Sunan Abī Dāwūd
Model Behavior of the Prophet (Al-Sunnah)
Contents
Page 1 nos. 4596–4620
- 4596Narrated AbuHurayrah: The Prophet (ﷺ) said: The Jews were split up into seventy-one or seventy-two sects;…
- 4597Abu 'Amir al-Hawdhani said: Mu'awiyah b. Abi Sufiyan stood among us and said: Beware! The Apostle of Alla…
- 4598'A'ishah said: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) recited this verse: "He it is who has sent down to thee the Boo…
- 4599Narrated AbuDharr: The Prophet (ﷺ) said: The best of the actions is to love for the sake of Allah and to …
- 4600'Abd Allah b. Ka'b b. Malik who used to lead his father from among his sons when he became blind, said: I…
- 4601'Ammar b. Yasir said: I came to my family when my hands had cracks. They dyed me with saffron. I then wen…
- 4602'A'ishah said: The camel of Safiyyah daughter of Huyayy was fatigued, and Zainab had a surplus mount. The…
- 4603Narrated AbuHurayrah: The Prophet (ﷺ) said: Controverting about the Qur'an is disbelief
- 4604Narrated Al-Miqdam ibn Ma'dikarib: The Prophet (ﷺ) said: Beware! I have been given the Qur'an and somethi…
- 4605Narrated AbuRafi': The Prophet (ﷺ) said: Let me not find one of you reclining on his couch when he hears …
- 4606A'ishah reported the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) as saying: If any one introduces into this affair of ours any…
- 4607Narrated Irbad ibn Sariyah: AbdurRahman ibn Amr as-Sulami and Hujr ibn Hujr said: We came to Irbad ibn Sa…
- 4608'Abd Allah b. Mas'ud reported the Prophet (ﷺ) as saying:"Beware! The extremists perished," saying it thre…
- 4609Abu Hurairah reported the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) as saying: If anyone summons other to follow right guida…
- 4610'Amir b. sa'id on his father's authority reported the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) as saying: The Muslim who of…
- 4611Yazid b. 'Umairah, who was one of the companions of Mu'adh b. Jabal said: Whenever he (mu'adh b. jabal) s…
- 4612Sufyan said (according to one chain), and Abu al-Salit said (according to another chain):A man wrote to '…
- 4613Nafi said: Ibn 'Umar had a friend from the people of Syria who used to correspond with him. 'Abd Allah b.…
- 4614Khalid al-Hadhdha said: I said to al-Hasan: Abu Sa'id, tell me about Adam. Was he created for the heaven …
- 4615Khalid al-Hadhdha, asked al-Hasan about the Quranic verse:"And for this did He create them." He said: He …
- 4616Khalid al-Hadhdha asked al-Hasan about the Quranic verse:"Can lead (any) into temptation concerning Allah…
- 4617Humaid said: Al-Hasan used to say that his fall from the heaven on the earth is dearer to him than utteri…
- 4618Humaid said: Al-Hasan came to us. The jurists of Mecca told me that I should speak to him that some day h…
- 4619Humaid al-Tawil asked al-Hasan about the verse:"Even so do We let it creep into the hearts of the sinners…
- 4620Explaining the Quranic verse; "And between them and their desire is placed a barrier." Al-Hasan said: Bet…
Page 2 nos. 4621–4645
- 4621Ibn 'Awn said: I was a prisoner in Syria. A man called me from behind. I turned towards him and suddenly …
- 4622Hammad said: I heard Ayyub say: Two kinds of people have lied to al-Hasan: people who believed in free wi…
- 4623Yahya b. Kathir al-'Anbari said: Qurrah b. Khalid used to tell us: O young people! Do not think that al-H…
- 4624Ibn 'Awn said: If we learnt that the remark of al-Hasan would reach the extent that it has reached, we wo…
- 4625Ayyub said: Al-Hasan said: I will never return to it
- 4626'Uthman al-Batti said: Al-Hasan never interpreted any Quranic verse but to establish (Divine decree)
- 4627Ibn 'Umar said: We used to say in the times of the Prophet (ﷺ): We do not compare anyone with Abu Bakr. '…
- 4628Ibn 'Umar said: When the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) was alive, we used to say: The most excellent member of t…
- 4629Muhammad b. al-Hanafiyyah said: I said to my father: Which of the people after the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)…
- 4630Muhammad al-Firyabl said: I heard Sufyan say: If anyone thinks that 'All (Allah be pleased with him) was …
- 4631Sufyan al-Thawri said: The Caliphs are five: Abu Bakr, 'Umar, 'Uthman, 'All and 'Umar b. 'Abd al-Aziz
- 4632Ibn 'Abbas said: Abu Hurairah said that a man came to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and said: I saw (in my d…
- 4633The tradition mentioned above has also been transmitted by Ibn 'abbas through a different chain of narrat…
- 4634Narrated AbuBakrah: One day the Prophet (ﷺ) said: Which of you had dream? A man said: It is I. I saw as t…
- 4635Abu Bakrah said: One day the Prophet (ﷺ) asked: Which of you had a dream? He then mentioned the rest of t…
- 4636Jabir b. 'Abd Allah reported the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) as saying: Last night a good man had a vision in …
- 4637Samurah b. Jundub told that a man said: Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)! I saw (in a dream) that a bucket was hung…
- 4638Makhul said: The Romans will enter the Levant and stay there for forty days, and no place will be saved f…
- 4639Abu al-A'yas 'Abd al-Rahman b. Salam said: A king of the foreigners will come and prevail over all the ci…
- 4640Makhul reported the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) as saying: The place of the assembly of Muslims at the time of…
- 4641'Awf said: I heard al-Hajjaj addressing the people say: The similitude of 'Uthman with Allah is like the …
- 4642Al-Rabi' b. Khalid al-Dabbi said: I heard al-Hajjaj say in his address: Is the messenger of one of you se…
- 4643'Asim said: I heard al-Hajjaj say on the pulpit: Fear Allah as much as possible; there is no exception in…
- 4644Al-A'mash said: These clients (i.e., non-Arabs) are to be struck and cut off. I swear by Allah, if I stri…
- 4645Sulaiman al-A'mash said: I prayed the Friday prayer with al-Hajjaj and he addressed. He then transmitted …
Page 3 nos. 4646–4670
- 4646Narrated Safinah: The Prophet (ﷺ) said: The Caliphate of Prophecy will last thirty years; then Allah will…
- 4647Safinah reported the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) as saying: The caliphate of Prophecy will last thirty years; …
- 4648Narrated Sa'id ibn Zayd ibn Amr ibn Nufayl: Abdullah ibn Zalim al-Mazini said: I heard Sa'id ibn Zayd ibn…
- 4649Narrated Sa'id ibn Zayd: AbdurRahman ibn al-Akhnas said that when he was in the mosque, a man mentioned A…
- 4650Rabah ibn al-Harith said: I was sitting with someone in the mosque of Kufah while the people of Kufah wer…
- 4651Anas b. malik said: The prophet of Allah (ﷺ) ascended Uhud, and Abu Bakr, 'Umar and 'Uthman followed him.…
- 4652Narrated AbuHurayrah: The Prophet (ﷺ) said: Gabriel came and taking me by the hand showed the gate of Par…
- 4653Jabir reported the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) as saying: No one of those who took the oath of allegiance unde…
- 4654Abu Hurairah reported the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) as saying - will be according to the version of Musa :Pe…
- 4655Al-Miswar b. Makhramah said :The prophet (ﷺ) went out during the time of (treaty of) al-Hudaibiyyah. He t…
- 4656Narrated Umar ibn al-Khattab: Al-Aqra', the mu'adhdhin (announcer) of Umar ibn al-Khattab said: Umar sent…
- 4657'Imran b. Husain reported the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) as saying :the best of my people is the generation i…
- 4658Abu Sa'id (al-Khudri) reported the Messenger of Allah (May peace be upon him) as saying :Do not revile my…
- 4659'Amr b. Abl Qurrah said :Hudhaifah was in al-Mada'in. He used to mention things which the Messenger of Al…
- 4660Narrated Abdullah ibn Zam'ah: When the illness of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) became serious while I was w…
- 4661The tradition mentioned above has also been transmitted by 'Abd Allah b. Zam'ah through a different chain…
- 4662Narrated AbuBakrah: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said to al-Hasan ibn Ali. This son of mine is a Sayyid (ch…
- 4663Narrated Hudhayfah: There is no one who will be overtaken by trial regarding whom I do not fear except Mu…
- 4664Tha'labah b. Dubai'ah said: We entered upon Hudhaifah. He said: I know a man whom the trails will not har…
- 4665The tradition mentioned above has also been transmitted by Dubai'ah b. Husain al-Tha'labi through a diffe…
- 4666Qais b. 'Abbad said :I said to 'All (Allah be pleased with him) : Tell me about this march of yours. Is t…
- 4667Abu Sa'id reported the Messenger of Allah (May peace be upon him) as saying: In the event of the dissensi…
- 4668Abu Sa'id al-Khudri reported the Messenger of Allah (May peace be upon him) as saying :Do not distinguish…
- 4669Ibn 'Abbas reported the Prophet (May peace be upon him) as saying :It is not fitting for a servent to say…
- 4670'Abd Allah b. Ja'far reported the Messenger of Allah (May peace be upon him) as saying: It is not fitting…
Page 4 nos. 4671–4695
- 4671'Abu Hurairah said :A man from among the Jews said : By him who chose Moses above the universe. So a Musl…
- 4672Anas said: A man said to the Messenger of Allah (May peace be upon him): O best of all creatures! The Mes…
- 4673Abu Hurairah reported the Messenger of Allah (May peace be upon him) as saying :I shall be pre-eminent am…
- 4674Abu Hurairah reported the Messenger of Allah (May peace be upon him) as saying :I do not know whether Tub…
- 4675Abu Hurairah said :I heard the Messenger of Allah (May peace be upon him) say : I am the nearest of kin a…
- 4676Abu Hurairah reported the Messenger of Allah (May peace be upon him) as saying :Faith has over seventy br…
- 4677Ibn 'Abbas said :When the deputation of 'Abd al-Qais came to the Messenger of Allah (May peace be upon hi…
- 4678Jabir reported the Messenger of Allah (May peace be upon him) as saying :Between a servant and unbelief t…
- 4679Abd Allah b. 'Umar reported the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) as saying: I did not see more defective in respect…
- 4680Ibn 'Abbas said: when the Prophet (May peace be upon him) turned towards the Ka'bah (in prayer), the peop…
- 4681Narrated AbuUmamah: The Prophet (ﷺ) said: If anyone loves for Allah's sake, hates for Allah's sake, gives…
- 4682Narrated AbuHurayrah: The Prophet (ﷺ) said: The most perfect believer in respect of faith is he who is be…
- 4683Sa'd b. Abi Waqqas said :The Prophet (May peace be upon him) gave some people and did not give anything t…
- 4684Explaining the verse, "say ; You have no faith, but you only say :We have submitted our wills to Allah", …
- 4685Sa'd said :The Prophet (May peace be upon him) distributed (spoils) among the people I said to him : Give…
- 4686Ibn 'Umar reported the Prophet (May peace be upon him) as saying :Do not turn unbelievers after me ; one …
- 4687Ibn 'Umar reported the Messenger of Allah (May peace be upon him) as saying :If any believing man calls a…
- 4688'Abd Allah b. 'Amr reported the Messenger of Allah (May peace be upon him) as saying: Four characteristic…
- 4689Abu Hurairah reported the Messenger of Allah (May peace be upon him) as saying :When one commits fornicat…
- 4690Narrated AbuHurayrah: The Prophet (ﷺ) said: When a man commits fornication, faith departs from him and th…
- 4691Narrated Abdullah ibn Umar: The Prophet (ﷺ) said: The Qadariyyah are the Magians of this community. If th…
- 4692Hudhaifah reported the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) as saying: Every people have Magians, and the Magians of th…
- 4693Abu Musa al-Ash'ari reported the Messenger of Allah (May peace be upon him) as saying :Allah created Adam…
- 4694'Ali said: We attended a funeral at Baql' al-Gharqad which was also attended by the Messenger of Allah (M…
- 4695Yahya b. Ya'mur said :The first to speak on Divine decree in al-Basrah was Ma'bad al Juhani. I and Humaid…
Page 5 nos. 4696–4720
- 4696The tradition mentioned above has also been transmitted by Yahya b. Yamur and Humaid b. 'Abd al-Rahman th…
- 4697The tradition mentioned above has also been transmitted by Ibn Ya'mur, with additions and omissions, thro…
- 4698Narrated AbuDharr and AbuHurayrah: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to sit among his Companions. A strange…
- 4699Ibn al-Dailami said :I went to Ubayy b. Ka'b and said him : I am confused about Divine decree, so tell me…
- 4700Ubadah b. al Samit said to his son :Son! You will not get the taste of the reality of faith until you kno…
- 4701Abu Hurairah reported the Messenger of Allah (May peace be upon him) as saying :Adam and Moses held a dis…
- 4702'Umar b. al-Khattab reported the Messenger of Allah (May peace be upon him) as saying :Moses said : My lo…
- 4703Narrated Umar ibn al-Khattab: Muslim ibn Yasar al-Juhani said: When Umar ibn al-Khattab was asked about t…
- 4704Nu'aim b. Rabl'ah said :I was with 'Umar b. al-Khattab when he transmitted this tradition. The tradition …
- 4705Ubayy b. Ka'b said :The boy whom al-Khidr had killed was created an infidel. Had he lived, he would have …
- 4706Ubayy b. Ka'b said :I heard the Messenger of Allah (May peace be upon him) explaining the verse "As for t…
- 4707Ibn 'Abbas said :Ubayy b. Ka'b told me that the Messenger of Allah (May peace be upon him) said : Al-khid…
- 4708'Abd Allah b. Mas'ud said :The Messenger of Allah (May peace be upon him) who spoke the truth and whose w…
- 4709'Imran b. Husain said :The Messenger of Allah (May peace be upon him) was asked : Is it known who are tho…
- 4710'Umar reported the Prophet (May peace be upon him) was asked :Do not sit which those who believe in free …
- 4711Ibn 'Abbas reported that when the Prophet (May peace be upon him) was questioned about the offspring of p…
- 4712'A'ishah said :I said : Messenger of Allah (May peace be upon him) what happens to the offspring of belie…
- 4713'A'ishah, mother of the believers, said :The Prophet (May peace be upon him) was invited to the funeral o…
- 4714Abu Hurairah reported the Messenger of Allah (May peace be upon him) as saying :Every child is born on Is…
- 4715Abu Dawud said :Malik was asked : The heretics argue from this tradition against us. Malik said : Argue a…
- 4716Explaining the tradition "Every child is a born on Islam", Hammad b. Salamah said :In our opinion it mean…
- 4717'Amir reported the Messenger of Allah (May peace be upon him) as saying :The woman who buries alive her n…
- 4718Anas said :A man asked : where is my father, Messenger of Allah? He replied! Your father is in Hell. When…
- 4719Anas b. Malik reported the Messenger of Allah (May peace be upon him) as saying :The devil flows in a man…
- 4720'Umar b. al-Khattab reported the Messenger of Allah (May peace be upon him) as saying :Do not sit with th…
Page 6 nos. 4721–4745
- 4721Abu Hurairah reported to the Messenger of Allah( may peace be upon him) as sayings: People will continue …
- 4722Narrated AbuHurayrah: I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: He then mentioned a tradition like it. This…
- 4723Narrated Al-Abbas ibn AbdulMuttalib: I was sitting in al-Batha with a company among whom the Messenger of…
- 4724The tradition mentioned above has also been transmitted by Simak through a different chain of narrators t…
- 4725The tradition mentioned above has again been transmitted by Simak through a different chain of narrators …
- 4726Muhammad b. Jubair b. Mut'im said from his father on the authority of his grandfather: An A'rab(a nomadic…
- 4727Jabir b. 'Abd Allah reported the Prophet (May peace be upon him) as saying :I have been permitted to tell…
- 4728Abu Yunus Sulaim b. Jubair, client of Abu Hurairah, said :I heard Abu Hurairah recite this verse : "Allah…
- 4729Jarir b. 'Abd Allah said :When we are were sitting with the Messenger of Allah (May peace be upon him) he…
- 4730Abu Hurairah said :The people asked : Messenger of Allah! Shall we see our lord, the Exalted, on the Day …
- 4731Narrated AbuRazin al-Uqayli: I asked: Messenger of Allah! will each one of us see his Lord? Ibn Mu'adh's …
- 4732'Abd Allah b. 'Umar reported the Messenger of Allah (May peace be upon him) as saying: Allah will fold th…
- 4733Abu Hurairah reported the Prophet (May peace be upon him) as saying; Our lord gets down every night to th…
- 4734Narrated Jabir ibn Abdullah: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) presented himself to the people at Arafat, saying…
- 4735'A'ishah said: I thought in my mind that my affair was far inferior to the speaking of Allah about me wit…
- 4736'Amir b. Shahr said :I was with the Negus when his son recited a verse of the Gospel. So I laughed. There…
- 4737Ibn 'abbas said :The Prophet (May peace be upon him) used to seek refuge in Allah for al-Hasan and al-hus…
- 4738'Abd Allah (b. Mas'ud) reported the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) as saying:"When Allah, the exalted, speaks to …
- 4739Narrated Anas ibn Malik: The Prophet (ﷺ) said: My intercession will be for those of my people who have co…
- 4740'Imran b. Husain reported the Prophet(ﷺ) as saying: People will come forth from Hell by Muhammad's interc…
- 4741Jabir said: I heard the Prophet(ﷺ) say: Those who go to Paradise will eat in it and drink
- 4742Narrated Abdullah ibn Amr ibn al-'As: The Prophet (ﷺ) said: The trumpet (sur) which will be blown
- 4743Abu Hurairah reported the Apostle of AllSah(ﷺ) as saying: Every son of Adam will be devoured by the earth…
- 4744Narrated AbuHurayrah: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: When Allah created Paradise, He said to Gabriel: G…
- 4745Ibn 'Umar reported the Messenger of Allah(ﷺ) as saying: Before you there will be a pond the distance betw…
Page 7 nos. 4746–4770
- 4746Narrated Zayd ibn Arqam: We were with the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). He said when we arrived at a halting pl…
- 4747Anas b. Malik said: The Messenger of Allah(ﷺ) dozed for a short while and raised his smiling. He either s…
- 4748Narrated Anas ibn Malik: When the Prophet of Allah (ﷺ) was lifted to the heavens (for travelling) in Para…
- 4749AbdusSalam ibn AbuHazim AbuTalut said: I saw AbuBarzah who came to visit Ubaydullah ibn Ziyad. Then a man…
- 4750Al-Bara' b. 'Azib reported the Messenger of Allah(ﷺ) as saying: When a Muslim is questioned in the grave …
- 4751Anas b. Malik said: The Messenger of Allah(ﷺ) entered the garden of the palm trees of Banu al-Najjar. He …
- 4752The tradition mentioned above has also transmitted by 'Abd al-Wahhab through a different chain of narrato…
- 4753Narrated Al-Bara' ibn Azib: We went out with the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) accompanying the bier of a man of…
- 4754The tradition mentioned above has also been transmitted by Al-Bara' (b. 'Azib) from the prophet (May peac…
- 4755'A'ishah said that she thought of Hell and wept. The Messenger of Allah (May peace be upon him) asked her…
- 4756Narrated AbuUbaydah ibn al-Jarrah: I heard the Prophet (ﷺ) say: There has been no Prophet after Noah who …
- 4757Ibn Umar reported: The Messenger of Allah (May peace be upon him) stood among the people and praised Alla…
- 4758Narrated AbuDharr: The Prophet (ﷺ) said: He who separates from the community within a span takes off the …
- 4759Abu Dharr reported the Messenger of Allah (May peace be upon him) as saying :How will you deal with the r…
- 4760Umm Salamah, wife of the Prophet (May peace be upon him) is reported to have said: The Messenger of Allah…
- 4761The tradition mentioned above has also been transmitted by Umm Salamah through a different chain of narra…
- 4762'Arfajah told that he heard the Messenger of Allah (May peace be upon him) as saying :various corruptions…
- 4763'Ubaidah (al-salman) said :'Ali mentioned about the people of al Nahrawan, saying: Among them there will …
- 4764Abu sa'id al-khudri said :'Ali sent some gold-mixed dust to the prophet (May peace be upon him). He divid…
- 4765Narrated AbuSa'id al-Khudri ; Anas ibn Malik: The Prophet (ﷺ) said: Soon there will appear disagreement a…
- 4766The tradition mentioned above has also been transmitted by Anas through a different chain of narrators in…
- 4767'Ali said: When I mention a tradition to you from the Messenger of Allah (May peace be upon him), it is d…
- 4768Salamah b. Kuhail said: Zaid b. Wahb al-Juhani told us that he was in the army which proceeded to (fight …
- 4769'Ali said: Search for the man with crippled hand. He then mentioned the rest of the tradition. This versi…
- 4770Abu Maryam said: This man with the crippled hand was on that day with us in the mosque. We would sit with…
Page 8 nos. 4771–4772