Hadith #1200 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
This has been transmitted by Abu âAsim and Hammad b. Masâadah as transmitted by Ibn Bakr.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1201 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
I asked Anas b. Malik about the shortening of the prayer (while travelling). He said: When the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) went out on a journey of three miles or three farsakh (the narrator Shuâbah doubted), he used to pray two rakâahs.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1202 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
I prayed along with the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) four rakâahs at the noon prayer at Medina and two rakâahs at the afternoon prayer in Dhu al-Hulaifah.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1203 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
I heard the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) say: Allah is pleased with a shepherd of goats who calls to prayer at the peak of a mountain, and offers prayer, Allah, the Exalted, says: Look at this servant of Mine; he calls to prayer and offers it and he fears Me. So I forgive him and admit him to paradise.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1204 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
I asked Anas b. Malik: Narrate to us what you heard the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) say. He said: When we travelled along with the Messenger of Allah (ï·º), we would say: Did the sun pass the meridian or not? But he (the Prophet) would offer the noon prayer and then proceed.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1205 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
When the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) halted at a certain place (while on a journey), he would not leave that place till he offered the noon prayer. A man said to him: Even if in the middle of the day? He replied: Even if in the middle of the day.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1206 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
They (the Companions) proceeded on the expedition of Tabuk along with the Messenger of Allah (ï·º). He combined the noon and afternoon prayers and the sunset and night prayers. One day he delayed the prayer and came out (of his dwelling) and combined the noon and the afternoon prayers. He then went it and then came out and combined the sunset and the night prayers.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1207 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Ibn Umar was informed about the death of Safiyyah (the wife of the Prophet) when he was at Mecca. He proceeded till the sun set and the stars shined. He said: When the Prophet (ï·º) was in a hurry about something while on a journey, he would combine both these prayers. He proceed till twilight had disappeared. He then combined both of them (the prayers).
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1208 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
On the expedition to Tabuk if the sun had passed the meridian before the apostle of Allah (ï·º) moved off, he combined the noon and the afternoon prayers; but if he moved off before the sun had passed the meridian, he delayed the noon prayer till he halted for the afternoon prayer. He acted similarly for the sunset prayer; if the sun set before he moved off, he combined the sunset and the night prayers, but if he moved off before sunset, he delayed the sunset prayer till he halted for the night
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1209 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) never combined the sunset and night prayers while on a journey except once. Abu Dawud said: This has been narrated by Ayyub from Nafiâ from Ibn âUmar as a statement of Ibn âUmar. Ibn âUmar was never seen combining these two prayers except on the night he was informed about the death of Safiyyah. The tradition narrated by Makhul from Nafiâ indicates that he (Nafiâ) saw Ibn âUmar doing so once or twice.
Grade: Hasan

Hadith #1210 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) combined the noon and the afternoon prayers, and combined the sunset and night prayers without any danger or journey. Malik said: I think it so happened during rain. Abu Dawud said: Hammad b. Salamah narrated it like manner from Abu al-Zubair, it has also been narrated by Qurrah b. Khalid from Abu al-Zubair. He said: It is so happened in a journey that we made to Tabuk.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1211 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) combined the noon and afternoon prayers, and the sunset and night prayers at Medina without any danger and rain. He was asked: What did he intend by it ? He replied: He intended that his community might not fall into hardship.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1212 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The muâadhdhin of Ibn Umar said: prayer (i.e. the time of prayer has come). He said: Go ahead. He then alighted before the disappearance. He then offered the night prayer. He then said: When the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) was in a hurry about something, he would do as I did. Then he travelled and covered a distance of three daysâ journey on the day. Abu Dawud said: A similar tradition has been transmitted by Ibn Jabir from Nafiâ with the same chain.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1213 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
âAbd Allah b. al-âAlaâ narrated on the authority of Nafiâ saying: When the twilight was about to disappear, he alighted and combined both (the prayers).
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1214 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) led us in prayer at Medina eight of seven rakâahs, in the noon and afternoon prayers, and the sunset and night prayers. The narrator Sulaiman and Musaddad did not say the words âled usâ. Abu Dawud said: The aforesaid tradition has also been narrated by Salih, the client of Tuâmah on the authority if Ibn âAbbas saying: âNot during rain.â
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1215 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
When the sun set at Mecca, the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) combined the two prayers at Sarif.
Grade: Da'if

Hadith #1216 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
There was a distance of ten miles between them, that is, Mecca and Sarif.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1217 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Abdullah ibn Dinar said: The sun set when I was with Abdullah ibn Umar. We proceeded, and when we saw that the evening came, we said prayer. He went on travelling until the twilight disappeared and the stars became thick. He then slighted and combined the two prayers. Then he said: I saw the Messenger of Allah (ï·º); when he hastened his travelling, he would pray like this prayer of mine. He said: He would combine the two prayers after the passing of a part of night. AbuDawud said: This has been
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1218 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
When the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) proceeded before the sun had declined, he delayed the noon prayer till the time of the afternoon prayer, he would then alight and combine the two prayers. If the sun declined before he moved off, he would offer the noon prayer and rode (the beast) â may peace be upon him. Abu Dawud said: The narrator Mufaddal was the judge of Egypt. His supplication was accepted by Allah; he was the son of Fudalah.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1219 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
He would delay the evening prayer till he combined the evening and the night prayers when the twilight disappeared.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1220 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Prophet (ï·º) was engaged in the Battle of Tabuk. If he moved off before the sun had declined, he would delay the noon prayer till he would combine it with the afternoon prayer and would offer them together. If he moved off after the sun had declined, he would combine the noon and afternoon prayers, and then he proceeded; if he moved off before the evening prayer, he would delay the evening prayer; he would offer it along with the night prayer, he would delay the evening prayer; he would off
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1221 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
We went out on a journey along with the Messenger of Allah (ï·º). He led us in the night prayer and he recited in one of the rakâahs: âBy the fig and the olive.â
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1222 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
I accompanied the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) on eighteen journeys and I never saw him fail to pray two rakâahs when the sun had passed the meridian before offering the noon prayer.
Grade: Hasan

Hadith #1223 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
I accompanied Ibn âUmar on the way (on a journey). He led us in two rakâahâs of (the noon) prayer. Then he proceeded and saw some people standing. He asked: What are they doing ? I replied: They are glorifying Allah (i.e. offering supererogatory prayer). He said: If I had offered the supererogatory prayer (while travelling), I would have completed prayer, my cousin. I accompanied the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) during the journey, he did not pray more than two rakaâat until his death. I als
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1224 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
While travelling the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) would pray voluntary prayer on his riding beast in whatever direction it turned; and he would observe witr prayer, but he did not offer the obligatory prayers upon it.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1225 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
When the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) was on a journey and wished to say voluntary prayer, he made his she-camel face the qiblah and uttered the takbir (Allah is most great), then prayed in whatever direction his mount made his face.
Grade: Hasan

Hadith #1226 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
I saw the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) praying on a donkey while he was facing Khaibar.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1227 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) sent me on some business, and when I came to him he was praying on (the back of) his riding beast (moving) towards the east and making the prostration lower than the bowing.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1228 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Ataâ ibn AbuRabah asked Aisha: Can women offer prayer on a riding beast? She replied: They were not permitted to do so in hardship or comfort. Muhammad ibn Shuâayb said: This (prohibition) applies to the obligatory prayers.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1229 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
I went on an expedition with the Messenger of Allah (ï·º), and I was present with him at the conquest. He stayed eighteen days in Mecca and prayed only two rakâahs (at each time of prayer). And he said: You who live in the town must pray four; we are travellers.
Grade: Da'if

Hadith #1230 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) had a stop of seventeen days in Mecca and he shortened the prayer (i.e. prayed two rakâahs at each time of prayer). Ibn Abbas said: He who stays seventeen days should shorten the prayer; and who stays more than that should offer complete prayer. Abu Dawud said: The other version transmitted by Ibn âAbbas through a different chain adds: He (the Prophet) had a stop of nineteen days (in Mecca).
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1231 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) stayed fifteen days in Mecca in the year of Conquest. Shortening the prayer. Abu Dawud said: This tradition has also been transmitted by âAbdah b. Sulaiman, Ahmad b. Khalid al-Wahbi, and Salamah b. Fadli on the authority of Ibn Ishaq ; but they did not mention the name of Ibn âAbbas.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1232 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) stayed in Mecca seventeen days and prayed two rakâahs (at each time of prayer).
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1233 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
We went out from Medina to Mecca with the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) and he prayed two rakâahs (at each time of prayer) till we returned to Medina. We (the people) said: Did you stay there for some time ? He replied: We stayed there ten days.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1234 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Muhammad reported from his father, Umar, on the authority of his grandfather, Ali ibn AbuTalib: When Ali travelled, he continued to travel till it became nearly dark. He then alighted and offered the sunset prayer. Then he would call for his dinner and eat it. Then he prayed the night prayer and then moved off. He would say: This is how the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) used to do. Usamah ibn Zayd reported from Hafs ibn Ubaydullah, the son of Anas ibn Malik: Anas would combine them (the evening and n
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1235 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) stayed at Tabuk twenty days; he shortened the prayer (during his stay). Abu Dawud said: No one narrates this tradition with continuous chain except Maâmar.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1236 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
We accompanied the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) at Usfan, and Khalid ibn al-Walid was the chief of unbelievers. We offered the noon prayer. Thereupon, the unbelievers said: We suffered from negligence; we became careless. We should have attacked them while they were praying. Thereupon the verse was revealed, relating to the shortening of the prayer (in time of danger) between the noon and afternoon (prayer). When the time of the afternoon prayer came, the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) stood facing the qi
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1237 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Prophet (ï·º) prayed in time of danger and divided them (the people) behind him in two rows. He then led those who were near him in one rakâah. Then he stood and remained standing till those who were in second row offered one rakâah. Thereafter they came forward and those who were in front of them (in the first row) stepped backward. The Prophet (ï·º) led them in one rakâah of prayer. He sat down till those who were in the second row completed on rakâah. He then uttered the salutatio
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1238 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
On the authority of a person who offered the prayer in time of danger along with the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) at the battle of Dhat al-Riqa. One section of people stood in the row of prayer along with the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) and the other section remained standing in front of the enemy. He led those who were with him in one rakâah and remained standing (in his place) and they completed (the second rakâah) by themselves. Then they turned away and arrayed before the enemy. Thereafter the
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1239 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The prayer time of danger should be offered in the following way: The imam should stand (for prayer) and a section of the people should stand along with him. The other section should stand facing the enemy. The imam should perform bowing and prostrate himself along with those who are with him. He then should stand (after prostration) and, when he stands straight, he should remain standing. They (the people) should (in the meantime) complete their remaining rakâah (i.e. the second one). They th
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1240 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Did you pray in time of danger with the Messenger of Allah (ï·º)? AbuHurayrah replied: Yes. Marwan then asked: When? AbuHurayrah said: On the occasion of the Battle of Najd. The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) stood up to offer the afternoon prayer. One section stood with him (to pray) and the other was standing before the enemy, and their backs were towards the qiblah. The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) uttered the takbir and all of them too uttered the takbir, i.e. those who were with him and those who wer
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1241 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
We went out with the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) to Najd. When we reached Dhat ar-Riqa at Nakhl (or in a valley with palm trees) he met a group of the tribe of Ghatafan. The narrator then reported the tradition to the same effect, but his version is other than that of Haywah. He added to the words âwhen he bowed along with those who were with him and prostratedâ the words âwhen they stood up, they retraced their footsteps to the rows of their companionsâ. He did not mention the words âth
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1242 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
This tradition has been transmitted by âAishah through a different chain of narrators. She said: The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) uttered the takbir and the section that was in the same row with him also uttered the takbir. He then bowed and they also bowed, and he prostrated and they also prostrated. Then he raised his head and they also raised (their heads). The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) then remained seated. They prostrated alone and stood up and retraced their footsteps and stood behind them. T
Grade: Hasan

Hadith #1243 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) led one section in one rakâah of prayer and the other section was facing the enemy. Then they turned away and took the position of the other section. They (the other section) came and he (the Prophet) led them in the second rakâah. He then uttered the salutation. Thereafter they stood up and completed the remaining rakâah, they went away and the other section completed their remaining rakâah. Abu Dawud said: This tradition has been narrated by Nafiâ and Kha
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1244 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) led us in prayer in the time of danger. They (the people) stood in two rows. One row was behind the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) and the other faced the enemy. The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) led them in one rakâah,and then the other section came and took their place; they went and faced the enemy. The Prophet (ï·º) led them in one rakâah and uttered the salutation. They stood up and prayed the second rakâah by themselves and uttered the salutation and went away; they
Grade: Da'if

Hadith #1245 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Prophet of Allah (ï·º) uttered takbir and both rows uttered takbir together. Abu Dawud said: This tradition has been narrated by al-Thawri to the same effect on the authority of Khusaif. âAbd al-Rahman b. Samurah also prayed in like manner. But the section which he (the Prophet) led in one rakâah and then uttered the salutation and went and took the place of their companions. They came and prayed one rakâah by themselves. Then they returned to their place and they prayed (one rakâah)
Grade: Da'if

Hadith #1246 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Thaâlabah ibn Zahdam said: We accompanied Saâd ibn al-âAs at Tabaristan. He stood and said: Which of you prayed along with the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) in time of danger? Hudhayfah said: I then he led one section in one rakâah and the other section in one rakâah. They did not pray the second rakâah by themselves. Abu Dawud: This tradition has been transmitted by âUbaid Allah b. âAbd Allah and Mujahid on the authority of Ibn âAbbas from the Prophet (ï·º) in like manner. This has
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1247 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Allah, the Exalted, prescribed prayer for you, through the tongue of your Prophet (ï·º), four rakâahs while resident, two rakâahs while travelling and one rakâah in time of danger.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1248 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Prophet (ï·º) offered the noon prayer in time of danger. Some of the people formed a row behind him and others arrayed themselves against the enemy. He led them in two rakâahs and then he uttered the salutation. Then those who were with him went away and took the position of their companions before the enemy. Then they came and prayed behind him. He led them in two rakâahs and uttered the salutation. Thus the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) offered four rakâahs and his companions offered two
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1249 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) sent me to Khalid b. Sufyan al-Hudhail. This was towards âUranah and âArafat. He (the Prophet) said: Go and kill him. I saw him when the time of the afternoon prayer had come. I said: I am afraid if a fight takes place between me and him (Khalid b. Sufyan), that might delay the prayer. I proceeded walking towards him while I was praying by making a sign. When I reached near him, he said to me: Who are you ? I replied: A man from the Arabs; it came to me that you
Grade: Hasan

Hadith #1250 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Prophet (ï·º) as saying: If anyone prays in a day and a night twelve rakâahs voluntarily (supererogatory prayer), a house will be built from him in Paradise on account of these (rakâahs).
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1251 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
I asked Aâishah about the voluntary prayers offered by the Messenger of Allah (ï·º). She replied: Before the noon prayer he would pray four rakâahs in my house, then go out and lead the people in prayer, then return to my house and pray two rakâahs. He would lead the people in the sunset prayer, then return to my house and pray two rakâahs. Then he would lead the people in the night prayer, and enter my house and pray two rakâahs. He would pray nine rakâahs during the night, includin
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1252 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) would pray two rakâahs before and two after the noon prayer, two after the sunset prayer in his house, and two after the night prayer. He would not pray after the Friday prayer till he departed. He would then pray two rakâahs.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1253 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Prophet (ï·º) never omitted four rakâahs before the noon prayer, and two rakâahs before the dawn prayer.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1254 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) was more particular about observing the supererogatory rakâahs before the dawn prayer than about observing any of the other supererogatory prayers.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1255 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Prophet (ï·º) would pray two rakâahs before the dawn prayer lightly so much so that I would say: Did he recite Surah al-Fatihah in them.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1256 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Prophet (ï·º) would recite in the two (supererogatory) rakâahs of the dawn prayer: âSay, O unbelieversâ
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1257 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Ziyadah al-Kindi reported on the authority of Bilal that he (Bilal) came to the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) to inform him about the dawn prayer. Aisha kept Bilal engaged in a matter which she asked him till the day was bright and it became fairly light. Bilal then stood up and called him to prayer and called him repeatedly. The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) did not yet come out. When he came out, he led the people in prayer and he (Bilal) informed him that Aisha had kept him engaged in a matter which sh
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1258 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Prophet (ï·º) said: Do not omit them (the two rakâahs before the dawn prayer) even if you are driven away by the horses.
Grade: Da'if

Hadith #1259 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) used to recite in both rakâahs of the dawn prayer: âSay: We believe in Allah and in the revelation given to usâ (3:84) . This is in the first rakâah and in the second rakâah (he recited): âWe believe in Allah and bear witness that we submit ourself (to Him).â (3:52).
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1260 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
That he heard the Prophet (ï·º) recite in both rakâahs of the dawn: âSay: We believe in Allah, and in the revelation given to usâ (3:84). This is in the first rakâah. In the second rakâah he recited this verse: âOur Lord, we have believed in what You have sent down, and we follow the Messenger, so write us down among those who bear witness.â or he recited: âSurely, we have sent you with the truth as a bringer of glad tidings, and a warner. And you will not be asked about the inh
Grade: Hasan

Hadith #1261 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Prophet (ï·º) said: If any of you prays two rakâahs before the dawn prayer, he should lie at his right side. Marwan ibn al-Hakam said to him: Is it not enough that one of us walks to the mosque until he lies at his right side? According to the version of Ubaydullah, he (AbuHurayrah) replied: No. This statement (of AbuHurayrah) reached Ibn Umar. He said: AbuHurayrah exceed limits on himself. He was asked: Do you look askance at what he says? He replied: No, but he dared and we showed coward
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1262 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
When the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) finished his prayer late in the night, he would see. If I was awake, he would talk to me. If I was sleeping, he would awaken me, and pray two rakâahs, then he would lie down as long as the muâadhdhin came to him and call him for the dawn prayer. Then he would pray two rakâahs lightly and come out for prayer.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1263 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
When the Prophet (ï·º) prayed the two rakâahs of the dawn prayer, he would lie down if I was asleep; in case I was awake, he would talk to me.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1264 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
I came out with the Prophet (ï·º) to offer the dawn prayer. When he passed by a sleeping man he called him for prayer or moved him with his foot. The narrator Ziyad said: This tradition has been reported to us by AbulFadl.
Grade: Da'if

Hadith #1265 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
A man came while the Prophet (ï·º) was leading the people in the dawn prayer. He prayed the two rakâahs and then joined the congregational prayer led by the Prophet (ï·º). When he finished the prayer, the Prophet (ï·º) said: So-and-so, which was your real prayer, the one you prayed alone or the one offered with us ?
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1266 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Messenger of Allah (ï·º)as saying: When the iqamah is pronounced for prayer, no prayer is valid except the obligatory prayer.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1267 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) saw a person praying after the congregational prayer at dawn was over. The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) said: There are two rakâahs of the dawn prayer (i.e. the prescribed rakâahs). The man replied: I did not pray the two rakâahs before the dawn prayer. Hence I offered them now. The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) kept silent.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1268 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
âAbd Rabbihi and Yahya b. Saâid also narrated this tradition from the Prophet (ï·º) omitting the name of the Companion (mursal). Their grandfather Zaid prayed along with the Prophet (ï·º).
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1269 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Prophet (ï·º) said: If anyone keeps on praying regularly four rakâahs before and four after the noon prayer, he will not enter the Hell-fire. Abu Dawud said: Al-âAlaâ bin Al-Harith and Sulaiman bin Musa reported it from Makhul with his chain, similarly.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1270 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Prophet (ï·º) said: The gates of heaven are opened for four rakâahs containing no taslim (salutation) before the noon prayer. Abu Dawud said: Yahya b. Saâid al-Qattan said: If I were to narrate any tradition from âUbaidah, I would narrate this tradition. Abu Dawud said: âUbaidah is weak. Abu Dawud said: The name of the narrator Ibn Minjab is Sahm.
Grade: Hasan

Hadith #1271 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Prophet (ï·º) said: May Allah show mercy to a man who prays four rakâahs before the afternoon prayer.
Grade: Hasan

Hadith #1272 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
That the Prophet (ï·º) used to pray two rakâahs before the âAsr prayer.
Grade: Hasan

Hadith #1273 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
That âAbd Allah b. Abbas, âAbd al-Rahman b. Azhar and al-Miswar b. Makhramah sent him to âAishah, wife of the Prophet (ï·º). They said: Convey our regards to her from all of us and ask her about the two rakâahs after the âAsr prayer, and tell her that we have been informed that she prays them, and we are told that the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) prohibited them. I entered upon her and told her that for which they had sent me to her. She said: Ask Umm Salamah. I returned to them (Ibn âAb
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1274 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Prophet (ï·º) prohibited to offer prayer after the afternoon prayer except at the time when the sun is high up in the sky.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1275 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) would offer two rakâahs after every obligatory prayer except the dawn and the âAsr prayer.
Grade: Da'if

Hadith #1276 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Some reliable people testified before me, and among them was Umar ibn al-Khattab, and most reliable in my eyes was Umar: The Prophet of Allah (ï·º) said: There is no prayer after the dawn prayer until the sun rises; and there is no prayer after the âAsr prayer until the sun sets.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1277 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
I asked: Messenger of Allah, in which part of night the supplication is more likely to be accepted? He replied: In the last part: Pray as much as you like, for the prayer is attended by the angels and it is recorded till you offer the dawn prayer; then stop praying when the sun is rising till it has reached the height of one or two lances, for it rises between the two horns of the Devil, and the infidels offer prayer for it (at that time). Then pray as much as you like, because the prayer is wit
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1278 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Yasar, the client of Ibn Umar, said: Ibn Umar saw me praying after the break of dawn. He said: O Yasar, the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) came to us while we were offering this prayer. He (the Prophet) said: Those who are present should inform those who are absent: Do not offer any prayer after (the break of) dawn except two rakâahs.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1279 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
We bear witness that âAishah said: Not a day passed but the Prophet (ï·º) prayed two rakâahs after the âAsr prayer
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1280 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Dhakwan, the client of Aisha, reported on the authority of Aisha: The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) used to pray after the afternoon prayer but prohibited others from it; and he would fast continuously but forbid others to do so.
Grade: Da'if

Hadith #1281 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) said: Pray two rakâahs before the Maghrib prayer. He then said (again): Pray two rakâahs before the Maghrib prayer, it applies to those who wish to do so. That was because he feared that the people might treat it as sunnah.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1282 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
I offered two rakâahs of prayer before the Maghrib prayer (i.e. obligatory) during the time of the Messenger of Allah (ï·º). I (narrator al-Mukhtar b. Fulful) asked Anas: Did the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) se you ? He replied: Yes, but he neither commanded us nor forbade us (to do so).
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1283 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) as saying: Between the two adhans there is a prayer, between the two adhans there is prayer for one who desires (to offer).
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1284 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Ibn âUmar was asked about praying two rakâahs before the Maghrib prayer. He replied: I did not see anyone praying them during the time of the Messenger of Allah (ï·º). He (Ibn Umar) permitted to pray two rakâahs after the Asr prayer. Abu Dawud said: I heard Yahya b. Maâin say: The correct name of the narrator Abu Shuâaib is the Shuâaib. Shuâbah made a mistake in narrating his name.
Grade: Hasan

Hadith #1285 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Prophet (ï·º) as saying: In the morning alms are due for every bone in manâs body. His salutation to everyone he meets is alms, his enjoining good is alms, his forbidding what is evil is alms, the removal of harmful thing from the way is alms, to have sexual intercourse with oneâs wife if alms, and two rakâahs which one prays in the Duha serve instead of that. Abu Dawud said: The tradition narrated by âAbbad is more perfect (than the version narrated by Musaddad). Musaddad did not me
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1286 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
While we were present with Abu Dharr, he said: In the morning, alms are due for him, ever fast is alms, every pilgrimage is alms, every utterance of âGlory to be Allahâ is alms, every utterance of âAllah is most greatâ is alms, every utterance of âPraise be to Allahâ is alms. The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) recounted all such good works. He then said: Two rakâahs which one prays in the Duha serve instead of that.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1287 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Prophet (ï·º) said: If anyone sits in his place of prayer when he finishes the dawn prayer till he prays the two rakâahs of the forenoon, saying nothing but what is good, his sins will be forgiven even if they are more than the foam of the sea.
Grade: Da'if

Hadith #1288 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Prophet (ï·º) said: Prayer followed by a prayer with no idle talk between the two is recorded in Illiyyun.
Grade: Hasan

Hadith #1289 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
I heard the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) say: Allah, the Exalted, says: Son of Adam, do not be helpless in performing four rakâahs for Me at the beginning of the day: I will supply what you need till the end of it.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1290 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) prayed on the day of the Conquest (of Mecca) eight rakâahs saluting after every two rakâahs. Abu Dawud said: Ahmad b. Salih said that the Messenger of Allah offered prayer in the forenoon on the day of the Conquest of Mecca, and he narrated something similar. Ibn al-Sarh reported that Umm Hani said: The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) entered upon me. This version does not mention the prayer in the forenoon.
Grade: Hasan

Hadith #1291 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
No one told us that the Prophet (ï·º) had offered Duha prayer except Umm Hani. She said that the Prophet (ï·º) had taken bath in her house on the day of the Conquest of Mecca and prayed eight rakâahs. But no one saw him afterwards praying these rakâahs.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1292 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
I asked âAishah: Did the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) pray in the Duha? She replied: No, except when he returned from his journey. I then asked: Did the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) recite the surahs combining each other? She said: He would do so in the mufassal surahs.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1293 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) never offered prayer in the forenoon, but I offer it. The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) would give up an action, though he liked it to do, lest the people should continue it and it is prescribed for them.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1294 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
I asked Jabir b. Samurah: Did you sit in the company of the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) ? He replied: Yes, very often. He would not stand from the place he prayed the dawn prayer till the sunrise. When the sun rose, he would stand (to pray Duha).
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1295 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Prophet (ï·º) said: Prayer by night and day should consist of pairs of rakâahs.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1296 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Prophet (ï·º) said: Prayer is to be offered in two rakâahs; and you should recite the tashahhud at the end of two rakâahs, and express your distress and humility and raise your hands and say praying: O Allah, O Allah. He who does not do so does not offer a perfect prayer. Abu Dawud was asked about offering prayer at night in two rakâahs. He said: They may be two if you like and four if you like.
Grade: Da'if

Hadith #1297 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) said to al-Abbas ibn AbdulMuttalib: Abbas, my uncle, shall I not give you, shall I not present to you, shall I not donate to you, shall I not produce for you ten things? If you act upon them, Allah will forgive you your sins, first and last, old and new, involuntary and voluntary, small and great, secret and open. These are the ten things: you should pray four rakâahs, reciting in each one Fatihat al-Kitab and a surah. When you finish the recitation of the first ra
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1298 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
AbulJawzaâ said: A man who attended the company of the Prophet (ï·º) narrated to me (it is thought that he was Abdullah ibn Amr): The Prophet (ï·º) said to me: Come to me tomorrow; I shall give you something, I shall give you something, I shall reward you something, I shall donate something to you. I thought that he would give me some present. He said (to me when I came to him): When the day declines, stand up and pray four rakâahs. He then narrated something similar. This version adds: Do n
Grade: Hasan Sahih

Hadith #1299 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
That an al-Ansari narrated to him: The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) said to Jaâfar. He then narrated the tradition in like manner. This version has the words: âIn the second prostration of the first rakâahâ in addition to the words transmitted by Mahdi b. Maimun (in the previous tradition).
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1300 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Prophet (ï·º) came to the mosque of Banu AbdulAshhal. He prayed the sunset prayer there. When they finished the prayer, he saw them praying the supererogatory prayer after it. He said: This is the prayer to be offered in the houses.
Grade: Hasan

Hadith #1301 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) used to prolong the recitation of the Qurâan in the two rakâahs after the sunset prayer until the people praying in the mosque dispersed. Abu Dawud said: This has been reported by Nasr al-Mujaddir from Yaâqub al-Qummi with the same chain of narrators. Abu Dawud said: Muhammad b. âIsa b. al-tabbaâ transmitted from Nasr al-Mujaddir from Yaâqub in like manner.
Grade: Hasan

Hadith #1302 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
This tradition from the Prophet (ï·º) without mentioning the name of the Companion in the chain (in the mursal form). Abu dawud said: I heard Muhammad b. Humaid say: I heard Yaâqub say: Anything I narrated to you from Jaâfar on the authority of Saâid b. Jubair from the Prophet (ï·º) is directly coming from Ibn Abbas from the Prophet (ï·º).
Grade: Hasan

Hadith #1303 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Shurayh ibn Hani said: I asked Aisha about the prayer of the Messenger of Allah (ï·º). She said: The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) never offered the night prayer and thereafter came to me but he offered four or six rakâahs of prayer. One night the rain fell, so we spread a piece of leather (for his prayer), and now I see as if there is a hole in it from which the water is flowing. I never saw him protecting his clothes from the earth (as he did on that occasion).
Grade: Da'if

Hadith #1304 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
In Surat al-Muzzammil (73), the verse: âKeep vigil at night but a little, a half thereofâ (2-3) has been abrogated by the following verse: âHe knoweth that ye count it not, and turneth unto you in mercy. Recite then of the Qurâan that which is easy for youâ (v.20). The phrase âthe vigil of the nightâ (nashiâat al-layl) means the early hours of the night. They (the companions) would pray (the tahajjud prayer) in the early hours of the night. He (Ibn Abbas) says: It is advisable to
Grade: Hasan

Hadith #1305 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
When the opening verses of Surah Al-muzammil was revealed, the Companions would pray as long as they would pray during Ramadan until its last verses were revealed. The period between the revelation of its opening and the last verses was one year.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1306 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) as saying: When one you sleeps, the devil ties three knots at the back of his neck, sealing every knot with, âYou have a long night, so sleep.â So if one awakes and mentions Allah, a knot will be loosened; if he performs ablution another knot will be loosened; and if he prays, the third knot will be loosened; and in the morning he will be active and in good spirits; otherwise he will be in bad spirits and sluggish.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1307 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Do not give up prayer at night, for the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) would not leave it. Whenever he fell ill or lethargic, he would offer it sitting.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1308 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Prophet (ï·º) said: May Allah have mercy on a man who gets up at night and prays, and awakens his wife; if she refuses, he should sprinkle water on her face. May Allah have mercy on a woman who gets up at night and prays, and awakens her husband; if he refuses, she would sprinkle water on his face.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1309 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Prophet (ï·º) said: If a man awakens his wife at night, and then both pray or both offer two rakâahs together, the (name of the )man will be recorded among those who mention the name of Allah, and the (name of the) woman will be recorded among those who mention the name of Allah. Ibn Kathir did not narrate this tradition as a statement of the Prophet (ï·º), but he reported it as a statement of Abu Saâid. Abu Dawud said: This tradition has been narrated by Ibn Mahdi from Sufyan and I thin
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1310 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
When one of you dozes in prayer he should sleep till his sleep is gone, for when one of you prays while he is dozing, perhaps he might curse himself if he begs pardon of Allah.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1311 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) as saying: When one of you gets up by night (to pray), and falters in reciting the Qurâan (due to sleep), and he does not understand what he utters, he should sleep.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1312 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) entered the mosque (and saw that) a rope tied between two pillars. He asked: What is this rope (for) ? The people told him: This is (for) Hamnah b. Jahsh who prays (here). When she is tired, she reclines on it. The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) said: She should pray as much as she has strength. When she is tired, she should sit down. This version of Ziyad has: He said: What is this ? The people told him: This is for Zainab who prays. When she becomes lazy, or is tired, sh
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1313 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) as saying: He who misses him daily round of recital or part of it due to sleep and he recites it between the dawn and the noon prayers, will be reckoned as if he recited it at night.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1314 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Prophet (ï·º) said: Any person who offers prayer at night regularly but (on a certain night) he is dominated by sleep will be given the reward of praying. His sleep will be almsgiving.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1315 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) as saying: Our Lord who is blessed and exalted descends every night to the lowest heaven when the last one-third of the night remains, and says: Who supplicated Me so that I may answer him ? Who asks of Me so that I may give to him ? Who asks My forgiveness so that I may forgive him ?
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1316 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Allah, the Exalted, would awaken the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) at night. When the dawn came, he would his finish daily round of recital.
Grade: Hasan

Hadith #1317 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
I asked âAishah about the prayer of the Messenger of Allah (ï·º), and I said to her: At what time he prayed at night ? She said: When he heard the cock crow, he got up and prayed.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1318 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
When he was with me he would sleep at dawn. By this she referred to the Prophet (ï·º).
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1319 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
When anything distressed the Prophet (ï·º), he prayed.
Grade: Hasan

Hadith #1320 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
I used to live with the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) at night. I would bring water for his ablution and his need. He asked: Ask me. I said: Your company in Paradise. He said: Is there anything other than that ? I said: It is only that. He said: Help me for yourself by making prostrations abundantly.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1321 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
(This verse means) the prayer and vigil at night.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1322 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
They (the people) used to pray between the Maghrib and âIsha. The version of Yahya adds: The verse tatajafa junubuhum also means so.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1323 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) as saying: When one of you gets up at night, he should begin the prayer with two short rakâahs.
Grade: Da'if

Hadith #1324 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
He should then prolong it afterwards as much as he likes. Abu Dawud said: This tradition has been transmitted by Hammad b. Salamah, Zuhair b. Muâawiyah and a group of narrators from Hisham. They transmitted it as a statement of Abu Hurairah himself (mauquf). This tradition has also been transmitted by Ibn âAwn from Muhammad (b. Sirin). This version has the wordings: These two rakâahs were short.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1325 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Prophet (ï·º) was asked: which is the best action? He replied: To stand in prayer for a long time.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1326 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
A man asked the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) about the prayer at night. The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) said: Prayer during the night should consist of pairs of rakâahs, but if one of you fears the morning is near he should pray one rakâah which will make his prayer an odd number for him.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1327 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Prophetâs (ï·º) recitation was loud enough for one who was in the inner chamber to hear it when he was in the house.
Grade: Hasan Sahih

Hadith #1328 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Prophetâs (ï·º) recitation at night was partly in a loud voice and partly in a low voice. Abu Dawud said: The name of Abu Khalid al-Walibi is Hurmuz.
Grade: Hasan

Hadith #1329 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Prophet (ï·º) went out at night and found AbuBakr praying in a low voice, and he passed Umar ibn al-Khattab who was raising his voice while praying. When they both met the Prophet (ï·º) together, the Prophet (ï·º) said: I passed by you, AbuBakr, when you were praying in a low voice. He replied: I made Him hear with Whom I was holding intimate converse, Messenger of Allah. He (the Prophet) said to Umar: I passed by you when you were praying in a loud voice. He replied: Messenger of Allah, I w
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1330 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Raise your voice a litte ; or he said to âUmar: Lower your voice a little. But this version adds: (The Prophet said:) I heard you, Bilal, (reciting) ; you were reciting partly from this surah and partly from that surah. He said: This is all good speech ; Allah has combined one part with the other; The Prophet (ï·º) said: All of you were correct.
Grade: Hasan

Hadith #1331 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
A man got up at night and recited the Qurâan in a loud voice. When the dawn came, the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) said: May Allah have mercy on so-and-so who reminded me many verses that I had nearly forgotten. Abu Dawud said: Harun al-Nahwi transmitted from Hammad b. Salamah the Quranic verse of Surah Al-âImran: âHow many of the prophet fought (in Allahâs way)â (3:146)
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1332 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) retired to the mosque. He heard them (the people) reciting the Qurâan in a loud voice. He removed the curtain and said: Lo! every one of you is calling his Lord quietly. One should not trouble the other and one should not raise the voice in recitation or in prayer over the voice of the other.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1333 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Prophet (ï·º) said: One who recites the Qurâan in a loud voice is like one who gives alms openly; and one who recites the Qurâan quietly is one who gives alms secretly.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1334 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) used to pray ten rakâahs during the night, and would observe the witr with one rakâah, he then prayed two rakâahs of the dawn prayer. Thus he prayed thirteen rakâahs in all.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1335 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) used to pray eleven rakâahs (at night, observing the witr with one rakâahs). When he finished it (the prayer), he would lie down on his right side.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1336 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Between the time when the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) finished the night prayer till the dawn broke, he used to pray eleven rakâahs, uttering the salutation at the end of every two and observing the witr with a single one, and during that he would make a prostration about as long a one of you would take to recite fifty verses before raising his head. When the muâadhdhin finished making the call for the dawn prayer, he stood up and prayed two short rakâahs, then he lay down on his right side t
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1337 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
He would observe witr with a single rakâah and make a prostration as long as you would take to recite fifty verses before raising his head. When the muâadhdhin finished his call for the dawn prayer and the dawn became clear to himâ¦. Then the narrator transmitted the rest of the tradition to the same effect. Some narrators added something more in their version.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1338 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) used to pray thirteen rakâahs during the night, observing a witr out of that with five, he did not sit during the five except the last and then gave the salutation. Abu Dawud said: Ibn Numair reported it from Hisham recently.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1339 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) used to pray thirteen rakâahs during the night ; he then offered two light rakâahs of prayer when he heard the call to the dawn prayer.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1340 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Prophet (ï·º) used to pray thirteen rakâahs during the night. He would offer eight rakâahs observing the witr with one rakâah. Then he prayed (the narrator Muslim said) two rakâahs after witr prayer in sitting position. When he wished to bow, he stood up and bowed. He used to pray two rakâahs between the call to the dawn prayer and the iqamah.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1341 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
How did the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) pray during Ramadhan ? She said: The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) did not pray more than eleven rakâahs during Ramadhan and other than Ramadhan. He would pray four rakâahs. Do not ask about their elegance and length. He then would pray for rakâahs. Do not ask about their alegance and length. Then he would pray three rakâahs. âAishah said: I asked: Messenger of Allah, do you sleep before observing witr ? He replied: âAishah, my eyes sleep, but my heart
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1342 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
I divorced my wife. I then came to Medina to sell my land that was there so that I could buy arms and fight in battle. I met a group of the Companions of the Prophet (ï·º). They said: Six persons of us intended to do so (i.e. divorce their wives and purchase weapons), but the Prophet (ï·º) prohibited them. He said: For you in the Messenger of Allah there is an excellent model. I then came to Ibn âAbbas and asked him about the witr observed by the Prophet (ï·º). He said: I point to you a person
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1343 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
He (the Prophet( used to pray eight rakâahs during which he did not sit except the eight rakâahs. He would sit, make mention of Allah, supplicate Him and then utter the salutation so loudly that we could hear it. He would then pray two rakâahs sitting after he had uttered the salutation. Then he would pray one rakâah, and that made eleven rakâahs, O my son. When the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) grew old and became fleshy, he offered seven rakâahs of witr, and then he would pray two rakâ
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1344 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
âHe uttered the salutation so loudly that we could hear it.â
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1345 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
He uttered the salutation in a way that we could hear it.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1346 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Zurarah ibn Awfa said that Aisha was asked about the midnight prayer of the Messenger of Allah (ï·º). She said: He used to offer his night prayer in congregation and then return to his family (in his house) and pray four rakâahs. Then he would go to his bed and sleep, but the water for his ablution was placed covered near his head and his tooth-stick was also kept there until Allah awakened him at night. He then used the tooth-stick, performed ablution perfectly then came to the place of praye
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1347 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
He (the Prophet) would offer the night prayer and go to his bed. In this version there is no mention of praying four rakâahs. The narrator then transmitted the rest of the tradition. This version further says: He would pray eight rakâahs during which his recitation of the Qurâan, bowing and prostration were all equal. He would sit only after the eight rakâah, and then stand up without uttering the salutation, and pray one rakâah observing witr prayer and then give the salutation raisin
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1348 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
He used to lead the people in the âIsha prayer and return to his family and pray four rakâahs and go to his bed. The narrator then transmitted the tradition in full. This version does not mention the words: âDuring them (the rakâahs) he equated all the recitation of the Qurâan, bowing and recitation.â This also does not mention the words about the salutation: âTill he almost awakened us.â
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1349 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
This tradition has also been transmitted by âAishah through a different chain of narrators. But the tradition narrated by Hammad b. Salamah is not equal to the tradition narrated by others.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1350 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) used to pray thirteen rakâahs during the night, observing the witr prayer with nine (or as she said). He used to pray two rakâahs while sitting and pray two rakâahs of the dawn prayer between the adhan and the iqamah.
Grade: Hasan Sahih

Hadith #1351 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) used to observe the witr prayer with nine rakâahs. Then he used to pray seven rakâahs (of witr prayer). He would pray two rakâahs sitting after the witr in which he would recite the Qurâan (sitting). When he wished to bow, he stood up and bowed and prostrated. Abu Dawud said: These two traditions have been transmitted by Khalid b. âAbd Allah al-Wasiti. In his version he said: âAlqamah b. Waqqas said: O mother, how did he pray the two rakâahs ? He narrat
Grade: Hasan Sahih

Hadith #1352 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Saâd ibn Hisham said: I came to Medina and called upon Aisha, and said to her: Tell me about the prayer of the Messenger of Allah (ï·º). She said: The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) used to lead the people in the night prayer, and then go to his bed and sleep. When midnight came he got up, went to answer the call of nature and to perform ablution with water. Having performed ablution, he entered the mosque and prayed eight rakâahs. To my mind he performed the recitation of the Qurâan, bowing and
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1353 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
âIn the creation of the heavens and earthâ to the end of the surah. Then he stood up and prayed two rakâahs in which he prolonged the standing, bowing, and prostrations. He then uttered turned away and slept till he bagan to snore. This he did three times. This made six rakâahs in all. He would use tooth-stick, then perform ablution, and recite those verses. He then observed the witr prayer. The version of âUthman has: with three rakâahs. The muâadhdhin then came to him and he wen
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1354 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
âAnd give me abundant light.â Abu Dawud said: This tradition has been transmitted by Abu Khalid al-Dalani from Habib and Salamah b. Kuhail from Abu Rishdin from Ibn âAbbas in a similar manner.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1355 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
I spent a night with the Prophet (ï·º) to see how he prayed. He got up, performed ablution and prayed two rakâahs. His standing was like his bowing (i.e. equal in duration), and his bowing was like his prostration (equal in length). Then he slept. Afterwards he awoke, performed ablution, and used tooth-stick. He then recited five verses from Surah Al-âImran : âIn the creation of the heavens and the earth and the alternation of night and dayâ. He went on doing so till he prayed ten rakâ
Grade: Da'if

Hadith #1356 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
I spent a night with my maternal aunt Maimunah. The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) came after the evening has come. He asked: Did the boy pray ? She said: Yes. Then he lay down till a part of night had passed as much as Allah willed; he got up, performed ablution and prayed seven or five rakâahs, observing witr with them. He uttered the salutation only in the last of them.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1357 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
I spent a night in the house of my maternal aunt Maimunah, daughter of al-Harith. The Prophet (ï·º) offered the night prayer. He then came and prayed four rakâahs and slept. He then stood up and prayed. I stood at his left side. He made me go round and made me stand at his right side. He then prayed five rakâahs and slept, and I heard his snoring. He then got up and prayed two rakâahs. Afterwards he came out and offered the dawn prayer.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1358 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
He (the Prophet) got up and prayed eight rakâahs in pairs, and then observed witr with five rakâahs and he did not sit between them.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1359 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) used to pray thirteen rakâahs, observing six rakâahs in pairs including the two rakâahs of dawn prayer. He would observe witr and five rakâahs. He sat only in the last of them.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1360 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Prophet (ï·º) used to pray thirteen rakâahs during the night including the two rakâahs of the dawn prayer.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1361 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) offered the night prayer and then prayed eight rakâahs standing, and two rakâahs between the two adhans (i.e. the adhan for the dawn prayer and the iqamah). He never left them. Jafâar b. Musafir said in his version: (He prayed) the two rakâahs sitting between the two adhans. He added the word âsittingâ.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1362 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
How many rakâahs would the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) pray observing the witr ? She said: He used to observe the witr with four and three, six and three, eight and three, and ten and three rakâahs never observing less than seven or more than thirteen. The narrator Ahmad added in his version: He would not observe the witr with two rakâahs before the dawn. I asked: With what would he observe the witr ? She said: He would never leave it. The version of Ahmad does not mention the words âsix an
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1363 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Al-Aswad ibn Yazid said that he entered upon Aisha and asked her about the prayer of the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) during the night. She said: He used to pray thirteen rakâahs during the night. Then he began to pray eleven rakâahs and left two rakâahs. When he died, he would pray nine rakâahs during the night. His last prayer during the night was witr.
Grade: Da'if

Hadith #1364 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
How would the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) pray during the night ? He replied: I spent a night with him when he was with Maimunah. He slept and awoke when half the night or one-third of it had passed. He stood up and went to a leather bad containing water. He performed ablution and I also performed ablution with him. He then stood up and I also stood at his left side. He made me stand at his right side. He then put his hand upon my head, as he was touching my ear and awakening me. He then prayed two
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1365 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
I spent a night with my maternal aunt Maymunah. The Prophet (ï·º) got up to pray at night. He prayed thirteen rakâahs including two rakâahs of the dawn prayer. I guessed that he stood in every rakâah as long as one could recite Surah al-Muzzammil (73).
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1366 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
I shall watch the prayer of the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) at night. I slept at the threshold of his door or of his tent. The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) prayed two light rakâahs, and then prayed two long, long, long rakâahs. He then prayed two rakâahs that were not so long as the two rakâahs before them ; he then prayed two rakâahs that were less in duration, than the rakâahs before them; again he prayed two rakâahs that were less in length then the preceding rakâahs; he then prayed
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1367 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
That he spent a night with Maimunah, wife of the Prophet (ï·º), who was also his (Ibn âAbbasâs) maternal aunt. I lay towards the width of the pillow and the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) and his wife slept towards its length. The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) slept. When half the night passed, or a little before it or a little after it, the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) awoke and began to rub his face (eyes) to remove the sleep. He then recited ten verses from the last part of Surah âAl-Imran. Hen then c
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1368 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) as saying: Choose such actions as you are capable of performing, for Allah does not grow weary till you do. The acts most pleasing to Allah are those which are done most continuously, even if they amount to little. Whenever he began an action, he would do it continuously.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1369 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Prophet (ï·º) called âUthman b. Mazâun. When he came to him, he said: âUthman, did you dislike my practice ? He said: No, by Allah, but I seek your practice. He said: I sleep, I pray, I keep fast, I (sometimes) leave fast, and I marry women. Fear Allah, âUthman, your wife has a right on you, your guest has a right on you, your self has a right on you ; you should keep fast and (sometimes) leave fast, and pray and sleep.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1370 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
âAishah was asked about the actions of the Messenger of Allah (ï·º). Did he perform some actions exclusively on some particular days ? She said: No, he performed his actions regularly. Which of you has the strength as much as the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) had ?
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1371 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) used to commend prayer at night during Ramadan, but did not command it as duty. He would say: If anyone prays during the night in Ramadan because of faith and seeking his reward from Allah, his previous sins will be forgiven for him. When the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) died, this was the practice, and it continued thus during Abu Bakrâs caliphate and early part of âUmarâs. Abu Dawud said: This tradition has been transmitted by âUqail, Yunus, and Abu Uwais in li
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1372 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Prophet (ï·º) as saying: If anyone fasts during Ramadan because of faith and in order to seek his reward from Allah, his previous sins will be forgiven to him. If anyone prays in the night of the power (lailat al-qadr) because of faith and in order to seek his reward from Allah his previous sins will be forgiven for him. Abu Dawud said: This tradition has been transmitted in a similar manner by Yahya b. Abi Kathir and Muhammad b. âAmr from Abu Salamah.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1373 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
That the Prophet (ï·º) once offered (tarawih) prayer in the mosque and the people also prayed along with him. He then prayed on the following night, and the people gathered in large numbers. They gathered on the third night too, but the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) did not come out to them. When the morning came, he said: I witnessed what you did, and nothing prevented me from coming out to you except that I feared that this (prayer) might be prescribed to you. That was in Ramadan.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1374 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The people used to pray (tarawih prayer) in the mosque during Ramadan severally. The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) commanded me (to spread a mat). I spread a mat for him and he prayed upon it. The narrator then transmitted the same story. The Prophet (ï·º) said: O People, praise be to Allah, I did not pass my night carelessly, nor did your position remain hidden from me.
Grade: Hasan Sahih

Hadith #1375 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
We fasted with the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) during Ramadan, but he did not make us get up at night for prayer at any time during the month till seven nights remained; then he made us get up for prayer till a third of the night had passed. When the sixth remaining night came, he did not make us get up for prayer. When the fifth remaining night came, he made us stand in prayer till a half of the night had gone. So I said: Messenger of Allah, I wish you had led us in supererogatory prayers during t
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1376 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
When the last ten days of Ramadan came, the Prophet (ï·º) kept vigil and prayed during the whole night, and tied the wrapper tightly, and awakened his family (to pray during the night). Abu Dawud said: The name of Abu Yaâfur is âAbd al-Rahman b. âUbaid b. Nistas.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1377 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) came out and saw that the people were praying during (the night of) Ramadan in the corner of the mosque. He asked: Who are these people ? It was said to him that those were people who had not learnt Quran. But Ubayy b. Kaâb is praying and they would pray behind him. The Prophet (ï·º) said: They did right and it is good what they did. Abu Dawud said: This tradition is not strong, the narrator Muslim b. Khalid is weak.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1378 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
I said to Ubayy b. Kaâb: Tell me about lailat al-qadr, O Abu al-Mundhir, for our companion (Ibn Masâud) was questioned about it, and he said: Anyone who gets up for prayer every night all the year round will hit upon it (i.e. lailat al-qadr). He replied: May Allah have mercy on Abu âAbd al-Rahman. By Allah, he knew that it was in Ramadan, (Musaddadâs version goes) but he disliked that the people should content themselves (with that night alone); or he liked that the people should not con
Grade: Hasan Sahih

Hadith #1379 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
I was present at the gathering of Banu Salamah, and I was the youngest of them. They (the people) said: Who will ask the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) for us about Laylat al-Qadr? That was the twenty-first of Ramadan. I went out and said the sunset prayer along with the Messenger of Allah (ï·º). I then stood at the door of his house. He passed by me and said: Come in. I entered (the house) and dinner was brought for him. I was prevented from taking food as it was scanty. When he finished his dinner,
Grade: Hasan Sahih

Hadith #1380 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
I said to the Messenger of Allah: I have a place in the desert where I live and in which I pray, with the praise of Allah; but give me command about a night when I come to this mosque. He replied: Come on the twenty third night. I (a sub-narrator, Muhammad ibn Ibrahim) said to his (Abdullah ibn Unaysâs) son: How would your father act? He replied: He used to enter the mosque when he had offered the afternoon prayer, and did not leave it for any purpose till he prayed the morning prayer. Then wh
Grade: Hasan Sahih

Hadith #1381 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Prophet (ï·º) as saying: Seek laitat al-Qadr in the last ten night of Ramadan. When nine (nights) remain (i.e. on the twenty first) , when seven (night) remain (i.e. on the twenty third), and when five (nights) remain (i.e. on the twenty fifth).
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1382 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) used to spend the middle ten days of Ramadan in retirement and devotion (iâtikaf) in the mosque. One year he had retirement and devotion in the mosque (as usual); when the twenty-first night came, and this night when he used to come out his devotion in the mosque, he said: He who has engaged himself in devotion along with me should do so during the last ten days; I saw that night, that was caused to forget it, but I have seen myself prostrating in water and mud on
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1383 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Prophet (ï·º) said: Seek it (laylat al-Qadr) in the last ten days of Ramadan. Seek it on the ninth, seventh and fifth night. I (AbuNadrah) said: You know counting better than us, AbuSaâid. He said: Yes. I asked: What do you mean by the ninth, seventh and fifth night? He said: When the twenty-first night passes, the night which follows it is the night; when the twenty-third night passes, the night which follows it is the seventh; when the twenty-fifth passes, the night which follows it is t
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1384 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) said to us: Seek it (laylat al-Qadr) on the seventeenth night of Ramadan, and on the twenty first night, and on the twenty-third night. He then kept silence.
Grade: Da'if

Hadith #1385 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) as saying: Seek lailat al-qadr in the last seven days.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1386 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Prophet (ï·º) as saying: Lailat al-qadr is the twenty-seventh night (of Ramadan)
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1387 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) was asked about lailat al-qadr and I was hearing: He said: It is during the whole of Ramadan. Abu Dawud said: Sufyan and Shuâbah narrated this tradition from Abu Ishaq as a statement of Ibn âUmar himself, they did not transmit it as a saying of the Prophet (ï·º)
Grade: Da'if

Hadith #1388 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Prophet (ï·º) as saying to him: Complete the recitation of the Quâran in one month. He said: I have more strength. He (the Prophet) said: Complete the recitation in twenty days. He again said: I have more energy. He said : Recite in fifteen days. He again said: I have more energy. He said: Recite in ten days. He again said: I have more energy. He said: Recite in seven days, do not add to it. Abu Dawud said: The tradition narrated by Muslim is more perfect.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1389 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) said to me: Keep fast for three days of month, and finish the recitation of the Qurâan in one month. I and he differed among ourselves on period of time. He said: Fast one day and give it up other day. The narrator âAta said: The people differed from my father (in narrating the period of time). Some narrated seven days and others five.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1390 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Yazid ibn Abdullah said that Abdullah ibn Amr asked the Prophet (ï·º): In how many days should I complete the recitation of the whole Qurâan, Messenger of Allah? He replied: In one month. He said: I am more energetic to complete it in a period less than this. He kept on repeating these words and lessening the period until he said: Complete its recitation in seven days. He again said: I am more energetic to complete it in a period less than this. The Prophet (ï·º) said: He who finishes the reci
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1391 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) said to me: Recite the Qurâan in one month. I said: I have (more) energy. He said: Recite it in three days Abu âAli said: I heard Abu Dawud say: I heard Ahmad b. Hanbal say: The narrator âIsa b. Shadhan is a sane person.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1392 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Nafiâ b. Jubair asked me: In how many days do you recite the Qurâan ? I said: I have not fixed any part from it for daily round. Nafiâ said to me: Do not say: I do not fix any part of it for daily round, for the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) said: I recited a part of the Qurâan. The narrator Ibn al-Had said: I think I have transmitted this tradition from al-Mughirah b. Shuâbah.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1393 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
We came upon the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) in a deputation of Thaqif. The signatories of the pact came to al-Mughirah ibn Shuâbah as his guests. The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) made Banu-Malik stay in a tent of his. Musaddadâs version says: He was in the deputation of Thaqif which came to the Messenger of Allah (ï·º). He used to visit and have a talk with us every day after the night prayer. The version of AbuSaâid says: He remained standing for such a long time (talking to us) that he put his
Grade: Da'if

Hadith #1394 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Prophet (ï·º) said: He who recites the Qurâan in a period less than three days does not understand it.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1395 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Wahb ibn Munabbih said: Abdullah ibn Amr asked the Prophet (ï·º); In how many days should one complete the recitation of the Qurâan? He said: In forty days. He then said: In one month. He again said: In twenty days. He then said: In fifteen days. He then said: In ten days. Finally he said: In seven days.
Grade: Hasan

Hadith #1396 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
Alqamah and al-Aswad said: A man came to Ibn Masâud. He said: I recite the mufassal surahs in one rakâah. You might recite it quickly as one recites verse (poetry) quickly, or as the dried dates fall down (from the tree). But the Prophet (ï·º) used to recite two equal surahs in one rakâah; he would recite (for instance) surahs an-Najm (53) and ar-Rahman (55) in one rakâah, surahs Iqtarabat (54) and al-Haqqah (69) in one rakâah, surahs at-Tur (52) and adh-Dhariyat (51) in one rakâah,
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1397 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
I asked Abu Masâud while he was making circumambulation of the Kaâbah (about the recitation of some verses from the Qurâan). He said: The Messenger of Allah (ï·º) said: If anyone recited two verses from the last of Surah al-Baqarah at night, they will be sufficient for him.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1398 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
The Prophet (ï·º) said: If anyone prays at night reciting regularly ten verses, he will not be recorded among the negligent; if anyone prays at night and recites a hundred verses, he will be recorded among those who are obedient to Allah; and if anyone prays at night reciting one thousand verses, he will be recorded among those who receive huge rewards. Abu Dawud said: The name of Ibn Hujairah al-Asghar is âAbd Allah b. âAbd al-Rahman b. Hujairah.
Grade: Sahih

Hadith #1399 - Sunan Abi Dawud (Sunan Abi Dawud)
A man came to the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) and said: Teach me to read the Qurâan, Messenger of Allah. He said: Read three surahs which begin with A.L.R. He said: My age is advanced, my mind has become dull (i.e. memory has grown weak), and my tongue has grown heavy). So he said: Then read three surahs which begin with H.M. He repeated the same words. So he said: Read three surahs which begin with the âGlorification of Allahâ. But he repeated the same excuse. The man then said: Teach me a c
Grade: Hasan