيْسَ بِرَاكِبِ بَغْلٍ وَلاَ بِرْذَوْنٍ […]
Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 21, Hadith 9 Narrated Anas ibn Malik: The Prophet (ﷺ) said: If anyone performs ablution well and pays a visit to his (sick) Muslim brother seeking his reward from Allah, he will be removed a distance of seventy years (kharif) from Hell. I asked: What is kharif, Abu Hamzah? He replied: […]
Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 21, Hadith 10 Narrated ‘Ali: If a man visits a patient in the evening, seventy thousand angels come along with him seeking forgiveness from Allah for him till the morning, and he will have a garden in the Paradise. حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ كَثِيرٍ، أَخْبَرَنَا شُعْبَةُ، عَنِ الْحَكَمِ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ […]
Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 21, Hadith 11 The tradition mentioned above has also been transmitted by ‘Ali from the Prophet (ﷺ) through a different chain of narrators to the same effect. This version does not mention the word “garden” (khartf). Abu Dawud said: This tradition has been narrated by Mansur from al-Hakkam as narrated by […]
Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 21, Hadith 12 Narrated Abu Ja’far ‘Abd Allah b. Nafi’, the slave of al-Hasan b. ‘Ali: Abu Musa paid a sick visit to al-Hasan b. ‘Ali. Abu Dawud said: He narrated the tradition to the same effect as narrated by Shu’bah. Abu Dawud said: This tradition has been transmitted by ‘Ali […]