# Sunan Abi Dawud - Funerals (Kitab Al-Jana'iz) *Exported from [ParallelQuran.com](https://parallelquran.com) on August 23, 2026* **12 hadith** --- ## Hadith #3177 **Book:** Funerals (Kitab Al-Jana'iz) | **Narrator(s):** Jabir bin Samra, Mua'dh bin Mua'dh bin Nsr معاذ بن معاذ بن نصر, Shu'bah bin al-Hajjaj شعبة بن الحجاج, Smak bin Hrb bin Aws سماك بن حرب بن أوس, Ubaidullah bin Mua'dh عبيد الله بن معاذ بن معاذ بن نصر | **Grade:** Sahih An animal was brought to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) while he was going with a funeral. He refused to ride on it. When the funeral was away, the animal was brought to him and he rode on it. He was asked about it. He said: The angels were on their feet. I was not to ride while they were walking. When they went away, I rode. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-abi-dawud-3177/)* --- ## Hadith #3184 **Book:** Funerals (Kitab Al-Jana'iz) | **Narrator(s):** Jabir bin Samra, Smak bin Hrb bin Aws سماك بن حرب بن أوس, Zuhayr bin Mua'wiya bin Hudayj زهير بن معاوية بن حديج | **Grade:** Da'if We asked the Prophet (ﷺ) about walking with the funeral. He replied: Not running (but walking quickly). If he (the dead person) was good, send him to it quickly; if he was otherwise, keep away the people of Hell. The bier should be followed and should not follow. Those who go in front of it are not accompanying it. Abu Dawud said: The narrator Yahya b. ‘Abd Allah is weak. He is Yahya al-Jabir Abu Dawud said: This is from Kufah, and Abu Majidah is from Basrah. Abu Dawud said: Abu Majidah is obscure. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-abi-dawud-3184/)* --- ## Hadith #3815 **Book:** Foods (Kitab Al-At'imah) | **Narrator(s):** Hammad bin Zayd حماد بن زيد بن درهم الأزدي الأزرق, Jabir bin Samra, Musa bin Isma'il al-Munqari al-Tabudhaki موسى بن إسماعيل المنقري - لتبوذكي, Smak bin Hrb bin Aws سماك بن حرب بن أوس | **Grade:** Da'if The Prophet (ﷺ) said: What the sea throws up and is left by the tide you may eat, but what dies in the sea and floats you must not eat. Abu Dawud said: This tradition has been transmitted by Sufyan al-Thawri, Ayyub and Hammad from Abu al-Zubair as the statement of Jabor himself (and not from the Prophet). It has been also transmitted direct from the Prophet (ﷺ) through a weak chain by Abu Dhi’b, from Abu al-Zubair on the authority if Jabir from the Prophet (ﷺ). *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-abi-dawud-3815/)* --- ## Hadith #4142 **Book:** Clothing (Kitab Al-Libas) | **Narrator(s):** Ahmad bin Hanbal أحمد بن حنبل, Isra'il bin Yonus bin Abi Ishaq إسرائيل بن يونس بن أبي إسحاق, Jabir bin Samra, Smak bin Hrb bin Aws سماك بن حرب بن أوس, Waki' bin al-Jarrah وكيع بن الجراح | **Grade:** Sahih The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) mentioned bedding and said: There should be bedding for a man, bedding for his wife, and third for a guest, but a fourth for the devil. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-abi-dawud-4142/)* --- ## Hadith #4278 **Book:** Trials and Fierce Battles (Kitab Al-Fitan Wa Al-Malahim) | **Narrator(s):** Abu Khalid al-Bajli,al-Ahamsi أبو خالد البجلي الأحمسي, Amr bin 'Uthman عمرو بن عثمان بن عفان, Isma'il bin Abi Khalid al-Ahmsi إسماعيل بن أبي خالد الأحمسي, Jabir bin Samra, Marwan bin Mua'wiya al-Fazari مروان بن معاوية الفزاري | **Grade:** Sahih The Prophet (ﷺ) said: This people of mine is one to which mercy is shown. It will have no punishment in the next world, but its punishment in this world will be trials, earthquakes and being killed. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-abi-dawud-4278/)* --- ## Hadith #4279 **Book:** The Promised Deliverer (Kitab Al-Mahdi) | **Narrator(s):** Amir al-Sha'bi عامر الشعبي, Jabir bin Samra, Musa bin Isma'il al-Munqari al-Tabudhaki موسى بن إسماعيل المنقري - لتبوذكي, Wahayb bin Khalid bin 'Ajlan al-Bahli وهيب بن خالد بن عجلان الباهلي | **Grade:** Sahih The Prophet (ﷺ) said: The religion will continue to be established till there are twelve caliphs over you, and the whole community will agree on each of them. I then heard from the Prophet (ﷺ) some remarks which I could not understand. I asked my father: What is he saying: He said: all of them will belong to Quraysh. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-abi-dawud-4279/)* --- ## Hadith #4280 **Book:** The Promised Deliverer (Kitab Al-Mahdi) | **Narrator(s):** al-Aswad bin Sa'id al-Hmdany الأسود بن سعيد الهمداني, Jabir bin Samra, Ziyad bin Khaythama al-Ja'fi زياد بن خيثمة الجعفي, Zuhayr bin Mua'wiya bin Hudayj زهير بن معاوية بن حديج | **Grade:** Sahih I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: This religion will continue to be strong till the time of twelve caliphs. The people then uttered: Allah is more great and uproared. He then silently a word which I could not understand. So I said to my father: What did he say, father ? He said: All of them will belong to Quraish. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-abi-dawud-4280/)* --- ## Hadith #4420 **Book:** Prescribed Punishments (Kitab Al-Hudud) | **Narrator(s):** Jabir bin Samra, Masdad bin Masrhad مسدد بن مسرهد بن مسربل, Smak bin Hrb bin Aws سماك بن حرب بن أوس, Wadah bin 'Abdullah al-Yashkari وضاح بن عبد الله اليشكري أبو عوانة | **Grade:** Hasan Muhammad ibn Ishaq said: I mentioned the story of Ma’iz ibn Malik to Asim ibn Umar ibn Qatadah. He said to me: Hasan ibn Muhammad ibn Ali ibn AbuTalib said to me: Some men of the tribe of Aslam whom I do not blame and whom you like have transmitted to me the saying of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ): Why did you not leave him alone? He said: But I did not understand this tradition. So I went to Jabir ibn Abdullah and said (to him): Some men of the tribe of Aslam narrate that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said when they mentioned to him the anxiety of Ma’iz when the stones hurt him: “Why did you not leave him alone?’ But I do not know this tradition. He said: My cousin, I know this tradition more than the people. I was one of those who had stoned the man. When we came out with him, stoned him and he felt the effect of the stones, he cried: O people! return me to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). My people killed me and deceived me; they told me that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) would not kill me. We did not keep away from him till we killed him. When we returned to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) we informed him of it. He said: Why did you not leave him alone and bring him to me? and he said this so that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) might ascertain it from him. But he did not say this to abandon the prescribed punishment. He said: I then understood the intent of the tradition. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-abi-dawud-4420/)* --- ## Hadith #4421 **Book:** Prescribed Punishments (Kitab Al-Hudud) | **Narrator(s):** Jabir bin Samra, Muhammad bin al-Muthna - al-Zaman محمد بن المثنى أبو موسى - الزمن, Muhammad bin Ja'far bin Abi Kathir محمد بن جعفر بن أبي كثير, Shu'bah bin al-Hajjaj شعبة بن الحجاج, Smak bin Hrb bin Aws سماك بن حرب بن أوس | **Grade:** Sahih Ma’iz ibn Malik came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and said that he had committed fornication and he (the Prophet) turned away from him. He repeated it many times, but he (the Prophet) turned away from him. He asked his people: Is he mad? They replied: There is no defect in him. He asked: Have you done it with her? He replied: Yes. so he ordered that he should be stoned to death. He was taken out and stoned to death, and he (the Prophet) did not pray over him. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-abi-dawud-4421/)* --- ## Hadith #4821 **Book:** General Behavior (Kitab Al-Adab) | **Narrator(s):** al-Musayb bin Rafa'i al-Asadi المسيب بن رافع الأسدي الكاهلي أبو العلاء, Jabir bin Samra, Masdad bin Masrhad مسدد بن مسرهد بن مسربل, Sulaiman al-A'mash الأعمش / سليمان بن مهران, Tmym bin Trfh تميم بن طرفة, Yahya bin Sa'id bin Farroukh al-Qatan يحيى بن سعيد بن فروخ القطان | **Grade:** Sahih AbulQasim (ﷺ) said: When one of you is in the sun (Shams)–Makhlad’s version has “fay'”–and the shadow withdraws from him so that he is partly in sun and partly in shade, he should get up. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-abi-dawud-4821/)* --- ## Hadith #4823 **Book:** General Behavior (Kitab Al-Adab) | **Narrator(s):** Hanad bin al-Sari bin Mus'ab هناد بن السري بن مصعب, Jabir bin Samra, Muhammad bin Ja'far bin Ziyad محمد بن جعفر بن زياد, Sharayk bin 'Abdullah شريك بن عبد الله النخعي, Smak bin Hrb bin Aws سماك بن حرب بن أوس | **Grade:** Sahih the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) entered the mosque, and saw them (his companions) in separate groups. He said: How is it that I see you in separate groups? *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-abi-dawud-4823/)* --- ## Hadith #4848 **Book:** General Behavior (Kitab Al-Adab) | **Narrator(s):** Jabir bin Samra, Smak bin Hrb bin Aws سماك بن حرب بن أوس, Sufyan bin Sa‘id Ath-Thawri سفيان الثوري, Umar bin Sa'd bin 'Ubaid عمر بن سعد بن عبيد أبو داود, Uthman bin Muhammad | **Grade:** Sahih The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) came upon me when I was sitting thus: having my left hand behind my back and leaning on the fleshy part of it, and said: Are you sitting in the manner of those with whom Allah is angry? *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-abi-dawud-4848/)* ---