Hadith #278 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
He (the Prophet) said: She should abandon prayer and take a bath at the beginning of the additional period, and tie a cloth over her private parts and offer prayer. Abu Dawud said; Hammad b. Zaid on the authority of Ayyub has pointed out the name of the woman who had a prolonged flow of blood (referred to) in this tradition to be Fatimah daughter of Abu Hubaish.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #279 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Umm Habibah asked the prophet (ï·º) about the blood (which flows beyond the period of menstruation). âAâishah said: I saw her wash-tub full of blood. The apostle of Allah (May peace be upon him) said; Keep away (from prayer) equal (to the length of time) that your menses prevented you. Then wash yourself. Abu Dawud said: Qutaibah mentioned the name Jaftar b. Rabiâah in the middle of the text of the tradition for the second time (i.e., Qutaibah, being doubtful about the narrator Jafar b. Ra
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #280 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Urwah ibn az-Zubayr said that Fatimah daughter of AbuHubaysh narrated to him that she asked the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) and complained to him about the flowing of (her) blood. The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) said to her: That is only (due to) a vein: look, when your menstruation comes, do not pray; and when your menstruation ends, wash yourself and then offer prayer during the period from one menstruation to another.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #281 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Fatimah daughter of Abu Hubaish narrated to me that she asked Asmaâ (daughter of Abu Bakr), or Asmaâ narrated to me that Fatimah daughter of Abu Hubaish asked her to question the Messenger of Allah (ï·º). He advised her to refrain (from prayer) equal to the period she refrained previously. She then should wash herself.1 Abu Dawud said: Qatadah narrated it from âUrwah b. al-Zubair, from Zainab daughter of Umm Salamah, that Umm Habibah daughter of Jahsh had a prolonged flow of blood. The Pro
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #282 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Fatimah daughter of Abu Hubaish came to the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) and said: I am a woman who has prolonged flow of blood; I am never purified ; should I abandon prayer ? He replied: This is (due to) a vein, and not menstruation. When the menstruation begins, you should abandon prayer ; when it is finished, you should wash away the blood and pray.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #283 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
When the menstruation begins, you should abandon prayer; when the period equal to its length of time passes, you should wash away the blood and pray.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #285 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Umm Habibah, daughter of Jahsh and sister-in-law of Messenger of Allah (ï·º)m and wife of âAbd al-Rahman b. âAwf, had a prolonged flow of blood for seven years. She inquired from the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) about it. The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) said: This is not menstruation, but this (due to) a vein. Therefore, wash yourself and pray. Abu Dawud said: In this tradition which is transmitted by al-Zuhri from âUrwah and âUrwah on the authority of âAishah, al-Awzaâi added: She (âAish
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #288 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Umm Habibah, daughter of Jahsh, sister-in-law of Messenger of Allah (ï·º) and wife of âAbd al-Rahman b. âAwf, had a flow of blood for seven years. She asked the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) about it. The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) said: This is not menstruation but only vein; so you should take a bath and pray. âAishah said: She used to take bath in a wash-tub in the apartment of her sister Zainab daughter of Jahsh ; the redness of (her) blood dominated the water.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #289 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
She would wash herself for every prayer.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #290 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
âShe used to take a bath for every prayer.â Abu Dawud said: Al-Qasim b. Mabrur reported from Yunus from Ibn Shihab from âAmrah from âAishah from Umm Habibah daughter of Jahsh. Similarly, it was reported by Maâmar from al-Zuhri from âAmrah from âAishah. Maâmar sometimes reported from âAmrah on the authority of Umm Habibah to the same effect. Similarly, it was reported by Ibrahim b. Saâd and Ibn âUyainah from al-Zuhri from âAmrah from âAishah. Ibn âUyainah said in his v
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #291 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Umm Habibah had a prolonged flow of blood for seven years. The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) commanded her to take bath; so she used to take bath for every prayer.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #292 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Umm Habibah had a prolonged flow of blood during the time of Messenger of Allah (ï·º). He commanded her to take bath for every prayer. The narrator then transmitted the tradition (in full). Abu Dawud said: It has also been narrated by Abu al-Walid al-Tayalisi, but I did not hear him. He reported it from âAishah through a different chain of narrators. âAishah said: Zainab daughter of Jahsh had a prolonged flow of blood. The Prophet (ï·º) said to her: Take bath for every prayer. The narrator t
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #293 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
AbuSalamah said: Zaynab daughter of AbuSalamah reported to me that a woman had a copious flow of blood. She was the wife of AbdurRahman ibn Awf. The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) commanded her to take a bath at the time of every prayer, and then to pray. He reported to me that Umm Bakr told him that Aisha said: The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) said about a woman who was doubtful of her menstruation after purification that it was a vein or veins. Abu Dawud said: The two commands (of which the Prophet gave
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #294 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
A woman had a prolonged flow of blood in the time of the Messenger of Allah (ï·º). She was commanded to advance the afternoon prayer and delay the noon prayer, and to take a bath for them only once; and to delay the sunset prayer and advance the night prayer and to take a bath only once for them; and to take a bath separately for the dawn prayer. I (Shuâbah) asked AbdurRahman: (Is it) from the Prophet (ï·º)? I do not report to you anything except from the Prophet (ï·º).
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #296 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
I said: Messenger of Allah, Fatimah daughter of Abu Hubaish had a flow of blood for a certain period and did not pray. The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) said: Glory be to Allah! This comes from the devil. She should sit in a tub, and when she sees yellowness of the top of the water, she would take a bath once for the Zuhr and âAsr prayer, and take another bath for the Maghrib and âIsha prayers, and take a bath once for the fajr prayer, and in between times she would perform ablution. Abu Dawud sa
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #297 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Prophet (ï·º) said about the woman having a prolonged flow of blood: She should abandon prayer during her menstrual period: then she should take a bath and pray. She should perform ablution for every prayer. Abu Dawud said: âUthman added: She should keep fast and pray.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #298 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Fatimah daughter of AbuHubaysh came to the Prophet (ï·º) and narrated what happened with her. He said: Then take a bath and then perform ablution for every prayer and pray.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #299 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
She should take bath, i.e. only once; then she should perform ablution until he next menstrual period.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #300 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
All the traditions (on this subject) transmitted by âAdi b. Thabit and Aâmash on the authority of Habib and Ayyub al-âAla, all of them are weak; none of them is sound. This tradition indicates the tradition reported by al-Aâmash a a statement of Companion, i.e. âAishah. Hafs b. Ghayath has rejected the tradition transmitted by Habib as the statement (of the Prophet). And Asbat also reported it as a statement of âAishah. Abu Dawud said: Ibn Dawud has narrated the first part of this tr
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #301 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
She should wash at the time of the Zuhr prayer (the bath will be valid one Zuhr prayer to the next Zuhr prayer); and should perform ablution for every prayer. If there is excessive bleed gin, she should tie a cloth over her private part. Abu Dawud said: It has been narrated by Ibn âUmar and Anas b. Malik that she should take bath at the time of the Zuhr prayer (being valid) until the next Zuhr prayer. This tradition has also been transmuted by Dawud and âAsim from al-Shaâbi from his wife f
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #303 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
She should abandon prayer during her menstrual period, then wash and pray ; then she should wash during her menstrual period.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #305 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Ikrimah said: Umm Habibah daughter of Jahsh had a prolonged flow of blood. The Prophet (ï·º) commanded her to refrain (from prayer) during her menstrual period; then she should wash and pray, if she sees anything (which renders ablution void) she should perform ablution and pray.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #306 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Umm Habibah daughter of Jahsh had a prolonged flow of blood. The Prophet (ï·º) commander her to refrain (from prayer) during her menstrual period; then she should wash and pray. If she sees anything (which renders ablution void) she should perform ablution and pray. Abu Dawud said: This is the view held by Malik b. Anas.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #307 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
We would not take into consideration brown and yellow (fluid) after purification.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #308 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The name of Umm al-Hudhail is Hafsah daughter os Sirin. The name of her son was Hudhail and his husband âAbd al-Rahman.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #309 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Umm Habibah had a prolonged flow of blood ; her husband used to cohabit with her. Abu Dawud said: Yahya b. Maâin has pronounced Muâalla (a narrator of this tradition) as trustworthy. But Ahmad b. Hanbal would not report (traditions) from him because he exercised personal opinion.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #315 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
One of their women came upon the Messenger of Allah (ï·º). She then reported the rest of the tradition to the same effect; but this version she said the words: âa musk-scented piece of cloth.â Musaddad said: Abu âAwanah used the word firsah (i.e. a piece of cloth), but Abu Al-Ahwas used the word qasrah (i.e. a small piece of cloth).
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #316 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Asmaâ asked the Prophet (ï·º) and then narrated the rest of the tradition to the same effect. He (the Prophet) said: âa musk-scented piece of cloth.â She (Asmaâ) said: How should I purify with it ? He said: By glory of Allah ! Purify with it, and he covered his face with the cloth. This version also adds: âShe asked about the washing because of sexual defilement.â He said: Take your water and purify yourself as best as possible. Then pour water over yourself. âAishah said: The best
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #317 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) sent Usayd ibn Hudayr and some people with him to search the necklace lost by Aisha. The time of prayer came and they prayed without ablution. When they returned to the Prophet (ï·º) and related the fact to him, the verse concerning tayammum was revealed. Ibn Nufayl added: Usayd said to her: May Allah have mercy upon you! Never has there been an occasion when you were beset with an unpleasant matter but Allah made the Muslims and you come out of that.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #318 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
They (the Companions of the Prophet) wiped with pure earth (their hands and face) to offer the dawn prayer in the company of the Messenger of Allah (ï·º). They struck the ground with their palms and wiped their faces once. Then they repeated and struck the ground with their palms once again and wiped their arms completely up to the shoulders and up to the armpits with the inner side of their hands.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #319 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Muslims stood up and struck the earth with their palms, but did not get any earth (in their hands). He (Ibn Wahb) then narrated the rest of the tradition in like manner, but he did not mention the words âshouldersâ and âarmpitsâ. Ibn al-Laith said: (They) wiped above the elbows.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #320 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) encamped at Ulat al-Jaysh and Aisha was in his company. Her necklace of onyx of Zifar was broken (and fell somewhere). The people were detained to make a search for that necklace until the dawn broke. There was no water with the people. Therefore AbuBakr became angry with her and said: You detained the people and they have no water with them. Thereupon Allah, the Exalted, sent down revelation about it to His Apostle (ï·º) granting concession to purify themselves with
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #321 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
While I was sitting between âAbd Allah and Abu Musa, the latter said: Abu âAbd al-Rahman, what do you think if a man becomes defiled (because of seminal omission) and does not find water for a month; should he not perform tayammum ? He replied: No, even if he does not find water for a month. Abu Musa then said: How will you do with the Qurâanic version (about tayammum) in the chapter al-Maâidah which says: ââ¦ and you find no water, then go to clean, high groundâ (5:6)? âAbd Allah
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #322 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
While I was with âUmar, a man came to him and said: We live at a place (where water is not found) for a month or two (what should we do, if we are sexually defiled). âUmar said: So far as I am concerned, I do not pray until I find water. âAmmar said: Commanded of the faithful, do you not remember when I and you were among the camels (For tending them)? There we became sexually defiled. I rolled down on the ground. We then came to the Prophet (ï·º) and I mentioned that to him. He said: It w
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #323 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
âAmmar, it would have been enough for you (to do) so. He then stuck only one stroke on the ground with both his hands; he then stuck one with the other; then wiped his face and both arms up to half the forearms and did not reach the elbows. Abu Dawud said: This is also transmitted by Wakiâ from al-Aâmash from Salamah b. Kuhail from âAbd al-Rahman b. Abza. It is also transmitted through a different chain by Jarir from al-Aâmash from Salamah from Saâid b. âAbd al-Rahman b. Abza from
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #324 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
This would have been enough for you, and the Prophet (ï·º) struck the ground with his hand. He then blew it and wiped with it his face and hands. Being doubtful Salamah said: I do not know (whether he wiped) up to the elbows or the wrists.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #325 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
He (âAmmar) said: He (the Prophet) then blew it and wiped with it his face and hands up to elbows or up to the forearms. Shuâbah said: Salamah used to narrate (the words) âthe hands and the face and the forearmsâ. One day Mansur said to him: Look, what are you saying, because no one except you mentions the (word) âforearmsâ.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #326 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
It would have been enough for you to strike the ground with you hands and then wipe them your face and your hands (up to the wrists). He then narrated the rest of the tradition. Abu Dawud said: This is also transmitted by Shuâbah from Husain on the authority of Abu Malik. He said: I heard âAmmar saying so him his speech, except that in this version he added the words: âHe blew.â And Husain b. Muhammad narrated from Shuâbah on the authority of al-Hakam and in this version added the word
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #327 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
I asked the Prophet (ï·º) about tayammum. He commanded me to strike only one stroke (i.e. the strike the ground) for (wiping) the face and the hands.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #329 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
I and âAbd Allah b. Yasar, the freed slave of Maimunah, wife of the Prophet (ï·º), came and entered upon Abu al-Juhaim b. al-Harith b. al-Simmat al-Ansari. Abu al-Juhaim said: The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) came from Bir Jamal (a place near Medina) and a man met him and saluted him. The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) did not return the salutation until he came to a wall and wiped his face and hands and then returned the salutation (i.e. after performing tayammum).
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #331 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) came from the privy. A man met him near Bir Jamal and saluted him. The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) did not return the salutation until he came to a wall and placed his hands on the wall and wiped his face and hands; he then returned the manâs salutation.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #332 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
A few goats got collected with the Messenger of Allah (ï·º). He said: Abu Dharr, drive them to the wood. I drove them to Rabadhah (a place near Medina). I would have sexual defilement (during my stay there) and I would remain (in this condition) for five or six days. Then I came to the Messenger of Allah (ï·º). He said: O Abu Dharr. I kept silence. He then said: May your mother bereave you, Abu Dharr: woe be to your mother. He then called a black slave-girl for me. She brought a vessel which con
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #333 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
I embraced Islam and my (ignorance of the) religion made me anxious (to learn the essentials). I came to Abu Dharr. Abu Dharr said: The climate of Medina did not suit me. The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) ordered me to have a few camels and goats. He said to me: Drink their milk. (The narrator Hammad said): I doubt whether he (the Prophet) said: âtheir urine.â Abu Dharr said: I was away from the watering place and I had my family with me. I would have sexual defilement and pray without purificati
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #334 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
I had a sexual dream on a cold night in the battle of Dhat as-Salasil. I was afraid, if I washed I would die. I, therefore, performed tayammum and led my companions in the dawn prayer. They mentioned that to the Messenger of Allah (ï·º). He said: Amr, you led your companions is prayer while you were sexually defiled? I informed him of the cause which impeded me from washing. And I said: I heard Allah say: âDo not kill yourself, verily Allah is merciful to you.â The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) l
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #335 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
He washed his armpits and other joints where dirt was found, and he performed ablution like that for prayer. Then he led them in prayer. He then narrated the tradition in a similar way but did not mention of tayammum. Abu Dawud said: This incident has also been narrated by al-âAwzaâi on the authority of Hassan b. âAtiyyah. This version has the words: Then he performed tayammum.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #337 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
A man was injured during the lifetime of the Messenger of Allah (ï·º); he then had a sexual dream, and he was advised to wash and he washed himself. Consequently he died. When this was reported to the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) he said: They killed him; may Allah kill them! Is not inquiry the cure of ignorance?
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #338 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Two persons set out on a journey. Meanwhile the time of prayer came and they had no water. They performed tayammum with clean earth and prayed. Later on they found water within the time of the prayer. One of them repeated the prayer and ablution but the other did not repeat. Then they came to the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) and related the matter to him. Addressing himself to the one who did not repeat, he said: You followed the sunnah (model behavior of the Prophet) and your (first) prayer was eno
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #339 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Two persons from the Companions of the Messenger of Allah (ï·º); he then narrated the rest of the tradition to the same effect.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #340 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
While âUmar b. al-Khattab was making a speech on Friday (in the mosque), a man came in. âUmar said: Are you detained from prayer ? The man said: As soon as I heard the call for prayer, I perfumed ablution. Then âUmar said: Only ablution ? Did you not hear the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) say: When any one of you comes for Friday (prayer) he should take a bath.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #341 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Taking bath on Friday is necessary for every adult.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #342 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Prophet (ï·º) said: It is necessary for every adult (person) to go for (saying) Friday (prayer), and for everyone who goes for Friday (prayer) washing is necessary. Abu Dawud said: If one takes bath after sunrise, even though he washes because of seminal emission, that will be enough for him for his washing on Friday.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #344 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Prophet (ï·º) said: Washing and the use of tooth-stick are necessary for every adult (person) on Friday; and everyone should apply perfume whatever one has. The narrator Bukair did not mention of âAbd al-Rahman; and about perfume he said that even it might be of the kind used by women.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #345 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
I heard the apostle of Allah (ï·º) say: If anyone makes (his wife) wash and he washes himself on Friday, goes out early (for Friday prayer), attends the sermon from the beginning, walking, not riding, takes his seat near the imam, listens attentively, and does not indulge in idle talk, he will get the reward of a yearâs fasting and praying at night for every step he takes.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #346 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
If anyone washes his head on Friday and washes himself; and he narrated the rest of the tradition as above.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #349 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
one should was oneâs head and body well (and not than one should makes oneâs wife wash).
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #350 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
One should wash oneâs head and body well (And not that one should make oneâs wife wash).
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #351 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Whoever takes bath due to sexual defilement on Friday and goes out (for Friday prayer), is treated like one who offers a camel as sacrifice; he who goes out in the second instance as one who offers a cow; he who goes out in the third instance is treated as one who offers horned cow ; he who goes out in the fourth instance is treated as one who offers hen ; he who goes out in the fifth instance is treated as one who offers an egg. When the Imam comes out (for sermon), the angels too attend to lis
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #352 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The people (mostly) were workers and they would come for Friday prayer in the same condition, so it was said to them: If only you were to perform Ghusl.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #355 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
I came to the Prophet (ï·º) with the intention of embracing Islam. He commanded me to take a bath with water (boiled with) the leaves of the lote-tree.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #357 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
She should wash it; in case mark is not removed she should change it by applying some yellow color. I had three menstruations together while I lives with the Messenger of Allah (ï·º), but I did not wash my clothes.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #358 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Each of us (wives of the Prophet) had only one clothe in which she would menstruate. Whenever it was smeared with blood, she would moisten it with her saliva and scratch it with saliva.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #361 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
A woman asked the Messenger of Allah (ï·º): Messenger of Allah, what do you think if the clothe of any of us smeared with the blood of menstruation; what should she do ? He said: If (the clothe of) any of you is smeared with blood of menstruation, she should scratch it; then she should sprinkle water upon it and then she may pray.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #362 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Rub it off (with a stone), and then scratch it (with finger) by pouring water, then sprinkle water upon it.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #363 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
I asked the Prophet (ï·º) about the blood of menstruation on the clothe. He said: Erase it off with a piece of wood and then wash it away with water and the leaves of the lote-tree.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #364 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
One of us would have a shirt in which she would menstruate and in it she became sexually defiled. Then if she ever saw any drop of blood in it, she would rub it off by applying her saliva.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #365 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Messenger of Allah, I have only one clothe and I menstruate in it, how should I do ? He said: When you are purified, wash it and pray in it. She asked: If the blood is not removed, (then what) ? He said: It is enough for you to wash the blood, its mark will not do any harm to you.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #366 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Muâawiyah ibn AbuSufyan asked his sister Umm Habibah, the wife of the Prophet (ï·º): Would the apostle of Allah (ï·º) pray in the clothe in which he had an intercourse? She said: Yes, when he would not see any impurity in it.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #367 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) would not pray in our wrappers or in our quilts. Ubaydullah said: My father (Muâadh) doubted this.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #368 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Prophet (ï·º) would not in our quilts. Hammad said: I heard Saâid b. Abi Sadaqah say: I asked Muhammad (b. Sirin) about it. He did not narrate it to me, but said: I heard it a long time ago and I do not know whom I heard it. I do not know whether I heard it from a trustworthy person or not. Make an inquiry about it.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #369 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Prophet (ï·º) prayed on a sheet of cloth put on by one of his wives who was menstruating. He was praying while (a part of) it was upon him.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #370 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) would pray at night while I lay by his side during my menstrual period. A sheet of cloth would be partly on me and partly on him.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #371 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
He witnessed me rubbing off the semen from the clothe of the Messenger of Allah (ï·º). Abu Dawud said: Al-Aâmash narrated it as narrated by al-Hakam.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #372 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
I used to rub off the semen from the clothe of the Messenger of Allah (ï·º). He would would pray in it. Abu Dawud said: Mughirah, Abu Maâshar, and Wasil also narrated it to the same effect.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #373 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
I heard âAishah say that she would wash semen from the clothe of the Messenger of Allah (ï·º). She added: Then I would see a mark or marks (after washing).
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #374 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Umm Qais daughter of Mihsan reported that she came to the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) with her little son who had not attained the age of eating food. The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) seated him in his lap, and he urinated on his clothe. He sent for water and sprayed it (over his clothe) and did not wash it.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #376 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
I used to serve the Prophet (ï·º). Whenever he intended to wash himself, he would say: Turn your back towards me, So I would turn my back and hide him. (Once) Hasan or Husayn (may Allah be pleased with them) was brought to him and he passed water on his chest. I came to wash it. He said: It is only the urine of a female which should be washed; the urine of a male should be sprinkled over. âAbbas (a narrator) said: Yahya b. al-Walid narrated the tradition to us. Abu Dawud said: He (Yahya) is Ab
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #378 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
He narrated the tradition to the same effect, but he did not mention the words âuntil the age of eatingâ. This version adds: Qatadah said: This is valid until the time they do not eat food; when they begin to eat, their urine should be washed.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #379 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Al-Hasan reported on the authority of his mother that she was Umm Salamah pouring water on the urine of the male child until the age when he did not eat food. When he began to eat food, she would wash (his urine). And she would wash the urine of the female child.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #380 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
A bedouin entered the mosque while the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) was sitting. He offered two rakâahs of prayer, according to the version of Ibn âAbdah. He then said: O Allah, have mercy on me and on Muhammad and do not have mercy on anyone along with us. The Prophet (ï·º) said: You have narrowed down (a thing) that was broader. After a short while he passed a water in the corner of the mosque. The people rushed towards him. The Prophet (ï·º) prevented them and said: You have been sent to faci
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #381 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
A bedouin prayed with the Prophet (ï·º). He then narrated the tradition (No 0380) about urinating of that bedouin. This version adds: The Prophet (ï·º) said: Remove the earth where he urinated and throw it away and pour water upon the place. Abu Dawud said: This is a mursal tradition (i.e. the narrator quotes the Prophet (ï·º) directly, although he did not see him). Ibn Maâqil did not see the Prophet (ï·º).
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #382 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
I used to sleep in the mosque in the lifetime of the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) when I was young and bachelor. The dogs would urinate frequently visit the mosque, and no one would sprinkle over it.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #383 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The slave-mother of Ibrahim ibn AbdurRahman ibn Awf asked Umm Salamah, the wife of the Prophet (ï·º): I am a woman having a long border of clothe and I walk in filthy place; (then what should I do?). Umm Salamah replied: The Messenger of Allah ( peace be upon him) said: What comes after it cleanses it.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #384 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
She reported: I said Messenger of Allah, our road to the mosque has an unpleasant stench; what should we do when it is raining? He asked: Is there not a cleaner part after the filthy part of the road? She replied: Why not (there is one)! He said: It makes up for the other.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #385 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) said: When any one of you treads with his sandal upon an unclean place, the earth will render it purified.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #386 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
When any of you treads with his shoes upon something unclean, they will be purified with the earth.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #387 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
âAishah reported a similar tradition from the Messenger of Allah (ï·º).
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #389 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) spat on his clothe and scrubbed with a part of it.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #390 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
A similar tradition has also been narrated by Anas from the Prophet (ï·º) through a different chain of narrators.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #391 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
A man from among the people of Najd with disheveled hair came to the Messenger of Allah (ï·º). The humming sound of his voice could be heard but what he was saying could not be understood. He came closer and it was then known that he was asking about Islam. The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) said: Five times of prayer each day and night: He asked: Must I observe any more than them? He replied: No, unless you do it voluntarily. He (Talhah) said that the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) mentioned fasting during
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #395 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
A man asked the Prophet (ï·º) but he did reply to him but he commanded Bilal, who made the announcement for the beginning of the time of the the fair prayer prayer when the dawn broke. He offered (the fair prayer) when a man (due to darkness) could not recognize the face of his companion ; or a man could not know the person who stood by his side. He then commanded Bilal who made announcement for the beginning of the time of the Zuhr prayer when the sun had passed the meridian until some said: Ha
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #396 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The time of the Zuhr prayer is as along as the time of the âAsr prayer has not come; the time of the Asr prayer is as long as the sun has not become yellow ; the time of the Maghrib prayer is as long as the twilight has not ended; the time of the Isha prayer is up to midnight; and the time of the Fajr prayer is as long as the sun has not risen.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #397 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
We asked Jabir about the time of the prayer of the Messenger of Allah (ï·º). He said: He used to offer the Zuhr prayer in the midday heat, the âAsr prayer when the sun was bright, the Maghrib prayer when the sun had completely set, the Isha prayer early when many people were present, but late if there were few, and the Fajr prayer in the darkness (of the dawn).
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #398 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) would offer the Zuhr prayer when the sun had passed the meridian; he would offer âAsr prayer after which one of us would visit the skirts of Medina and return him while the sun was still bright; I forgot what he said about the Maghrib prayer; he did not fear postponing the Isha prayer until a third of night had passed, or he said: until the midnight had passed. He would dislike sleeping before it or talking after it. And he would offer the Fajr prayer when a man co
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #400 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The extent of the shadow when the Messenger of Allah prayed (the noon prayer) was three to five feet in summer and five to seven feet in winter.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #401 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
We were in the company of the Prophet (ï·º). The muâadhdhin intended to call for the Zuhr prayer. He said: Make it cooler. He then intended to call for prayer. He said twice or thrice: Make it cooler. We then witnessed the shadow of the mounds. He then said: The intensity of heat comes from the bubbling over of the Hell ; so when the heat is violent, offer (the Zuhr) prayer when it becomes cooler.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #402 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
When the heat is violent, offer (the Zuhr) prayer when it becomes fairly cool, for the violent heat comes from the bubbling over the Hell.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #404 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Anas b. Malik said the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) used to say the âAsr prayer when the sun was high and bright and living, then one would go off to al-âAwali and get there while the sun was still high.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #405 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Al-âAwali is situated at a distance of two miles or three (from Medina). He (the narrator) said: I think he said: or four miles.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #406 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
By the life of the sun is meant that you may find heat in it.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #407 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) would offer the Zuhr prayer while the sunlight was present in her apartment before it ascended (the walls).
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #409 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
âAli (may Allah be pleased with him) reported the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) as saying on the day of Battle of Khandaq (Trench). They (the unbelievers) prevented us from offering the middle prayer i.e. âAsr prayer. May Allah fill their houses and their graves with Hell-fire.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #410 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
âAishah commanded me to write for her come passage from the Qurâan. She also added: When you reach the following verse, inform me: âBe guardian of your prayers and of the midmost prayerâ (2:238). When I reached it, I informed her. She asked me to write: âBe guardians of your prayers, and of the midmost prayer, and of the âAsr prayer, and stand up with devotion of Allahâ (2:238). âAishah then said: I heard it from the Messenger of Allah (ï·º).
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #411 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) used to offer the Zuhr prayer in midday heat; and no prayer was harder on the Companions of the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) that this one. Hence the revelation came down: âBe guardians of your prayers, and of the midmost prayerâ (2:238). He (the narrator) said: There are two prayers before it and two prayers after it.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #412 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
If anyone says a rakâah of the âAsr prayer before sunset, he has observed (the âAsr prayer), and if anyone performs a rakâah of the Fajr prayer, he has observed (the Fajr prayer).
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #413 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
We came upon Anas b. Malik after the Zuhr prayer. He stood for saying the âAsr prayer. When he became free from praying, we mentioned to him about observing prayer in its early period or he himself mentioned it. He said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) say: This is how hypocrites pray, this is how hypocrites pray, this is how hypocrites pray: He sits (watching the sun), and when it becomes yellow and is between the horns of the devil, or is on the horns of the devil, he rises and prays fo
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #414 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Anyone who loses his âAsr prayer is like a person whose family has perished and whose property has been plundered. Abu Dawud said: âAbd Allah b. âUmar narrated the word utira (instead of wutira, meaning perished). The dispute on this point goes back to Ayyub. Al-Zuhri reported from Salim on the authority of this father from the Prophet (ï·º) the word âwutiraâ.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #416 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
We used to offer the Maghrib prayer with the Prophet (ï·º) and then shoot arrows, one of us could see the place where arrow would fall.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #417 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Prophet (ï·º) used to say the Maghrib prayer immediately after the sun had set when its upper side would disappear.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #419 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
I am the one who is best informed of the time of this prayer, i.e. the night prayer. The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) used to offer it at the hour when the moon went down on its third night.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #420 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
We remained one night waiting for the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) to offer the Isha prayer. He came out to us when one-third of the night has passed or even after it. We did not know whether anything kept him occupied or there was some other matter. When he came out, he said: Are you waiting for this prayer ? Were it not that it would impose a burden on my people, I would normally pray with them at this time. He then gave orders to the muâadhdhin who declared that the time of the prayer had come.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #421 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
We waited for the Prophet (ï·º) to offer the night prayer. He delayed until people thought that he would not come out and some of us said that he had offered the prayer. At the moment when we were in this condition the Prophet (ï·º) came out. People said to him as they were already saying. He said: Observe this prayer when it is dark, for by it you have been made superior to all the peoples, no people having observed it before you.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #422 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
We observed the prayer after nightfall with the Messenger of Allah (ï·º), and he did not come out till about half the night had passed. He then said: Take your places. We then took our places. Then he said: The people have prayed and gone to bed, but you are still engaged in prayer as long as you wait for the prayer. Were it not for the weakness of the weak and for the sickness of the sick. I would delay this prayer till half the night had gone.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #423 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) would say the Fajr prayer after which the women would depart wrapped up their woolen garments, being unrecognizable because of the darkness before dawn.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #424 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Offer Fajr prayer at dawn, for it is most productive of rewards to you or most productive of reward.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #425 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
AbuMuhammad fancies that witr prayer is essential. (Hearing this) Ubadah ibn as-Samit said: AbuMuhammad was wrong. I bear witness that I heard the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) say: Allah, the Exalted, has made five prayers obligatory. If anyone performs ablution for them well, offers them at their (right) time, and observes perfectly their bowing and submissiveness in them, it is the guarantee of Allah that He will pardon him; if anyone does not do so, there is no guarantee for him on the part of Al
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #426 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) was asked: Which of the actions is best? He replied: Observing prayer early in its period. Al-Khuzaâi narrated in his version from his aunt named Umm Farwah who took the oath of allegiance to the Prophet (ï·º): He was questioned.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #427 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
A man from Basrah said: Tell me what you heard from the Messenger of Allah (ï·º). He said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) say: No one will enter Hell who has prayed before the rising of the sun and before its setting (meaning the dawn and the afternoon prayers). He said three times: Have you heard it from him? He replied: Yes, each time saying: My ears heard it and my heart memorised it. The man then said: And I heard him (the Prophet) say that.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #428 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) taught me and what he taught me is this: Observe the five prayers regularly. He said: I told (him): I have many works at these times; so give me a comprehensive advice which, if I follow, should be enough for me. He said: Observe the two afternoon prayers (al-asrayn). But the term al-asrayn (two afternoon prayers) was not used in our language. Hence I said: What is al-asrayn? He said: A prayer before the sunrise and a prayer before the sunset (i.e. the dawn and the
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #431 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
âThe Messenger of Allah (ï·º) asked me: âHow will you act, Abu Dharr, when you are under rulers who kill prayer or delay it (beyond its proper time) ?â I said: âMessenger of Allah, what do you command me ?â He replied: âOffer the prayer at its proper time, and if you say it along with them, say it, for it will be a supererogatory prayer for you.'â
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #432 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Amr ibn Maymun al-Awdi said: Muâadh ibn Jabal, the Messenger of the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) came to us in Yemen, I heard his takbir (utterance of AllahuAkbar) in the dawn prayer. He was a man with loud voice. I began to love him. I did depart from him until I buried him dead in Syria (i.e. until his death). Then I searched for a person who had deep understanding in religion amongst the people after him. So I came to Ibn Masâud and remained in his company until his death. He (Ibn Masâud) s
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #433 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
After me you will come under rulers who will be detained from saying prayer at its proper time by (their) works until its time has run out, so offer prayer at its proper time. A man asked him: Messenger of Allah, may I offer prayer with them? He replied: Yes, if you wish (to do so). Sufyan (another narrator through a different chain)said: May I offer prayer with them if I get it with them? He said: Yes, if you wish to do so.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #434 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) said: After me you will be ruled by rulers who will delay the prayer and it will be to your credit but to their discredit. So pray with them so long as they pray facing the qiblah.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #435 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
When the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) returned from the Battle of Khaibar, he travelled during the night. When we felt sleep, he halted for rest. Addressing Bilal he said: Keep vigilance at night for us. But Bilal who was leaning against the saddle of his mount was dominated by sleep. Neither the Prophet (ï·º) nor Bilal nor any of his Companions could get up till the sunshine struck them. The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) got up first of all. The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) was embarrassed and said: O Bilal
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #436 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Another version of the above tradition adds: The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) said: Go away from this place of yours where inadvertence took hold of you. He then commanded Bilal who called for prayer and announced that the prayer in congregation was ready (i.e. he uttered the iqamah) and he observed prayer. Abu Dawud said: This tradition has been narrated by Malik, Sufyan b. âUyainah, al-Awzaâi, and âAbd al-Razzaq from Maâmar and Ibn Ishaq, none of them made a mention of the call for prayer
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #437 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
âThe Prophet (ï·º) was on a journey. The Prophet (ï·º) took a turn and I also took a turn with him. He said: âLook!â I said: âThis is a rider; these are two riders; and these are threeâ until we became seven. He then said: Guard for us our prayer, i.e. the Fajr prayer. But sleep dominated them and none could awaken them except the heat of the sun. They stood up and drove away a little. Then they got down (from their mounts) and performed ablution. Bilal called for prayer and they offer
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #438 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
âAbd Allah b. Rabah al-Ansari, whom the Ansar called faqih (juries), came to us from Medina, and reported us on the authority of Abu Qatadah al-Ansari, the horseman of the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) saying: The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) sent a military expedition consisting of the chief Companions. He then narrated the same story, saying Nothing awakened us except the rising sun. We stoop up in bewilderment, for our prayer. The Prophet (ï·º) said: Wait a little, wait a little. When the sun rose h
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #439 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
âAllah takes your souls as He wishes, and returns them as He wishes. Stand up and call the Adhan to prayer.â They (the Companions) stood and performed ablution. When the sun rose high, the Prophet (ï·º) stood and led the people in prayer.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #440 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
âHe performed ablution when the sun had arisen high and led them in prayer.â
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #441 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
There is no remissness in sleep, it is only when one is awake that there is remissness when you delay saying the prayer till the time for the next prayer comes.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #442 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
If any one forgets a prayer or oversleeps, he should observe it when he remembers it ; there is no expiation for it except that.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #443 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) was on his journey. They (the people) slept abandoning the Fajr prayer. They awoke by the heat of the sun. Then they travelled a little until the sun rose high. He (the Prophet) commanded the muâadhdhin (one who called for prayer) to call for prayer. He then offered two rakâahs of prayer (sunnah prayer) before the (obligatory) fajr prayer. Then he (the muâadhdhin) announced for saying the prayer in congregation (i.e. he uttered iqamah). Then he led them in the
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #444 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
We were in the company of the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) during one of his journeys. He overslept abandoning the morning prayer until the sun had arisen. The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) awoke and said: Go away from this place. He then commanded Bilal to call for prayer. He called for prayer. They (the people) performed ablution and offered two rakâahs of the morning prayer (sunnah prayer). He then commanded Bilal (to utter the iqamah, i.e. to summon the people to attend the prayer). He announced th
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #445 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Yazid b. Salih (instead of Yazid b. Sulaih).
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #447 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
We proceeded with the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) on the occasion of al-Hudaybiyyah. The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) said: Who will keep watch for us? Bilal said: I (shall do). The overslept till the sun arose. The Prophet (ï·º) awoke and said: Do as you used to do (i.e. offer prayer as usual). Then we did accordingly. He said: Anyone who oversleeps or forgets (prayer) should do similarly.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #448 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
I was not commanded to build high mosques. Ibn Abbas said: You will certainly adorn them as the Jews and Christians did.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #449 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Prophet (ï·º) said: The Last Hour will not come until people vie with one another about mosques.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #451 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The mosque (of the Prophet) during his lifetime was built with bricks, its roof with branches of the palm-tree, and its pillars with palm-wood, as Mujahid said: Abu Bakr did not add anything to it. But âUmar added to it; he built as it was built during the lifetime of the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) with bricks and branches, and he changed its pillars. Mujahid said: Its pillars were made of wood. âUthman changed it altogether with increasing addition. He built its walls with decorated stone and
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #453 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Messenger of Allah (ï·º) came over to Medina and encamped at the upper side of Medina among the tribe known as Banu âAmr b. âAwf. He stayed among them for fourteen days. He then sent someone to call Banu al-Najjar. They came to him hanging their swords from the necks. Anas then said: As if I am looking at the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) sitting on his mount and Abu Bakr seated behind him, and Banu al-Najjar standing around him. He descended in the courtyard of Abu Ayyub. The Messenger of Allah
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #454 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Mosque (of the Prophet) was built in the land of Banu al-Najjar which contained crops, palm trees and graves of the disbelievers. The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) said: Sell it to me for some price. They (Banu al-Najjar) replied: We do not want (any price). The palm-trees were cut off, and the crops removed and the graves of the disbelievers dug opened. He then narrated the rest of the tradition. But this version has the word âforgiveâ in the verse, instead of the word âhelpâ. Musa said:
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #455 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) commanded us to build mosques in different localities (i.e. in the locality of each tribe separately) and that they should be kept clean and be perfumed.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #456 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
After (praising Allah and blessing the Prophet) that: The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) used to command us to build mosques in our localities and keep them well and clean.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #462 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
If we left this door for women (it would have been better). Nafiâ said: Ibn âUmar did not enter (the door) until his death. The other except âAbd al-Warith said: This was said by âUmar (and not by Ibn âUmar) and that is more correct.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #465 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
when any of you enters the mosque he should invoke blessing on the prophet (ï·º) and then he should say: O Allah, open to me the gates of thy mercy. And when he goes out, he should say: O Allah, I ask thee out of Thine abundance.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #466 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
I met âUqbah b. Muslim and said to him: it has been reported to me that someone has narrated to you from the prophet (ï·º) that when he entered the mosque, he would say: I seek refuge in Allah, the Magnificent, and in His noble face, and in his eternal domain, from the accursed Devil. He asked : is it so much only? I said: Yes. He said: when anyone says so. The devil says: he is protected from me all the day long.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #467 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Abu Qatadah reported the Messenger of Allah (May peace be upon him) as saying; when any one of you enters the mosque, he should pray two RAKAHS before sitting down.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #468 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
then he may remain sitting (after praying two RAKAHS) or may go for his work.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #469 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
O Allah, forgives him; O Allah, have mercy on him.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #470 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Nothing prevents one from going home to oneâs family except prayer.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #471 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
O Allah, forgive him? O Allah, take mercy on him, until he turns away, or he is defiled. He was asked: what is meant by defilement? He replied: he breaks wind gently or loudly.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #473 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
I heard the Messenger of Allah (May peace be upon him) as saying; if anyone hears a man crying out in the mosque about something he has lost, he should say: May Allah not restore it to you, for the mosque were not built for this.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #474 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Spitting in the mosque is a sin and it is expiated by burying the spittle.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #475 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) said: Spitting in the mosque is a sin and it is expiated by burying the spittle.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #476 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Messenger of Allah(ï·º) said: Spitting phlegm in the mosqueâ¦ The narrator then transmitted the rest of the tradition to the same effect.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #478 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) said: When a man stands with the intention of saying prayer, or if any of you says prayer, he should not spit before him, nor at his right side; but he should do so at his left side, if there is a place for it; or he should spit under his left foot and then rub it off.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #479 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
One day while the Messenger of Allah(ï·º)was giving sermon he suddenly saw phlegm on the wall towards the qiblah(the direction to which Muslims turn in prayer) of the mosque. So he became angry at people. He then scraped it and sent for saffron and stained with it. He then said: When any one of you prays, Allah, the Exalted, faces him: he, therefore, should not spit before him.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #480 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Prophet(ï·º) liked the twigs of the date-palm, and he often had one of them in his hand. He entered the mosque and saw phlegm in the wall towards qiblah and he scraped it. He then turned towards people in anger and said: Is any one of you is pleased to spit in his face? When any of you faces qiblah, he indeed faces his Lord, the Majestic the Glorious: the angels are at right side. Therefore, he should not spit on his right side or before him towards qiblah. He should spit towards his left si
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #482 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
I came to the Messenger of Allah(ï·º) who was saying prayer. He spat beneath his left foot.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #483 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
âHe then rubbed it with his shoe.â
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #485 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
We came to Jabir ibn Abdullah who was sitting in his mosque. He said: The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) came to us in this mosque and he had a twig of date-palm of the kind of Ibn Tab. He looked and saw phlegm on the wall towards qiblah. He turned to it and scraped it with the twig. He then said: Who of you likes that Allah turns His face from him? He further said: When any of you stands for praying, Allah faces him. So he should not spit before him, nor on his right side. He should spit on his left
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #486 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
A man entered the mosque on camel and made it kneel down, and then tied his leg with rope. He then asked: Who among you is Muhammad? The Messenger of Allah (May peace be upon him) was sitting leaning upon something among them. We said to him: This white (man) who is leaning. The man said: O son of âAbd al-Muttalib. The Prophet (peace be upon him) said; I already responded to you. The man (again) said: O Muhammad. I am asking you. The narrator then narrated the rest of the tradition.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #489 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The earth has been made for me purifying and as a mosque (place for prayer).
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #492 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
and the narrator Musa said: As far as Amr thinks, the Prophet (ï·º) said: The whole earth is a place of prayer except public baths and graveyards.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #493 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Messenger of Allah (May peace be upon him) was asked about saying prayer at places where the camels kneel down. He replied; Do not say prayer at places where the camels kneel down because they are the places of devils. And he was asked about saying prayer in the fold of sheep. He replied: pray there because they are the places of blessing.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #495 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) said: Command your children to pray when they become seven years old, and beat them for it (prayer) when they become ten years old; and arrange their beds (to sleep) separately.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #496 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Wakiâ misunderstood the name of Dawud b. Sawar. Abu Dawud al-Tayalisi has narrated this tradition from him. He said: Anu Hamzah Sawar al-Sairafi.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #498 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
AbuUmayr reported on the authority of his uncle who was from the Ansar (the helpers of the Prophet): The Prophet (ï·º) was anxious as to how to gather the people for prayer. The people told him: Hoist a flag at the time of prayer; when they see it, they will inform one another. But he (the Prophet) did not like it. Then someone mentioned to him the horn. Ziyad said: A horn of the Jews. He (the Prophet) did not like it. He said: This is the matter of the Jews. Then they mentioned to him the bell
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #500 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
I testify that there is no god but Allah, I testify that there is no god but Allah; I testify that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah, I testify that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah. Lowering your voice while saying them (these words). Then you must raise your voice in making the testimony: I testify that there is no god but Allah, I testify there is no god but Allah; I testify Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah, I testify Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah. Come to prayer, come to prayer; co
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #501 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
He (the prophet) taught me IQAMAH (to pronounce each phrase) twice: Allah is most great. Allah is most great. I testify that there is no god but Allah. I testify that there is no god but Allah; I testify that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah, I testify that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah: come to prayer, come to prayer: come to salvation, come to salvation: Allah is most great. Allah is great; there is no god but Allah. Abu Dawud said: The narrator âAbd al-Razzaq said; You pronounce IQAM
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #503 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Messenger of Allah (May peace be upon him) himself taught me the call to prayer (adhan). He asked me to pronounce: Allah is most great. Allah is most great. Allah is most great. Allah is most great: I testify that there is no god but Allah. I testify that there is no god but Allah; I testify that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah, I testify that Muhammad is Messenger of Allah. Then repeat and raise your voice; I testify that there is no god but Allah, I testify that there is no god but Alla
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #504 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Messenger of Allah (May peace be upon him) taught me the call to prayer (adhan) verbatim; Allah is most great, Allah is most great, Allah is most great, Allah is most great; I testify that there is no god but Allah, I testify that there is no god but Allah; I testify that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah; I testify that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah; I testify that there is no god but Allah. I testify that there is no god but Allah; I testify that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah, I
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #505 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Allah is most great, Allah is most great; I testify that there is no god but Allah. He then narrated adhan like the one contained in the tradition transmitted by Ibn Juraij from âAbd al-aziz b. âabd al-Malik to the same effect. The version Malik b. Dinar has. I asked the son of Abu Mahdhurah, saying: Narrate to me the adhan of your father narrated from the Messenger of Allah (May peace be upon him). He said: Allah is most great, Allah is most great, that is all. Similar is the version narrat
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #506 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Prayer passed through three stages. And out people narrated to us that Messenger of Allah (May peace be upon him) said; it is to my liking that the prayer of Muslims or believers should be united (i.e., in congregation), so much so that I intended to send people to the houses to announce the time of prayer; and I also resolved that I should order people to stand at (the tops of) the forts and announce the time of the prayer for Muslims; and they struck the bell or were about to strike the bell (
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #507 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Prayer passed through three stages and fasting also passed through three stages. The narrator Nasr reported the rest of the tradition completely. The narrator, Ibn al-Muthanna, narrated the story of saying prayer facing in the direction of Jerusalem. He said: The third stage is that the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) came to Medina and prayed, i.e. facing Jerusalem, for thirteen months. Then Allah, the Exalted, revealed the verse: âWe have seen thee turning thy face to Heaven (for guidance, O Muhamm
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #508 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Anas reported; Bilal was commanded to pronounce Adhan in double pairs and IQAMAH in single pairs. Hammam added in his version; âexcept IQAMAHâ.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #509 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
I narrated this tradition to Ayyub who said: âExcept IQAMAHâ.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #510 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The words of adhan were pronounced from the time of the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) twice in pairs (i.e. four times) each, and the words of iqamah were pronounced once in pairs (twice each), except that the phrase âThe time for prayer has comeâ would be pronounced twice. When we heard iqamah, we would perform ablution, and go out for prayer. Shuâbah said: I did not hear AbuJaâfar narrating any other tradition except this one.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #511 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
This tradition has been narrated by Abu Jaâfar, the muâadhdhin of âUryan mosque (at Kufah), from Abu al-Muthanna, the muâadhdhin of masjid al-akbar (at kufah) on the authority of Ibn âUmar. The rest of the tradition was transmitted in a like manner.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #515 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Prophet (ï·º) said: The muâadhdhin will receive forgiveness to the extent to which his voice reaches, and every moist and dry place will testify on his behalf; and he who attends (the congregation of) prayer will have twenty-five prayers recorded for him and will have expiation for sins committed between every two times of prayer.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #516 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
when the call to prayer is made; the devil turns his back and breaks wind so as not to hear the call being made; but when the call is finished, he turns round. When the second call to prayer (iqamah) is made, he turns his back, and when the second call is finished, he turns round and suggest notions in the mind of the man (at prayer) to distract his attention, saying: remember such and such, referring to something the man did not have n mind, with the result that he does not know how much he has
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #517 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The imam is responsible and the muâadhdhin is trusted, O Allah, guide the imams and forgive the muâadhdhins.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #518 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
This tradition has also been transmitted through a different chain of narrators by Abu Hurairah who reported it in a similar manner from the Messenger of Allah (ï·º).
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #520 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
I came to the prophet (ï·º) at Mecca; he was sitting in a tent made of leather. Then Bilal came out and called to prayer. I looked at his mouth following him this side and that side (i.e., right and left). Later at his Messenger of Allah (ï·º) came out clad in a red suit, i.e, wearing the sheets of the Yemen, of the Qatri design. The version narrated by Musa has the word; âI saw Bilal going towards al-Abtahâ. He then made a call to prayer. When he reached the words â come to prayer, come t
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #521 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The supplication made between the adhan and the iqamah is not rejected.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #522 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
When you hear the Adhan, you should repeat the same words as the muâadhdhin pronounces.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #523 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
when you hear the muâadhdhin repeat what he says, invoke a blessing on me, for everyone who invoke one blessing on me will receive ten blessings from Allah. Then ask Allah to give me the wasilah, which is a rank in paradise fitting for only one of Allahâs servants, and I hope that I may be the one. If anyone asks Allah that I be given the wasilah, he will be assured of my intercession.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #525 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
If anyone says when he hears the MUâADHDHIN : âAnd I testify that there is no god but Allah alone who has no partner and that Muhammad is His servant and Apostle: I am satisfied with Allah as lord, with Muhammad as apostle and with Islam as religionâ, he will be forgiven.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #526 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
âAnd I too, and I tooâ.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #527 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
âAllah is most great, Allah is most greatâ, and one of you says in response: âAllah is most greatâ, Allah is most great; then says: â I testify tht there is no god but Allahâ, and he says in response: âI testify that there is no god but Allahâ, then say:â I testify that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allahâ, and he makes the response: â I testify that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allahâ, then says: âCome to prayerâ, and he makes the response: âThere is no might and no
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #529 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
if anyone says when he hears the call to prayer : âO Allah, Lord of this perfect call and of the prayer which is established for all time, grant Muhammad the wasilah and excellency, and raise him up in a praiseworthy position which Thou hast promised, he will be assured of my intercession.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #531 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Messenger of Allah, appoint me the leader of the tribe in prayer. He said: You are their leader, but you should follow on who is the weakest of them: and appoint a muâadhdhin who does not charge for the calling of adhan.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #532 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Bilal made a call to prayer before the break of dawn; the Prophet (ï·º), therefore, commanded him to return and make a call: Lo! the servant of Allah (i.e. I) had slept (hence this mistake). The version of Musa has the addition: He returned and made a call: Lo! the servant of Allah had slept. Abu Dawud said: This tradition has been narrated by al-Darawardi from âUbaid Allah on the authority of Ibn âUmar saying: There was a muâadhdhin of âUmar, named Masâud. He then narrated the rest of
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #533 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
A muâadhdhin of âUmar, named Masruh, called the Adhan for the morning prayer before the break of dawn; âUmar commanded him (to repeat). The narrator reported the tradition in a similar way. Abu Dawud said: This tradition has been transmitted by al-Darawardi from âUbaid Allah on the authority of Ibn âUmar, saying: there was a muâadhdhin of âUmar, named Masâud. He then narrated the rest of the tradition. This version is more correct than one.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #535 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Ibn Umm Maktum was the muâadhdhin of the Messenger of Allah (May peace be upon him) and he was blind.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #536 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
we were sitting with Abu Hurairah in the mosque. A man went out of the mosque after the ADHAN for the afternoon prayer had been called. Abu Hurairah said: As regards this (man), he disobeyed Abu al-Qasim, the prophet (ï·º).
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #537 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Bilal would call the Adhan, then he used come to wait. When he would see that the prophet (ï·º) had come out (of his house), he would pronounce the iqama.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #539 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
the prophet (ï·º) said; When the Iqamah for prayer is pronounced, do not stand until you see me. Abu Dawud said: this has been narrated by Ayyub and Hajjaj al-Sawwaf from Yahya and Hisham al-Duatawaâi in a similar way, saying : Yahya wrote to me (in this way). And this has been narrated by Muâawiyah b. Sallam and âAli b. al-Mubarak from Yahya: âUntil you see me and show tranquilityâ.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #540 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
âUntil you see me that I have come outâ. Abu dawud said: No one except Maâmar has narrated the words âthat I have come outâ. And the version transmitted by Ibn âUyainah from Maâmar does not mention the words âthat I have come outâ.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #541 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
when the Iqamah was pronounced for prayer during the time of the Messenger of Allah (ï·º), the people would take their seats before the prophet (ï·º) came to his seat.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #542 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
I asked Thabit al-Bunani whether it was permissible for a man to talk after the qamah had been pronounced. He narrated a tradition on the authority of Anas: (once) the Iqamah was pronounced, and a person came to the apostle of Allah (ï·º) and detained him after the Iqamah had been pronounced.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #544 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
the Iqamah was pronounced (for the night prayer) and the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) remained engaged in talking (to a person) in the corner of the mosque. He did not begin prayer until the people slept.
Grade: Sahih