# Sunan Abi Dawud - The Book of Manumission of Slaves

*Exported from [ParallelQuran.com](https://parallelquran.com) on August 23, 2026*

**4 hadith**

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## Hadith #3954

**Book:** The Book of Manumission of Slaves | **Narrator(s):** Abdul Malik bin Aby عبد الملك بن أبي سليمان, Ahmad bin Hanbal أحمد بن حنبل, Ata' bin Abi Rabah عطاء بن أبي رباح, Hashaym bin Bashayr bin al-Qasim هشيم بن بشير بن القاسم, Isma'il bin Abi Khalid al-Ahmsi إسماعيل بن أبي خالد الأحمسي, Jabir ibn 'Abdullah, Salmah bin Kahayl al-Hadrami سلمة بن كهيل بن حصين | **Grade:** Sahih

We sold slave-mothers during the time of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and of AbuBakr. When Umar was in power, he forbade us and we stopped.

*Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-abi-dawud-3954/)*

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## Hadith #4011

**Book:** Hot Baths (Kitab Al-Hammam) | **Narrator(s):** Abdul Malik bin Aby عبد الملك بن أبي سليمان, Ata' bin Abi Rabah عطاء بن أبي رباح, Ya'la bin 'Ubaid bin Umayya al-Tanafasi يعلى بن عبيد بن أبي أمية الطنافسي, Zuhayr bin Mua'wiya bin Hudayj زهير بن معاوية بن حديج | **Grade:** Da'if

The Prophet (ﷺ) said: After some time the lands of the non-Arabs will be conquered for you, and there you will find houses called hammamat (hot baths). so men should not enter them (to wash) except in lower garments, and forbid the women to enter them except a sick or one who is in a child-bed.

*Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-abi-dawud-4011/)*

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## Hadith #4012

**Book:** Hot Baths (Kitab Al-Hammam) | **Narrator(s):** Abdul Malik bin Aby عبد الملك بن أبي سليمان, Abu Bakr bin 'Ayyash al-Asadi أبو بكر بن عياش بن سالم الأسدي, al-'Aswad bin 'Amir Shadhan الأسود بن عامر شاذان, Ata' bin Abi Rabah عطاء بن أبي رباح, Muhammad bin Ahmed bin Abi Khalaf محمد بن أحمد بن أبي خلف, Safwan bin Y'ala bin Umayya صفوان بن يعلى بن أمية, Ya'la bin Umayya | **Grade:** Sahih

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) saw a man washing in a public place without a lower garment. So he mounted the pulpit, praised and extolled Allah and said: Allah is characterised by modesty and concealment. So when any of you washes, he should conceal himself.

*Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-abi-dawud-4012/)*

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## Hadith #4766

**Book:** Model Behavior of the Prophet (Kitab Al-Sunnah) | **Narrator(s):** Abdul Malik bin Aby عبد الملك بن أبي سليمان, Abdur-Razzaq عبد الرزاق بن همام, al-Hasan bin 'Ali al-Halwani الحسن بن علي الخلال الحلواني, Salmah bin Kahayl al-Hadrami سلمة بن كهيل بن حصين, Zayd bin Wahb al-Jhny زيد بن وهب الجهني | **Grade:** Sahih

Tasmid means uprooting the hair.

*Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-abi-dawud-4766/)*

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