Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 5, Hadith 85 Narrated ‘Aishah: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to pray ten rak’ahs during the night, and would observe the witr with one rak’ah, he then prayed two rak’ahs of the dawn prayer. Thus he prayed thirteen rak’ahs in all. حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ الْمُثَنَّى، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي عَدِيٍّ، عَنْ حَنْظَلَةَ، […]
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 5, Voluntary Prayers, discusses the extra optional prayers beyond the obligatory ones and their merits.
Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 5, Hadith 86 Narrated ‘Aishah, wife of Prophet (ﷺ): The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to pray eleven rak’ahs (at night, observing the witr with one rak’ahs). When he finished it (the prayer), he would lie down on his right side. حَدَّثَنَا الْقَعْنَبِيُّ، عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، عَنْ عُرْوَةَ بْنِ […]
Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 5, Hadith 87 Narrated ‘Aishah: Between the time when the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) finished the night prayer till the dawn broke, he used to pray eleven rak’ahs, uttering the salutation at the end of every two and observing the witr with a single one, and during that he would make […]
Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 5, Hadith 88 This tradition has been transmitted by Ibn Shihab through a different chain of narrators to the same effect. This version adds: He would observe witr with a single rak’ah and make a prostration as long as you would take to recite fifty verses before raising his head. When […]
Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 5, Hadith 89 Narrated ‘Aishah: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to pray thirteen rak’ahs during the night, observing a witr out of that with five, he did not sit during the five except the last and then gave the salutation. Abu Dawud said: Ibn Numair reported it from Hisham recently. […]
Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 5, Hadith 90 Narrated ‘Aishah: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to pray thirteen rak’ahs during the night ; he then offered two light rak’ahs of prayer when he heard the call to the dawn prayer. حَدَّثَنَا الْقَعْنَبِيُّ، عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، قَالَتْ : كَانَ […]
Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 5, Hadith 91 Narrated ‘Aishah: The Prophet (ﷺ) used to pray thirteen rak’ahs during the night. He would offer eight rak’ahs observing the witr with one rak’ah. Then he prayed (the narrator Muslim said) two rak’ahs after witr prayer in sitting position. When he wished to bow, he stood up and […]
Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 5, Hadith 92 Abu Salamah b. ‘Abd al-Rahman asked ‘Aishah, the wife of the Prophet (ﷺ): How did the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) pray during Ramadhan ? She said: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) did not pray more than eleven rak’ahs during Ramadhan and other than Ramadhan. He would pray four […]
Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 5, Hadith 93 Narrated Sa’d bin Hisham: I divorced my wife. I then came to Medina to sell my land that was there so that I could buy arms and fight in battle. I met a group of the Companions of the Prophet (ﷺ). They said: Six persons of us intended […]
Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 5, Hadith 94 The above mentioned tradition has also been narrated by Qatadah through a different chain of narrators. This version adds: He (the Prophet( used to pray eight rak’ahs during which he did not sit except the eight rak’ahs. He would sit, make mention of Allah, supplicate Him and then […]
Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 5, Hadith 95 The above tradition has also been transmitted by Yahya b. Sa’id to the same effect. The version adds the words: “He uttered the salutation so loudly that we could hear it.” حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بِشْرٍ، حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدٌ، بِهَذَا الْحَدِيثِ قَالَ : يُسَلِّمُ تَسْلِيمًا […]
Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 5, Hadith 96 This tradition has also been transmitted by Sa’id through a different chain of narrators to the same effect. Ibn Bashshar narrated the tradition like that of Yahya b. Sa’id. His version has: He uttered the salutation in a way that we could hear it. حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ، […]