Explore Sunan Abi Dawud, one of the six canonical books of Hadith, focusing primarily on Islamic legal rulings (Ahkam). This category delves into the compilation of Imam Abu Dawud, who meticulously selected 4,800 Hadiths from a vast collection of half a million narrations. Here, you will find practical guidance on matters of worship, commercial transactions, family law, and societal conduct directly derived from the Prophet’s Sunnah. Imam Abu Dawud’s unique notations on the authenticity and weakness of certain chains provide invaluable insight for students of jurisprudence. Sunan Abi Dawud serves as a vital tool for students, researchers, and those wishing to connect their daily practices to authentic prophetic traditions.

 

Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 21, Hadith 7

Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 21, Hadith 7 Narrated Anas : A young Jew became ill. The Prophet (ﷺ) went to visit him. He sat down by his head and said to him: Accept Islam. He looked at his father who was beside him near his head, and he said: Obey Abu al-Qasim. So he accepted […]

Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 21, Hadith 8

Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 21, Hadith 8 Narrated Jabir: The Prophet (ﷺ) would visit me (during my illness) riding neither a mule nor a pony. حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ حَنْبَلٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ مَهْدِيٍّ، عَنْ سُفْيَانَ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْمُنْكَدِرِ، عَنْ جَابِرٍ، قَالَ كَانَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَعُودُنِي لَيْسَ بِرَاكِبِ بَغْلٍ وَلاَ بِرْذَوْنٍ […]

Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 21, Hadith 9

Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 21, Hadith 9 Narrated Anas ibn Malik: The Prophet (ﷺ) said: If anyone performs ablution well and pays a visit to his (sick) Muslim brother seeking his reward from Allah, he will be removed a distance of seventy years (kharif) from Hell. I asked: What is kharif, Abu Hamzah? He replied: […]

Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 21, Hadith 10

Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 21, Hadith 10 Narrated ‘Ali: If a man visits a patient in the evening, seventy thousand angels come along with him seeking forgiveness from Allah for him till the morning, and he will have a garden in the Paradise. حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ كَثِيرٍ، أَخْبَرَنَا شُعْبَةُ، عَنِ الْحَكَمِ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ […]

Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 21, Hadith 11

Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 21, Hadith 11 The tradition mentioned above has also been transmitted by ‘Ali from the Prophet (ﷺ) through a different chain of narrators to the same effect. This version does not mention the word “garden” (khartf). Abu Dawud said: This tradition has been narrated by Mansur from al-Hakkam as narrated by […]

Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 21, Hadith 12

Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 21, Hadith 12 Narrated Abu Ja’far ‘Abd Allah b. Nafi’, the slave of al-Hasan b. ‘Ali: Abu Musa paid a sick visit to al-Hasan b. ‘Ali. Abu Dawud said: He narrated the tradition to the same effect as narrated by Shu’bah. Abu Dawud said: This tradition has been transmitted by ‘Ali […]

Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 21, Hadith 13

Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 21, Hadith 13 Narrated ‘Aishah: When Sa’d b. Mu’adh suffered affliction on the day of Trench (i.e. the battle of Trench) a man shot an arrow in the vein of his hand. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) pitched a tent for him the mosque so that he might visit him from […]

Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 21, Hadith 14

Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 21, Hadith 14 Narrated Zayd ibn Arqam: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) visited me while I was suffering from pain in my eyes. حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ النُّفَيْلِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا حَجَّاجُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، عَنْ يُونُسَ بْنِ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَرْقَمَ، قَالَ عَادَنِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه […]

Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 21, Hadith 15

Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 21, Hadith 15 Narrated ‘Abd Allah b. ‘Abbas: That ‘Abd al-Rahman b.’Awf said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: When you hear that it is breaking out in a certain territory, do not go there. If it breaks out in the territory you are in, do not go out […]

Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 21, Hadith 16

Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 21, Hadith 16 Narrated ‘Aishah daughter of Sa’d: That her father said: I had a complaint at Mecca. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) came to pay a sick-visit to me. He put his hand on my forehead, wiped my chest and belly, and then said: O Allah! heal up Sa’d and […]

Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 21, Hadith 17

Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 21, Hadith 17 Narrated Abu Musa Al-Ash’ari: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) as saying: Feed the hungry, visit the sick and free the captive. Sufyan said: al-‘ani means captive. حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ كَثِيرٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ، عَنْ أَبِي وَائِلٍ، عَنْ أَبِي مُوسَى الأَشْعَرِيِّ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه […]

Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 21, Hadith 18

Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 21, Hadith 18 Narrated Abdullah ibn Abbas: The Prophet (ﷺ) said: If anyone visits a sick whose time (of death) has not come, and says with him seven times: I ask Allah, the Mighty, the Lord of the mighty Throne, to cure you, Allah will cure him from that disease. حَدَّثَنَا […]