Hadith #401 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
We were in the company of the Prophet (ï·º). The muâadhdhin intended to call for the Zuhr prayer. He said: Make it cooler. He then intended to call for prayer. He said twice or thrice: Make it cooler. We then witnessed the shadow of the mounds. He then said: The intensity of heat comes from the bubbling over of the Hell ; so when the heat is violent, offer (the Zuhr) prayer when it becomes cooler.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #402 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
When the heat is violent, offer (the Zuhr) prayer when it becomes fairly cool, for the violent heat comes from the bubbling over the Hell.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #403 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Jabir b. Samurah reported that Bilal used to call for the noon prayer when the sun had declined.
Grade: Hasan Sahih

Hadith #404 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Anas b. Malik said the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) used to say the âAsr prayer when the sun was high and bright and living, then one would go off to al-âAwali and get there while the sun was still high.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #405 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Al-âAwali is situated at a distance of two miles or three (from Medina). He (the narrator) said: I think he said: or four miles.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #406 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
By the life of the sun is meant that you may find heat in it.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #407 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) would offer the Zuhr prayer while the sunlight was present in her apartment before it ascended (the walls).
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #408 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
We came upon the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) in Medina. He would postpone the afternoon prayer as long as the sun remained white and clear.
Grade: Da'if

Hadith #409 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
âAli (may Allah be pleased with him) reported the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) as saying on the day of Battle of Khandaq (Trench). They (the unbelievers) prevented us from offering the middle prayer i.e. âAsr prayer. May Allah fill their houses and their graves with Hell-fire.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #410 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
âAishah commanded me to write for her come passage from the Qurâan. She also added: When you reach the following verse, inform me: âBe guardian of your prayers and of the midmost prayerâ (2:238). When I reached it, I informed her. She asked me to write: âBe guardians of your prayers, and of the midmost prayer, and of the âAsr prayer, and stand up with devotion of Allahâ (2:238). âAishah then said: I heard it from the Messenger of Allah (ï·º).
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #411 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) used to offer the Zuhr prayer in midday heat; and no prayer was harder on the Companions of the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) that this one. Hence the revelation came down: âBe guardians of your prayers, and of the midmost prayerâ (2:238). He (the narrator) said: There are two prayers before it and two prayers after it.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #412 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
If anyone says a rakâah of the âAsr prayer before sunset, he has observed (the âAsr prayer), and if anyone performs a rakâah of the Fajr prayer, he has observed (the Fajr prayer).
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #413 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
We came upon Anas b. Malik after the Zuhr prayer. He stood for saying the âAsr prayer. When he became free from praying, we mentioned to him about observing prayer in its early period or he himself mentioned it. He said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) say: This is how hypocrites pray, this is how hypocrites pray, this is how hypocrites pray: He sits (watching the sun), and when it becomes yellow and is between the horns of the devil, or is on the horns of the devil, he rises and prays fo
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #414 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Anyone who loses his âAsr prayer is like a person whose family has perished and whose property has been plundered. Abu Dawud said: âAbd Allah b. âUmar narrated the word utira (instead of wutira, meaning perished). The dispute on this point goes back to Ayyub. Al-Zuhri reported from Salim on the authority of this father from the Prophet (ï·º) the word âwutiraâ.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #415 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Delaying the âAsr prayer means that the sunshine becomes yellow on the earth.
Grade: Da'if

Hadith #416 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
We used to offer the Maghrib prayer with the Prophet (ï·º) and then shoot arrows, one of us could see the place where arrow would fall.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #417 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Prophet (ï·º) used to say the Maghrib prayer immediately after the sun had set when its upper side would disappear.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #418 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Marthad ibn Abdullah said: When AbuAyyub came upon us to fight the infidels and in those days Uqbah ibn Amir was the Governor of Egypt, he (Uqbah) delayed the sunset prayer. Hence AbuAyyub stood and said: What kind of prayer is this, Uqbah? He said: We were busy. He said: Did you not hear the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) say: My community will remain well, or he said: will remain on its natural condition, so long as it would not delay the evening prayer until the stars shine brightly just like a net
Grade: Hasan Sahih

Hadith #419 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
I am the one who is best informed of the time of this prayer, i.e. the night prayer. The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) used to offer it at the hour when the moon went down on its third night.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #420 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
We remained one night waiting for the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) to offer the Isha prayer. He came out to us when one-third of the night has passed or even after it. We did not know whether anything kept him occupied or there was some other matter. When he came out, he said: Are you waiting for this prayer ? Were it not that it would impose a burden on my people, I would normally pray with them at this time. He then gave orders to the muâadhdhin who declared that the time of the prayer had come.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #421 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
We waited for the Prophet (ï·º) to offer the night prayer. He delayed until people thought that he would not come out and some of us said that he had offered the prayer. At the moment when we were in this condition the Prophet (ï·º) came out. People said to him as they were already saying. He said: Observe this prayer when it is dark, for by it you have been made superior to all the peoples, no people having observed it before you.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #422 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
We observed the prayer after nightfall with the Messenger of Allah (ï·º), and he did not come out till about half the night had passed. He then said: Take your places. We then took our places. Then he said: The people have prayed and gone to bed, but you are still engaged in prayer as long as you wait for the prayer. Were it not for the weakness of the weak and for the sickness of the sick. I would delay this prayer till half the night had gone.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #423 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) would say the Fajr prayer after which the women would depart wrapped up their woolen garments, being unrecognizable because of the darkness before dawn.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #424 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Offer Fajr prayer at dawn, for it is most productive of rewards to you or most productive of reward.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #425 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
AbuMuhammad fancies that witr prayer is essential. (Hearing this) Ubadah ibn as-Samit said: AbuMuhammad was wrong. I bear witness that I heard the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) say: Allah, the Exalted, has made five prayers obligatory. If anyone performs ablution for them well, offers them at their (right) time, and observes perfectly their bowing and submissiveness in them, it is the guarantee of Allah that He will pardon him; if anyone does not do so, there is no guarantee for him on the part of Al
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #426 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) was asked: Which of the actions is best? He replied: Observing prayer early in its period. Al-Khuzaâi narrated in his version from his aunt named Umm Farwah who took the oath of allegiance to the Prophet (ï·º): He was questioned.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #427 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
A man from Basrah said: Tell me what you heard from the Messenger of Allah (ï·º). He said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) say: No one will enter Hell who has prayed before the rising of the sun and before its setting (meaning the dawn and the afternoon prayers). He said three times: Have you heard it from him? He replied: Yes, each time saying: My ears heard it and my heart memorised it. The man then said: And I heard him (the Prophet) say that.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #428 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) taught me and what he taught me is this: Observe the five prayers regularly. He said: I told (him): I have many works at these times; so give me a comprehensive advice which, if I follow, should be enough for me. He said: Observe the two afternoon prayers (al-asrayn). But the term al-asrayn (two afternoon prayers) was not used in our language. Hence I said: What is al-asrayn? He said: A prayer before the sunrise and a prayer before the sunset (i.e. the dawn and the
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #429 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
There are five thing, if anyone observe them with faith, he will enter Paradise. He who prays the five times prayer regularly, with the ablution for them, with their bowing, with their prostration and their (right) times ; keeps fast during Ramadan ; performs Hajj (pilgrimage) to the House (Kaâbah), provided he has the ability for its passage; pays Zakat happily ; and fulfills the trust (he will enter Paradise). People said: Abu al-Dardaâ, what is fulfilling the trust ? He replied: Washing b
Grade: Hasan

Hadith #430 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Allah , the Exalted said: I made five timesâ prayers obligatory on your people, and I took a guarantee that if anyone observes them regularly at their times, I shall admit him to Paradise; if anyone does not offer them regularly, there is no such guarantee of Mine for him.
Grade: Hasan

Hadith #431 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
âThe Messenger of Allah (ï·º) asked me: âHow will you act, Abu Dharr, when you are under rulers who kill prayer or delay it (beyond its proper time) ?â I said: âMessenger of Allah, what do you command me ?â He replied: âOffer the prayer at its proper time, and if you say it along with them, say it, for it will be a supererogatory prayer for you.'â
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #432 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Amr ibn Maymun al-Awdi said: Muâadh ibn Jabal, the Messenger of the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) came to us in Yemen, I heard his takbir (utterance of AllahuAkbar) in the dawn prayer. He was a man with loud voice. I began to love him. I did depart from him until I buried him dead in Syria (i.e. until his death). Then I searched for a person who had deep understanding in religion amongst the people after him. So I came to Ibn Masâud and remained in his company until his death. He (Ibn Masâud) s
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #433 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
After me you will come under rulers who will be detained from saying prayer at its proper time by (their) works until its time has run out, so offer prayer at its proper time. A man asked him: Messenger of Allah, may I offer prayer with them? He replied: Yes, if you wish (to do so). Sufyan (another narrator through a different chain)said: May I offer prayer with them if I get it with them? He said: Yes, if you wish to do so.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #434 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) said: After me you will be ruled by rulers who will delay the prayer and it will be to your credit but to their discredit. So pray with them so long as they pray facing the qiblah.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #435 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
When the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) returned from the Battle of Khaibar, he travelled during the night. When we felt sleep, he halted for rest. Addressing Bilal he said: Keep vigilance at night for us. But Bilal who was leaning against the saddle of his mount was dominated by sleep. Neither the Prophet (ï·º) nor Bilal nor any of his Companions could get up till the sunshine struck them. The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) got up first of all. The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) was embarrassed and said: O Bilal
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #436 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Another version of the above tradition adds: The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) said: Go away from this place of yours where inadvertence took hold of you. He then commanded Bilal who called for prayer and announced that the prayer in congregation was ready (i.e. he uttered the iqamah) and he observed prayer. Abu Dawud said: This tradition has been narrated by Malik, Sufyan b. âUyainah, al-Awzaâi, and âAbd al-Razzaq from Maâmar and Ibn Ishaq, none of them made a mention of the call for prayer
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #437 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
âThe Prophet (ï·º) was on a journey. The Prophet (ï·º) took a turn and I also took a turn with him. He said: âLook!â I said: âThis is a rider; these are two riders; and these are threeâ until we became seven. He then said: Guard for us our prayer, i.e. the Fajr prayer. But sleep dominated them and none could awaken them except the heat of the sun. They stood up and drove away a little. Then they got down (from their mounts) and performed ablution. Bilal called for prayer and they offer
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #438 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
âAbd Allah b. Rabah al-Ansari, whom the Ansar called faqih (juries), came to us from Medina, and reported us on the authority of Abu Qatadah al-Ansari, the horseman of the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) saying: The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) sent a military expedition consisting of the chief Companions. He then narrated the same story, saying Nothing awakened us except the rising sun. We stoop up in bewilderment, for our prayer. The Prophet (ï·º) said: Wait a little, wait a little. When the sun rose h
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #439 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
âAllah takes your souls as He wishes, and returns them as He wishes. Stand up and call the Adhan to prayer.â They (the Companions) stood and performed ablution. When the sun rose high, the Prophet (ï·º) stood and led the people in prayer.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #440 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
âHe performed ablution when the sun had arisen high and led them in prayer.â
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #441 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
There is no remissness in sleep, it is only when one is awake that there is remissness when you delay saying the prayer till the time for the next prayer comes.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #442 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
If any one forgets a prayer or oversleeps, he should observe it when he remembers it ; there is no expiation for it except that.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #443 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) was on his journey. They (the people) slept abandoning the Fajr prayer. They awoke by the heat of the sun. Then they travelled a little until the sun rose high. He (the Prophet) commanded the muâadhdhin (one who called for prayer) to call for prayer. He then offered two rakâahs of prayer (sunnah prayer) before the (obligatory) fajr prayer. Then he (the muâadhdhin) announced for saying the prayer in congregation (i.e. he uttered iqamah). Then he led them in the
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #444 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
We were in the company of the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) during one of his journeys. He overslept abandoning the morning prayer until the sun had arisen. The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) awoke and said: Go away from this place. He then commanded Bilal to call for prayer. He called for prayer. They (the people) performed ablution and offered two rakâahs of the morning prayer (sunnah prayer). He then commanded Bilal (to utter the iqamah, i.e. to summon the people to attend the prayer). He announced th
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #445 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Yazid b. Salih (instead of Yazid b. Sulaih).
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #446 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
âHe (Bilal) called for prayer unhurriedly.â
Grade: Da'if

Hadith #447 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
We proceeded with the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) on the occasion of al-Hudaybiyyah. The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) said: Who will keep watch for us? Bilal said: I (shall do). The overslept till the sun arose. The Prophet (ï·º) awoke and said: Do as you used to do (i.e. offer prayer as usual). Then we did accordingly. He said: Anyone who oversleeps or forgets (prayer) should do similarly.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #448 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
I was not commanded to build high mosques. Ibn Abbas said: You will certainly adorn them as the Jews and Christians did.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #449 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Prophet (ï·º) said: The Last Hour will not come until people vie with one another about mosques.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #450 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Prophet (nay peace be upon him) commanded him to build a mosque at Taâif where the idols were placed.
Grade: Da'if

Hadith #451 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The mosque (of the Prophet) during his lifetime was built with bricks, its roof with branches of the palm-tree, and its pillars with palm-wood, as Mujahid said: Abu Bakr did not add anything to it. But âUmar added to it; he built as it was built during the lifetime of the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) with bricks and branches, and he changed its pillars. Mujahid said: Its pillars were made of wood. âUthman changed it altogether with increasing addition. He built its walls with decorated stone and
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #452 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The pillars of the mosque of the Prophet (ï·º) during the life time of the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) were made of the trunks of the palm-tree; they covered from the above by twigs of the palm-tree; they decayed during the caliphate of Abu Bakr. He built it afresh with trunks and twigs of the palm-tree. But they again decayed during the caliphate of âUthman. He, therefore, built it with bricks. That survives until today.
Grade: Da'if

Hadith #453 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Messenger of Allah (ï·º) came over to Medina and encamped at the upper side of Medina among the tribe known as Banu âAmr b. âAwf. He stayed among them for fourteen days. He then sent someone to call Banu al-Najjar. They came to him hanging their swords from the necks. Anas then said: As if I am looking at the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) sitting on his mount and Abu Bakr seated behind him, and Banu al-Najjar standing around him. He descended in the courtyard of Abu Ayyub. The Messenger of Allah
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #454 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Mosque (of the Prophet) was built in the land of Banu al-Najjar which contained crops, palm trees and graves of the disbelievers. The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) said: Sell it to me for some price. They (Banu al-Najjar) replied: We do not want (any price). The palm-trees were cut off, and the crops removed and the graves of the disbelievers dug opened. He then narrated the rest of the tradition. But this version has the word âforgiveâ in the verse, instead of the word âhelpâ. Musa said:
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #455 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) commanded us to build mosques in different localities (i.e. in the locality of each tribe separately) and that they should be kept clean and be perfumed.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #456 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
After (praising Allah and blessing the Prophet) that: The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) used to command us to build mosques in our localities and keep them well and clean.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #457 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
I said: Messenger of Allah, tell us the legal injunction about (visiting) Bayt al-Muqaddas (the dome of the Rock at Jerusalem). The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) said: go and pray there. All the cities at that time were effected by war. If you cannot visit it and pray there, then send some oil to be used in the lamps.
Grade: Da'if

Hadith #458 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
I asked Ibn âUmar about the gravel spread pin the mosque. He replied: One night the rain fell and the earth was moistened. A man was bringing the gravel (broken stones) in his cloth and spreading it beneath him. When the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) finished his prayer, he said: How fine it is !
Grade: Da'if

Hadith #459 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
It was said that when a man removed gravels from the mosque, they adjured him.
Grade: Da'if

Hadith #460 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The gravels adjure the person when removes them from the mosque.
Grade: Da'if

Hadith #461 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Prophet (ï·º) said: The rewards of my people were presented before me, so much so that even the reward for removing a mote by a person from the mosque was presented to me. The sins of my people were also presented before me. I did not find a sin greater than that of a person forgetting the Qurâanic chapter or verse memorised by him.
Grade: Da'if

Hadith #462 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
If we left this door for women (it would have been better). Nafiâ said: Ibn âUmar did not enter (the door) until his death. The other except âAbd al-Warith said: This was said by âUmar (and not by Ibn âUmar) and that is more correct.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #463 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
This tradition has been reported by âUmar b. al-Khattab through a different chain of narrators. He narrated it to the same effect and that is more correct.
Grade: Da'if

Hadith #464 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
âUmar b. al-Khattab used to prohibit (men) to enter through the door reserved for women.
Grade: Da'if

Hadith #465 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
when any of you enters the mosque he should invoke blessing on the prophet (ï·º) and then he should say: O Allah, open to me the gates of thy mercy. And when he goes out, he should say: O Allah, I ask thee out of Thine abundance.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #466 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
I met âUqbah b. Muslim and said to him: it has been reported to me that someone has narrated to you from the prophet (ï·º) that when he entered the mosque, he would say: I seek refuge in Allah, the Magnificent, and in His noble face, and in his eternal domain, from the accursed Devil. He asked : is it so much only? I said: Yes. He said: when anyone says so. The devil says: he is protected from me all the day long.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #467 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Abu Qatadah reported the Messenger of Allah (May peace be upon him) as saying; when any one of you enters the mosque, he should pray two RAKAHS before sitting down.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #468 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
then he may remain sitting (after praying two RAKAHS) or may go for his work.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #469 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
O Allah, forgives him; O Allah, have mercy on him.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #470 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Nothing prevents one from going home to oneâs family except prayer.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #471 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
O Allah, forgive him? O Allah, take mercy on him, until he turns away, or he is defiled. He was asked: what is meant by defilement? He replied: he breaks wind gently or loudly.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #472 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Abu Hurairah reported the Messenger of Allah (May peace be upon him) as saying; one shall have the thing the for which one comes to the mosque.
Grade: Hasan

Hadith #473 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
I heard the Messenger of Allah (May peace be upon him) as saying; if anyone hears a man crying out in the mosque about something he has lost, he should say: May Allah not restore it to you, for the mosque were not built for this.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #474 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Spitting in the mosque is a sin and it is expiated by burying the spittle.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #475 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) said: Spitting in the mosque is a sin and it is expiated by burying the spittle.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #476 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Messenger of Allah(ï·º) said: Spitting phlegm in the mosqueâ¦ The narrator then transmitted the rest of the tradition to the same effect.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #477 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Messenger of Allah(ï·º) said: if anyone enters the mosque, and spits in it, or ejects phlegm, he should remove some earth and bury it there. If he does not do so, then he should spit in his clothes and not come out with it.
Grade: Hasan Sahih

Hadith #478 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) said: When a man stands with the intention of saying prayer, or if any of you says prayer, he should not spit before him, nor at his right side; but he should do so at his left side, if there is a place for it; or he should spit under his left foot and then rub it off.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #479 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
One day while the Messenger of Allah(ï·º)was giving sermon he suddenly saw phlegm on the wall towards the qiblah(the direction to which Muslims turn in prayer) of the mosque. So he became angry at people. He then scraped it and sent for saffron and stained with it. He then said: When any one of you prays, Allah, the Exalted, faces him: he, therefore, should not spit before him.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #480 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Prophet(ï·º) liked the twigs of the date-palm, and he often had one of them in his hand. He entered the mosque and saw phlegm in the wall towards qiblah and he scraped it. He then turned towards people in anger and said: Is any one of you is pleased to spit in his face? When any of you faces qiblah, he indeed faces his Lord, the Majestic the Glorious: the angels are at right side. Therefore, he should not spit on his right side or before him towards qiblah. He should spit towards his left si
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #481 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
A man led the people in prayer. He spat towards qiblah while the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) was looking at him. The Messenger of Allah said to the people when he finished his prayer: He should not lead you in prayer (henceforth). Thenceforth he intended to lead them in prayer, but they forbade him and informed him of the prohibition of the Messenger of Allah (ï·º). He mentioned it to the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) who said to him: Yes. The narrator said: I think he (the Prophet) said: You did harm t
Grade: Hasan

Hadith #482 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
I came to the Messenger of Allah(ï·º) who was saying prayer. He spat beneath his left foot.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #483 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
âHe then rubbed it with his shoe.â
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #484 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
AbuSaâid said: I saw Wathilah ibn al-Asqaâ in the mosque of Damascus. He spat at the mat and then rubbed it with his foot. He was asked: Why did you do so? He said: Because I saw the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) doing so.
Grade: Da'if

Hadith #485 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
We came to Jabir ibn Abdullah who was sitting in his mosque. He said: The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) came to us in this mosque and he had a twig of date-palm of the kind of Ibn Tab. He looked and saw phlegm on the wall towards qiblah. He turned to it and scraped it with the twig. He then said: Who of you likes that Allah turns His face from him? He further said: When any of you stands for praying, Allah faces him. So he should not spit before him, nor on his right side. He should spit on his left
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #486 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
A man entered the mosque on camel and made it kneel down, and then tied his leg with rope. He then asked: Who among you is Muhammad? The Messenger of Allah (May peace be upon him) was sitting leaning upon something among them. We said to him: This white (man) who is leaning. The man said: O son of âAbd al-Muttalib. The Prophet (peace be upon him) said; I already responded to you. The man (again) said: O Muhammad. I am asking you. The narrator then narrated the rest of the tradition.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #487 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Banu Saâd b. Bakr sent Qamam b. Thaâlabah to the apostle of Allah (May peace be upon him). He came to him and made his camel kneel down near the gate of the mosque. He then tied its leg and entered the mosque. The narrator then reported in a similar way. He then said: Who among you is the son of Abd al-Muttalib? The Messenger of Allah (May peace be upon him) replied: I am the son of Ibn âAbd al-Muttalib. He said: O son of âAbd al-Muttalib. The narrator then reported the rest of the tradi
Grade: Hasan

Hadith #488 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Jews came to the Prophet (May peace be upon him) and he was sitting in the mosque among his Companions. They said: O Abu al-Qasim, a man and a woman have committed adultery.
Grade: Da'if

Hadith #489 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The earth has been made for me purifying and as a mosque (place for prayer).
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #490 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
AbuSalih al-Ghifari reported: Ali (once) passed by Babylon during his travels. The muâadhdhin (the person who calls for prayer) came to him to call for the afternoon prayer. When he passed by that place, he commanded to announce for the prayer. After finishing the prayer he said: My affectionate friend (i.e. the Prophet) prohibited me to say prayer in the graveyard. He also forbade me to offer prayer in Babylon because it is accursed.
Grade: Da'if

Hadith #491 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Abu Salih narrated this tradition with a different chain of transmitters to the same effect as reported by Sulaiman b. Dawud. But this version has the word KHARAJA (he went out) instead of BARAZA (proceeded).
Grade: Da'if

Hadith #492 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
and the narrator Musa said: As far as Amr thinks, the Prophet (ï·º) said: The whole earth is a place of prayer except public baths and graveyards.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #493 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Messenger of Allah (May peace be upon him) was asked about saying prayer at places where the camels kneel down. He replied; Do not say prayer at places where the camels kneel down because they are the places of devils. And he was asked about saying prayer in the fold of sheep. He replied: pray there because they are the places of blessing.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #494 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Prophet (ï·º) said: Command a boy to pray when he reaches the age of seven years. When he becomes ten years old, then beat him for prayer.
Grade: Hasan Sahih

Hadith #495 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) said: Command your children to pray when they become seven years old, and beat them for it (prayer) when they become ten years old; and arrange their beds (to sleep) separately.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #496 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Wakiâ misunderstood the name of Dawud b. Sawar. Abu Dawud al-Tayalisi has narrated this tradition from him. He said: Anu Hamzah Sawar al-Sairafi.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #497 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Hisham ibn Saâd reported: We entered upon Muâadh ibn Abdullah ibn Khubayb al-Juhani. He said to his wife: When (at what age) should a boy pray? She replied: Some person of us reported: The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) was asked about it; he said: When a boy distinguishes right hand from the left hand, then command him to pray.
Grade: Da'if

Hadith #498 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
AbuUmayr reported on the authority of his uncle who was from the Ansar (the helpers of the Prophet): The Prophet (ï·º) was anxious as to how to gather the people for prayer. The people told him: Hoist a flag at the time of prayer; when they see it, they will inform one another. But he (the Prophet) did not like it. Then someone mentioned to him the horn. Ziyad said: A horn of the Jews. He (the Prophet) did not like it. He said: This is the matter of the Jews. Then they mentioned to him the bell
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #499 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
when the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) ordered a bell to be made so that it might be struck to gather the people for prayer, a man carrying a bell in his hand appeared to me while I was asleep, and I said; servant of âabd Allah, will you sell the bell? He asked; what will you do with it? I replied; we shall use it to call the people to prayer. He said; should I not suggest you something better than that. I replied: certainly. Then he told me to say: Allah is most great, Allah is most great, Allah i
Grade: Hasan Sahih

Hadith #500 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
I testify that there is no god but Allah, I testify that there is no god but Allah; I testify that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah, I testify that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah. Lowering your voice while saying them (these words). Then you must raise your voice in making the testimony: I testify that there is no god but Allah, I testify there is no god but Allah; I testify Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah, I testify Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah. Come to prayer, come to prayer; co
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #501 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
He (the prophet) taught me IQAMAH (to pronounce each phrase) twice: Allah is most great. Allah is most great. I testify that there is no god but Allah. I testify that there is no god but Allah; I testify that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah, I testify that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah: come to prayer, come to prayer: come to salvation, come to salvation: Allah is most great. Allah is great; there is no god but Allah. Abu Dawud said: The narrator âAbd al-Razzaq said; You pronounce IQAM
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #502 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
come to prayer, come to prayer, come to salvation; Allah is most great, Allah is most great: there is no god but Allah. IQAMAH runs: Allah is most great, Allah is most great. Allah is most great, Allah is most great: I testify that there is no god but Allah, I testify that there is no god but Allah; I testify that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah, I testify that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah; come to prayer; come to prayer: come to salvation. Come to salvation; the time for prayer has com
Grade: Hasan Sahih

Hadith #503 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Messenger of Allah (May peace be upon him) himself taught me the call to prayer (adhan). He asked me to pronounce: Allah is most great. Allah is most great. Allah is most great. Allah is most great: I testify that there is no god but Allah. I testify that there is no god but Allah; I testify that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah, I testify that Muhammad is Messenger of Allah. Then repeat and raise your voice; I testify that there is no god but Allah, I testify that there is no god but Alla
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #504 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Messenger of Allah (May peace be upon him) taught me the call to prayer (adhan) verbatim; Allah is most great, Allah is most great, Allah is most great, Allah is most great; I testify that there is no god but Allah, I testify that there is no god but Allah; I testify that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah; I testify that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah; I testify that there is no god but Allah. I testify that there is no god but Allah; I testify that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah, I
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #505 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Allah is most great, Allah is most great; I testify that there is no god but Allah. He then narrated adhan like the one contained in the tradition transmitted by Ibn Juraij from âAbd al-aziz b. âabd al-Malik to the same effect. The version Malik b. Dinar has. I asked the son of Abu Mahdhurah, saying: Narrate to me the adhan of your father narrated from the Messenger of Allah (May peace be upon him). He said: Allah is most great, Allah is most great, that is all. Similar is the version narrat
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #506 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Prayer passed through three stages. And out people narrated to us that Messenger of Allah (May peace be upon him) said; it is to my liking that the prayer of Muslims or believers should be united (i.e., in congregation), so much so that I intended to send people to the houses to announce the time of prayer; and I also resolved that I should order people to stand at (the tops of) the forts and announce the time of the prayer for Muslims; and they struck the bell or were about to strike the bell (
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #507 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Prayer passed through three stages and fasting also passed through three stages. The narrator Nasr reported the rest of the tradition completely. The narrator, Ibn al-Muthanna, narrated the story of saying prayer facing in the direction of Jerusalem. He said: The third stage is that the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) came to Medina and prayed, i.e. facing Jerusalem, for thirteen months. Then Allah, the Exalted, revealed the verse: âWe have seen thee turning thy face to Heaven (for guidance, O Muhamm
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #508 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Anas reported; Bilal was commanded to pronounce Adhan in double pairs and IQAMAH in single pairs. Hammam added in his version; âexcept IQAMAHâ.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #509 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
I narrated this tradition to Ayyub who said: âExcept IQAMAHâ.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #510 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The words of adhan were pronounced from the time of the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) twice in pairs (i.e. four times) each, and the words of iqamah were pronounced once in pairs (twice each), except that the phrase âThe time for prayer has comeâ would be pronounced twice. When we heard iqamah, we would perform ablution, and go out for prayer. Shuâbah said: I did not hear AbuJaâfar narrating any other tradition except this one.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #511 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
This tradition has been narrated by Abu Jaâfar, the muâadhdhin of âUryan mosque (at Kufah), from Abu al-Muthanna, the muâadhdhin of masjid al-akbar (at kufah) on the authority of Ibn âUmar. The rest of the tradition was transmitted in a like manner.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #512 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Prophet (ï·º) intended to do many things for calling (the people) to prayer, but he did not do any of them. Then Abdullah ibn Zayd was taught in a dream how to pronounce the call to prayer. He came to the Prophet (ï·º) and informed him. He said: Teach it to Bilal. He then taught him, and Bilal made a call to prayer. Abdullah said: I saw it in a dream and I wished to pronounce it, but he (the Prophet) said: You should pronounce iqamah.
Grade: Da'if

Hadith #513 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
My grandfather pronounced the Iqamah.
Grade: Da'if

Hadith #514 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
When the adhan for the dawn prayer was initially introduced, the Prophet (ï·º) commanded me to call the adhan and I did so. Then I began to ask: Should I utter iqamah, Messenger of Allah? But he began to look at the direction of the east, (waiting) for the break of dawn, and said: No. When the dawn broke, he came down and performed ablution and he then turned to me. In the meantime his Companions joined him. Then Bilal wanted to utter the iqamah, but the Prophet (ï·º) said to him: The man of Sud
Grade: Da'if

Hadith #515 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Prophet (ï·º) said: The muâadhdhin will receive forgiveness to the extent to which his voice reaches, and every moist and dry place will testify on his behalf; and he who attends (the congregation of) prayer will have twenty-five prayers recorded for him and will have expiation for sins committed between every two times of prayer.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #516 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
when the call to prayer is made; the devil turns his back and breaks wind so as not to hear the call being made; but when the call is finished, he turns round. When the second call to prayer (iqamah) is made, he turns his back, and when the second call is finished, he turns round and suggest notions in the mind of the man (at prayer) to distract his attention, saying: remember such and such, referring to something the man did not have n mind, with the result that he does not know how much he has
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #517 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The imam is responsible and the muâadhdhin is trusted, O Allah, guide the imams and forgive the muâadhdhins.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #518 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
This tradition has also been transmitted through a different chain of narrators by Abu Hurairah who reported it in a similar manner from the Messenger of Allah (ï·º).
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #519 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Urwah ibn az-Zubayr reported on the authority of a woman from Banu an-Najjar. She said: My house was the loftiest of all the houses around the mosque (of the Prophet at Medina). Bilal used to make a call to the morning prayer from it. He would come there before the break of dawn and wait for it. When he saw it, he would yawn and say: O Allah, I praise you and seek Your assistance for the Quraysh so that they might establish Thine religion. He then would make the call to prayer. She (the narrator
Grade: Hasan

Hadith #520 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
I came to the prophet (ï·º) at Mecca; he was sitting in a tent made of leather. Then Bilal came out and called to prayer. I looked at his mouth following him this side and that side (i.e., right and left). Later at his Messenger of Allah (ï·º) came out clad in a red suit, i.e, wearing the sheets of the Yemen, of the Qatri design. The version narrated by Musa has the word; âI saw Bilal going towards al-Abtahâ. He then made a call to prayer. When he reached the words â come to prayer, come t
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #521 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The supplication made between the adhan and the iqamah is not rejected.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #522 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
When you hear the Adhan, you should repeat the same words as the muâadhdhin pronounces.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #523 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
when you hear the muâadhdhin repeat what he says, invoke a blessing on me, for everyone who invoke one blessing on me will receive ten blessings from Allah. Then ask Allah to give me the wasilah, which is a rank in paradise fitting for only one of Allahâs servants, and I hope that I may be the one. If anyone asks Allah that I be given the wasilah, he will be assured of my intercession.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #524 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
A man said: Messenger of Allah, the muâadhdhins excel us. The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) said: Say (the same words) as they say, and when you come to the end, make a petition and that will be granted to you.
Grade: Hasan Sahih

Hadith #525 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
If anyone says when he hears the MUâADHDHIN : âAnd I testify that there is no god but Allah alone who has no partner and that Muhammad is His servant and Apostle: I am satisfied with Allah as lord, with Muhammad as apostle and with Islam as religionâ, he will be forgiven.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #526 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
âAnd I too, and I tooâ.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #527 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
âAllah is most great, Allah is most greatâ, and one of you says in response: âAllah is most greatâ, Allah is most great; then says: â I testify tht there is no god but Allahâ, and he says in response: âI testify that there is no god but Allahâ, then say:â I testify that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allahâ, and he makes the response: â I testify that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allahâ, then says: âCome to prayerâ, and he makes the response: âThere is no might and no
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #528 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Bilal began the Iqamah, and when he said: âThe time for prayer has come,â the Prophet (ï·º) said: âMay Allah establish it and cause it to continue.â
Grade: Da'if

Hadith #529 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
if anyone says when he hears the call to prayer : âO Allah, Lord of this perfect call and of the prayer which is established for all time, grant Muhammad the wasilah and excellency, and raise him up in a praiseworthy position which Thou hast promised, he will be assured of my intercession.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #530 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) taught me to say when the adhan for the sunset prayer was called; âO Allah, this is the time when Thy night comes on, Thy day retires, and the voices of Thy summoners are heard, so forgive me.â
Grade: Hasan

Hadith #531 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Messenger of Allah, appoint me the leader of the tribe in prayer. He said: You are their leader, but you should follow on who is the weakest of them: and appoint a muâadhdhin who does not charge for the calling of adhan.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #532 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Bilal made a call to prayer before the break of dawn; the Prophet (ï·º), therefore, commanded him to return and make a call: Lo! the servant of Allah (i.e. I) had slept (hence this mistake). The version of Musa has the addition: He returned and made a call: Lo! the servant of Allah had slept. Abu Dawud said: This tradition has been narrated by al-Darawardi from âUbaid Allah on the authority of Ibn âUmar saying: There was a muâadhdhin of âUmar, named Masâud. He then narrated the rest of
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #533 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
A muâadhdhin of âUmar, named Masruh, called the Adhan for the morning prayer before the break of dawn; âUmar commanded him (to repeat). The narrator reported the tradition in a similar way. Abu Dawud said: This tradition has been transmitted by al-Darawardi from âUbaid Allah on the authority of Ibn âUmar, saying: there was a muâadhdhin of âUmar, named Masâud. He then narrated the rest of the tradition. This version is more correct than one.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #534 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) said to Bilal: Do not call adhan until the dawn appears clearly to you in this way, stretching his hand in latitude. Abu Dawud said: Shaddad did not see Bilal.
Grade: Hasan

Hadith #535 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Ibn Umm Maktum was the muâadhdhin of the Messenger of Allah (May peace be upon him) and he was blind.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #536 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
we were sitting with Abu Hurairah in the mosque. A man went out of the mosque after the ADHAN for the afternoon prayer had been called. Abu Hurairah said: As regards this (man), he disobeyed Abu al-Qasim, the prophet (ï·º).
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #537 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Bilal would call the Adhan, then he used come to wait. When he would see that the prophet (ï·º) had come out (of his house), he would pronounce the iqama.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #538 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Mujahid reported: I was in the company of Ibn Umar. A person invited the people for the noon or afternoon prayer (after the adhan had been called). He said: Go out with us (from this mosque) because this is an innovation (in religion).
Grade: Hasan

Hadith #539 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
the prophet (ï·º) said; When the Iqamah for prayer is pronounced, do not stand until you see me. Abu Dawud said: this has been narrated by Ayyub and Hajjaj al-Sawwaf from Yahya and Hisham al-Duatawaâi in a similar way, saying : Yahya wrote to me (in this way). And this has been narrated by Muâawiyah b. Sallam and âAli b. al-Mubarak from Yahya: âUntil you see me and show tranquilityâ.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #540 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
âUntil you see me that I have come outâ. Abu dawud said: No one except Maâmar has narrated the words âthat I have come outâ. And the version transmitted by Ibn âUyainah from Maâmar does not mention the words âthat I have come outâ.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #541 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
when the Iqamah was pronounced for prayer during the time of the Messenger of Allah (ï·º), the people would take their seats before the prophet (ï·º) came to his seat.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #542 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
I asked Thabit al-Bunani whether it was permissible for a man to talk after the qamah had been pronounced. He narrated a tradition on the authority of Anas: (once) the Iqamah was pronounced, and a person came to the apostle of Allah (ï·º) and detained him after the Iqamah had been pronounced.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #543 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
we stood for praying at Mina when the Imam had not come out. Some of us sat down (and I too). An old man from Kufah said to me: Why did you down? I said : Ibn Buraidah, this is Sumud (i.e., waiting for the Imam in the standing condition). The old man then narrated a tradition from âAbd al-Rahman b. âAwaajah on the authority of al-Baraâ b. âAzib: We would stand in rows during the time of the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) for a long time before he pronounced Takbir. He further said; Allah, the
Grade: Da'if

Hadith #544 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
the Iqamah was pronounced (for the night prayer) and the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) remained engaged in talking (to a person) in the corner of the mosque. He did not begin prayer until the people slept.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #545 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
when the Iqamah was pronounced and the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) saw that they (the people) were small in number, he would sit down, nd would not pray; but when he saw them (the people) large in number, he would pray.
Grade: Da'if

Hadith #546 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
This tradition has been transmitted through a different chain of narrators in a similar way by âAli b. Abi Talib.
Grade: Da'if

Hadith #547 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
I heard the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) say: If there are three men in a village or in the desert among whom prayer is not offered (in congregation), the devil has got the mastery over them. So observe (prayer) in congregation), for the wolf eats only the straggling animal. Saâib said: By the word Jamaâah he meant saying prayer in company or in congregation.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #548 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Abu Hurairah reported the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) as saying; I thought to give orders for arranging prayer in congregation, and then to have the Iqamah called for it, then to order a man to lead the people in prayer, then to go off in company of the people who have bundles of firewood to those people who are not present at the prayer and then to burn down their houses with fire.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #549 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
I thought about giving orders to some youths for gathering a bundle of firewood, then going off to some people who their prayers in their homes without any excuse, and burning down their houses over them. I (Yazid b. Yazid) said: I asked Yazid b. al-Asamm: Abu âAwf did he mean Friday (prayer) or any other? He replied: may my ears become deaf if I have not heard Abu Hurairah narrating it from the Messenger of Allah (May peace be upon him); He did not mention Friday (prayer) or any other.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #550 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Persevere in observing these five times of prayer where the announcement for them is made, because they are from the paths of right guidance. And Allah, the Might, the Majestic, has laid down for his prophet (ï·º) the paths of right guidance. I have seen the time when no one stayed away from prayer except a hypocrite whose hypocrite was well known. I witnessed the time when a man would be brought swaying between two men till he was set up in the row (of the prayer). Every one of us has a mosque
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #551 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
If anyone hears him who makes the call to prayer and is not prevented from joining the congregation by any excuseâhe was asked what an excuse consisted of and replied that it was fear or illnessâthe prayer he offers will not be accepted from him.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #552 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Ibn Umm Maktum asked the Prophet (ï·º) saying: Messenger of Allah, I am a blind man, my house is far away (from the mosque), and I have a guide who does not follow me. Is it possible that permission be granted to me for saying prayer in my house? He asked: Do you hear summons (adhan)? He said: Yes. He said: I do not find any permission for you.
Grade: Hasan Sahih

Hadith #553 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Messenger of Allah, there are many venomous creatures and wild beasts in Medina (so allow me to pray in my house because I am blind). The Prophet (ï·º) said: Do you hear the call, âCome to prayer,â âCome to salvationâ? (He said: Yes.) Then you must come. Abu Dawud said: Al-Qasim al-Jarmi has narrated this tradition from Sufyan in a similar manner. But his version does not contain the words âThen you must come.â
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #554 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) led us in the dawn prayer one day. And he said: Is so and so present? They said: No. He (again) asked: Is so and so present? They replied: No. He then said: These two prayers are the ones which are most burdensome to hypocrites. If you knew what they contain (i.e. blessings), you would come to them, even though you had to crawl on your knees. The first row is like that of the angels, and if you knew the nature of its excellence, you would race to join it. A manâs p
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #555 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
âUthman b. âAffan reported the Messenger of Allah (may peace be him) as saying; if anyone says the night prayer in congregation, he is like one who keeps vigil (in prayer) till midnight; and he who says both the night and dawn prayer in congregation is like one who keeps vigil (in prayer) the whole night.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #556 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Prophet (ï·º) said: The further one is from the mosque , the greater will be oneâs reward.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #557 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
There was a certain person, out of all people of Medina, who used to pray in the mosque. I do not know that any one of them lived at a farther distance than that man. Still he never missed the prayer in congregation in the mosque. I said: it would be better if you buy a donkey and ride it in heat and darkness. He said: I do not like that my house be by the side of the mosque. The discourse reached the Messenger of Allah (ï·º). He said him about it. He said: I did it so that my walking to the mos
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #558 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) said: If anyone goes out from his house after performing ablution for saying the prescribed prayer in congregation (in the mosque), his reward will be like that of one who goes for hajj pilgrimage after wearing ihram (robe worn by the hajj pilgrims). And he who goes out to say the mid-morning (duha) prayer, and takes the trouble for this purpose, will take the reward like that of a person who performs umrah. And a prayer followed by a prayer with no worldly talk duri
Grade: Hasan

Hadith #559 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Prayer said by a man in congregation is twenty five degrees more excellent than prayer said by him alone in his house or in the market. This is because when any of you performs ablution and does it perfectly, and goes out to the mosque having no intention except praying, and nothing moves him except prayer, then at every step which he takes his rank is elevated by one degree on account of this (walking), and one sin is remitted from him for this (walking), till he enters the mosque. When he ente
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #560 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Prayer in congregation is equivalent to twenty-five prayers (offered alone). If he prays in a jungle, and performs its bowing and prostrations perfectly, it becomes equivalent to fifty prayers (in respect of reward). Abu Dawud said: âAbd al-Walid b. Ziyad narrated in his version of this tradition: âPrayer said by a single person in a jungle is more excellent by multiplied degrees than prayer said in congregation.â
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #561 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Prophet (ï·º) said: Give good tidings to those who walk to the mosques in darkness for having a perfect light on the Day of Judgment.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #562 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
AbuThumamah al-Hannat said that Kaâb ibn Ujrah met him while he was going to the mosque; one of the two (companions) met his companion (on his way to the mosque) And he met crossing the fingers of my both hands. He prohibited me to do so, and said: The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) has said: If any of you performs ablution, and performs his ablution perfectly, and then goes out intending for the mosque, he should not cross the fingers of his hand because he is already in prayer.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #563 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Saâid ibn al-Musayyab said: An Ansari was breathing his last. He said: I narrate to you a tradition, and I narrate it with the intention of getting a reward from Allah. I heard the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) say: If any one of you performs ablution and performs it very well, and goes out for prayer, he does not take his right step but Allah records a good work (or blessing) for him, and he does not take his left step but Allah remits one sin from him. Any one of you may reside near the mosque or
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #564 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Prophet (ï·º) said: whoever performs ablution, and performs his ablution perfectly, and then goes to the mosque and finds that the people had finished the prayer (in congregation), Allah will give him a reward like one who prayed in congregation and attended it; The reward of those who prayed in congregation will not be curtailed.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #565 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Do not prevent the female servants of Allah from visiting the mosques of Allah, but they may go out (to the mosque) having no perfumed themselves.
Grade: Hasan Sahih

Hadith #566 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Ibn âUmar reported the Messenger of Allah (May peace be upon him) as saying; Do not prevent the female servant your women from visiting the mosques of Allah.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #567 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Ibn âUmar reported the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) as saying; Do not prevent your women from visiting the mosque; but their houses are better for them (for praying).
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #568 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
I tell you that the Messenger of Allah (May peace be upon him) said: Allow them; yet you say; we shall not allow them.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #569 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
yes.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #570 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
âAbd Allah (b. Masâud) reported the prophet (ï·º) as saying; it is more excellent for a woman to pray in her house than in her courtyard, and more excellent for her to pray in her private chamber than in her house.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #571 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
if we reserve this door for women (it would be better). Nafiâ said: Ibn âUmar did not enter through it( the door) till he died. Abu Dawud said: This tradition has been narrated though a different chain of transmitters by âUmar. And this is more correct.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #572 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
I heard the Messenger of Allah( may peace be upon him) say: When the iqamah is pronounced for prayer, do not come to it running, but come walking(slowly). You should observe tranquility. The part of the prayer you get(along with the imam) offer it, and the part you miss complete it(afterwards). Abu Dawud said: The version narrated by al-Zubaidi, Ibn Abi Dhiâb, Ibrahim b. Saâd, Maâmar, Shuâaib b. Abi Hamzah on the authority of al-Zuhri has the words: âthe part you miss then complete itâ
Grade: Hasan Sahih

Hadith #573 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Come to prayer with calmness and tranquility. Then pray the part you get (long with the imam) and complete afterwards the part you miss. Abu Dawud said: Ibn Sirin narrated from Abu Hurairah the words: âhe should complete it afterwards.â Similarly, Abu Rafiâ narrated from Abu Hurairah and Abu Dharr narrated from him the words âthen complete it, and complete it afterwards.â There is a variation of words in the narration from him.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #574 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) saw a person praying alone. He said: Is there any man who may do good with this (man) and pray along with him.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #575 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Yazid prayed along with the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) when he was a young boy. When he (the Prophet) had prayed there were two persons (sitting) in the corner of the mosque; they did not pray (along with the Prophet). He called for them. They were brought trembling (before him). He asked: What prevented you from praying along with us? They replied: We have already prayed in our houses. He said: Do not do so. If any of you prays in his house and finds that the imam has not prayed, he should pray a
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #576 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
I said the morning prayer along with the prophet (ï·º) at Mina. He narrated the rest of the tradition to the same effect.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #577 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
I came while the Prophet (ï·º) was saying the prayer. I sat down and did not pray along with them. The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) turned towards us and saw that Yazid was sitting there. He said: Did you not embrace Islam, Yazid? He replied: Why not, Messenger of Allah; I have embraced Islam. He said: What prevented you from saying prayer along with the people? He replied: I have already prayed in my house, and I thought that you had prayed (in congregation). He said: When you come to pray (in the
Grade: Da'if

Hadith #578 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
if one of us prays in his house, then comes to the mosque and finds that the iqamah is being called, and if I pray along with them ( in congregation), I feel something inside about it. Abu Ayyub replied: We asked the Prophet (ï·º) about it. He said: That is a share from the spoils received by the warriors (i.e. he will receive double the reward of the prayer).
Grade: Da'if

Hadith #579 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Sulayman, the freed slave of Maymunah, said: I came to Ibn Umar at Bilat (a place in Medina) while the people were praying. I said: Do you not pray along with them? He said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) say: Do not say a prayer twice in a day.
Grade: Hasan Sahih

Hadith #580 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
I heard the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) say: He who leads the people in prayer, and he does so at the right time, will receive, as well as those who are led (in prayer) will get (the reward). He who delays (prayer) from the appointed time will be responsible (for this delay) and not those who are led in prayer.
Grade: Hasan Sahih

Hadith #581 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
I heard the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) say: One of the signs of the Last Hour will be that people in a mosque will refuse to act as imam and will not find an imam to lead them in prayer.
Grade: Da'if

Hadith #582 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The one of you who is most versed in the Books of Allah should act as imam for the people; and the one who is the earliest of them in reciting (the Qurâan); if they are equally versed in reciting it, then the earliest of them to emigrate (to Medina); if they emigrated at the same time, then the oldest of them. No man must lead another in prayer in his house (i.e. in the house of a latter) or where the latter has authority, or sit in his place of honor without his permission. Shuâbah said: I
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #583 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
âA man should not lead the another man in prayer. Abu Dawud said: Yahya al-Qattan narrated from Shuâbah in a similar way, i.e. the earliest of them in recitation.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #584 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Hajjaj b. Artata reported from Ismaâil: Do not sit in the place of honour of anyone except with his permission.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #585 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The one of you who knows most of the Qurâan should act as your imam. I knew the Qurâan better than most of them because I had memorized it. They, therefore, put me in front of them, and I would lead them in prayer. I wore a small yellow mantle which, when I prostrated myself, went up on me, and a woman of the clan said: Cover the back side of your leader from us. So they bought an âAmmani shirt for me, and I have never been so pleased about anything after embracing Islam as I was about tha
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #586 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
âI used to lead them in prayer with a sheet of cloth on me that was patched and torn. When I prostrated myself, my buttocks were disclosed.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #587 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Messenger of Allah, who will lead us in prayer? He said: The one of you who knows most of the Qurâan, or memorizes most of the Qurâan, (should act as your imam). There was none in the clan who knew more of the Qurâan than I did. They, therefore, put me in front of them and I was only a boy. And I wore a mantle, Whenever I was present in the gathering of Jarm (name of his clan), I would act as their Imam, and lead them in their funeral prayer until today. Abu Dawud said: This tradition has
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #588 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
when the first emigrants came (to Madina), they stayed at al-âAsbah (a place near Madina) before the advent of the Messenger of Allah (ï·º). Salim, the client of Abu Hudhaifah, acted as their imam, as he knew the Qurâan better than all of them, al-Haitham(the narrator) added: and âUmar b. al-Khattab and Abu Salamah b. âAbd al-Asad were among them.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #589 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
When the time of prayer comes, call the Adhan, then call the iqamah, then the one who is oldest of you should act as your imam. The version narrated by Maslamah goes : He said: On that day we were almost equal in knowledge. The version narrated by Ismaâil says: Khalid said: I said to Abu Qilabah: where is the Qurâan(i.e. why did the Prophet(ï·º) not say: The one who knows the Qurâan most should act as imam)? He replied: Both of them were equal in the knowledge of the Qurâan.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #590 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Let the best among you call the adhan for you, and the Qurâan-readers act as your imams.
Grade: Da'if

Hadith #591 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
When the Prophet (ï·º) proceeded for the Battle of Badr, I said to him: Messenger of Allah allow me to accompany you in the battle. I shall act as a nurse for patients. It is possible that Allah might bestow martyrdom upon me. He said: Stay at your home. Allah, the Almighty , will bestow martyrdom upon you. The narrator said: Hence she was called martyr. She read the Qurâan. She sought permission from the Prophet (ï·º) to have a muâadhdhin in her house. He, therefore, permitted her (to do so
Grade: Hasan

Hadith #592 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Messenger of Allah(ï·º) used to visit her at her house. He appointed a muâadhdhin to call adhan for her; and he commanded her to lead the inmates of her house in prayer. âAbd al-Rahman said: I saw her muâadhdhin who was an old man.
Grade: Hasan

Hadith #593 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Prophet (ï·º) said: There are three types of people whose prayer is not accepted by Allah: One who goes in front of people when they do not like him; a man who comes dibaran, which means that he comes to it too late; and a man who takes into slavery an emancipated male or female slave.
Grade: Da'if

Hadith #594 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The obligatory prayer is essential behind every Muslim, pious or impious, even if he has committed a sins.
Grade: Da'if

Hadith #595 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Anas said that the Prophet (ï·º) appointed Ibn Umm Maktum as substitute to lead the people in prayer, and he was blind.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #596 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Malik b. al-Huwairith came to this place of prayer of ours, and the iqamah for prayer was called. We said to him: Come forward and lead the prayer. He said to us: Put one of your own men forward to lead you in prayer. I heard the Messenger of Allah(ï·º) say: If anyone visits people, he should not lead them in prayer, but some person of them should lead the prayer.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #597 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Hudhaifah led the people in prayer in al-Madaâin standing on the shop(or a bench). Abu Masâud took him by his shirt, and brought him down. When he( Abu Masâud) finished his prayer, he said: Do you not know that they(the people) were prohibited to do so. He said: Yes, I remembered when you pulled me down.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #598 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
âAmmar came forward and stood on a shop (or a beach) and prayed while the people stood on a lower place than he. Hudaifah came forward and took him by the hands and Ammar followed him till Hudaifah brought him down. When âAmmar finished his prayer. Hudaifah said to him: Did you not hear the Messenger of Allah (May peace be upon him) say: When a man leads the people in prayer, he must not stand in a position higher than theirs, or words to that effect? âAmmar replied : that is why I followe
Grade: Hasan

Hadith #599 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Muâadh b. Jabal would pray along with the Messenger of Allah (ï·º)in the night prayer, then go and lead his people and lead them in the same prayer.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #600 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Muâadh b. Jabal would pray along the prophet (ï·º), then go and lead his people in prayer.
Grade: Sahih