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 25, Hadith 5

Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 25, Hadith 5 Narrated AbuHurayrah: The Prophet (ﷺ) said: If anyone seeks the office of judge among Muslims till he gets it and his justice prevails over his tyranny, he will go to Paradise; but the man whose tyranny prevails over his justice will go to Hell. حَدَّثَنَا عَبَّاسٌ الْعَنْبَرِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا […]

Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 25, Hadith 6

Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 25, Hadith 6 Ibn ‘Abbas said: “If any do fail to judge (by the light of) what Allah has revealed, they are (no better than) unbelievers” up to “wrongdoers.” These three verses were revealed about the Jews, particularly about Quraizah and al-Nadir. حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ حَمْزَةَ بْنِ أَبِي يَحْيَى الرَّمْلِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا […]

Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 25, Hadith 7

Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 25, Hadith 7 AbdurRahman ibn Bishr al-Ansari al-Azraq said: Two men from the locality of Kindah came while AbuMas’ud al-Ansari was sitting n a circle. They said: Is there any man who decides between us. A man from the circle said: I, AbuMas’ud took a handful of pebbles and threw at […]

Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 25, Hadith 8

Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 25, Hadith 8 Narrated Anas ibn Malik: The Prophet (ﷺ) said: If anyone desires the office of Judge and seeks help for it, he will be left to his own devices; if anyone does not desire it, nor does he seek help for it, Allah will send down an angel who […]

Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 25, Hadith 9

Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 25, Hadith 9 Abu Buradah reported the Prophet (ﷺ) as saying: “We will never employ or we shall not employ (the narrator is doubtful) in our work one who wants it.” حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ حَنْبَلٍ، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا قُرَّةُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا حُمَيْدُ بْنُ هِلاَلٍ، حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو بُرْدَةَ، قَالَ […]

Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 25, Hadith 10

Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 25, Hadith 10 Narrated Abdullah ibn Amr ibn al-‘As: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) cursed the one who bribes and the one who takes bribe. حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ يُونُسَ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي ذِئْبٍ، عَنِ الْحَارِثِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو، قَالَ لَعَنَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى […]

Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 25, Hadith 11

Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 25, Hadith 11 Narrated Adi ibn Umayrah al-Kindi: The Prophet (ﷺ) said: O people, if any of you is put in an administrative post on our behalf and conceals from us a needle or more, he is acting unfaithfully, and will bring it on the Day of Resurrection. A black man […]

Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 25, Hadith 12

Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 25, Hadith 12 Narrated Ali ibn AbuTalib: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) sent me to the Yemen as judge, and I asked: Messenger of Allah, are you sending me when I am young and have no knowledge of the duties of a judge? He replied: Allah will guide your heart and […]

Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 25, Hadith 13

Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 25, Hadith 13 Umm Salamah reported the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) as saying: “I am only a human being, and you bring your disputes to me, some perhaps being more eloquent in their plea than others, so that I give judgement on their behalf according to what I hear from them. […]

Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 25, Hadith 14

Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 25, Hadith 14 Umm Salamah said: Two men came to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) who were disputing over their inheritance. They had no evidence except their claim. The Prophet (ﷺ) then said in a similar way. Thereupon both the men wept and each of them said: This right of mine […]

Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 25, Hadith 15

Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 25, Hadith 15 Umm Salamah reported the Prophet (ﷺ) as saying when two men were disputing over inheritance and old things: I decide between you on the basis of my opinion in cases about which no revelation has been sent down to me. حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ مُوسَى الرَّازِيُّ، أَخْبَرَنَا عِيسَى، حَدَّثَنَا […]

Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 25, Hadith 16

Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 25, Hadith 16 Narrated Umar ibn al-Khattab: Umar said while he was (sitting) on the pulpit: O people, the opinion from the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) was right, because Allah showed (i.e. inspired) him; but from us it is sheer conjecture and artifice. حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ دَاوُدَ الْمَهْرِيُّ، أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ، […]