# Sunan Abi Dawud - Divorce (Kitab Al-Talaq) *Exported from [ParallelQuran.com](https://parallelquran.com) on August 24, 2026* **9 hadith** --- ## Hadith #2241 **Book:** Divorce (Kitab Al-Talaq) | **Narrator(s):** Abdur Rahman bin Abi Layla عبد الرحمن بن أبي ليلى, Ahmed bin Ibrahim bin Kathir أحمد بن إبراهيم بن كثير, Isa bin al-Mukhtar عيسى بن المختار بن عبد الله بن عيسى | **Grade:** Sahih I embraced Islam while I had eight wives. So I mentioned it to the Prophet (ﷺ). The Prophet (said) said: Select four of them. Abu Dawud said: This tradition has also been narrated to us by Ahmad b. Ibrahim from Hushaim. He said: Qais b. al-Harith instead of al-Harith b. Qais. Ahmad b. Ibrahim said: This is correct, i.e. Qais b. al-Harith. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-abi-dawud-2241/)* --- ## Hadith #2310 **Book:** Divorce (Kitab Al-Talaq) | **Narrator(s):** Ahmed bin Ibrahim bin Kathir أحمد بن إبراهيم بن كثير, Hajjaj bin al-Minhal حجاج بن المنهال, Ibn Jurayj ابن جريج, Jabir ibn 'Abdullah, Muhammad bin Muslim bin Tadras محمد بن مسلم بن تدرس أبو الزبير | **Grade:** Sahih ‘Abd Allaah (bin Masud) said “I asked Apostle of Allaah(ﷺ) which sin is the gravest?” He replied “That you associate someone with Allaah, while He has created you”. I again asked “Which then?” He replied “That you commit adultery with the wife of your neighbor.” Allaah then revealed the following Qur’anic verse in support of the statement of the Prophet (ﷺ) “Those who invoke not with Allaah any other god nor slay such life as Allaah has made sacred except for just cause nor commit fornication.” *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-abi-dawud-2310/)* --- ## Hadith #2473 **Book:** Fasting (Kitab Al-Siyam) | **Narrator(s):** Abdullah bin Budayl al-Khuza'i, Abu Da'ud أبو داود السجستاني الأزدي, Ahmed bin Ibrahim bin Kathir أحمد بن إبراهيم بن كثير, Amr bin Dinar عمرو بن دينار الأثرم الجمحي, ibn Umar, Umar ibn al-Khattab | **Grade:** Hasan Sahih The sunnah for one who is observing i’tikaf (in a mosque) is not to visit a patient, or to attend a funeral, or touch or embrace one’s wife, or go out for anything but necessary purposes. There is no i’tikaf without fasting, and there is no i’tikaf except in a congregational mosque. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-abi-dawud-2473/)* --- ## Hadith #3534 **Book:** Wages (Kitab Al-Ijarah) | **Narrator(s):** Abu Hurairah, Abu Karayb, Muhammad bin al-'Ala' محمد بن العلاء - أبو كريب, Ahmed bin Ibrahim bin Kathir أحمد بن إبراهيم بن كثير, Dhakwan Abu Salah al-Saman al-Ziyat ذكوان أبو صالح السمان الزيات, Sharayk bin 'Abdullah شريك بن عبد الله النخعي, Talq bin Ghanam طلق بن غنام, Uthman bin 'Asim bin Husayn عثمان بن عاصم بن حصين أبو حصين | **Grade:** Sahih I used to write (the account of) the expenditure incurred on orphans who were under the guardianship of so-and-so. They cheated him by one thousand dirhams and he paid these (this amount) to them. I then got double the property which they deserved. I said (to the man: Take one thousand (dirhams) which they have taken from you (by cheating). He said: No, my father has told me that he heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: Pay the deposit to him who deposited it with you, and do not betray him who betrays you. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-abi-dawud-3534/)* --- ## Hadith #4273 **Book:** Trials and Fierce Battles (Kitab Al-Fitan Wa Al-Malahim) | **Narrator(s):** Ahmed bin Ibrahim bin Kathir أحمد بن إبراهيم بن كثير, Hajjaj bin al-Minhal حجاج بن المنهال, Ibn Jurayj ابن جريج, Sa'id bin Jubayr سعيد بن جبير الأسدي, Ya'la bin 'Ubaid bin Umayya al-Tanafasi يعلى بن عبيد بن أبي أمية الطنافسي | **Grade:** Sahih I asked Ibn ‘Abbas (about the verse relating to intentional homicide in Surat An-Nisa’) He said: When the verse “Those who invoke not with Allah any other god, nor slay such life as Allah had made sacred, except for just cause” was revealed, the polytheists of Mecca said: We have killed the soul prohibited by Allah, invoked another god along with Allah for worship, and committed shameful deeds. So Allah revealed the verse “unless he repents, believes, and works righteous deeds, for Allah will change the evil of such persons into good.” This is meant for them. As regards the verse “if a man kills a believer intentionally, his recompense is Hell” He said: If a man knows the command of Islam and intentionally kills a believer, his repentance wil not be accepted. I then mentioned it to Mujahid. He said: “Except the one who is ashamed (of his sin).” *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-abi-dawud-4273/)* --- ## Hadith #4281 **Book:** The Promised Deliverer (Kitab Al-Mahdi) | **Narrator(s):** Abu Bakr bin 'Ayyash al-Asadi أبو بكر بن عياش بن سالم الأسدي, Abu Karayb, Muhammad bin al-'Ala' محمد بن العلاء - أبو كريب, Ahmed bin Ibrahim bin Kathir أحمد بن إبراهيم بن كثير, Masdad bin Masrhad مسدد بن مسرهد بن مسربل, Sufyan bin Sa‘id Ath-Thawri سفيان الثوري, Ubaidullah bin Musa bin Abi al-Mukhtar عبيد الله بن موسى بن أبي المختار باذام, Yahya bin Sa'id bin Farroukh al-Qatan يحيى بن سعيد بن فروخ القطان, Za'ida bin Qadama al-Thaqifi زائدة بن قدامة الثقفي | **Grade:** Sahih When he came back to his home. the Quraish came to him and said: Then what will happen ? He said: Then turmoil will prevail. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-abi-dawud-4281/)* --- ## Hadith #4283 **Book:** The Promised Deliverer (Kitab Al-Mahdi) | **Narrator(s):** Abdullah bin Ja'far al-Raqqi عبد الله بن جعفر الرقي, Ahmed bin Ibrahim bin Kathir أحمد بن إبراهيم بن كثير, Ali bin Nafayl علي بن نفيل, Sa'id ibn al-Musayyib سعيد بن المسيب بن حزن أبو محمد القرشي, Umm Salamah, Ziyad bin Byan زياد بن بيان | **Grade:** Sahih The Prophet (ﷺ) said: If only one day of this time (world) remained, Allah would raise up a man from my family who would fill this earth with justice as it has been filled with oppression. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-abi-dawud-4283/)* --- ## Hadith #4330 **Book:** Battles (Kitab Al-Malahim) | **Narrator(s):** Ahmed bin Ibrahim bin Kathir أحمد بن إبراهيم بن كثير, Jabir ibn 'Abdullah, Salim bin 'Abdullah bin 'Umar سالم بن عبد الله بن عمر بن الخطاب, Shayban bin 'Abdur Rahman شيبان بن عبد الرحمن النحوي أبو معاوية, Sulaiman al-A'mash الأعمش / سليمان بن مهران, Ubaidullah bin Musa bin Abi al-Mukhtar عبيد الله بن موسى بن أبي المختار باذام | **Grade:** Sahih Nafi’ told that Ibn Umar used to say: I swear by Allah that I do not doubt that Antichrist is Ibn Sayyad. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-abi-dawud-4330/)* --- ## Hadith #4924 **Book:** General Behavior (Kitab Al-Adab) | **Narrator(s):** Abdullah bin Ja'far al-Raqqi عبد الله بن جعفر الرقي, Abu al-Malih, Abu Da'ud أبو داود السجستاني الأزدي, Ahmed bin Ibrahim bin Kathir أحمد بن إبراهيم بن كثير, Nafie' نافع مولى ابن عمر | **Grade:** Sahih Nafi’ said: Ibn Umar heard a pipe, put his fingers in his ears and went away from the road. He said to me: Are you hearing anything? I said: No. He said: He then took his fingers out of his ears and said: I was with the Prophet (ﷺ), and he heard like this and he did like this. AbuAli al-Lu’lu said: I heard AbuDawud say: This is a rejected tradition. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-abi-dawud-4924/)* ---