Hadith #1370 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
âAishah was asked about the actions of the Messenger of Allah (ï·º). Did he perform some actions exclusively on some particular days ? She said: No, he performed his actions regularly. Which of you has the strength as much as the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) had ?
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1371 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) used to commend prayer at night during Ramadan, but did not command it as duty. He would say: If anyone prays during the night in Ramadan because of faith and seeking his reward from Allah, his previous sins will be forgiven for him. When the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) died, this was the practice, and it continued thus during Abu Bakrâs caliphate and early part of âUmarâs. Abu Dawud said: This tradition has been transmitted by âUqail, Yunus, and Abu Uwais in li
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1372 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Prophet (ï·º) as saying: If anyone fasts during Ramadan because of faith and in order to seek his reward from Allah, his previous sins will be forgiven to him. If anyone prays in the night of the power (lailat al-qadr) because of faith and in order to seek his reward from Allah his previous sins will be forgiven for him. Abu Dawud said: This tradition has been transmitted in a similar manner by Yahya b. Abi Kathir and Muhammad b. âAmr from Abu Salamah.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1373 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
That the Prophet (ï·º) once offered (tarawih) prayer in the mosque and the people also prayed along with him. He then prayed on the following night, and the people gathered in large numbers. They gathered on the third night too, but the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) did not come out to them. When the morning came, he said: I witnessed what you did, and nothing prevented me from coming out to you except that I feared that this (prayer) might be prescribed to you. That was in Ramadan.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1375 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
We fasted with the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) during Ramadan, but he did not make us get up at night for prayer at any time during the month till seven nights remained; then he made us get up for prayer till a third of the night had passed. When the sixth remaining night came, he did not make us get up for prayer. When the fifth remaining night came, he made us stand in prayer till a half of the night had gone. So I said: Messenger of Allah, I wish you had led us in supererogatory prayers during t
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1376 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
When the last ten days of Ramadan came, the Prophet (ï·º) kept vigil and prayed during the whole night, and tied the wrapper tightly, and awakened his family (to pray during the night). Abu Dawud said: The name of Abu Yaâfur is âAbd al-Rahman b. âUbaid b. Nistas.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1377 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) came out and saw that the people were praying during (the night of) Ramadan in the corner of the mosque. He asked: Who are these people ? It was said to him that those were people who had not learnt Quran. But Ubayy b. Kaâb is praying and they would pray behind him. The Prophet (ï·º) said: They did right and it is good what they did. Abu Dawud said: This tradition is not strong, the narrator Muslim b. Khalid is weak.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1381 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Prophet (ï·º) as saying: Seek laitat al-Qadr in the last ten night of Ramadan. When nine (nights) remain (i.e. on the twenty first) , when seven (night) remain (i.e. on the twenty third), and when five (nights) remain (i.e. on the twenty fifth).
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1382 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) used to spend the middle ten days of Ramadan in retirement and devotion (iâtikaf) in the mosque. One year he had retirement and devotion in the mosque (as usual); when the twenty-first night came, and this night when he used to come out his devotion in the mosque, he said: He who has engaged himself in devotion along with me should do so during the last ten days; I saw that night, that was caused to forget it, but I have seen myself prostrating in water and mud on
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1383 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Prophet (ï·º) said: Seek it (laylat al-Qadr) in the last ten days of Ramadan. Seek it on the ninth, seventh and fifth night. I (AbuNadrah) said: You know counting better than us, AbuSaâid. He said: Yes. I asked: What do you mean by the ninth, seventh and fifth night? He said: When the twenty-first night passes, the night which follows it is the night; when the twenty-third night passes, the night which follows it is the seventh; when the twenty-fifth passes, the night which follows it is t
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1385 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) as saying: Seek lailat al-qadr in the last seven days.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1386 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Prophet (ï·º) as saying: Lailat al-qadr is the twenty-seventh night (of Ramadan)
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1388 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Prophet (ï·º) as saying to him: Complete the recitation of the Quâran in one month. He said: I have more strength. He (the Prophet) said: Complete the recitation in twenty days. He again said: I have more energy. He said : Recite in fifteen days. He again said: I have more energy. He said: Recite in ten days. He again said: I have more energy. He said: Recite in seven days, do not add to it. Abu Dawud said: The tradition narrated by Muslim is more perfect.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1389 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) said to me: Keep fast for three days of month, and finish the recitation of the Qurâan in one month. I and he differed among ourselves on period of time. He said: Fast one day and give it up other day. The narrator âAta said: The people differed from my father (in narrating the period of time). Some narrated seven days and others five.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1390 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Yazid ibn Abdullah said that Abdullah ibn Amr asked the Prophet (ï·º): In how many days should I complete the recitation of the whole Qurâan, Messenger of Allah? He replied: In one month. He said: I am more energetic to complete it in a period less than this. He kept on repeating these words and lessening the period until he said: Complete its recitation in seven days. He again said: I am more energetic to complete it in a period less than this. The Prophet (ï·º) said: He who finishes the reci
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1391 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) said to me: Recite the Qurâan in one month. I said: I have (more) energy. He said: Recite it in three days Abu âAli said: I heard Abu Dawud say: I heard Ahmad b. Hanbal say: The narrator âIsa b. Shadhan is a sane person.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1392 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Nafiâ b. Jubair asked me: In how many days do you recite the Qurâan ? I said: I have not fixed any part from it for daily round. Nafiâ said to me: Do not say: I do not fix any part of it for daily round, for the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) said: I recited a part of the Qurâan. The narrator Ibn al-Had said: I think I have transmitted this tradition from al-Mughirah b. Shuâbah.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1394 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Prophet (ï·º) said: He who recites the Qurâan in a period less than three days does not understand it.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1396 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Alqamah and al-Aswad said: A man came to Ibn Masâud. He said: I recite the mufassal surahs in one rakâah. You might recite it quickly as one recites verse (poetry) quickly, or as the dried dates fall down (from the tree). But the Prophet (ï·º) used to recite two equal surahs in one rakâah; he would recite (for instance) surahs an-Najm (53) and ar-Rahman (55) in one rakâah, surahs Iqtarabat (54) and al-Haqqah (69) in one rakâah, surahs at-Tur (52) and adh-Dhariyat (51) in one rakâah,
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1397 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
I asked Abu Masâud while he was making circumambulation of the Kaâbah (about the recitation of some verses from the Qurâan). He said: The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) said: If anyone recited two verses from the last of Surah al-Baqarah at night, they will be sufficient for him.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1398 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Prophet (ï·º) said: If anyone prays at night reciting regularly ten verses, he will not be recorded among the negligent; if anyone prays at night and recites a hundred verses, he will be recorded among those who are obedient to Allah; and if anyone prays at night reciting one thousand verses, he will be recorded among those who receive huge rewards. Abu Dawud said: The name of Ibn Hujairah al-Asghar is âAbd Allah b. âAbd al-Rahman b. Hujairah.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1404 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
âI recited to the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) (Surat) An-Najm and he did not prostrate in it.â
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1405 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Zaid was imam (in a prayer) and he did not make prostration.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1406 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) recited Surah al-Najm and prostrated himself. No one remained there who did not prostrate (along with him). A man from the people took a handful of pebbles or dust and raised it to his face saying: This is enough for me. âAbd Allah (b. Masâud) said: I later saw him killed as an infidel.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1407 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
We prostrated ourselves along with the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) on account of: âWhen the sky is rent asunderâ and âRecite in the name of Your Lord Who createdâ
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1408 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
I offered the night prayer behind Abu Hurairah. He recited Surah Inshiqaq (âWhen the sky is rent asunderâ) and prostrated himself. I asked him: What is this prostration ? He replied: I prostrated myself on account of this (surah) behind Abu al-Qasim (i.e. the Prophet). I shall continue prostrating on account of this till I meet him.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1409 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
A prostration when reciting Sad is not one of those which are divinely commanded, but I have seen Messenger of Allah (ï·º) prostrate himself.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1410 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) recited surah Sad on the pulpit. When he reached the place of prostration (in the surah), he descended and prostrated himself and the people prostrated with him. When the next day came, he recited it. When he reached the place of prostration (in the surah), the people became ready for prostration. Thereupon the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) said: This is the repentance of a Prophet ; but I saw you being ready for prostration. So he descended and prostrated himself and the
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1412 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) would recite to us a surah (according to the version of Ibn Numair) outside the prayer (the agreed version goes), then he would prostrate along with him, and none of us could find a place for his forehead.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1414 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) prostrated himself at night when reciting the Qurâan. He said repeatedly: My face prostrates itself to Him Who created it and brought forth its hearing and seeing by His might and power.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1416 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Prophet (ï·º) said: Allah is single (witr) and loves what is single, so observe the witr, you who follow the Qurâan.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1417 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
A bedouin said: What are you saying ? He replied: This is neither for you, nor for your companions.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1420 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Ibn Muhayriz said: A man from Banu Kinanah, named al-Makhdaji, heard a person called AbuMuhammad in Syria, saying: The witr is a duty (wajib). Al-Makhdaji said: So I went to Ubadah ibn as-Samit and informed him. Ubadah said: AbuMuhammad told a lie. I heard the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) say: There are five prayers which Allah has prescribed on His servants. If anyone offers them, not losing any of them, and not treating them lightly, Allah guarantees that He will admit him to Paradise. If anyone d
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1421 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
A man who lived in the desert asked the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) about the prayer at night. He made a sign with his two fingers-in this way in pairs. The witr consists of one rakâah towards the end in night.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1422 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Prophet (ï·º) said: The witr is a duty for every Muslim so if anyone wishes to observe it with five rakâahs, he may do so; if anyone wishes to observe it with three, he may do so, and if anyone wishes to observe it with one, he may do so.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1423 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) used to observe witr with (reciting) âGlorify the name of thy Lord, the most Highâ (Surah 87), âSay O disbelieversâ (Surah 109), and âSay, He is Allah, the One, Allah, the eternally besought of allâ (112).
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1424 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
AbdulAziz ibn Jurayj said: I asked Aisha, mother of the believers: With which (surah) the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) used to observe witr? (She reported same as in the Hadith of Ubayy ibn Kaâb, No. 1418) This version adds: In the third rakâah he would recite: âSay, He is Allah, the Oneâ (Surah 112), and âSay, I seek refuge in the Lord of daybreakâ (Surah 113), and âSay, I seek refuge in the Lord of mankindâ (Surah 114).
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1425 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) taught me some words that I say during the witr. (The version of Ibn Jawwas has: I say them in the supplication of the witr.) They were: âO Allah, guide me among those Thou hast guided, grant me security among those Thou hast granted security, take me into Thy charge among those Thou hast taken into Thy charge, bless me in what Thou hast given, guard me from the evil of what Thou hast decreed, for Thou dost decree, and nothing is decreed for Thee. He whom Thou befr
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1426 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The version has the words: âHe would recite the supplication of the witr.â He did not mention the words: âI say them in the witr.â Abu Dawud said: The name of Abu al-Hawraâ is Rabiâah b. Shaiban.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1427 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) used to say at the end of his witr: âO Allah, I seek refuge in Thy good pleasure from Thy anger, and in Thy forgiveness from Thy punishment, and I seek refuge in Thy mercy from Thy wrath. I cannot reckon the praise due to Thee. Thou art as Thou hast praised Thyself.â Abu Dawud said: Hisham is the earliest teacher of Hammad. Yahya b. Maâin said: No one is reported to have narrated traditions form him except Hammad b. Salamah. Abu Dawud said: Ubayy b. Kaâb said
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1430 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
When the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) offered salutation in the witr prayer, he said: Glorify be to the king most holy.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1431 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Prophet (ï·º) said: If anyone oversleeps and misses the witr, or forgets it, he should pray when he remembers.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1432 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
My friend (i.e. the Prophet) instructed me to observe three practices that I do not leave while traveling nor while resident, to pray two rak`ahs in the forenoon, to fast three days every month and not to sleep but after observing the witr.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1433 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
My friend (i.e. the Prophet) instructed me to observe three practices which I never leave: he instructed me to fast three days every month, and not to sleep but after observing the witr, and to observe supererogatory prayer in the forenoon while traveling and while resident.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1434 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Prophet (ï·º) asked AbuBakr: When do you observe the witr? He replied: I observe the witr prayer in the early hours of the night. The Prophet (ï·º) asked Umar: When do you observe the witr? He replied: At the end of the night. He then said to AbuBakr: This has followed it with care; and he said to Umar: He has followed it with strength.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1435 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
I asked âAishah: When would the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) observe the witr prayer ? She replied: Any time he observed the witr, sometimes in the early hours of the night, sometimes at midnight and sometimes towards the end of it. But he used to observe the witr just before the dawn when he died.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1436 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Make haste to observe the witr prayer before morning.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1437 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
I asked âAishah about the witr observes by the Messenger of Allah (ï·º). She replied: Sometime he observed the witr prayer in the early hours of the night, sometimes he observed it at the end of it. I asked: How did he recite the Qurâan ? Did he recite the Qurâan quietly or loudly ? She replied: He did it in any way. Sometimes he recited quietly and sometimes loudly, sometimes he took bath and then slept and sometimes he performed ablution and then slept. Abu Dawud said: The narrators othe
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1438 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Make the last of your prayer at night a witr.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1439 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Qays ibn Talq said: Talq ibn Ali visited us on a certain day during Ramadan. He remained with us till evening and broke fast with us. He then stood up and led us in the witr prayer. He then went to his mosque and led them in prayer. When the witr remained, he put forward another man and said: Lead your companions in the witr prayer, for I heard the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) as saying: There are no two witrs during one night.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1440 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
By Allah, I shall offer prayer like that of the Messenger of Allah (ï·º). The narrator said: Abu Hurairah used to recite the supplication in the last rakâah of the noon, night and dawn prayers. He would supplicate for the believers and curse the disbelievers.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1441 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Prophet (ï·º) used to recite the supplication in the dawn prayer. The version of Ibn Muâadh has the words: âsunset prayerâ.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1442 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) recited the supplication in the night prayer for a month. He said (in his supplication): O Allah, rescue al-Walid b. al-Walid, rescue Salamah b. Hisham, rescue the weak believers; O Allah, trample severely on Mudar; O Allah, cause them a famine like that of Joseph. Abu Hurairah said: One morning the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) id not make supplication for them. So I told him about it. He said: You dod not see that they have come (back).
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1444 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Anas b. Malik was asked whether the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) had recited supplication in the dawn prayer. He replied: Yes. He was again asked whether before bowing or after bowing. He said after bowing. This version of Musaddad adds the words: âFor a short period.â
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1445 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Prophet (ï·º) recited the supplication for a month (in prayer) and then gave it up.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1446 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Muhammad ibn Sirin said: Someone who prayed the morning prayer along with the Prophet (ï·º) narrated to me: When he raised his head after the second rakâah, he remained standing for a short while.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1447 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) built a chamber in the mosque. He used to come out at night and pray there. They (the people) also prayed along with him. They would come (to prayer) every night. If on any night the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) did not come out, they would cough, raise their voices and throw pebbles and sand on his door. The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) came out to time in anger and said: O People, you kept on doing this till I thought that it will be prescribed for you. Offer your prayers
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1448 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Some offer prayer in your houses; do not make them graves.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1449 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Prophet (ï·º) was asked: Which of the actions is better ? He replied: Standing for long time (in prayer). He was again asked: Which alms is better ? He replied: The alms given by a man possessing small property acquired by his labour.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1451 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Prophet (ï·º) said: When a man himself wakes at night and wakens his wife and they pray two rakâahs together, they are recorded among the men and women who make much mention of Allah.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1452 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The best among you is he who learns and teaches the Qurâan.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1454 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
One who is skilled in the Qurâan is associated with the noble, upright recording angels, and he who falters when he recites the Qurâan and finds it difficult for him will have a double reward.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1455 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
No people get together in a house of the houses of Allah (i.e. a mosque), reciting the Book of Allah, and learning it together among themselves, but calmness (sakinah) comes down to them, (Divine) mercy covers them (from above), and the angels surround them, and Allah makes a mention of them among those who are with Him.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1456 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
When we were in the Suffah, the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) asked: Which of you would like to go out every morning to Buthan or Al-âAqiq and bring two large humped and fat she-camels without being guilty of sin and severing ties of relationship ? They (the people) said: Messenger of Allah, we would all like that. He said: If any one of you goes out in the morning to the mosque and learns two verses of the Book of Allah, the Exalted, it is better for him than two she-camels, and three verses are
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1457 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
All praise be to Allah, the Lord of the Universeâ (1) is the epitome or basis of the Qurâan, the epitome or basis of the Book, and the seven oft-repeated verses.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1458 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
I prayed ant then I came to him. He asked: What prevented you from answering me ? He replied: I was praying. He said: Has not Allah said: âO you who believe, respond to Allah and the Apostle when he calls you to that which gives you life ? (8:24) Let me teach you the greatest surah from the Qurâan or in the Qurâan (the narrator Khalid doubted) before I leave the mosque. I said: (I shall memorize) your saying. He said: It is: âPraise be to Allah, the Lord of the Universeâ which is the s
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1459 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) was given seven repeated long surahs, while Moses was given six, When he threw the tablets, two of them were withdrawn and four remained.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1460 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) said: Abu al-Mundhir, which verse of Allahâs Book that you have is creates ? I replied: Allah and His Apostle know best. He said: Abu al-Mundhir, which verse of Allahâs that you have is greatest ? I said: Allah, there is no god but He, the Living, the Eternal. Thereupon he struck me on the beast and said: May knowledge be pleasant for you, Abu al-Mundhir.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1461 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
A man heard another man reciting âSay, He is Allah, Oneâ He was repeating it. When the next morning came, he went to the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) and mentioned to him. The man tool it (this surah) as a small one. The Prophet (ï·º) said: By Him in Whose Hand is my life, it is equivalent to a third of the Qurâan.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1462 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
I was driving the she-camel of the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) during a journey. He said to me: Uqbah, should I not teach you two best surahs ever recited? He then taught me: âSay, I seek refuge in the Lord of the dawn,â and âSay, I seek refuge in the Lord of men.â He did not see me much pleased (by these two surahs). When he alighted for prayer, he led the people in the morning prayer and recited them in prayer. When the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) finished his prayer, he turned to me and sai
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1463 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
White I was travelling with the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) between al-Juhfah and al-Abwaâ, a wind and intense darkness enveloped us, whereupon the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) began to seek refuge in Allah, reciting: âI seek refuge in the Lord of the dawn,â and âI seek refuge in the Lord of men.â He then said: Uqbah, use them when seeking refuge in Allah, for no one can use anything to compare with them for the purpose. Uqbah added: I heard him reciting them when he led the people in prayer.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1465 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
I asked Anas about the recitation of the Qurâan by the Prophet (ï·º). He said: He used to express all the long accents clearly.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1467 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
On the day of the Conquest of Mecca I saw the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) riding his she-camel reciting Surah al-Fath repeating each verse several times.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1468 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Prophet (ï·º) said: Beautify the Qurâan with your voices.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1469 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
(The narrator Qutaibah said: This tradition has been narrated by Saâid b. Abu Saâid in my collection): The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) said: He who does not chant the Qurâan is not one of us.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1470 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
This tradition has also been transmitted by Saâd (b. Abi Waqqas) from the Prophet (ï·º) in a similar manner through a different chain of narrators.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1471 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Ubaydullah ibn Yazid said: AbuLubabah passed by us and we followed him till he entered his house, and we also entered it. There was a man in a rusty house and in shabby condition. I heard him say: I heard the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) say: He is not one of us who does not chant the Qurâan. I (the narrator AbdulJabbar) said to Ibn AbuMulaykah: AbuMuhammad, what do you think if a person does not have pleasant voice? He said: He should recite with pleasant voice as much as possible.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1472 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
This means that the Qurâan makes a man neglect all other things, and be content with it.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1473 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Allah has not listened to anything as He does to a Prophet chanting the Qurâan with a loud voice.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1475 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
I heard Hisham b. Hakim (b. Hizam) reciting Surah al-Furqan in a different manner from my way of reciting, and the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) had taught me to recite it. I nearly spoke sharply to him, but I delayed till he had finished. Then I caught his cloak at the neck, and I brought him to the Messenger of Allah (ï·º). I said: Messenger of Allah, I heard this man reciting Surah al-Furqan in a manner different from that in which you taught me to recite it. The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) the told
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1476 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
These modes of reading aimed at the same point, not different in respect of lawful and unlawful.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1477 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Prophet (ï·º) said: âUbayy, I was asked to recite the Qurâan and I was asked: âIn one mode or two modes?â The angel that accompanied me said: âSay, in two modesâ, I said: âIn two modesâ, I was asked again: âIn two or three modesâ. The matter reached up to seven modes. He then said: âEach mode is sufficiently health-giving, whether you utter âall-hearing and all-knowingâ or instead âall-powerful and all-wiseâ. This is valid until you finish the verse indicating p
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1478 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Prophet (ï·º) was present at the pool of Banu Ghifar, Gabriel came to him and said: âAllah has commanded you to make your community read (the Qurâan) in one harf. He (the Prophet) said: âI beg Allah His pardon and forgiveness; my community has not strength to do soâ. He then came for the second time and told him the same thing till he reached up to seven harfs. Finally, he said: âAllah has commanded you to make your community read (the Qurâan) in seven harfs; in whichever mode th
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1479 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Prophet (ï·º) said: Supplication (duâaâ) is itself the worship. (He then recited:) âAnd your Lord said: Call on Me, I will answer youâ (xI.60).
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1481 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) heard a person supplicating during prayer. He did not mention the greatness of Allah, nor did he invoke blessings on the Prophet (ï·º). The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) said: He made haste. He then called him and said either to him or to any other person: If any of you prays, he should mention the exaltation of his Lord in the beginning and praise Him; he should then invoke blessings on the Prophet (ï·º); thereafter he should supplicate Allah for anything he wishes.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1482 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) liked comprehensive supplication and abandoned other kinds.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1483 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
âOne of you should not say (in his supplication): O Allah, forgive me if You please, show mercy to me if You please.â Rather, be firm in your asking, for no one can force Him.â
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1484 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
âOne of you is granted an answer (to his supplication) provided he does not say: âI prayed but I was not granted an answer.'â
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1487 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
I saw the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) supplicating Allah in this manner with the palms of his hands and also with their backs upwards.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1488 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Prophet (ï·º) said: Your Lord is munificent and generous, and is ashamed to turn away empty the hands of His servant when he raises them to Him.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1489 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Ikrimah quoted Ibn Abbas as saying: When asking for something you should raise your hands opposite to your shoulders; when asking for forgiveness you should point with one finger; and when making an earnest supplication you should spread out both your hands.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1490 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Earnest supplication should be made like this: he raised his hand and made his palms in the direction of his face.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1491 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The above mentioned tradition has also been transmitted in a similar manner by Ibn âAbbas from the Messenger of Allah (ï·º).
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1493 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) heard a man saying: O Allah, I ask Thee, I bear witness that there is no god but Thou, the One, He to Whom men repair, Who has not begotten, and has not been begotten, and to Whom no one is equal, and he said: You have supplicated Allah using His Greatest Name, when asked with this name He gives, and when supplicated by this name he answers.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1494 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
âHe has asked Allah using His Greatest Name.â
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1495 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
I was sitting with the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) and a man was offering prayer. He then made supplication: O Allah, I ask Thee by virtue of the fact that praise is due to Thee, there is no deity but Thou, Who showest favour and beneficence, the Originator of the Heavens and the earth, O Lord of Majesty and Splendour, O Living One, O Eternal One. The Prophet (ï·º) then said: He has supplicated Allah using His Greatest Name, when supplicated by this name, He answers, and when asked by this name He
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1499 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Prophet (ï·º) passed by me while I was supplicating by pointing with two fingers of mine. He said: Point with one finger; point with one finger. He then himself pointed with the forefinger.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1502 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
I saw the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) counting the glorification of Allah on fingers. Ibn Qudamah said (in his version: âWith his right handsâ.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1503 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) went out from Juwayriyyah (wife of the Prophet). Earlier her name was Barrah, and he changed it. When he went out she was in her place of worship, and when he returned she was in her place of worship. He asked: Have you been in your place of worship continuously? She said: Yes. He then said: Since leaving you I have said three times four phrases which, if weighed against all that you have said (during this period), would prove to be heavier: âGlory be to Allah, and
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1504 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
AbuDharr said: Prophet of Allah. The wealthy people have all the rewards; they pray as we pray; they fast as we fast; and they have surplus wealth which they give in charity; but we have no wealth which we may give in charity. The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) said: AbuDharr, should I not teach you phrases by which you acquire the rank of those who excel you? No one can acquire your rank except one who acts like you. He said: Why not, Messenger of Allah? He said: Exalt Allah (say: Allah is Most Great
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1505 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
âMuâawiyah wrote to al-Mughirah b. Shuâbah: âWhat would the the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) recite when he gave Taslim (salutation) in the prayer ?â Al-Mughirah dictated and wrote to Muâawiyah: âThe Messenger of Allah (ï·º) used to say (at the end of the prayer after taslim): âThere is no God but Allah, Alone, Who has no partner, to Him belongs the dominion, to Him praise is due, and He is Omnipotent. O Allah no one cane withhold what You give and give what You withhold, and none be
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1506 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
âI heard âAbd Allah b. al-Zubair saying on the pulpit: When the Prophet (ï·º) finished the prayer, he used to say (at the end of the prayer): âThere is no God but Allah, Alone, Who has no partner, to Him belongs the Kingdom, to Him praise is due, and He is Omnipotent. There is no God but Allah to Whom we are sincere in devotion, even though the infidels should disapprove. To Him belongs wealth, to Him belongs grace and to Him is worthy accorded. There is no got but Allah to Whom we are sin
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1507 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
âAbd Allah b. al-Zubair used to recite this supplication after each (prescribed) prayer. He then narrated a similar supplication and added to it: âThere is no might and no power except in Allah; there is no god but Allah Whom alone we worship. To Him belongs wealth.â The narrator then transmitted the rest of tradition.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1509 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
When the Prophet (ï·º) uttered salutation at the end of the prayer, he used to say: âO Allah, forgive me my former and latter sins, what I have kept secret and what I have done openly, and what I have done extravagance; and what You know better than I do. You are the Advancer, the Delayer, there is no god but You.â
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1510 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Prophet (ï·º) used to supplicate Allah: âMy Lord, help me and do not give help against me; grant me victory, and do not grant victory over me; plan on my behalf and do not plan against me; guide me, and made my right guidance easy for me; grant me victory over those who act wrongfully towards me; O Allah, make me grateful to Thee, mindful of Thee, full of fear towards Thee, devoted to Thy obedience, humble before Thee, or penitent. My Lord, accept my repentance, wash away my sin, answer m
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1511 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
âAnd make right guidance easy for me.â The narrator did not say: âmy right guidanceâ. Abu Dawud said: Sufyan heard eighteen traditions from âAmr b. Murrah.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1512 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
When the Prophet (ï·º) uttered taslim, he used to say: âO Allah, You are As-Salam, and from you is As-Salam. You are blessed, O One of Magnificence and Generosity.â
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1513 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
When the Prophet (ï·º) finished the prayer, he asked forgiveness three times and said: âO Allah â¦..â The narrator then narrated the tradition like that of âAishah.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1515 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) said: My heart is invaded by unmindfulness, and I ask Allahâs pardon a hundred times in the day.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1516 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
We counted that the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) would say a hundred times during a meeting: âMy Lord, forgive me and pardon me; Thou art the Pardoning and forgiving Oneâ.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1517 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Prophet (ï·º) said: If anyone says: âI ask pardon of Allah than Whom there is no deity, the Living, the eternal, and I turn to Him in repentance,â he will be pardoned, even if he has fled in time of battle.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1519 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Which Supplication would the Prophet (ï·º) often make ? He replied: The supplication he would usually recite was: âO Allah, give us in this world what is good and in the next what is good, and protect us from the punishment of Hell-fireâ. The version of Ziyad adds: When Anas wished to supplicate, he uttered this supplication. When he uttered some other supplication, he combined it with this supplication.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1520 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) said: If anyone asks Allah for martyrdom sincerely, Allah will make him reach the ranks of martyrs even if he died on his bed.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1521 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Asmaâ bint al-Hakam said: I heard Ali say: I was a man; when I heard a tradition from the Messenger of Allah (ï·º), Allah benefited me with it as much as He willed. But when some one of his companions narrated a tradition to me I adjured him. When he took an oath, I testified him. AbuBakr narrated to me a tradition, and AbuBakr narrated truthfully. He said: I heard the apostle of Allah (ï·º) saying: When a servant (of Allah) commits a sin, and he performs ablution well, and then stands and pra
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1522 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
By Allah, I love you, Muâadh. I give some instruction to you. Never leave to recite this supplication after every (prescribed) prayer: âO Allah, help me in remembering You, in giving You thanks, and worshipping You well.â Muâadh willed this supplication to the narrator al-Sunabihi and al-Sunabihi to âAbu Abd al-Rahman.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1523 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) commanded me to recite Muâawwidhatan (the last two surahs of the Qurâan) after every prayer.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1525 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) said to me: May I not teach you phrases which you utter in distress? (These are:) âAllah , Allah is my Lord, I do not associate anything as partner with Him.â Abu Dawud said: The narrator Hilal is a client of âUmar b. âAbd al-Aziz. The name of Jaâfar, a narrator, is âAbd Allah b. Jaâfar.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1526 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Once we accompanied the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) on a journey. When we reached near Medina, the people began to say aloud: âAllah is most great,â and they raised their voice. The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) said: O people, you are not supplicating one who is deaf and absent, but you are supplicating One Who is nearer to you than the neck of your riding beast. The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) then said: AbuMusa, should I not point out to you one of the treasures of Paradise? I asked: What is that? H
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1527 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
They (the Companions) accompanied the Prophet (ï·º) while they were climbing the turning of a hill. A man uttered loudly: âThere is no god but Allah, and Allah is most greatâ when he ascended the hill. The Prophet of Allah (ï·º) said: You are not supplicating one who is deaf or absent. He then said: âAbd Allah b. Qais. The narrator then transmitted the tradition to the same effect.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1528 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Be lenient to yourselves, O people.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1529 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
If anyone says âI am pleased with Allah as Lord, with Islam as religion and with Muhammad (ï·º) as Apostleâ Paradise will be his due.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1530 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Prophet (ï·º) said: If anyone invokes blessings on me once, Allah will bless him ten times.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1531 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Among the most excellent of your days is Friday; so invoke many blessings on me on that day, for your blessing will be submitted to me. They (the Companions) asked: Messenger of Allah, how can our blessings be submitted to you, when your body has decayed? He (ï·º) said: Allah has prohibited the earth from consuming the bodies of Prophets.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1532 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Do not invoke curse on yourselves, and do not invoke curse on your children, and do not invoke curse on your servants, and do not invoke curse on your property, lest you happen to do it at a time when Allah is asked for something and grants your request. Abu Dawud said: This Hadith has a continuous chain of narrators, âUbadah bin Al-Walid bin âUbadah (did) met Jabir.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1533 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
A woman said to the Prophet (ï·º): Invoke blessing on me as well as on my husband. The Prophet (ï·º) said: May Allah send blessing on you and your husband.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1534 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
I heard the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) say: When a Muslim supplicates for his absent brother the angels say: Amin, and may you receive the like.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1537 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
When the Prophet (ï·º) feared a (group of) people, he would say: âO Allah, we make Thee our shield against them, and take refuge in Thee from their evils.â
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1538 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) used to teach us the supplication for isthikharah (seeking what us beneficial from Allah) as he would teach us a surah (chapter) from the Qurâan. He would tell us: When one of you intends to do a work, he should offer two supererogatory rakâahs of prayer, and then say (at the end of the prayer): âO Allah, I seek Your choice on the better (of the two matters) based upon Your knowledge, and I seek Your decree based upon Your power, and I ask You for Your great bo
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1540 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) used to say: âO Allah, I seek refuge in You from weakness, and laziness, and cowardice, and old age, and I seek refuge in You from the punishment of the grave, and I seek refuge in You from the trails of the life and death.â
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1541 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
I used to serve the Prophet (ï·º) and often hear him say: âO Allah, I seek refuge in You from grief and anxiety, from the hardships of debt, and from being overpowered by men.â
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1542 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) used to teach us this supplication as he taught us the surah from the Qurâan. He would say: O Allah! I seek refuge in You from the punishment of Hell and I seek refuge in You from the punishment of the grave, and I seek refuge from You from the trails of Al-Masihid-Dajjal, and I seek refuge in You from the trials of life and death.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1543 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
âO Allah! I seek refuge in You from the trials of the Fire, and the punishment of the Fire, and from the evils of richness and poverty.â
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1544 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Prophet (ï·º) used to say: âO Allah, I seek refuge in Thee from povertyâ, lack and abasement, and I seek refuge in Thee lest I cause or suffer wrong.â
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1545 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
âO Allah, I seek refuge in You that Your blessings are lifted, and Your protection (of me) is changed, and in the suddenness of Your punishment, and from all Your anger.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1548 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) used to say: âO Allah, 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.â
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1549 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
âO Allah, I seek refuge in You from a prayer that is of no benefit.â
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1550 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
âHe would say: âO Allah, I seek refuge in You from the evil of what I have done, and from the evil of what I have not done.'â
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1551 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
I said: Messenger of Allah, teach me a supplication. He said: Say: âO Allah, I seek refuge in Thee from the evil of what I hear, from the evil of what I see, from the evil of what I speak, from the evil of what I think, and from the evil of my semenâ (i.e. sexual passion).
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1552 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) used to supplicate: âO Allah, I seek refuge in Thee from my house falling on me, I seek refuge in Thee from falling into an abyss, I seek refuge in Thee from drowning burning and decrepitude. I seek refuge in Thee from the devil harming me at the time of my death, I seek refuge in Thee from dying in Thy path while retreating, and I seek refuge in Thee from dying of the sting of a poisonous creature.â
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1553 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
âand from sorrowâ.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1554 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Prophet (ï·º) used to say: âO Allah, I seek refuge in Thee from leprosy, madness, elephantiasis, and evil diseases.â
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1556 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Abu Hurairah said When the Messenger of Allah(ï·º) died and Abu Bakr was made his successor after him and certain Arab clans apostatized. Umar bin Al Khattab said to Abu Bakr How can you fight with the people until they say âThere is no God but Allahâ so whoever says âThere is no God but Allahâ, he has protected his property and his person from me except for what is due from him, and his reckoning is left to allah. Abu Bak replied I swear by Allah that I will certainly fight with those w
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1557 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
This tradition has also been transmitted by Al Zuhri through a different chain of narrators. This version has âAbu Bakr said its due is the payment of zakat.â He used the word âa rope of a Camelâ
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1558 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
That the Apostle of Allaah(ï·º) as saying No sadaqah(zakat) is payable on less than five camels, on less than five ounces of silver and on less than five camel loads(wasq).
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1565 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
We entered upon Aâishah, wife of the Prophet (ï·º). She said The Apostle of Allaah (ï·º) entered upon me and saw two silver rings in my hand. He asked What is this, Aishah? I said I have made two ornaments myself for you, Messenger of Allah (ï·º). He asked Do you pay zakat on them? I said No or I said Whatever Allah willed. He said this is sufficient for you (to take you) to the Hell fire.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1567 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
I took a letter from Thumamah bin âAbd Allah bin Anas. He presumed that Abu Bakr had written it for Anas when he sent him (to Al Bahrain) as a collector of zakat. This (letter) was stamped with the stamp of the Messenger of Allah(ï·º) and was written by Abu Bakr for him(Anas). This letter goes âThis is the obligatory sadaqah(zakat) which the Messenger of Allah(ï·º) imposed on Muslims which Allah commanded his Prophet(ï·º) to impose. Those Muslims who are asked for the proper amount must give
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1568 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) wrote a letter about sadaqah (zakat) but he died before he could send it to his governors. He had kept it with his sword. So AbuBakr acted upon it till he died, and then Umar acted upon it till he died. It contained: âFor five camels one goat is to be given; for ten camels two goats are to be given; for fifteen camels three goats are to be given; for twenty camels four goats are to be given; for twenty-five to thirty-five camels a she-camel in her second year is to
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1569 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Therefore said tradition has also been transmitted by Sufyan bin Husain through a different chain of narrators and to the same effect. This version adds âIf there is no she Camel in her second year, a she Camel in her third year is to be given.â This does not mention the words of Al Zuhri.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1570 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Ibn Shihab (Al Zuhri) said This is the copy of the letter of the Messenger of Allah(ï·º), which he had written about sadaqah(zakat). This was in the custody of the descendants of âUmar bin Al Khattab. Ibn Shihab said Salim bin Abdallah bin Umar read it to me and I memorized it properly. Umar bin Abdul Aziz got it copied from âAbdallah, âAbdallah bin Umar and Salim bin âAbdallah bin âUmar. He (Ibn Shihab) then narrated the tradition like the former(i.e., up to one hundred and twenty cam
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1571 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The statement of Umar bin Al Khattab âThose which are in separate flocks are not to be brought together and those which are in one flock are not to be separatedâ means Two persons had forty goats each ; when the collector came they brought them together in one flock so that only one goat could be given. The phrase âthose which are in one flock are not to be separatedâ means If two partners possessed one hundred and one goats each, three goats were to be given by each of them. When the co
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1572 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
I think, the Prophet (ï·º) said: âPay a fortieth. A dirham is payable on every forty, but you are not liable for payment until you have accumulated two hundred dirhams. When you have two hundred dirhams, five dirhams are payable, and that proportion is applicable to larger amounts. âRegarding sheep, for every forty sheep up to one hundred and twenty, one sheep is due. But if you possess only thirty-nine, nothing is payable on them.â He further narrated the tradition about the sadaqah (zaka
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1573 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Prophet (ï·º) said: âWhen you possess two hundred dirhams and one year passes on them, five dirhams are payable. Nothing is incumbent on you, that is, on gold, till it reaches twenty dinars. When you possess twenty dinars and one year passes on them, half a dinar is payable. Whatever exceeds, that will be reckoned properly.â (The narrator said: I do not remember whether the words âthat will be reckoned properlyâ were uttered by All himself or he attributed them to the Prophet (ï·º).
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1574 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Prophet (ï·º) said: I have given exemption regarding horses and slaves; with regard to coins, however, you must pay a dirham for every forty (dirhams), but nothing is payable on one hundred and ninety. When the total reaches two hundred, five dirhams are payable. Abu Dawud said: Al-Aâmash transmitted this tradition from Abu Ishaq like the one transmitted by Abu âAwanah. This tradition has also been narrated by Shaiban, Abu Muâawiyah and Ibrahim b. Tahman from Abu Ishaq from al-Harith o
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1576 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
When the Prophet (ï·º) sent him to the Yemen, he ordered him to take a male or a female calf a year old for every thirty cattle and a cow in its third year for every forty, and one dinar for every adult (unbeliever as a poll-tax) or cloths of equivalent value manufactured in the Yemen.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1577 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
This tradition has also been transmitted by Muâadh through a different chain of narrators to the same effect.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1578 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
that the Prophet (ï·º) sent him to Yemen. He then narrated the tradition something similar. He did not mention in this version cloths made in the Yemen nor did he refer to adult (unbelievers). Abu Dawud said This tradition has been transmitted by Jarir, Yaâla, Maâmar, Abu âAwanahand Yahya bin Saâid from Al Aâmash, from Abu Waâil, on the authority of Masruq, and from Yaâla and Maâmar on the authority of Muâadh to the same effect.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1582 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Shafiâ means a goat which has a baby in its womb. Abu Dawud said: I read in a document possessed by Abdullah ibn Salim at Hims: Abdullah ibn Muâawiyah al-Ghadiri reported the Prophet (ï·º) as saying: He who performs three things will have the taste of the faith. (They are:) One who worships Allah alone and one believes that there is no god but Allah; and one who pays the zakat on his property agreeably every year. One should not give an aged animal, nor one suffering from itch or ailing, and
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1584 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
said When the Messenger of Allah(ï·º) sent Muâadh to Yemen, he said to him You are going to a people who are people of the book. So call them to bear witness that there is no diety but Allah, and that I am the Messenger of Allah. If they obey you in this respect, tell them that Allah has prescribed five prayers on them every day and night. If they obey you in this regard tell them that Allah has prescribed sadaqah(zakat) on their property and returned it to their poor. If they obey you in this
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1589 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Jabir bin âAbdallah told of some people, meaning nomadic Arabs, who came to the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) and said Collectors of zakat come to us and act unjustly. He said please those who collect the sadaqah from you. They asked Even if they wrong us, Messenger of Allah? He replied Please those who collect sadaqah from you. The version of âUthman adds âEven if you are wrongedâ. Abu Kamil said in this version âJarir said No collector of zakat returned from me since I heard this from the
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1590 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
My father was one of those Companions who took the oath of allegiance at the hand of the Prophet (ï·º) beneath the tree. The Prophet (ï·º) said when the people brought him their sadaqah : O Allah, bless the family of so and so. When my father brought him his sadaqah he said O Allah bless the family of Abu Awfa.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1593 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
âUmar bin Al Khattab gave a horse as alms in the way of Allah. He then found it being sold, and intended to buy it. So he asked the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) about this. He said Do not buy it, and do not take back your sadaqah.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1594 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Prophet (ï·º) said: No sadaqah is due on a horse or a slave except that given at the breaking of the fast (at the end of Ramadan).
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1595 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Messenger of Allah(ï·º) as saying No sadaqah is due from a Muslim on his slave or his horse.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1596 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Messenger of Allah(ï·º) as saying A tenth is payable on what is watered by rain or rivers or brooks or from underground moisture and a twentieth on what is watered by draught camels.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1597 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Messenger of Allah(ï·º) as saying A tenth is payable on what is watered by rivers and brooks or from underground moisture and a twentieth on what is watered by draught camels.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1598 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Wakiâ said Baâl means the agricultural crop which grows by the rain water. Ibn Al Aswad said and Yahya, that is, Ibn Adam said I asked Abu Iyas al Asadi (about this word baâl). He replied What is watered by rain.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1607 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) prohibited to accept jaârur and habiq dates as zakat. Az-Zuhri said: These are two kinds of the dates of Medina. Abu Dawud said: This has also been transmited by Abu al-Walid from Sulaiman bin Kathir from Az-Zuhri.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1610 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Messenger of Allah(ï·º) commanded us that the end of Ramadan when the fasting is closed sadaqah(alms) should be paid before the people went to prayer. âAbd Allah b. âUmar used to pay it one or two days before.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1611 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Messenger of Allah(ï·º) prescribed as zakat payable by slave and freeman, male and female, among the muslims on closing the fast of Ramadan one sa of dried dates or one saâ of barley. (This tradition was read out byu âAbd Allah b. Maslamah to Malik)
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1612 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Messenger of Allah(ï·º)prescribed the sadaqah at the end of Ramadan one saâ. The narrator then transmitted the tradition like the one narrated by Malik. This version adds : âYoung and old. He gave command that this should be paid before the people went out to prayers.â Abu Dawud said : âAbd Allah al-âUmari narrated it from Nafiâ through his chain : âon every Muslim.â The version of Saâid al-Jumahi has : âAmong the Muslims.â The well-known version transmitted by âUbaid
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1613 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Messenger of Allah(ï·º) prescribed sadaqah at the end of Ramadan one saâ of barley and dried dates, payable by young and old freeman and slave. The version of Musa adds : â male and femaleâ. Abu Dawud said : the words âmale and femaleâ narrated, by Ayyub and âAbd Allah al Umar were narrated in their version on the authority of Nafiâ.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1615 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
âAbd Allah (b. Umar) use to pay dried dates as sadaqah one year the people of Medina lacked dried dates, hence he paid barley.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1616 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
When the Messenger of Allah(May peace be upon him) lived among us, we use to bring forth zakat, on closing the fast of Ramadan one saâ of grain or of cheese, or of barley, or of dried dates, or of raisens, payable by every young and old freeman and slave. We continued to pay this till mu-awayah came to perform Haj or Umra and he spoke to the people on the pulpit. What he said to the people was : I think that Mudds of the wheat of syrria is equivalent to one saâ of dried dates. So the people
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1620 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) stood and gave a sermon; he commanded to give sadaqah, at the end of Ramadan when the fasting is closed, one saâ of dried dates or of barley payable by every person. The narrator Ali added in his version: âor one saâ of wheat to be taken from every two.â Both the chains of narrators are then agreed upon the version: âpayable by young and old, freeman and slave.â
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1621 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
He, i.e âAbd al-Razzaq, said : He is âAdawl. Abu Dawud said : Ahmed b. Salih said : He is âAdhri): The Messenger of Allah (May peace be upon him) delivered a speech before the closing fast (âId) by two days. He then transmitted the tradition like that of al Muqri (âAbd Allah b. Yazid).
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1623 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Prophet(ï·º) sent Umar b. al-Khattab to collect sadaqa (All the people paid the zakat but ibn-jamil, Khalid b. al-walid and al-abbas refused. So the Messenger of Allah(ï·º) said : Ibn-jamil is not (so much) objecting, but he was poor and Allah enriched him. As for Khalid b. Walid, you are wronging him, for he has kept back his courts of mail and weapons to use them in Allahâs path. As for al-Abbas, the uncle of the Messenger of Allah(May peace be upon him), I shall be responsible for it an
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1625 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Ziyad, or some other governor, sent Imran ibn Husayn to collect sadaqah (i.e. zakat). When he returned, he asked Imran: Where is the property? He replied: Did you send me to bring the property? We collected it from where we used to collect in the lifetime of the Messenger of Allah (ï·º), and we spent it where we used to spend during the time of the Messenger of Allah (ï·º).
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1626 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Prophet (ï·º) said: He who begs (from people) when he is affluent will come on the Day of Resurrection with scrapes, scratchings, or lacerations on his face. He was asked: What constitutes affluence, Messenger of Allah? He replied:It is fifty dirhams or its value in gold. The narrator Yahya said: Abdullah ibn Sufyan said to Sufyan: I remember that Shuâbah does not narrate from Hakim ibn Jubayr. Sufyan said: Zubayr transmitted to us this tradition from Muhammad ibn AbdurRahman ibn Yazid.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1627 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
A man from Banu Asad said : I and my family alighted at Baqi al-Gharqad. My wife said to me : Go the Messenger of Allah(ï·º) and beg something from him for our eating, and made a mention of there need. So I went to the Messenger of Allah(May peace be upon him). I found with a man who was begging from him and he was saying to him: I have nothing to give you. The man turned away from him in anger while he was saying: By my life, you give anyone you wish. The Messenger of Allah(May peace be upon hi
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1629 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Uyaynah ibn Hisn and Aqraâ ibn Habis came to the Messenger of Allah (ï·º). They begged from him. He commanded to give them what they begged. He ordered Muâawiyah to write a document to give what they begged. Aqraâ took his document, wrapped it in his turban, and went away. As for Uyaynah, he took his document and came to the Prophet (ï·º) at his home, and said to him: Muhammad, do you see me? I am taking a document to my people, but I do not know what it contains, just like the document of
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1631 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The poor man(miskin) is not one who is admitted (by the people) with one or two dates or with one or two morsels but is one, who does not beg anything from his people and is not taken notice of so that alms may be given to him.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1633 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Two men informed me that they went to the Prophet (ï·º) when he was at the Farewell Pilgrimage while he was distributing the sadaqah and asked him for some of it. He looked us up and down, and seeing that we were robust, he said: If you wish, I shall give you something, but there is nothing spare in it for a rich man or for one who is strong and able to earn a living.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1634 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Prophet (ï·º) said: Sadaqah may not be given to a rich man or to one who has strength and is sound in limbs. Abu Dawud said: This tradition has been transmitted by Sufyan from Saâd bin Ibrahim like the tradition narrated by Ibrahim. The version of Shuâbah from Saâd has: âfor a man who has strength and is robust.â The other version of this tradition from the Prophet (ï·º) have the words âfor a man who has strength and is robust.â Others have âfor a man who has strength and is
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1635 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Prophet (ï·º) said: Sadaqah may not be given to rich man, with the exception of five classes: One who fights in Allahâs path, or who collects it, or a debtor, or a man who buys it with his money, or a man who has a poor neighbour who has been given sadaqah and gives a present to the rich man.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1636 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Ibn âUyainah reported from Zaid, from whom Malik narrated and Thwari narrated from Zaid that an authentic narrator reported from the Messenger of Allah (May peace be upon him)
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1638 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Basheer b. Yasar said that a man from the Ansar called Sahi b. abu-Hatmah told him that Messenger of Allah (May peace be upon him) gave one Hundred camels to him a blood-wit from among the camels of sadaqah, i.e a blood-wit for the Ansari who was killed at Khaibar.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1639 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Prophet (ï·º) said: Acts of begging are lacerations with which a man disfigures his face, so he who wishes may preserve his self-respect, and he who wishes may abandon it; but this does not apply to one who begs from a ruler, or in a situation which makes it necessary.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1640 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
I became a guarantor for a payment, and I came to Messenger of Allah (May peace be upon him). He said: Wait till I receive the sadaqah and I shall order it to be given to you. He then said : Begging, Qabisah, is allowable only to one of three classes: a man who has become a guarantor for a payment to whom begging is allowed till he gets it, after which he must stop (begging); a man who has been stricken by a calamity and it destroys his property to whom begging is allowed till he gets what wil
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1642 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
We were with Messenger of Allah (May peace be upon him), seven or eight or nine. He said : Do you take the oath of allegiance to the Messenger of Allah (May peace be upon him), and we shortly took the oath of allegiance. We said: we have already taken the oath of allegiance to you. He repeated the same words three times. We then stretched our hands and took the oath of allegiance to him. A man (or us) said : We took the oath of allegiance to you; now on what should we take the oath of allegiance
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1643 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
If anyone guarantees me that he will not beg from people, I will guarantee him Paradise. Thawban said : I (will not beg). He never asked anyone for anything.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1644 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Some of the Ansar begged from the Messenger of Allah (May peace be upon him) and he gave them something. They later begged from him again and he gave them something so that what he had was exhausted. He then said :What I have I shall never store away from you but Allah will strengthen the abstinence of him who abstains, will give a satisfaction to him who wants to be satisfied, and will strengthen the endurance of him who shows endurance. No one has been given a more ample gift than endurance.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1645 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Prophet (ï·º) said: If one who is afflicted with poverty refers it to me, his poverty will not be brought to an end; but if one refers it to Allah, He will soon give him sufficiency, either by a speedy death or by a sufficiency which comes later.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1647 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Umar employed me to collect the sadaqah. When I finished doing so and gave it to him, he ordered payment to be given to me. I said: I did only for Allahâs sake, and my reward will come from Allah. He said: Take what you are given, for I acted (as a collector) during the time of the Messenger of Allah (May peace be upon him) and he assigned me a payment. Thereupon, I said the same kind of thing as you have said, to which Messenger of Allah (May peace be upon him) said: When you are given so
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1648 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
the upper hand is better than the lower one, the upper being the one which bestows and the lower which begs. Abu Dawud said : The version of this tradition narrated by Ayyub from Nafi is disputed. The narrator `Abd al-Warith said in his version : `The upper hand is the one which abstains from begging;â but most of the narrators have narrated from Hammad b. Zaid from Ayyub the words â The upper hand is the one which bestows.â A narrator from Hammad said in his version âthe one which absta
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1649 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Prophet (ï·º) said: Hands are of three types: Allahâs hand is the upper one; the bestowerâs hand is the one near it; the beggarâs hand is the lower one. So bestow what is surplus, and do not submit yourself to the demand of your soul.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1650 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Prophet (ï·º) sent a man of the Banu Makhzum to collect sadaqah. He said to AbuRafiâ: Accompany me so that you may get some of it. He said: (I cannot take it) until I go to the Prophet (ï·º) and ask him. Then he went to him and asked him. He said: The sadaqah is not lawful for us, and the client of a people is treated as one of them.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1651 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Messenger of Allah (May peace be upon him) came upon a date on the road; he would not take it for fear of being a part of the sadaqah.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1652 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Messenger of Allah (May peace be upon him) found a date and said: Were it not that I fear it may be part of the sadaqah, I would eat it.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1653 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
My father sent me to the Prophet (ï·º) to take the camels which he had given him from among those of sadaqah.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1654 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
âMy father exchanged them for himâ.
Grade: Sahih