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 40, Hadith 28

Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 40, Hadith 28 Ibn al-Muakadir said: Huzzal had ordered Ma’iz to go to the prophet (ﷺ) and tell him(about his having committed adultery). حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى، عَنِ ابْنِ الْمُنْكَدِرِ، أَنَّ هَزَّالاً، أَمَرَ مَاعِزًا أَنْ يَأْتِيَ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَيُخْبِرَهُ ‏.‏ Sunan Abi […]

Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 40, Hadith 29

Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 40, Hadith 29 Narrated Wa’il ibn Hujr: When a woman went out in the time of the Prophet (ﷺ) for prayer, a man attacked her and overpowered (raped) her. She shouted and he went off, and when a man came by, she said: That (man) did such and such to me. […]

Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 40, Hadith 30

Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 40, Hadith 30 Narrated AbuUmayyah al-Makhzumi: A thief who had accepted (having committed theft) was brought to the Prophet (ﷺ), but no good were found with him. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), said to him: I do not think you have stolen. He said: Yes, I have. He repeated it twice […]

Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 40, Hadith 31

Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 40, Hadith 31 Abu ‘Umamah said : A man came to the prophet (ﷺ) and said : Messenger of Allah ! I have committed a crime which involves prescribed punishment so inflict it on me . He said : Have you not performed ablution when you came? He said : Yes, […]

Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 40, Hadith 32

Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 40, Hadith 32 Azhar ibn Abdullah al-Harari said: Some goods of the people of Kila’ were stolen. They accused some men of the weavers (of theft). They came to an-Nu’man ibn Bashir, the companion of the Prophet (ﷺ). He confined them for some days and then set them free. They came […]

Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 40, Hadith 33

Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 40, Hadith 33 ‘A’ishah said: The prophet (ﷺ) used to cut off a thief’s hand for a quarter of a dinar and upwards. حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ حَنْبَلٍ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُهُ مِنْهُ، عَنْ عَمْرَةَ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، رضى الله عنها أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم كَانَ يَقْطَعُ […]

Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 40, Hadith 34

Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 40, Hadith 34 ‘A’ishah reported the prophet (ﷺ) as saying : A thief’s hand should be cut off for a quarter of a dinar and upwards. Ahmed b. Salih said: The amputation (of a thief’s hand) is for a quarter of a dinar and upwards. حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ صَالِحٍ، وَوَهْبُ بْنُ […]

Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 40, Hadith 35

Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 40, Hadith 35 Ibn ‘Umar’ said: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) had thief’s hand cut off for a shield worth three dirhams. حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مَسْلَمَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا مَالِكٌ، عَنْ نَافِعٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَطَعَ فِي مِجَنٍّ ثَمَنُهُ ثَلاَثَةُ دَرَاهِمَ ‏.‏ Sunan Abi Dawud: […]

Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 40, Hadith 36

Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 40, Hadith 36 Narrated Abdullah ibn Umar: The Prophet (ﷺ) had a man’s hand cut off who had stolen from the place reserved for women a shield whose price was three dirhams. حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ حَنْبَلٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ، أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ، أَخْبَرَنِي إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ أُمَيَّةَ، أَنَّ نَافِعًا، مَوْلَى عَبْدِ اللَّهِ […]

Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 40, Hadith 37

Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 40, Hadith 37 Narrated Abdullah ibn Abbas: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) had a man’s hand cut off for (stealing) a shield whose price was a dinar or ten dirhams. Abu Dawud said: Muhammad bin Salamah and Sa’dan bin Yahya have transmitted it from Ibn Ishaq through his chain of narrators. […]

Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 40, Hadith 38

Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 40, Hadith 38 Narrated Rafi’ ibn Khadij: Muhammad ibn Yahya ibn Hibban said: A slave stole a plant of a palm-tree from the orchard of a man and planted it in the orchard of his master. The owner of the plant went out in search of the plant and he found […]

Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 40, Hadith 39

Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 40, Hadith 39 This tradition has also been transmitted by Muhammad bin Yahya bin Hibban through a different chain of narrators. This version adds : Marwan gave him some lashes and let him go. حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يَحْيَى بْنِ حَبَّانَ، بِهَذَا الْحَدِيثِ قَالَ […]