Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 40, Hadith 97 Al-Bara’ b. Azib said: The people passed by the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) with a jew whose face blackened with charcoal and he was being taken around. He adjured them by Allah and asked: What is the prescribed punishment for a fornicator in your Divine book? He (the […]
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 98 Narrated Al-Bara’ ibn Azib: The people passed by the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) with a Jew who was blackened with charcoal and who was being flogged. He called them and said: Is this the prescribed punishment for a fornicator? They said: Yes. He then called on a learned […]
Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 40, Hadith 99 Narrated Abdullah Ibn Umar: A group of Jews came and invited the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) to Quff. So he visited them in their school. They said: AbulQasim, one of our men has committed fornication with a woman; so pronounce judgment upon them. They placed a cushion for […]
Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 40, Hadith 100 Narrated AbuHurayrah: (This is Ma’mar’s version which is more accurate.) A man and a woman of the Jews committed fornication. Some of them said to the others: Let us go to this Prophet, for he has been sent with an easy law. If he gives a judgment lighter […]
Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 40, Hadith 101 Abu Hurairah said: A man and a woman of the Jews who were married committed fornication at the time when the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) came to Medina. Stoning was a prescribed punishment for them in accordance with the Torah, but they abandoned it and followed tajbiyyah, meaning, […]
Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 40, Hadith 102 Jabir b. ‘Abd Allah said: The Jews brought a man and a woman of them who had committed fornication. He said: Bring me two learned men or yours. So they brought the two sons of Suriya. He adjured them and said: How do you think about the matter […]
Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 40, Hadith 103 A similar tradition has also been transmitted by Ibrahim and al-Sha’bi from the Prophet (ﷺ) through a different chain of narrators. But this version does not mention the words: He called the witnesses who testified. حَدَّثَنَا وَهْبُ بْنُ بَقِيَّةَ، عَنْ هُشَيْمٍ، عَنْ مُغِيرَةَ، عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، وَالشَّعْبِيِّ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ […]
Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 40, Hadith 104 A similar tradition has also been transmitted by al-Sha’bi through a different chain of narrators. حَدَّثَنَا وَهْبُ بْنُ بَقِيَّةَ، عَنْ هُشَيْمٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ شُبْرُمَةَ، عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ، بِنَحْوٍ مِنْهُ . Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 40, Hadith 104 The above hadith is from the Sunan Abi Dawud collection of […]
Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 40, Hadith 105 Jabir bin ‘Abd Allah said: The Prophet (ﷺ) had a man and a woman of the Jews who had committed fornication stoned to death. حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ حَسَنٍ الْمِصِّيصِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا حَجَّاجُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ، أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ أَبَا الزُّبَيْرِ، سَمِعَ جَابِرَ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، يَقُولُ رَجَمَ […]
Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 40, Hadith 106 Narrated Al-Bara’ ibn Azib: while I was wandering in search of my camels which had strayed, a caravan or some horsemen carrying a standard came forward. The bedouin began to go round me for my position with the Prophet (ﷺ). They came to a domed structure, took out […]
Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 40, Hadith 107 Narrated Al-Bara’ ibn Azib: I met my uncle who was carrying a standard. I asked him: Where are you going? He said: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) has sent me to a man who has married his father’s wife. He has ordered me to cut off his head […]
Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 40, Hadith 108 Narrated An-Nu’man ibn Bashir: Habib ibn Salim said: A man called AbdurRahman ibn Hunayn had intercourse with his wife’s slave-girl. The matter was brought to an-Nu’man ibn Bashir who was the Governor of Kufah. He said: I shall decide between you in accordance with the decision of the […]