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 2, Hadith 163

Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 2, Hadith 163 Narrated Ibn Umm Maktum: Messenger of Allah, there are many venomous creatures and wild beasts in Medina (so allow me to pray in my house because I am blind). The Prophet (ﷺ) said: Do you hear the call, “Come to prayer,” “Come to salvation”? (He said: Yes.) Then […]

Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 2, Hadith 164

Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 2, Hadith 164 Narrated Ubayy ibn Ka’b: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) led us in the dawn prayer one day. And he said: Is so and so present? They said: No. He (again) asked: Is so and so present? They replied: No. He then said: These two prayers are the ones […]

Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 2, Hadith 165

Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 2, Hadith 165 ‘Uthman b. ‘Affan reported the Messenger of Allah (may peace be him) as saying; if anyone says the night prayer in congregation, he is like one who keeps vigil (in prayer) till midnight; and he who says both the night and dawn prayer in congregation is like one […]

Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 2, Hadith 166

Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 2, Hadith 166 Narrated AbuHurayrah: The Prophet (ﷺ) said: The further one is from the mosque , the greater will be one’s reward. حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى، عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي ذِئْبٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ مِهْرَانَ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ […]

Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 2, Hadith 167

Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 2, Hadith 167 Ubayy b. Ka’b said: There was a certain person, out of all people of Medina, who used to pray in the mosque. I do not know that any one of them lived at a farther distance than that man. Still he never missed the prayer in congregation in […]

Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 2, Hadith 168

Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 2, Hadith 168 Narrated AbuUmamah: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: If anyone goes out from his house after performing ablution for saying the prescribed prayer in congregation (in the mosque), his reward will be like that of one who goes for hajj pilgrimage after wearing ihram (robe worn by the […]

Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 2, Hadith 169

Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 2, Hadith 169 Abu Hurairah reported the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) as saying: Prayer said by a man in congregation is twenty five degrees more excellent than prayer said by him alone in his house or in the market. This is because when any of you performs ablution and does it […]

Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 2, Hadith 170

Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 2, Hadith 170 Narrated AbuSa’id al-Khudri: Prayer in congregation is equivalent to twenty-five prayers (offered alone). If he prays in a jungle, and performs its bowing and prostrations perfectly, it becomes equivalent to fifty prayers (in respect of reward). Abu Dawud said: ‘Abd al-Walid b. Ziyad narrated in his version of […]

Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 2, Hadith 171

Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 2, Hadith 171 Narrated Buraydah ibn al-Hasib: The Prophet (ﷺ) said: Give good tidings to those who walk to the mosques in darkness for having a perfect light on the Day of Judgment. حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ مَعِينٍ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عُبَيْدَةَ الْحَدَّادُ، حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ أَبُو سُلَيْمَانَ الْكَحَّالُ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَوْسٍ، […]

Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 2, Hadith 172

Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 2, Hadith 172 Narrated Ka’b ibn Ujrah: AbuThumamah al-Hannat said that Ka’b ibn Ujrah met him while he was going to the mosque; one of the two (companions) met his companion (on his way to the mosque) And he met crossing the fingers of my both hands. He prohibited me to […]

Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 2, Hadith 173

Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 2, Hadith 173 Narrated A person from the Ansar: Sa’id ibn al-Musayyab said: An Ansari was breathing his last. He said: I narrate to you a tradition, and I narrate it with the intention of getting a reward from Allah. I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: If any one […]

Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 2, Hadith 174

Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 2, Hadith 174 Narrated AbuHurayrah: The Prophet (ﷺ) said: whoever performs ablution, and performs his ablution perfectly, and then goes to the mosque and finds that the people had finished the prayer (in congregation), Allah will give him a reward like one who prayed in congregation and attended it; The reward […]