بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم A Selection of Hadeeths from Sunan Abī-Dāwūd Imām Abū-Dāwūd Sulaymān ibn Al-Ash'ath al-Sijistāni (rahimahullāh) compiled his collection of Sunan, which consists of 5274 Hadeeths in 43 books. Below is a selection of short Hadeeths that have been summarised to make it easy to copy as a text message or post to your social networking profile to spread the knowledge. Note: these Hadeeths are authentic (Saheeh) and have been verified by Shaykh Muhammad Al-Albānī (rahimahullāh). Sunan Abī-Dāwūd, Hadeeth 36: The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "...if anyone ties his beard or wears round his neck a string to ward off the evil eye, or cleanses himself with animal dung or bone, Muhammad has nothing to do with him." Sunan Abī-Dāwūd, Hadeeth 39: A deputation of the jinn came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and said, "O Muhammad, forbid your community to cleans themselves with a bone or dung or charcoal, for in them Allāh has provided sustenance for us." So the Prophet (ﷺ) forbade them to do so. Sunan Abī-Dāwūd, Hadeeth 47: The
Messenger of Allāh (ﷺ) said, "Were it not hard on my ummah, I would order them to use
the tooth-stick at the time of every prayer." Sunan Abī-Dāwūd, Hadeeth 59: "Allāh does not accept charity from goods acquired by embezzlement as He does not accept prayer without purification." Sunan Abī-Dāwūd, Hadeeth 83: A man asked the Messenger of Allāh (ﷺ), "We travel on the sea and take a small quantity of water with us. If we use this for ablution, we would suffer from thirst. Can we perform ablution with sea water?" The Messenger (ﷺ) replied: "Its water is pure and what dies in it is lawful food." Sunan Abī-Dāwūd, Hadeeth 93: The
Prophet (ﷺ) used to take a bath with a sa' of water and perform ablution with a
mudd of water. Sunan Abī-Dāwūd, Hadeeth 105: "When any of you wakes up from sleep, he should not put his hand in the utensil until he washes it three times, for none of you knows where his hand remained during the night or where it went round." Sunan Abī-Dāwūd, Hadeeth 169: The
Messenger of Allāh (ﷺ) said: "Anyone amongst you who performs ablution, and does it
well, then he stands and offers two rak’ahs of prayer, concentrating on it with
his heart and body, Paradise will be his lot by all means." Sunan
Abī-Dāwūd, Hadeeth 383: Regarding impurity that touches the hem of one's
clothes, Umm-Salamah, the wife of the Prophet (ﷺ), was asked: "I am a woman
having a long border on my garment; when I walk on a filthy path, what should I
do?" Umm Salamah replied: "The Messenger of Allāh (ﷺ) said: 'What comes after
it cleanses it.'"
And in Hadeeth 384: A woman from the Banu AbdulAshhal asked the Messenger of Allāh (ﷺ), "Our road to the Masjid has an unpleasant stench; what should we do when it is raining?" He (ﷺ) replied that the cleaner part of the road, after the filthy part, makes up for it.
Sunan Abī-Dāwūd, Hadeeth 385: Regarding impurity which touches one's shoes, the Messenger of Allāh (ﷺ) said: "When any of you treads with his sandal upon an unclean place, the earth will render it purified." And in Hadeeth 386: "When any of you treads with his shoes upon something unclean, they will be purified with the earth." Sunan Abī-Dāwūd, Hadeeth 469: The angels invoke blessings (saying: "O Allah, forgive him; O Allah, have mercy on him") for anyone who remains sitting at the place where he prayed so long as he does not lose his Wudoo or stand up. Sunan Abī-Dāwūd, Hadeeth 508: Bilal was commanded to pronounce Adhān in double pairs and Iqāmah in single pairs. Sunan Abī-Dāwūd, Hadeeth 567: The Messenger of Allāh (ﷺ) said; "Do not prevent your women from visiting the Masjid; but their houses are better for them (for praying)." Sunan Abī-Dāwūd, Hadeeth 575: When the Prophet (ﷺ) had prayed, there were two people (sitting) in the corner of the mosque; they did not pray (along with the congregation). He called for them. They were brought trembling (before him). He asked: "What prevented you from praying along with us?" They replied: "We have already prayed in our houses." He said: "Do not do so. If any of you prays in his house and finds that the imam has not prayed, he should pray along with him; and that will be a supererogatory prayer for him." Sunan Abī-Dāwūd, Hadeeth 794: When one leads the people in prayer, he should be brief, for among the people are the weak, the sick and the elderly. But when one prays by himself, he may pray as long as he likes. Sunan Abī-Dāwūd, Hadeeth 852: The (time duration of the) prostration practised by the Messenger of Allāh (ﷺ), his bowing and his sitting between the two prostrations, were nearly equal. Sunan Abī-Dāwūd, Hadeeth 875: The nearest a servant comes to his Lord is when he is prostrating, so make supplication often (in prostration). Sunan Abī-Dāwūd, Hadeeth 898: When the Prophet (ﷺ) prostrated, he kept his arms so far away from his sides that if a lamb had wanted to pass under his arms, it could have done so.
Sunan Abī-Dāwūd, Hadeeth 1326: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: "Prayer during the night should consist of pairs of rak'ahs, but if one of you fears the morning is near he should pray one rak'ah which will make his prayer an odd number for him." Sunan Abī-Dāwūd, Hadeeth 1434: The Prophet (ﷺ) asked Abu-Bakr and then Umar: “When do you observe the Witr?” Sunan Abī-Dāwūd, Hadeeth 1454: One who is skilled in the Qur'ān is associated with the noble, upright recording angels, and he who falters when he recites the Qur'ān and finds it difficult for him will have a double reward. Sunan Abī-Dāwūd, Hadeeth 1455: No people get together in a house of the houses of Allāh (i.e. a Masjid), reciting the Book of Allāh, and learning it together among themselves, but calmness (Sakeenah) comes down to them, Divine mercy covers them from above, and the angels surround them, and Allāh makes a mention of them among those who are with Him. Sunan Abī-Dāwūd, Hadeeth 1548: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to say: "O Allāh, I seek refuge in Thee from four things: Knowledge which does not profit, a heart which is not submissive, a soul which has an insatiable appetite, and a supplication which is not heard." " اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الأَرْبَعِ مِنْ عِلْمٍ لاَ يَنْفَعُ وَمِنْ قَلْبٍ لاَ يَخْشَعُ وَمِنْ نَفْسٍ لاَ تَشْبَعُ وَمِنْ دُعَاءٍ لاَ يُسْمَعُ " |