# Sunan Abi Dawud - Marriage (Kitab Al-Nikah) *Exported from [ParallelQuran.com](https://parallelquran.com) on August 23, 2026* **16 hadith** --- ## Hadith #2167 **Book:** Marriage (Kitab Al-Nikah) | **Narrator(s):** Abdul Hameed bin 'Abdur Rahman عبد الحميد بن عبد الرحمن بن زيد, al-Hakam bin 'Utayba الحكم بن عتيبة, ibn Abbas, Maqsim bin Bajra مقسم بن بجرة, Masdad bin Masrhad مسدد بن مسرهد بن مسربل, Sa'id bin Abi Sa'id, Yahya bin Sa'id bin Farroukh al-Qatan يحيى بن سعيد بن فروخ القطان | **Grade:** Sahih Maimunah daughter of Al Harith said “When the Apostle of Allaah(ﷺ) intended to associate and lie with any of his wives who was menstruating, he ordered her to wrap up the lower garment(loin-cloth) and then he had association with her. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-abi-dawud-2167/)* --- ## Hadith #2695 **Book:** Jihad (Kitab Al-Jihad) | **Narrator(s):** Abdul Salam bin Harb bin Salm al-Mala'i عبد السلام بن حرب بن سلم النهدي الملائي, al-Hakam bin 'Utayba الحكم بن عتيبة, Ali ibn Abi Talib, Ishaq bin Mansur al-Kausaj إسحاق بن منصور بن بهرام - الكوسج, Maymun bin Abi Shbyb ميمون بن أبي شبيب, Uthman bin Muhammad | **Grade:** Sahih Abu Talhah said “When the Apostle of Allaah(ﷺ) prevailed on any people, he stayed three nights in the field. Ibn Al Muthanna said “When he prevailed over people, he liked to stay three nights in the field.” Abu Dawud said “Yahya bin Sa’id used to object to this tradition for this is not from his early traditions because his memory was spoiled at the age of forty five. He narrated this tradition in the last days of his age.” Abu Dawud said “ It is said that Waki ‘ recived this tradition from him when his memory was spoiled.” *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-abi-dawud-2695/)* --- ## Hadith #2789 **Book:** Sacrifice (Kitab Al-Dahaya) | **Narrator(s):** al-Hakam bin 'Utayba الحكم بن عتيبة, Hnsh bin al-Ma'tmr حنش بن المعتمر, Sharayk bin 'Abdullah شريك بن عبد الله النخعي, Uthman bin Muhammad | **Grade:** Hasan The Prophet (ﷺ) said: I have been commanded to celebrate festival (‘Id) on the day of sacrifice, which Allah, Most High, has appointed for this community. A man said: If I do not find except a she-goat or a she-camel borrowed for milk or other benefits, should I sacrifice it? He said: No, but you should clip your hair , and nails, trim your moustaches, and shave your pubes. This is all your sacrifice in the eyes of Allah, Most High. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-abi-dawud-2789/)* --- ## Hadith #3097 **Book:** Funerals (Kitab Al-Jana'iz) | **Narrator(s):** Abdullah bin Nafi' al-Sa'agh عبد الله بن نافع الصائغ المخزومي, al-Hakam bin 'Utayba الحكم بن عتيبة, Ali ibn Abi Talib, Muhammad bin Kathir bin Abi 'Ata' محمد بن كثير بن أبي عطاء الثقفي, Shu'bah bin al-Hajjaj شعبة بن الحجاج | **Grade:** Da'if The Prophet (ﷺ) said: If anyone performs ablution well and pays a visit to his (sick) Muslim brother seeking his reward from Allah, he will be removed a distance of seventy years (kharif) from Hell. I asked: What is kharif, Abu Hamzah? He replied: A year. Abu Dawud said: Only the people of Basrah have narrated the tradition on visiting the sick after performing ablution. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-abi-dawud-3097/)* --- ## Hadith #3098 **Book:** Funerals (Kitab Al-Jana'iz) | **Narrator(s):** Abdur Rahman bin Abi Layla عبد الرحمن بن أبي ليلى, al-Hakam bin 'Utayba الحكم بن عتيبة, Ali ibn Abi Talib, Muhammad bin Khazim al-Darir محمد بن خازم أبو معاوية الضرير, Sulaiman al-A'mash الأعمش / سليمان بن مهران, Uthman bin Muhammad | **Grade:** Da'if If a man visits a patient in the evening, seventy thousand angels come along with him seeking forgiveness from Allah for him till the morning, and he will have a garden in the Paradise. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-abi-dawud-3098/)* --- ## Hadith #3099 **Book:** Funerals (Kitab Al-Jana'iz) | **Narrator(s):** al-Hakam bin 'Utayba الحكم بن عتيبة, Ali ibn Abi Talib, Jarir bin 'Abdul Hameed al-Razi جرير بن عبد الحميد أبو عبد الله الضبي, Mansur bin al-Ma'tamar al-Salmi منصور بن المعتمر بن عبد الله السلمي, Uthman bin Muhammad | **Grade:** Sahih This tradition has been narrated by Mansur from al-Hakkam as narrated by Shu’bah. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-abi-dawud-3099/)* --- ## Hadith #3240 **Book:** Funerals (Kitab Al-Jana'iz) | **Narrator(s):** al-Hakam bin 'Utayba الحكم بن عتيبة, ibn Abbas, Jarir bin 'Abdul Hameed al-Razi جرير بن عبد الحميد أبو عبد الله الضبي, Mansur bin al-Ma'tamar al-Salmi منصور بن المعتمر بن عبد الله السلمي, Sa'id bin Jubayr سعيد بن جبير الأسدي, Uthman bin Muhammad | **Grade:** Sahih “in two garments”. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-abi-dawud-3240/)* --- ## Hadith #3528 **Book:** Wages (Kitab Al-Ijarah) | **Narrator(s):** Aisha bint Abi Bakr, al-Hakam bin 'Utayba الحكم بن عتيبة, Amarh bin 'Umayr al-Tymy عمارة بن عمير التيمي, Muhammad bin Ja'far bin Abi Kathir محمد بن جعفر بن أبي كثير, Shu'bah bin al-Hajjaj شعبة بن الحجاج, Ubaidullah bin 'Umar al-Qawariri عبيد الله بن عمر القواريري | **Grade:** Sahih The aunt of Umarah ibn Umayr asked Aisha: I have an orphan in my guardianship. May I enjoy from his property? She said: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: The pleasantest things a man enjoys come from what he earns, and his child comes from what he earns. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-abi-dawud-3528/)* --- ## Hadith #3685 **Book:** Drinks (Kitab Al-Ashribah) | **Narrator(s):** Abd Rabah bin Nafi',Abu Shahab al-Hanat عبد ربه بن نافع أبو شهاب الحناط, al-Hakam bin 'Utayba الحكم بن عتيبة, al-Hasan bin 'Amr al-Fqymy الحسن بن عمرو الفقيمي, Sa'id bin Mnswr bin Sh'bh سعيد بن منصور بن شعبة, Shar bin Hushab al-Asha'ri شهر بن حوشب الأشعري, Umm Salamah | **Grade:** Sahih The Prophet (ﷺ) forbade wine (khamr), game of chance (maysir), drum (kubah), and wine made from millet (ghubayrah), saying: Every intoxicant is forbidden. Abu Dawud said: Ibn Sallam Abu ‘Ubaid said: Ghubairah was an intoxicant liquor made from millet. This wine was made by the Abyssinians *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-abi-dawud-3685/)* --- ## Hadith #3704 **Book:** Drinks (Kitab Al-Ashribah) | **Narrator(s):** Abdur Rahman bin Abi Layla عبد الرحمن بن أبي ليلى, al-Hakam bin 'Utayba الحكم بن عتيبة, Hafs bin 'Umar bin al-Harith حفص بن عمر بن الحارث, Shu'bah bin al-Hajjaj شعبة بن الحجاج, Sulaiman bin Harb سليمان بن حرب | **Grade:** Sahih Make nabidh (drink) from each separately. He (the narrator Yahya) said: Abu Salamah bin ‘Abd al-Rahman narrated to me this tradition on the authority of Abu Qatadah from the Prophet (ﷺ) *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-abi-dawud-3704/)* --- ## Hadith #3722 **Book:** Drinks (Kitab Al-Ashribah) | **Narrator(s):** Abdur Rahman bin Abi Layla عبد الرحمن بن أبي ليلى, al-Hakam bin 'Utayba الحكم بن عتيبة, Hafs bin 'Umar bin al-Harith حفص بن عمر بن الحارث, Shu'bah bin al-Hajjaj شعبة بن الحجاج | **Grade:** Sahih The apostle of Allah (ﷺ) forbade drinking from the broken place (of a cup) and blowing into a drink. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-abi-dawud-3722/)* --- ## Hadith #4001 **Book:** Dialects and Readings of the Qur'an (Kitab Al-Huruf Wa Al-Qira'at) | **Narrator(s):** Abu Dharr al-Ghaffari, al-Hakam bin 'Utayba الحكم بن عتيبة, Ibrahim bin Yazid - Taym al-Rabab إبراهيم بن يزيد بن شريك تيم الرباب, Sufyan bin Hussain bin al-Hasan سفيان بن حسين السلمي, Uthman bin Muhammad, Yazid bin Harun يزيد بن هارون, Yazid bin Sharayk bin Tariq يزيد بن شريك بن طارق التيمي الكوفي | **Grade:** Sahih The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to recite: “In the name of Allah, the Cherisher and Sustainer of the worlds; most Gracious, most Merciful; Master of the Day of Judgment,” breaking its recitation into verses, one after another. Abu Dawud said: I heard Ahmad (b. Hanbal) say: The early reading is: Maliki yawmi’l-din. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-abi-dawud-4001/)* --- ## Hadith #4126 **Book:** Clothing (Kitab Al-Libas) | **Narrator(s):** Abdullah bin 'Akaym عبد الله بن عكيم, Abdur Rahman bin Abi Layla عبد الرحمن بن أبي ليلى, al-Hakam bin 'Utayba الحكم بن عتيبة, Hafs bin 'Umar bin al-Harith حفص بن عمر بن الحارث, Shu'bah bin al-Hajjaj شعبة بن الحجاج | **Grade:** Sahih I had some sheep at Uhud, and they began to die. I then entered upon Maymunah, wife of the Prophet (ﷺ), and mentioned it to her. Maymunah said to me: If you took their skins and made use of them, (that would be better for you). She asked: Is that lawful? She replied, Yes. Some people of the Quraysh passed by the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) dragging a sheep of theirs as big as an ass. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said to them: Would that you took its skin. They said: It died a natural death. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: Water and leaves of the mimosa flava purify it. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-abi-dawud-4126/)* --- ## Hadith #4127 **Book:** Clothing (Kitab Al-Libas) | **Narrator(s):** Abdullah bin 'Akaym عبد الله بن عكيم, al-Hakam bin 'Utayba الحكم بن عتيبة, Khalid bin 'Abdullah al-Tahan خالد بن عبد الله بن عبد الرحمن الطحان, Muhammad bin Isma'il bin Ibrahim محمد بن إسماعيل بن إبراهيم بن مقسم | **Grade:** Sahih The letter of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) was read out to us in the territory of Juhaynah when I was a young boy: Do not make use of the skin or sinew of an animal which died a natural death. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-abi-dawud-4127/)* --- ## Hadith #4272 **Book:** Trials and Fierce Battles (Kitab Al-Fitan Wa Al-Malahim) | **Narrator(s):** al-Hakam bin 'Utayba الحكم بن عتيبة, Jarir bin 'Abdul Hameed al-Razi جرير بن عبد الحميد أبو عبد الله الضبي, Mansur bin al-Ma'tamar al-Salmi منصور بن المعتمر بن عبد الله السلمي, Sa'id bin Jubayr سعيد بن جبير الأسدي, Yusuf bin Musa bin Rashid al-Qatan يوسف بن موسى بن راشد القطان | **Grade:** Hasan The verse “If a man kills a believer intentionally, his recompense is Hell to abide therein for ever” was revealed six months after the verse “And those who invoke not with Allah any other god, nor slay such life as Allah has made sacred, except for just cause in Surat al-Furqan. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-abi-dawud-4272/)* --- ## Hadith #5060 **Book:** General Behavior (Kitab Al-Adab) | **Narrator(s):** Abdur Rahman bin Abi Layla عبد الرحمن بن أبي ليلى, al-Hakam bin 'Utayba الحكم بن عتيبة, Ali ibn Abi Talib, Hafs bin 'Umar bin al-Harith حفص بن عمر بن الحارث, Masdad bin Masrhad مسدد بن مسرهد بن مسربل, Shu'bah bin al-Hajjaj شعبة بن الحجاج, Yahya bin Sa'id bin Farroukh al-Qatan يحيى بن سعيد بن فروخ القطان | **Grade:** Sahih there is no god but Allah alone Who has no partner, to whom dominion belongs, to whom praise is due, and who has power over everything (omnipotent). Glory be to Allah, and praise be to Allah, and there is no god but Allah, and then he prays: O my Lord, forgive me. Abu Dawud said : Al-Walid’s version has; and he prays, his prayer will be answered. If he gets up, performs ablution, and prays, his prayer will be accepted. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-abi-dawud-5060/)* ---