# Sunan Abi Dawud - Marriage (Kitab Al-Nikah) *Exported from [ParallelQuran.com](https://parallelquran.com) on August 23, 2026* **25 hadith** --- ## Hadith #2127 **Book:** Marriage (Kitab Al-Nikah) | **Narrator(s):** Aisha bint Abi Bakr, Khaythama bin 'Abdur Rahman خيثمة بن عبد الرحمن بن أبي سبرة, Mansur bin al-Ma'tamar al-Salmi منصور بن المعتمر بن عبد الله السلمي, Muhammad bin al-Sabah محمد بن الصباح البزاز الدولابي, Sharayk bin 'Abdullah شريك بن عبد الله النخعي, Talha bin Msrf bin 'Amr طلحة بن مصرف بن عمرو بن كعب | **Grade:** Da'if A similar tradition has also been transmitted by Ibn ‘Abbas through a different chain of narrators. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-abi-dawud-2127/)* --- ## Hadith #2139 **Book:** Marriage (Kitab Al-Nikah) | **Narrator(s):** Amir al-Sha'bi عامر الشعبي, Amr bin 'Awn/'Auf bin Aws, Husayn bin 'Abdur Rahman al-Salmi حصين بن عبد الرحمن السلمي, Ishaq bin Yusuf bin Mrdas إسحاق بن يوسف بن مرداس, Qays ibn Sa'd ibn 'Ubadah, Sharayk bin 'Abdullah شريك بن عبد الله النخعي | **Grade:** Sahih ‘Uqbah bin ‘Amir reported the Apostle of Allaah (ﷺ) as saying “The condition worthier to be fulfilled by you is the one by which you made the private parts (of your wife) lawful (for you). *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-abi-dawud-2139/)* --- ## Hadith #2148 **Book:** Marriage (Kitab Al-Nikah) | **Narrator(s):** Abdullah bin Burayda bin al-Husayb عبد الله بن بريدة بن الحصيب الأسلمي, Burayda bin al-Husayb, Isma'il bin Musa al-Fazari al-Siddi إسماعيل بن موسى الفزاري السدي, Sharayk bin 'Abdullah شريك بن عبد الله النخعي | **Grade:** Sahih Jarir said I asked the Apostle of Allaah(ﷺ) about an accidental glance (on a woman). He (ﷺ) said “Turn your eyes away.” *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-abi-dawud-2148/)* --- ## Hadith #2156 **Book:** Marriage (Kitab Al-Nikah) | **Narrator(s):** Abu Sa'id al-Khudri, Amr bin 'Awn/'Auf bin Aws, Jabir Bun Nauf, Abu al-Wadak جبر بن نوف أبو الوداك, Qays bin Wahb al-Hmdany قيس بن وهب الهمداني الكوفي, Sharayk bin 'Abdullah شريك بن عبد الله النخعي | **Grade:** Sahih Abu Al Darda said “The Apostle of Allaah(ﷺ) was in a battle. He saw a woman who was nearing the time when she was to deliver a child. “He said “Perhaps the master has intercourse with her.”. They(the people) said “Yes”. He said “I am inclined to invoke a curse on him which will enter his grave with him. How can he make it (the child) an heir when it is not lawful for him? How can he take it into his service when that is not lawful for him?” *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-abi-dawud-2156/)* --- ## Hadith #2363 **Book:** Fasting (Kitab Al-Siyam) | **Narrator(s):** Masdad bin Masrhad مسدد بن مسرهد بن مسربل, Muhammad bin al-Sabah محمد بن الصباح البزاز الدولابي, Sharayk bin 'Abdullah شريك بن عبد الله النخعي, Sufyan bin Sa‘id Ath-Thawri سفيان الثوري, Yahya bin Sa'id bin Farroukh al-Qatan يحيى بن سعيد بن فروخ القطان | **Grade:** Sahih The Prophet (ﷺ) as saying: Fast is a shield ; when one of you is fasting, he should neither behave in an obscene manner nor foolishly. If a man fights or abuses him, he should say: I am fasting, I am fasting. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-abi-dawud-2363/)* --- ## Hadith #2477 **Book:** Jihad (Kitab Al-Jihad) | **Narrator(s):** Abu Bakr bin Abi Uvais أبو بكر بن أبي أويس, Aisha bint Abi Bakr, al-Mqdam bin Shryh bin Han'i المقدام بن شريح بن هانئ بن يزيد, Sharayk bin 'Abdullah شريك بن عبد الله النخعي, Sharih bin Hani' al-Harithi شريح بن هانئ | **Grade:** Sahih Abu Sa’id Al Khudri said “A Bedouin asked the Prophet (ﷺ) about emigration. He replied “Woe to you! The matter of emigration is severe. Have you a Camel? He said, Yes. He asked “Do you pay its zakat? He said, Yes. He said, Then work (anywhere) beyond the seas. Allaah will not reduce anything from (the reward of) your work. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-abi-dawud-2477/)* --- ## Hadith #2591 **Book:** Jihad (Kitab Al-Jihad) | **Narrator(s):** Ammar bin Mua'wiya bin Aslam al-Dahni عمار بن معاوية الدهني, Ishaq bin Ibrahim bin Muhammad إسحاق بن إبراهيم بن محمد, Muhammad bin Muslim bin Tadras محمد بن مسلم بن تدرس أبو الزبير, Sharayk bin 'Abdullah شريك بن عبد الله النخعي, Yahya bin Aadm bin Sulaiman يحيى بن آدم بن سليمان | **Grade:** Sahih Yunus ibn Ubayd, client of Muhammad ibn al-Qasim, said that Muhammad ibn al-Qasim sent to al-Bara’ ibn Azib to ask him about the standard of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). He said: It was black and square, being made of a woollen rug. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-abi-dawud-2591/)* --- ## 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 #2903 **Book:** Shares of Inheritance (Kitab Al-Fara'id) | **Narrator(s):** Abdullah bin Burayda bin al-Husayb عبد الله بن بريدة بن الحصيب الأسلمي, Burayda bin al-Husayb, Sharayk bin 'Abdullah شريك بن عبد الله النخعي, Yahya bin Aadm bin Sulaiman يحيى بن آدم بن سليمان | **Grade:** Da'if A man came to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and said: I have property left by a man of Azd. I do not find any man of Azd to give it to him. He said: Go and look for man of Azd for a year. He then came to him after one year and said: Messenger of Allah, I did not find any man of Azd to give it to him. He said: Look for a man of Khuza’ah whom you meet first and give it to him. When he turned away, he said; Call the man to me. When he came to him, he said: Look for the leading man of Khuza’ah and give it to him. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-abi-dawud-2903/)* --- ## Hadith #3039 **Book:** Tribute, Spoils, and Rulership (Kitab Al-Kharaj, Wal-Fai' Wal-Imarah) | **Narrator(s):** Abbas bin 'Abdul 'Azeem al-'Anbari عباس بن عبد العظيم العنبري, Ibrahim bin Mhajr bin Jabir إبراهيم بن مهاجر بن جابر, Sharayk bin 'Abdullah شريك بن عبد الله النخعي, Ziyad bin Hdyr زياد بن حدير | **Grade:** Sahih A simiar tradition from the Prophet(ﷺ) has also been transmitted by Mu’adh through a different chain of narrators. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-abi-dawud-3039/)* --- ## Hadith #3284 **Book:** Oaths and Vows (Kitab Al-Aiman Wa Al-Nudhur) | **Narrator(s):** Ikrama عكرمة, Qutayba bin Sa'id bin Jamil قتيبة بن سعيد بن جميل, Sharayk bin 'Abdullah شريك بن عبد الله النخعي, Smak bin Hrb bin Aws سماك بن حرب بن أوس | **Grade:** Da'if A man brought the Prophet (ﷺ) a black slave girl. He said: Messenger of Allah, emancipation of believing slave is due to me. He asked her: Where is Allah ? She pointed to the heaven with her finger. He then asked her: Who am I ? She pointed to the Prophet (ﷺ) and to the heaven, that is to say: You are the Messenger of Allah. He then said: Set her free, she is a believer. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-abi-dawud-3284/)* --- ## Hadith #3294 **Book:** Oaths and Vows (Kitab Al-Aiman Wa Al-Nudhur) | **Narrator(s):** Hashim bin al-Qasim bin Muslim هاشم بن القاسم أبو النضر - قيصر, ibn Abbas, Karayb bin Abi Muslim كريب بن أبي مسلم الهاشمي, Muhammad bin 'Abdur Rahman bin 'Ubaid محمد بن عبد الرحمن بن عبيد القرشي, Sharayk bin 'Abdullah شريك بن عبد الله النخعي | **Grade:** Da'if The tradition mentioned above has also been transmitted by Abu Sa’id al-Ru’aini with the same chain as narrated by Yahya (b. Sa’id) and to the same effect. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-abi-dawud-3294/)* --- ## Hadith #3343 **Book:** Commercial Transactions (Kitab Al-Buyu) | **Narrator(s):** ibn Abbas, Ikrama عكرمة, Qutayba bin Sa'id bin Jamil قتيبة بن سعيد بن جميل, Sharayk bin 'Abdullah bin Abi Namr شريك بن عبد الله بن أبي نمر, Sharayk bin 'Abdullah شريك بن عبد الله النخعي, Smak bin Hrb bin Aws سماك بن حرب بن أوس, Uthman bin Muhammad, Uthman ibn 'Affaan, Waki' bin al-Jarrah وكيع بن الجراح | **Grade:** Sahih The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) would not say funeral prayer over a person who died while the debt was due from him. A dead Muslim was brought to him and he asked: Is there any debt due from him? They (the people) said: Yes, two dirhams. He said: Pray yourselves over your companion. Then AbuQatadah al-Ansari said: I shall pay them, Messenger of Allah. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) then prayed over him. When Allah granted conquests to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), he said: I am nearer to every believer than himself, so if anyone (dies and) leaves a debt, I shall be responsible for paying it; and if anyone leaves property, it goes to his heirs. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-abi-dawud-3343/)* --- ## Hadith #3402 **Book:** Commercial Transactions (Kitab Al-Buyu) | **Narrator(s):** Abu Ishaq al-Sabay'ai' أبو إسحاق السبيعي عمرو بن عبد الله, Ata' bin Abi Rabah عطاء بن أبي رباح, Qutayba bin Sa'id bin Jamil قتيبة بن سعيد بن جميل, Rafi' bin Khadij bin Rafi', Sharayk bin 'Abdullah شريك بن عبد الله النخعي | **Grade:** Da'if Rafi’ had cultivated a land. The Prophet (ﷺ) passed him when he was watering it. So he asked him: To whom does the crop belong, and to whom does the land belong? He replied: The crop is mine for my seed and labour. The half (of the crop) is mine and the half for so-and-so. He said: You conducted usurious transaction. Return the land to its owner and take your wages and cost. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-abi-dawud-3402/)* --- ## 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 #3581 **Book:** The Office of the Judge (Kitab Al-Aqdiyah) | **Narrator(s):** Amr bin 'Awn/'Auf bin Aws, Hnsh bin al-Ma'tmr حنش بن المعتمر, Sharayk bin 'Abdullah شريك بن عبد الله النخعي, Smak bin Hrb bin Aws سماك بن حرب بن أوس | **Grade:** Sahih The Prophet (ﷺ) said: O people, if any of you is put in an administrative post on our behalf and conceals from us a needle or more, he is acting unfaithfully, and will bring it on the Day of Resurrection. A black man from the Ansar, as if I am seeing him, stood and said: Messenger of Allah, take back from me my post. He asked: What is that? He replied: I heard you say such and such. He said: And I say that. If we appoint anyone to an office, he must bring what is connected with it, both little and much. What he is given, he may take, and he must refrain from what is kept away from him. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-abi-dawud-3581/)* --- ## Hadith #3888 **Book:** Medicine (Kitab Al-Tibb) | **Narrator(s):** Abbas bin 'Abdul 'Azeem al-'Anbari عباس بن عبد العظيم العنبري, al-'Abbas ibn 'Abd al-Muttalib, Amir al-Sha'bi عامر الشعبي, Anas ibn Malik, Sharayk bin 'Abdullah bin Abi Namr شريك بن عبد الله بن أبي نمر, Sharayk bin 'Abdullah شريك بن عبد الله النخعي, Sulaiman bin Da'ud bin Da'ud سليمان بن داود بن داود بن علي, Yazid bin Harun يزيد بن هارون | **Grade:** Hasan I passed by a river. I entered it and took a bath in it. When I came out, I had fever. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) was informed about it. He said: Ask AbuThabit to seek refuge in Allah from that I asked: O my Lord, will the spell be useful? He replied: No, the spell is to be used except for the evil eye or a snake bite or a scorpion sting. Abu Dawud said: Humah means the biting of snakes and sting of the poisonous insects. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-abi-dawud-3888/)* --- ## Hadith #4463 **Book:** Prescribed Punishments (Kitab Al-Hudud) | **Narrator(s):** Abu al-Ahwus, Salam bin Sulaym al-Hanafi أبو الأحوص سلام بن سليم الحنفي, Asim al-Ahwal عاصم الأحول, Ata' bin Abi Rabah عطاء بن أبي رباح, ibn Abbas, Mas'ud bin Malik Abu Razayn al-Asadi مسعود بن مالك أبو رزين الأسدي, Sharayk bin 'Abdullah شريك بن عبد الله النخعي | **Grade:** Hasan If a man who is not married is seized committing sodomy, he will be stoned to death. Abu Dawud said: The tradition of ‘Asim proved the tradition of ‘Amir b. Abi ‘Amr as weak. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-abi-dawud-4463/)* --- ## Hadith #4484 **Book:** Prescribed Punishments (Kitab Al-Hudud) | **Narrator(s):** Ali ibn Abi Talib, Isma'il bin Musa al-Fazari al-Siddi إسماعيل بن موسى الفزاري السدي, Sharayk bin 'Abdullah شريك بن عبد الله النخعي, Umayr bin Sa'id al-Nakha'i عمير بن سعيد النخعي الصهباني, Uthman bin 'Asim bin Husayn عثمان بن عاصم بن حصين أبو حصين | **Grade:** Hasan Sahih The Prophet (ﷺ) said: If he is intoxicated, flog him; again if he is intoxicated, flog him; again if he is intoxicated, flog him if he does it again a fourth time, kill him. Abu Dawud said: And there is a similar tradition of Umar ibn AbuSalamah, from his father, on the authority of AbuHurayrah, from the Prophet (ﷺ): If he drinks wine, flog him if he does it so again, a fourth time, kill him. Abu Dawud said: And there is similar tradition of Suhail from Abu Salih on the authority of Abu Hurairah, from the Prophet (ﷺ): It they drink a fourth time, kill them. And there is similar tradition of Ibn Abi Nu’m on the authority of Ibn ‘Umar from Prophet (ﷺ). There is also similar tradition of ‘Abd Allah b. ‘Amr from the Prophet (ﷺ), and from Sharid from the Prophet (ﷺ). And in the tradition of al-Jadli from Mu’awiyah, the Prophet (ﷺ) said: If he does so again third or fourth time, kill him. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-abi-dawud-4484/)* --- ## Hadith #4578 **Book:** Types of Blood-Wit (Kitab Al-Diyat) | **Narrator(s):** Abu Da'ud أبو داود السجستاني الأزدي, al-Mughira bin Maqsam المغيرة بن مقسم, Amir al-Sha'bi عامر الشعبي, Ibrahim al-Nakha'i إبراهيم النخعي, Jabir ibn 'Abdullah, Muhammad bin Snan al-Bahly محمد بن سنان الباهلي أبو بكر البصري, Sharayk bin 'Abdullah شريك بن عبد الله النخعي | **Grade:** Sahih A woman threw a stone at another woman and she aborted. The dispute was brought to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). He gave judgment that five hundred sheep should be paid for her (unborn) child, and forbade throwing stones. Abu Dawud said: The version of this tradition goes in this way, i.e. five hundred sheep. What is correct is one hundred sheep. Abu Dawud said: ‘Abbas transmitted this tradition this way, but it is misunderstanding. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-abi-dawud-4578/)* --- ## Hadith #4791 **Book:** General Behavior (Kitab Al-Adab) | **Narrator(s):** Abbas bin 'Abdul 'Azeem al-'Anbari عباس بن عبد العظيم العنبري, al-'Aswad bin 'Amir Shadhan الأسود بن عامر شاذان, Mujahid bin Jabir مجاهد بن جبر, Sharayk bin 'Abdullah شريك بن عبد الله النخعي, Sulaiman al-A'mash الأعمش / سليمان بن مهران | **Grade:** Sahih A man asked permission to see the Prophet (ﷺ), and he said: He is a bad son of the tribe, or: He is a bad member of the tribe. He then said : Give him permission. Then when he entered, he spoke to him leniently. `A’isha asked : Apostle of Allah! You spoke to him leniently while you said about him what you said! He replied: The one who will have the worst position in Allah’s estimation on the Day of Resurrection will be the one whom people left alone for fear of his ribaldry. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-abi-dawud-4791/)* --- ## 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 #4871 **Book:** General Behavior (Kitab Al-Adab) | **Narrator(s):** Abu Bakr bin Abi Shayba أبو بكر بن أبي شيبة, Ammar ibn Yasir, N'ym bin Hnzlh al-Kwfa نعيم بن حنظلة الكوفي, Rakayn bin al-Rabi' bin 'Amila ركين بن الربيع, Sharayk bin 'Abdullah شريك بن عبد الله النخعي | **Grade:** Sahih A mischief-maker will not enter paradise. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-abi-dawud-4871/)* --- ## Hadith #5000 **Book:** General Behavior (Kitab Al-Adab) | **Narrator(s):** Anas ibn Malik, Asim al-Ahwal عاصم الأحول, Sharayk bin 'Abdullah شريك بن عبد الله النخعي | **Grade:** Sahih I came to the Messenger of Allah (May peace be upon him) at the expedition to Tabuk when he was in a small skin tent. I gave him a salutation and he returned it, saying: come in. I asked : the whole of me Messenger of Allah? He replied : The whole of you. So I entered. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-abi-dawud-5000/)* --- ## Hadith #5247 **Book:** General Behavior (Kitab Al-Adab) | **Narrator(s):** Abu Ishaq al-Sabay'ai' أبو إسحاق السبيعي عمرو بن عبد الله, ibn Mas'ud, Ishaq bin Yusuf bin Mrdas إسحاق بن يوسف بن مرداس, Sharayk bin 'Abdullah شريك بن عبد الله النخعي | **Grade:** Sahih A mouse came dragging a wick and dropped before the Messenger of Allah(ﷺ) on the mat on which he was sitting with the result that it burned a hole in it about the size of dirham. He (the prophet) said: When you go to sleep, extinguish your lamps, for the devil guides a creature like this to do thus and sets you on fire. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-abi-dawud-5247/)* ---