Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 28, Hadith 13 Abu Shuraih al-Ka’bi reported the Messenger of Allah(ﷺ) as sayings: He who believes in Allah and the Last Day should honour his guest provisions for the road are what will serve for a day and night: hospitality extends for three days; what goes after that is sadaqah(charity): and […]
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 28, Foods (Kitāb al‑Aṭʿimah), discusses the rules of lawful foods, manners of eating, and dietary limits.
Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 28, Hadith 14 Narrated AbuHurayrah: The Prophet (ﷺ) said: Hospitality extend for three days, and what goes beyond that is sadaqah (charity). حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ، وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مَحْبُوبٍ، قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ، عَنْ عَاصِمٍ، عَنْ أَبِي صَالِحٍ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ “ الضِّيَافَةُ ثَلاَثَةُ […]
Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 28, Hadith 15 Narrated AbuKarimah: The Prophet (ﷺ) said: It is a duty of every Muslim (to provide hospitality) to a guest for a night. If anyone comes in the morning to his house, it is a debt due to him. If he wishes, he may fulfil it, and if he […]
Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 28, Hadith 16 Narrated Al-Miqdam AbuKarimah: The Prophet (ﷺ) said: If any Muslim is a guest of people and is given nothing, it is the duty of every Muslim to help him to the extent of taking for him from their crop and property for the entertainment of one night. حَدَّثَنَا […]
Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 28, Hadith 17 ‘Uqbah b. ‘Amir said: we said: Messenger of Allah! You send us out and we come to people who do not give hospitality, so what is your opinion? The Messenger of Allah(ﷺ) said: If you come to people who order for you what is fitting for a guest, […]
Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 28, Hadith 18 Narrated Abdullah Ibn Abbas: When the verse: “O ye who believe! eat not up your property among yourselves in vanities, but let there be amongst you traffic and trade by mutual good will” was revealed, a man thought it a sin to eat in the house of another […]
Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 28, Hadith 19 Narrated Abdullah ibn Abbas: The Prophet (ﷺ) forbade that the food of two people who were rivalling on another should be eaten Abu Dawud said: Most of those who narrated it from Jarir did not mention the name of Ibn Abbas. Harun al-Nahwi mentioned Ibn ‘Abbas in it, […]
Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 28, Hadith 20 Narrated Ali ibn AbuTalib: Safinah AbuAbdurRahman said that a man prepared food for Ali ibn AbuTalib who was his guest, and Fatimah said: I wish we had invited the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and he had eaten with us. They invited him, and when he came he put […]
Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 28, Hadith 21 Narrated AbdurRahman al-Himyari: A companion of the Prophet (ﷺ) reported him as saying: When two people come together to issue an invitation, accept that of the one whose door is nearer in neighbourhood, but if one of them comes before the other accept the invitation of the one […]
Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 28, Hadith 22 Ibn ‘Umar reported the Prophet(ﷺ) as sayings: When the evening meal is brought before one of you and the congregational prayer is also ready, he should not get up until he finishes(eating). Musaddad’s version adds: When the evening meal was put before ‘Abd Allah b. ‘Umar, or it […]
Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 28, Hadith 23 Narrated Jabir ibn Abdullah: The Prophet (ﷺ) said: Prayer should not be postponed for taking meals nor for any other thing. حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ حَاتِمِ بْنِ بَزِيعٍ، حَدَّثَنَا مُعَلَّى، – يَعْنِي ابْنَ مَنْصُورٍ – عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مَيْمُونٍ، عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ […]
Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 28, Hadith 24 Narrated Abdullah ibn Umar: Abdullah ibn Ubaydullah ibn Umayr said: I was with my father in the time of Ibn az-Zubayr sitting beside Abdullah ibn Umar. Then Abbad ibn Abdullah ibn az-Zubayr said: We have heard that the evening meal is taken just before the night prayer. Thereupon […]