Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 39, Hadith 13 Abu Hurairah reported the Prophet (May peace be upon him) as saying: The last hour will not come before the Muslims fight with the Turks, a people whose faces look as if they were shields covered with skin, and who will wear sandals of hair. حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ، حَدَّثَنَا […]
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 39, Battles (Kitāb al‑Malāḥim), discusses military expeditions, warfare, and relevant rulings.
Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 39, Hadith 14 Abu hurairah reported the Prophet (ﷺ) as saying: The last hour will not come before you fight with a people whose sandals are of hair, and the Last hour will not come before you fight with a people who have small eyes, short noses, and whose faces look […]
Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 39, Hadith 15 Buraidah said: In the tradition telling that people with small eyes, i.e. the Turks, will fight against you, the prophet (ﷺ) said: You will drive them off three times till you catch up with them in Arabia. On the first occasion when you drive them off those who […]
Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 39, Hadith 16 Narrated Abu Bakrah: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: Some of my people will alight on low-lying ground, which they will call al-Basrah, beside a river called the Tigris over which there is a bridge. Its people will be numerous and it will be one of the capital […]
Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 39, Hadith 17 Narrated Anas ibn Malik: The Prophet (ﷺ) said: The people will establish cities, Anas, and one of them will be called al-Basrah or al-Busayrah. If you should pass by it or enter it, avoid its salt-marshes, its Kall, its market, and the gate of its commanders, and keep […]
Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 39, Hadith 18 Salih ibn Dirham said: We went on the pilgrimage and met a man who asked us: Is there a town near you called al-Ubullah? We said: Yes. He said: Is there any of you who will undertake to pray two or four rak’ahs on my behalf in the […]
Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 39, Hadith 19 Narrated Abdullah ibn Amr ibn al-‘As: The Prophet (ﷺ) said: Leave the Abyssinians alone as long as they leave you alone, for it is only the Abyssinian with short legs who will seek to take out the treasure of the Ka’bah. حَدَّثَنَا الْقَاسِمُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ الْبَغْدَادِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو […]
Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 39, Hadith 20 Abu zur’ah said: A group of people came to Marwan in Medina, and they heard him say that the first of the signs to appear would be the coming forth of the Dajjal (Antichirst). He said: I then went to Abd Allah b. ‘Amr and mentioned it to […]
Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 39, Hadith 21 Hudhaifah b. Asid al-Ansari said : We were sitting in the shade of the chamber of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) discussing (something) and when we mentioned the last hour, our voices rose high. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: The last hour will not come or happen […]
Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 39, Hadith 22 Abu Hurairah reported the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) as saying: The last hour will not come before rising of the sun in its place of setting. When it rises (there) and the people see it, those who are on it (the earth) will believe. This is the time […]
Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 39, Hadith 23 Abu Hurairah reported the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) as saying: The Euphrates is soon to uncover a treasure of gold, but those who are present must not take any of it. حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ الْكِنْدِيُّ، حَدَّثَنِي عُقْبَةُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ السَّكُونِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ، عَنْ خُبَيْبِ بْنِ […]
Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 39, Hadith 24 A similar tradition has also been transmitted by Abu Hurairah from the Prophet (ﷺ) through a different chain of narrators. But this version has: “Uncover a mountain of gold”. حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ الْكِنْدِيُّ، حَدَّثَنِي عُقْبَةُ، – يَعْنِي ابْنَ خَالِدٍ – حَدَّثَنِي عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ، عَنْ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ، […]