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 76

Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 40, Hadith 76 Narrated Abdullah ibn Abbas: Ma’iz ibn Malik came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and admitted fornication twice. But he drove him away. He then came and admitted fornication twice. But he drove him away. He then came and admitted fornication twice. He (the Prophet) said: You have testified to […]

Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 40, Hadith 77

Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 40, Hadith 77 Narrated Abdullah ibn Abbas: The Prophet (ﷺ) said to Ma’iz ibn Malik: Perhaps you kissed, or squeezed, or looked. He said: No. He then said: Did you have intercourse with her? He said: Yes. On the (reply) he (the Prophet) gave order that he should be stoned to […]

Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 40, Hadith 78

Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 40, Hadith 78 Narrated AbuHurayrah: A man of the tribe of Aslam came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and testified four times against himself that he had had illicit intercourse with a woman, while all the time the Prophet (ﷺ) was turning away from him. Then when he confessed a fifth time, […]

Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 40, Hadith 79

Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 40, Hadith 79 A similar tradition has also been transmitted by Abu Hurrairah through a different chain of narrators. This version adds: The narrator Hasan b. “All said: The transmitters have differed in the wordings (of this tradition) reported to me. Some said: He (Ma’iz) was tied to a tree, and […]

Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 40, Hadith 80

Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 40, Hadith 80 Jabir b. ‘Abd Allah said: A man of the tribe of Asalam came to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and made confession of fornication. He (the prophet) turned away from him. When he testified against him four times, the Prophet (ﷺ) said: Are you mad? He said: No. […]

Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 40, Hadith 81

Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 40, Hadith 81 Abu Sa’id said: When the Prophet (May peace e upon him) commanded to stone Ma’iz b. Malik, we took him out to Baql. I swear by Allah, we did not tie him, nor did we dig a pit for him. But he was standing before us. The narrator […]

Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 40, Hadith 82

Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 40, Hadith 82 Abu Nadrah said: A man came to Prophet (ﷺ). He then mentioned a similar tradition but not completely. This version has: People began to speak ill of him but he (the Prophet) forbade them. Then they began to ask forgiveness from him, but he forbade them by saying. […]

Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 40, Hadith 83

Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 40, Hadith 83 Buraidah said. : The Prophet (ﷺ) smelt the breath of Ma’iz. حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَبِي بَكْرِ بْنِ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ يَعْلَى بْنِ الْحَارِثِ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي، عَنْ غَيْلاَنَ، عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ بْنِ مَرْثَدٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ بُرَيْدَةَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم اسْتَنْكَهَ مَاعِزًا ‏.‏ Sunan […]

Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 40, Hadith 84

Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 40, Hadith 84 Narrated Buraydah ibn al-Hasib: We, the Companions of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), used to talk mutually: Would that al-Ghamidiyyah and Ma’iz ibn Malik had withdrawn after their confession; or he said: Had they not withdrawn after their confession, he would not have pursued them (for punishment). He […]

Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 40, Hadith 85

Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 40, Hadith 85 Narrated Al-Lajlaj al-Amiri: I was working in the market. A woman passed carrying a child. The people rushed towards her, and I also rushed along with them. I then went to the Prophet (ﷺ) while he was asking: Who is the father of this (child) who is with […]

Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 40, Hadith 86

Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 40, Hadith 86 A part of tradition has also been transmitted by al-Lajlaj from the Prophet (ﷺ) through a different chain of narrators. حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ عَمَّارٍ، حَدَّثَنَا صَدَقَةُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ، ح وَحَدَّثَنَا نَصْرُ بْنُ عَاصِمٍ الأَنْطَاكِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا الْوَلِيدُ، جَمِيعًا قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدٌ، – قَالَ هِشَامٌ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الشُّعَيْثِيُّ […]

Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 40, Hadith 87

Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 40, Hadith 87 Narrated Sahl ibn Sa’d: A man came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and confessed before him that he had committed fornication with a woman whom he named. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) sent for the woman and asked her about it. But she denied that she had committed fornication. […]