# Sunan Abi Dawud - Model Behavior of the Prophet (Kitab Al-Sunnah)

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**2 hadith**

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## Hadith #4627

**Book:** Model Behavior of the Prophet (Kitab Al-Sunnah) | **Narrator(s):** Jami' bin Abi Rashid جامع بن أبي راشد الكاهلي, Muhammad bin 'Ali bin al-Hanfiyyah محمد بن الحنفية, Muhammad bin al-Salt al-Basri محمد بن الصلت البصري, Muhammad bin Kathir bin Abi 'Ata' محمد بن كثير بن أبي عطاء الثقفي, Sufyan bin Sa‘id Ath-Thawri سفيان الثوري | **Grade:** Sahih

We used to say in the times of the Prophet (ﷺ): We do not compare anyone with Abu Bakr. ’Umar came next and then ‘Uthman. We then would leave (rest of) the companions of the Prophet (ﷺ) without treating any as superior to other.

*Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-abi-dawud-4627/)*

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## Hadith #4965

**Book:** General Behavior (Kitab Al-Adab) | **Narrator(s):** al-Mandhir bin Ya'la al-Thauri منذر بن يعلى الثوري, Hammad bin Usamah حماد بن أسامة - أبو أسامة, Muhammad bin 'Ali bin al-Hanfiyyah محمد بن الحنفية, Uthman bin Muhammad | **Grade:** Sahih

Call yourselves by my name, but do not use my KUNYAH (surname).
Abu Dawud said : Abu Salih has transmitted it in a similar way from Abu Hurairah, and similar are the traditions of Abu Sufyan from Jabir, of Salim b. Abl al-Ja’d from Jabir, of Sulaiman al-Yashkuri from Jabir, and of Ibn al-Munkadir from Jabir and similar others and Anas b. Malik.

*Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-abi-dawud-4965/)*

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