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 40, Prescribed Punishments (Kitāb al‑Hudūd), discusses fixed penalties under Islamic law for certain crimes.

Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 40, Hadith 73

Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 40, Hadith 73 Simak said: I heard this tradition from Jabir b. Samurah. But the first version is more perfect. This version has: He repeated twice, Simak said: I narrated to Sa’id b. Jubair. He said: He repeated it four times. حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ، عَنْ شُعْبَةَ، […]

Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 40, Hadith 74

Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 40, Hadith 74 Shu’bah said: I asked Simak about the meaning of KUTHBAH. He said: A small quantity of milk. حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْغَنِيِّ بْنُ أَبِي عَقِيلٍ الْمِصْرِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدٌ، – يَعْنِي ابْنَ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ – قَالَ قَالَ شُعْبَةُ فَسَأَلْتُ سِمَاكًا عَنِ الْكُثْبَةِ فَقَالَ اللَّبَنُ الْقَلِيلُ ‏.‏ Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 40, […]

Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 40, Hadith 75

Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 40, Hadith 75 Ibn ‘Abbas said: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) asked Ma’iz b. Malik : Is what I have heard about you is true? He said: What have you heard about me? He said: I have heard that you have had intercourse with a girl belonging to the family of […]

Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 40, Hadith 76

Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 40, Hadith 76 Narrated Abdullah ibn Abbas: Ma’iz ibn Malik came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and admitted fornication twice. But he drove him away. He then came and admitted fornication twice. But he drove him away. He then came and admitted fornication twice. He (the Prophet) said: You have testified to […]

Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 40, Hadith 77

Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 40, Hadith 77 Narrated Abdullah ibn Abbas: The Prophet (ﷺ) said to Ma’iz ibn Malik: Perhaps you kissed, or squeezed, or looked. He said: No. He then said: Did you have intercourse with her? He said: Yes. On the (reply) he (the Prophet) gave order that he should be stoned to […]

Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 40, Hadith 78

Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 40, Hadith 78 Narrated AbuHurayrah: A man of the tribe of Aslam came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and testified four times against himself that he had had illicit intercourse with a woman, while all the time the Prophet (ﷺ) was turning away from him. Then when he confessed a fifth time, […]

Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 40, Hadith 79

Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 40, Hadith 79 A similar tradition has also been transmitted by Abu Hurrairah through a different chain of narrators. This version adds: The narrator Hasan b. “All said: The transmitters have differed in the wordings (of this tradition) reported to me. Some said: He (Ma’iz) was tied to a tree, and […]

Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 40, Hadith 80

Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 40, Hadith 80 Jabir b. ‘Abd Allah said: A man of the tribe of Asalam came to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and made confession of fornication. He (the prophet) turned away from him. When he testified against him four times, the Prophet (ﷺ) said: Are you mad? He said: No. […]

Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 40, Hadith 81

Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 40, Hadith 81 Abu Sa’id said: When the Prophet (May peace e upon him) commanded to stone Ma’iz b. Malik, we took him out to Baql. I swear by Allah, we did not tie him, nor did we dig a pit for him. But he was standing before us. The narrator […]

Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 40, Hadith 82

Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 40, Hadith 82 Abu Nadrah said: A man came to Prophet (ﷺ). He then mentioned a similar tradition but not completely. This version has: People began to speak ill of him but he (the Prophet) forbade them. Then they began to ask forgiveness from him, but he forbade them by saying. […]

Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 40, Hadith 83

Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 40, Hadith 83 Buraidah said. : The Prophet (ﷺ) smelt the breath of Ma’iz. حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَبِي بَكْرِ بْنِ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ يَعْلَى بْنِ الْحَارِثِ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي، عَنْ غَيْلاَنَ، عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ بْنِ مَرْثَدٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ بُرَيْدَةَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم اسْتَنْكَهَ مَاعِزًا ‏.‏ Sunan […]

Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 40, Hadith 84

Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 40, Hadith 84 Narrated Buraydah ibn al-Hasib: We, the Companions of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), used to talk mutually: Would that al-Ghamidiyyah and Ma’iz ibn Malik had withdrawn after their confession; or he said: Had they not withdrawn after their confession, he would not have pursued them (for punishment). He […]