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

*Exported from [ParallelQuran.com](https://parallelquran.com) on August 24, 2026*

**6 hadith**

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## Hadith #2143

**Book:** Marriage (Kitab Al-Nikah) | **Narrator(s):** Ahmed bin Yusuf bin Khalid أحمد بن يوسف بن خالد حمدان, Sufyan bin Hussain bin al-Hasan سفيان بن حسين السلمي | **Grade:** Hasan Sahih

I said: Messenger of Allah, how should we approach our wives and how should we leave them? He replied: Approach your tilth when or how you will, give her (your wife) food when you take food, clothe when you clothe yourself, do not revile her face, and do not beat her.
Abu Dawud said: The version of Shu’bah has: That you give her food when you have food yourself, and that you clothe her when you clothe yourself.

*Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-abi-dawud-2143/)*

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## Hadith #2578

**Book:** Jihad (Kitab Al-Jihad) | **Narrator(s):** Aabad bin al-Wam bin عباد بن العوام, Abu Hurairah, al-Zuhri ابن شهاب الزهري‎, محمد بن مسلم, Ali bin Muslim bin Sa'id علي بن مسلم بن سعيد الطوسي, Husayn bin Nmyr al-Kndy Thm حصين بن نمير, Masdad bin Masrhad مسدد بن مسرهد بن مسربل, Sa'id ibn al-Musayyib سعيد بن المسيب بن حزن أبو محمد القرشي, Sufyan bin Hussain bin al-Hasan سفيان بن حسين السلمي | **Grade:** Sahih

while she was on a journey along with the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ): I had a race with him (the Prophet) and I outstripped him on my feet. When I became fleshy, (again) I had a race with him (the Prophet) and he outstripped me. He said: This is for that outstripping.

*Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-abi-dawud-2578/)*

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## Hadith #3404

**Book:** Commercial Transactions (Kitab Al-Buyu) | **Narrator(s):** Aabad bin al-Wam bin عباد بن العوام, Ata' bin Abi Rabah عطاء بن أبي رباح, Jabir ibn 'Abdullah, Sufyan bin Hussain bin al-Hasan سفيان بن حسين السلمي, Yonus bin 'Ubaid bin Dinar يونس بن عبيد بن دينار العبدي | **Grade:** Sahih

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) forbade muhaqalah, muzabanah, mukhabarah, and mu’awanah. One of the two narrators from Hammad said the word mu’awamah, and other said: “selling many years ahead”. The agreed version then goes: and thunya, but gave license for ‘araya.

*Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-abi-dawud-3404/)*

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## 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/)*

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## Hadith #4507

**Book:** Types of Blood-Wit (Kitab Al-Diyat) | **Narrator(s):** Aabad bin al-Wam bin عباد بن العوام, Abu Hurairah, Abu Salama bin 'Abdur Rahman أبو سلمة بن عبد الرحمن بن عوف, al-Zuhri ابن شهاب الزهري‎, محمد بن مسلم, Da'ud bin Rshyd داود بن رشيد, Harun bin 'Abdullah al-Hamal هارون بن عبد الله بن مروان الحمال, Sa'id bin Abi Sa'id, Sa'id bin Sulaiman al-Dabi سعيد بن سليمان - سعدويه الضبي, Sufyan bin Hussain bin al-Hasan سفيان بن حسين السلمي | **Grade:** Da'if

The Prophet (ﷺ) said: I will not forgive anyone who kills after accepting blood-wit

*Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-abi-dawud-4507/)*

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## Hadith #4590

**Book:** Types of Blood-Wit (Kitab Al-Diyat) | **Narrator(s):** Abu Hurairah, al-Zuhri ابن شهاب الزهري‎, محمد بن مسلم, Muhammad bin Sa'id bin Yazid محمد بن سعيد بن يزيد بن إبراهيم, Sa'id ibn al-Musayyib سعيد بن المسيب بن حزن أبو محمد القرشي, Sufyan bin Hussain bin al-Hasan سفيان بن حسين السلمي, Uthman bin Muhammad | **Grade:** Sahih

A servant of some poor people cut off the ear of the servant of some rich people. His people came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and said: Messenger of Allah! we are poor people. So he imposed no compensation on them.

*Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-abi-dawud-4590/)*

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