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 42, Hadith 119

Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 42, Hadith 119 Abu Hurairah reported the Messenger of Allah (May peace be upon him) as saying : Every child is born on Islam, but his parents make him a Jew and a Christian, just as a beast is born whole. Do you find some among them (born) maimed? The people […]

Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 42, Hadith 120

Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 42, Hadith 120 Abu Dawud said : Malik was asked : The heretics argue from this tradition against us. Malik said : Argue against them from its last part which goes. The people asked : What do you think about the one who died while he was young? He replied : […]

Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 42, Hadith 121

Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 42, Hadith 121 Explaining the tradition “Every child is a born on Islam”, Hammad b. Salamah said : In our opinion it means that covenant which Allah had taken in the loins of their fathers when He said : “Am I not your Lord? They said: Yes. حَدَّثَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ، […]

Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 42, Hadith 122

Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 42, Hadith 122 ‘Amir reported the Messenger of Allah (May peace be upon him) as saying : The woman who buries alive her new-born girl and the girl who is buried alive both will go to Hell. This tradition has also been transmitted by Ibn Mas’ud from the Prophet (May peace […]

Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 42, Hadith 123

Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 42, Hadith 123 Anas said : A man asked : where is my father, Messenger of Allah? He replied! Your father is in Hell. When he turned his back, he said : My father and your father are in Hell. حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ، حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ، عَنْ ثَابِتٍ، عَنْ أَنَسٍ، أَنَّ […]

Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 42, Hadith 124

Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 42, Hadith 124 Anas b. Malik reported the Messenger of Allah (May peace be upon him) as saying : The devil flows in a man like his blood. حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ، حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ، عَنْ ثَابِتٍ، عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏ “‏ إِنَّ […]

Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 42, Hadith 125

Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 42, Hadith 125 ‘Umar b. al-Khattab reported the Messenger of Allah (May peace be upon him) as saying : Do not sit with those who believe in free will and do not address them before they address you. حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ الْهَمْدَانِيُّ، أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ، قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي ابْنُ لَهِيعَةَ، وَعَمْرُو […]

Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 42, Hadith 126

Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 42, Hadith 126 Abu Hurairah reported to the Messenger of Allah( may peace be upon him) as sayings: People will continue to ask one another(questions) till this is pronounced: Allah created all things, but who created Allah ? Whoever comes across anything of that, he should say: I believe in Allah. […]

Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 42, Hadith 127

Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 42, Hadith 127 Narrated AbuHurayrah: I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: He then mentioned a tradition like it. This version adds: When they propound that, say: “”Say Allah is one. Allah is He to Whom men repair. He has not begotten and He has not been begotten, and no […]

Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 42, Hadith 128

Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 42, Hadith 128 Narrated Al-Abbas ibn AbdulMuttalib: I was sitting in al-Batha with a company among whom the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) was sitting, when a cloud passed above them. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) looked at it and said: What do you call this? They said: Sahab. He said: And […]

Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 42, Hadith 129

Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 42, Hadith 129 The tradition mentioned above has also been transmitted by Simak through a different chain of narrators to the same effect. حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ أَبِي سُرَيْجٍ، أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ، وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، قَالاَ أَخْبَرَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ أَبِي قَيْسٍ، عَنْ سِمَاكٍ، بِإِسْنَادِهِ وَمَعْنَاهُ ‏.‏ Sunan […]

Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 42, Hadith 130

Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 42, Hadith 130 The tradition mentioned above has again been transmitted by Simak through a different chain of narrators and to the same effect as this lengthy tradition. حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ حَفْصٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي، حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ طَهْمَانَ، عَنْ سِمَاكٍ، بِإِسْنَادِهِ وَمَعْنَى هَذَا الْحَدِيثِ الطَّوِيلِ ‏.‏ Sunan Abi Dawud: Book […]