# Sunan al-Nasa'i - The Book of Shortening the Prayer When Traveling *Exported from [ParallelQuran.com](https://parallelquran.com) on June 20, 2026* **17 hadith** --- ## Hadith #1460 **Book:** The Book of Shortening the Prayer When Traveling | **Narrator(s):** Abdur Rahman bin Samra, Hyan bin 'Umayr al-Qaysy حيان بن عمير, Wahayb bin Khalid bin 'Ajlan al-Bahli وهيب بن خالد بن عجلان الباهلي “The Prophet (ﷺ) said: ‘The Muhajir may stay for three days after his rituals.'” *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-al-nasai-1460/)* --- ## Hadith #3774 **Book:** The Book of Oaths and Vows | **Narrator(s):** Abdur Rahman bin Samra, Ahmed bin Suliaman أحمد بن سليمان, al-Hasan al-Basri الحسن البصري, Hisham bin Abi 'Abdullah al-Dastawa'i هشام بن أبي عبد الله الدستوائي, Yazid bin Harun يزيد بن هارون “A man from Banu Ghifar told me, in the gathering of Salim bin ‘Abdullah, Salim bin ‘Abdullah said: ‘I heard ‘Abdullah -that is, Ibn ‘Umar- say: “The Messenger of Allah said: ‘Allah forbids you to swear by your forefathers.'”‘” *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-al-nasai-3774/)* --- ## Hadith #3782 **Book:** The Book of Oaths and Vows | **Narrator(s):** Abdur Rahman bin Samra, al-Hasan al-Basri الحسن البصري, Ma'tmar bin Sulaiman-al-Taufayl معتمر بن سليمان - الطفيل, Muhammad bin 'Abdul A'la محمد بن عبد الأعلى, Sulaiman bin Tarkhan al-Taymi سليمان بن طرخان التيمي “You are setting up rivals (to Allah) and associating others (with Him). You say: ‘Whatever Allah wills and you will,’ and you say: ‘By the Ka’bah.'” So the Prophet commanded them, if they wanted to swear an oath, to say: “By the Lord of the Ka’bah;” and to say: “Whatever Allah wills, then what you will.” *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-al-nasai-3782/)* --- ## Hadith #3783 **Book:** The Book of Oaths and Vows | **Narrator(s):** Abdur Rahman bin Samra, Affan bin Muslim عفان بن مسلم بن عبد الله الصفار, Ahmed bin Suliaman أحمد بن سليمان, al-Hasan al-Basri الحسن البصري, Jarir bin Hazim bin Zayd جرير بن حازم بن زيد “Do not swear by your forefathers or by false gods (At-Tawaghit).” *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-al-nasai-3783/)* --- ## Hadith #3784 **Book:** The Book of Oaths and Vows | **Narrator(s):** Abdul A'ala bin 'Abdul A'ala al-Sami عبد الأعلى بن عبد الأعلى البصري السامي, Abdur Rahman bin Samra, al-Hasan al-Basri الحسن البصري, Muhammad bin Yahya bin Abi Hazm محمد بن يحيى بن أبي حزم القطعي, Qatada قتادة, Sa'id bin Abi Sa'id “The Messenger of Allah said: ‘Whoever among you swears and says: By Al-Lat, let him say: La ilaha illallah (There is none worthy of worship except Allah). And whoever says to his companion: Come, let us gamble, then let him give in charity.'” *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-al-nasai-3784/)* --- ## Hadith #3789 **Book:** The Book of Oaths and Vows | **Narrator(s):** Abdur Rahman bin Samra, al-Hasan al-Basri الحسن البصري, Hashaym bin Bashayr bin al-Qasim هشيم بن بشير بن القاسم, Mansur bin al-Ma'tamar al-Salmi منصور بن المعتمر بن عبد الله السلمي, Yonus bin Yazid bin Abi al-Nijad يونس بن يزيد بن أبي النجاد, Ziyad bin Ayoub - Dulwiyya زياد بن أيوب بن زياد دلويه “I came to the Messenger of Allah with a group of the Ash’ari people and asked him to give us animals to ride. He said: ‘By Allah, I cannot give you anything to ride and I have nothing to give you to ride.’ We stayed as long as Allah willed, then some camels were brought to him. He ordered that we be given three fine-looking camels. When we left, we said to one another: ‘We came to the Messenger of Allah to ask him for animals to ride, and he swore by Allah that he would not give us anything to ride, then he gave us something.'” Abu Musa said: “We came to the Prophet and told him about that. He said: ‘I did not give you animals to ride, rather Allah gave you them to ride. By Allah, I do not swear an oath and then see something better than it, but I offer expiation for my oath and do that which is better.'” *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-al-nasai-3789/)* --- ## Hadith #3790 **Book:** The Book of Oaths and Vows | **Narrator(s):** Abdullah bin 'Awn bin Artaban عبد الله بن عون بن أرطبان الخزار, Abdur Rahman bin Samra, al-Hasan al-Basri الحسن البصري, Amr bin 'Ali bin Bahr al-Bahli عمرو بن علي بن بحر الباهلي, Yahya bin Sa'id bin Farroukh al-Qatan يحيى بن سعيد بن فروخ القطان “Whoever swears an oath, then sees something better than it, let him do that which is better.” *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-al-nasai-3790/)* --- ## Hadith #3791 **Book:** The Book of Oaths and Vows | **Narrator(s):** Abdur Rahman bin Samra, al-Hasan al-Basri الحسن البصري, Jarir bin 'Abdul Hameed al-Razi جرير بن عبد الحميد أبو عبد الله الضبي, Mansur bin al-Ma'tamar al-Salmi منصور بن المعتمر بن عبد الله السلمي “If any one of you swears an oath, then he sees something better than it, let him offer expiation for his oath, and look at what is better and do it.” *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-al-nasai-3791/)* --- ## Hadith #3850 **Book:** The Book of Oaths and Vows | **Narrator(s):** Abdur Rahman bin Samra, al-Hasan al-Basri الحسن البصري, Ali bin Muhammad bin Ishaq al-Tanafasi علي بن محمد بن إسحاق الطنافسي, Ali bin Zayd bin 'Abdullah bin Zuhayr علي بن زيد بن عبد الله بن زهير, Khlf bin Tmym bin Aby خلف بن تميم بن أبي, Za'ida bin Qadama al-Thaqifi زائدة بن قدامة الثقفي “The Messenger of Allah said: ‘There is no vow to commit an act of disobedience, and its expiation is the expiation for an oath.'” *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-al-nasai-3850/)* --- ## Hadith #5384 **Book:** The Book of Adornment | **Narrator(s):** Abdullah bin 'Awn bin Artaban عبد الله بن عون بن أرطبان الخزار, Abdur Rahman bin Samra, al-Hasan al-Basri الحسن البصري, Amr bin 'Ali bin Bahr al-Bahli عمرو بن علي بن بحر الباهلي, Mjahd bin Musa مجاهد بن موسى, Yahya bin Sa'id bin Farroukh al-Qatan يحيى بن سعيد بن فروخ القطان, Yonus bin Yazid bin Abi al-Nijad يونس بن يزيد بن أبي النجاد “The pommel of the sword of the Messenger of Allah was of silver.” *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-al-nasai-5384/)* --- ## Hadith #2928 **Book:** Tribute, Spoils, and Rulership (Kitab Al-Kharaj, Wal-Fai' Wal-Imarah) | **Narrator(s):** Abdur Rahman bin Samra, al-Hasan al-Basri الحسن البصري, Hashaym bin Bashayr bin al-Qasim هشيم بن بشير بن القاسم, Mansur bin al-Ma'tamar al-Salmi منصور بن المعتمر بن عبد الله السلمي, Muhammad bin al-Sabah محمد بن الصباح البزاز الدولابي, Yonus bin Yazid bin Abi al-Nijad يونس بن يزيد بن أبي النجاد | **Grade:** Sahih The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) as saying: Each of you is a shepherd and each of you is responsible for his flock. The amir (ruler) who is over the people is a shepherd and is responsible for his flock; a man is a shepherd in charge of the inhabitants of his household and he is responsible for his flock; a woman is a shepherdess in charge of her husband’s house and children and she is responsible for them; and a man’s slave is a shepherd in charge of his master’s property and he is responsible for it. So each of you is a shepherd and each of you is responsible for his flock. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-abi-dawud-2928/)* --- ## Hadith #3276 **Book:** Oaths and Vows (Kitab Al-Aiman Wa Al-Nudhur) | **Narrator(s):** Abdur Rahman bin Samra, al-Hasan al-Basri الحسن البصري, Hashaym bin Bashayr bin al-Qasim هشيم بن بشير بن القاسم, Mnswr bin Zadhan منصور بن زاذان, Muhammad bin al-Sabah محمد بن الصباح البزاز الدولابي, Yonus bin Yazid bin Abi al-Nijad يونس بن يزيد بن أبي النجاد | **Grade:** Sahih On the authority of his father that the Prophet (ﷺ) said: I swear by Allah that if Allah wills I shall swear on an oath and then consider something else to be better than it without making atonement for my oath and doing the thing that is better. Or he said (according to another version): But doing the thing that is better and making atonement for my oath. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-abi-dawud-3276/)* --- ## Hadith #3277 **Book:** Oaths and Vows (Kitab Al-Aiman Wa Al-Nudhur) | **Narrator(s):** Abdul A'ala bin 'Abdul A'ala al-Sami عبد الأعلى بن عبد الأعلى البصري السامي, Abdur Rahman bin Samra, al-Hasan al-Basri الحسن البصري, Qatada قتادة, Sa'id bin Abi Sa'id, Yahya bin Khlf al-Bahly يحيى بن خلف الباهلي أبو سلمة البصري | **Grade:** Sahih The Prophet (ﷺ) said to me: ‘Abd al-Rahman b. Samurah, when you swear an oath and consider something else to be better than it, do the thing that is beter and make atonement for your oath. Abu Dawud said: I heard Ahmad (b. Hanbal) permitting to make atonement before breaking the oath. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-abi-dawud-3277/)* --- ## Hadith #4259 **Book:** Trials and Fierce Battles (Kitab Al-Fitan Wa Al-Malahim) | **Narrator(s):** Abdur Rahman bin Samra, Awn bin Abi Juhayfa عون بن أبي جحيفة, Hisham bin 'Abdul Malik al-Tayalasi هشام بن عبد الملك أبو الوليد الطيالسي, Rqbh bin Msqlh bin Abd رقبة بن مسقلة, Wadah bin 'Abdullah al-Yashkari وضاح بن عبد الله اليشكري أبو عوانة | **Grade:** Sahih The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: Before the Last Hour there will be commotions like pieces of a dark night in which a man will be a believer in the morning and an infidel in the evening, or a believer in the evening and infidel in the morning. He who sits during them will be better than he who gets up and he who walks during them is better than he who runs. So break your bows, cut your bowstrings and strike your swords on stones. If people then come in to one of you, let him be like the better of Adam’s two sons. *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-abi-dawud-4259/)* --- ## Hadith #1500 **Book:** The Book on Sacrifices | **Narrator(s):** Abdur Rahman bin Samra, al-Hasan al-Basri الحسن البصري, Ma'tmar bin Sulaiman-al-Taufayl معتمر بن سليمان - الطفيل, Yonus bin 'Ubaid bin Dinar يونس بن عبيد بن دينار العبدي “The Muqabalah is the one whose ears have been severed, the Mudabarah is the one with the sides of its ears cut off, and the Sharqa’ is one with its ears split, and the Khurqa’ is the one whose ears have a hole pierced through them.” *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/jami-al-tirmidhi-1500/)* --- ## Hadith #2173 **Book:** The Chapters on Pawning | **Narrator(s):** Abdul A'ala bin 'Abdul A'ala al-Sami عبد الأعلى بن عبد الأعلى البصري السامي, Abdur Rahman bin Samra, Abu Bakr bin Abi Shayba أبو بكر بن أبي شيبة, al-Hasan al-Basri الحسن البصري, Hisham bin Abi 'Abdullah al-Dastawa'i هشام بن أبي عبد الله الدستوائي the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) died while his armor was pawned to a Jew for thirty Sa’s of barley.’ ” *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-ibn-majah-2173/)* --- ## Hadith #3794 **Book:** Tribulations | **Narrator(s):** Abdur Rahman bin Samra, Hameed bin Hilal حميد بن هلال, Khalid bin 'Abdullah al-Tahan خالد بن عبد الله بن عبد الرحمن الطحان, Mu'adh ibn Jabal, Yonus bin Yazid bin Abi al-Nijad يونس بن يزيد بن أبي النجاد “Just before the Hour comes there will be transformations, the earth collapsing, and Qadhf. (i.e. the throwing of stones perhaps as a means of punishment – maybe it refers to landslides).” *Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-ibn-majah-3794/)* ---