# Sunan Abi Dawud - Marriage (Kitab Al-Nikah)

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

**8 hadith**

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## Hadith #2147

**Book:** Marriage (Kitab Al-Nikah) | **Narrator(s):** Abu Zara' bin 'Amr /Harm أبو زرعة بن عمرو/هرم, Amr bin Sa'id bin al-As عمرو بن سعيد بن العاص- الأشدق, Jarir bin 'Abdullah al-Bajli, Muhammad bin Kathir bin Abi 'Ata' محمد بن كثير بن أبي عطاء الثقفي, Sufyan bin Sa‘id Ath-Thawri سفيان الثوري, Yonus bin 'Ubaid bin Dinar يونس بن عبيد بن دينار العبدي | **Grade:** Hasan

The Prophet (ﷺ) said: A man will not be asked as to why he beat his wife.

*Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-abi-dawud-2147/)*

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## Hadith #2644

**Book:** Jihad (Kitab Al-Jihad) | **Narrator(s):** Hanad bin al-Sari bin Mus'ab هناد بن السري بن مصعب, Jarir bin 'Abdullah al-Bajli, Muhammad bin Khazim al-Darir محمد بن خازم أبو معاوية الضرير, Qays bin Abi Hazim قيس بن أبي حازم | **Grade:** Sahih

Al Miqdad bin Al Aswad reported that he said “Apostle of Allaah(ﷺ) tell me if I meet a man who is a disbeliever and he fights with me and cuts off one hand of mine with the sword and then takes refuge by a tree and says “I embraced Islam for Allah’s sake. Should I kill him, Apostle of Allaah(ﷺ) after he uttered it (the credo of Islam)? The Apostle of Allaah(ﷺ) said “Do not kill him”. I said “Apostle of Allaah(ﷺ), he cut off my hand. The Apostle of Allaah(ﷺ) said, Do not kill him. I f you kill him, he will become like you before you kill him and you will become like him before he uttered his credo which he has uttered now.

*Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-abi-dawud-2644/)*

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## Hadith #2771

**Book:** Jihad (Kitab Al-Jihad) | **Narrator(s):** al-Rabi' bin Nafi' Abu Tawba al-Halbi الربيع بن نافع أبو توبة الحلبي, Isa bin Yonus bin Abi Ishaq عيسى بن يونس بن أبي إسحاق, Isma'il bin Abi Khalid al-Ahmsi إسماعيل بن أبي خالد الأحمسي, Jarir bin 'Abdullah al-Bajli, Qays bin Abi Hazim قيس بن أبي حازم | **Grade:** Hasan

Ibn ‘Abbas said “The verse “Those who believe in Allaah and the Last Day ask thee for no exemption from fighting with their goods and persons” was abrogated by the verse “Only those are believers who believe in Allaah and His Apostle….For Allaah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.”

*Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-abi-dawud-2771/)*

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## Hadith #4337

**Book:** Battles (Kitab Al-Malahim) | **Narrator(s):** Abu al-Ahwus, Salam bin Sulaym al-Hanafi أبو الأحوص سلام بن سليم الحنفي, Jarir bin 'Abdullah al-Bajli, Masdad bin Masrhad مسدد بن مسرهد بن مسربل | **Grade:** Da'if

“Or Allah will mingle your hearts together and curse you as He cursed them.”
Abu Dawud said: This tradition has been transmitted by al-Muharibi, from al-‘Ala bin al-Musayyab, from ‘Abd Allah bin ‘Amr bin Murrah, from Salim al-Aftas, from Abu Ubaidah, from ‘Abd Allah; and it is been transmitted by Khalid al-Tahhan, from al-‘Ala, from ‘Amr bin Murrah from Abu ‘Ubaidah.

*Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-abi-dawud-4337/)*

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## Hadith #4358

**Book:** Prescribed Punishments (Kitab Al-Hudud) | **Narrator(s):** Abdur Rahman Ibn 'Awf, Abu Ishaq al-Sabay'ai' أبو إسحاق السبيعي عمرو بن عبد الله, Amir al-Sha'bi عامر الشعبي, Humaid bin 'Abdur Rahman حميد بن عبد الرحمن بن عوف الزهرى, Jarir bin 'Abdullah al-Bajli, Qutayba bin Sa'id bin Jamil قتيبة بن سعيد بن جميل | **Grade:** Hasan

Abdullah ibn AbuSarh used to write (the revelation) for the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). Satan made him slip, and he joined the infidels. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) commanded to kill him on the day of Conquest (of Mecca). Uthman ibn Affan sought protection for him. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) gave him protection.

*Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-abi-dawud-4358/)*

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## Hadith #4727

**Book:** Model Behavior of the Prophet (Kitab Al-Sunnah) | **Narrator(s):** Hammad bin Usamah حماد بن أسامة - أبو أسامة, Isma'il bin Abi Khalid al-Ahmsi إسماعيل بن أبي خالد الأحمسي, Jarir bin 'Abdul Hameed al-Razi جرير بن عبد الحميد أبو عبد الله الضبي, Jarir bin 'Abdullah al-Bajli, Qays bin Abi Hazim قيس بن أبي حازم, Uthman bin Muhammad, Waki' bin al-Jarrah وكيع بن الجراح | **Grade:** Sahih

I have been permitted to tell about one of Allah’s angels who bears the throne that the distance between the lobe of his ear and his shoulder is a journey of seven hundred years.

*Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-abi-dawud-4727/)*

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## Hadith #4807

**Book:** General Behavior (Kitab Al-Adab) | **Narrator(s):** Abdur Rahman bin Hilal عبد الرحمن بن هلال, Abu Bakr bin Abi Shayba أبو بكر بن أبي شيبة, Jarir bin 'Abdullah al-Bajli, Muhammad bin Khazim al-Darir محمد بن خازم أبو معاوية الضرير, Sulaiman al-A'mash الأعمش / سليمان بن مهران, Tmym bin Salmah تميم بن سلمة, Waki' bin al-Jarrah وكيع بن الجراح | **Grade:** Sahih

Allah is gentle, likes gentleness, and gives for gentleness what he does not give for harshness.

*Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-abi-dawud-4807/)*

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## Hadith #4943

**Book:** General Behavior (Kitab Al-Adab) | **Narrator(s):** Abu Zara' bin 'Amr /Harm أبو زرعة بن عمرو/هرم, Amr bin 'Awn/'Auf bin Aws, Amr bin Sa'id bin al-As عمرو بن سعيد بن العاص- الأشدق, Jarir bin 'Abdullah al-Bajli, Khalid bin 'Abdullah al-Tahan خالد بن عبد الله بن عبد الرحمن الطحان, Yonus bin Yazid bin Abi al-Nijad يونس بن يزيد بن أبي النجاد | **Grade:** Sahih

The Prophet (ﷺ) said: Those who do not show mercy to our young ones and do not realise the right of our elders are not from us.

*Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-abi-dawud-4943/)*

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