Sunan al-Nasa'i — The Book of Purification

26 hadith · Exported from ParallelQuran.com on August 22, 2026
Hadith #138
The Book of Purification · Narrated by Abu Juhayfa al-Sawai', Awn bin Abi Juhayfa عون بن أبي جحيفة, Malik bin Mghwl مالك بن مغول, Muhammad bin Mansur bin Da'ud محمد بن منصور بن داود الطوسي, Sufyan bin 'Uyaynah سفيان بن عيينة

“I saw the Prophet (ﷺ) in Al-Batha’. Bilal brought out the water left over from his Wudu’ and the people rushed toward it and I got some of it. Then a short spear was planted in the ground and he led the people in prayer, while donkeys, dogs and women were passing in front of him.”

Hadith #470
The Book of Salah · Narrated by Abu Juhayfa al-Sawai', al-Hakam bin 'Utayba الحكم بن عتيبة, Muhammad bin al-Muthna - al-Zaman محمد بن المثنى أبو موسى - الزمن, Muhammad bin Bashar Bindar محمد بن بشار بندار, Muhammad bin Ja'far bin Abi Kathir محمد بن جعفر بن أبي كثير, Shu'bah bin al-Hajjaj شعبة بن الحجاج

“O Messenger of Allah, tell me of a deed that will gain me admittance to Paradise.” The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “Worship Allah and do not associate anything with Him, establish the Salah, pay the Zakah and uphold the ties of kinship. Let go!” – as if he was riding his camel. As if he was riding his camel and the man had grabbed hold of its reins to ask this question.

Hadith #650
The Book of the Adhan (The Call to Prayer) · Narrated by Abu Juhayfa al-Sawai', Awn bin Abi Juhayfa عون بن أبي جحيفة, Mahmud bin Ghaylan محمود بن غيلان العدوي مولاهم أبو أحمد, Sufyan bin Sa‘id Ath-Thawri سفيان الثوري, Waki' bin al-Jarrah وكيع بن الجراح

“It is not Abu Ja’far Al-Farra’.”

Hadith #772
The Book of the Qiblah · Narrated by Abdur Rahman bin Mahdi عبد الرحمن بن مهدي, Abu Juhayfa al-Sawai', Awn bin Abi Juhayfa عون بن أبي جحيفة, Muhammad bin Bashar Bindar محمد بن بشار بندار, Sufyan bin Sa‘id Ath-Thawri سفيان الثوري

“A silken Farruj was presented to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and he put it on and offered the prayer in it, then when he had finished the prayer he tore it off as if he disliked it and said:’This is not befitting for those who have Taqwa.'”

Hadith #2059
The Book of Funerals · Narrated by Abu Ayyub al-Ansari, Abu Juhayfa al-Sawai', al-Bara' bin Azib bin al-Harith, Awn bin Abi Juhayfa عون بن أبي جحيفة, Shu'bah bin al-Hajjaj شعبة بن الحجاج, Yahya bin Sa'id bin Farroukh al-Qatan يحيى بن سعيد بن فروخ القطان

“The plague, abdominal illness, drowning and dying in childbirth are martyrdom.” (One of the narrators) said: Abu ‘Uthman narrated this to us several times, and on one occasion he attributed it to the Prophet.

Hadith #4744
The Book of Oaths (qasamah), Retaliation and Blood Money · Narrated by Abu Juhayfa al-Sawai', Amir al-Sha'bi عامر الشعبي, Matruf bin Tarayf al-Harithi مطرف بن طريف, Muhammad bin Mansur bin Da'ud محمد بن منصور بن داود الطوسي, Sufyan bin 'Uyaynah سفيان بن عيينة

“Al-Ashtar and I went to ‘Ali, may Allah be pleased with him, and said: Did the Prophet of Allah tell you anything that he did not tell to all the people?’ He said: ‘No, except what is in this letter of mine.’ He brought out a letter from the sheath of his sword and it said therein: “The lives of the believers are equal in value, and they are one against others, and they hasten to support the asylum granted by the least of them. But no believer may be killed in return for a disbeliever, nor one with a covenant while his convenant is in effect. Whoever commits an offense then the blame is on himself, and whoever gives sanctuary to an offender, then upon him will be the curse of Allah, the angels and all the people.”

Hadith #5378
The Book of Adornment · Narrated by Abu Juhayfa al-Sawai', Awn bin Abi Juhayfa عون بن أبي جحيفة, Ishaq bin Yusuf bin Mrdas إسحاق بن يوسف بن مرداس, Sufyan bin Sa‘id Ath-Thawri سفيان الثوري

The Prophet said: “If the strap of the sandal of one of you breaks, let him not walk in one sandal until he fixes it.”

Hadith #3482
Wages (Kitab Al-Ijarah) · Narrated by Abu Juhayfa al-Sawai', Awn bin Abi Juhayfa عون بن أبي جحيفة, Hisham bin 'Abdul Malik al-Tayalasi هشام بن عبد الملك أبو الوليد الطيالسي, Shu'bah bin al-Hajjaj شعبة بن الحجاج · Sahih

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) forbade the price paid for a dog; if someone comes to ask for the price of a dog, fill his hand-palm with dust.

Hadith #3768
Foods (Kitab Al-At'imah) · Narrated by Abu Juhayfa al-Sawai', Ali bin al-Aqmar bin 'Amr علي بن الأقمر بن عمرو, Muhammad bin Kathir bin Abi 'Ata' محمد بن كثير بن أبي عطاء الثقفي, Sufyan bin Sa‘id Ath-Thawri سفيان الثوري · Hasan

Umayyah was sitting and a man was eating. He did not mention Allah’s name until there remained the last morsel. When he raised it to his mouth, he said: In the name of Allah at the beginning and at the end of it. The Prophet (ﷺ) laughed and said: The devil kept eating along with him, but when he mentioned Allah’s name, he vomited what was in his belly. Abu Dawud: Jabir bin Subh is grandfather of Sulaiman bin Harb from his mother’s side.

Hadith #197
The Book on Salat (Prayer) · Narrated by Abdur-Razzaq عبد الرزاق بن همام, Abu Juhayfa al-Sawai', Awn bin Abi Juhayfa عون بن أبي جحيفة, Mahmud bin Ghaylan محمود بن غيلان العدوي مولاهم أبو أحمد, Sufyan bin Sa‘id Ath-Thawri سفيان الثوري

“I saw Bilal calling the Adhan, and turning, and his (face) was following here and there, and his (index) fingers were in his ears, and Allah’s Messenger was in a small red tent” – “I think,” he (one of the narrators) said, “it was made from a hide” – so Bilal went out in front of him with an Anazah which he planted (in the ground) at Batha. Allah’s Messenger prayed facing it, and a dog and a donkey passed in front of him; he was wearing a red Hullah, and it is as if I am now looking at the radiance of his shins.” Sufyan said: “We think that it was a Hibrah.”

Hadith #606
The Book on Traveling · Narrated by Abu Ishaq al-Sabay'ai' أبو إسحاق السبيعي عمرو بن عبد الله, Abu Juhayfa al-Sawai', al-Hakam bin 'Abdullah الحكم بن عبد الله النصري, al-Hakam bin Bashyr الحكم بن بشير بن سلمان, Ali ibn Abi Talib, Muhammad bin Hmyd bin Hyan محمد بن حميد بن حيان

the Messenger of Allah said: “The screen between the eyes of the jinns and nakedness of the children of Adam when one of you enters the area of relieving oneself is saying: ‘Bismillah.'”

Hadith #649
The Book on Zakat · Narrated by Abu Juhayfa al-Sawai', Ali bin Sa'id bin Jryr علي بن سعيد بن جرير, Ash'ath bin Abi al-Ash'atha أشعث بن أبي الشعثاء, Awn bin Abi Juhayfa عون بن أبي جحيفة, Hafs bin Ghyath حفص بن غياث

“The charity collector of the Prophet came to us. So he took the charity from our rich to our poor. I was a orphan boy, so he came to me and gave me a young she-camel from it.”

Hadith #1398
The Book on Blood Money · Narrated by Abu Juhayfa al-Sawai', Ahmed bin Manay' أحمد بن منيع, Amir al-Sha'bi عامر الشعبي, Hashaym bin Bashayr bin al-Qasim هشيم بن بشير بن القاسم, Matruf bin Tarayf al-Harithi مطرف بن طريف

“Indeed the first cases to be judged between the worshippers are those of bloodshed.”

Hadith #1778
The Book on Clothing · Narrated by Abu Juhayfa al-Sawai', Ali bin al-Aqmar bin 'Amr علي بن الأقمر بن عمرو, Qutayba bin Sa'id bin Jamil قتيبة بن سعيد بن جميل, Sharayk bin 'Abdullah شريك بن عبد الله النخعي

“The Prophet (ﷺ) prohibited predator skins.” And this chain is more correct.

Hadith #2343
Chapters On Zuhd · Narrated by Abu Juhayfa al-Sawai', Awn bin Abi Juhayfa عون بن أبي جحيفة, Ja'far bin Awn bin Ja'far جعفر بن عون بن جعفر, Muhammad bin Bashar Bindar محمد بن بشار بندار, Utba bin 'Abdullah bin 'Utba عتبة بن عبد الله بن عتبة أبو العميس

“If you were to rely upon Allah with the required reliance, then He would provide for you just as a bird is provided for, it goes out in the morning empty, and returns full.”

Hadith #2976
Chapters on Tafsir · Narrated by Abu Juhayfa al-Sawai', Isma'il bin Abi Khalid al-Ahmsi إسماعيل بن أبي خالد الأحمسي, Muhammad bin Fadayl bin Ghazwan محمد بن فضيل بن غزوان

that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “The most hated man to Allah is the most quarrelsome.”

Hadith #2977
Chapters on Tafsir · Narrated by Abu Juhayfa al-Sawai', Isma'il bin Abi Khalid al-Ahmsi إسماعيل بن أبي خالد الأحمسي, Muhammad bin Bashar Bindar محمد بن بشار بندار, Yahya bin Sa'id bin Farroukh al-Qatan يحيى بن سعيد بن فروخ القطان

“When the women among the Jews menstruated, they would not eat with them, nor drink with them, nor mingle with them in their homes. The Prophet (ﷺ) was asked about that, so Allah, Blessed and Most High, revealed: “They ask you about menstruation. Say It is a Adha (harmful matter) (2:222).’ So the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) told them to eat with them, drink with them and to remain in the house with them, and to do everything besides intercourse with them. The Jews said: ‘He does not want to leave any matter of ours without opposing us in it.'” He said: “Then ‘Abbad bin Bishr and Usaid bin Hudair came to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) to inform him about that. They said: ‘O Messenger of Allah! Should we not (then) have intercourse with them during their menstruation?’ The face of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) changed color, until they thought that he was angry with them. So they left, and afterwards the Prophet (ﷺ) was given some milk as a gift, so he sent some of it to them to drink. Then they knew that he was not angry with them.”

Hadith #105
The Book of Purification and its Sunnah · Narrated by Abd al-Qdws bin Bakr عبد القدوس بن بكر بن خنيس, Abu Juhayfa al-Sawai', Awn bin Abi Juhayfa عون بن أبي جحيفة, Malik bin Mghwl مالك بن مغول

One of the wives of the Prophet took a bath to cleanse herself from sexual impurity, then the Prophet performed ablution and had a bath with the water left over from her ablution.”

Hadith #212
The Book of Purification and its Sunnah · Narrated by Abu Juhayfa al-Sawai', al-Fadl bin Dakayn, Abu Na'eem الفضل بن دكين أبو نعيم الملائي, al-Hakam bin 'Utayba الحكم بن عتيبة, Muhammad bin Yahya bin Hiban محمد بن يحيى بن حبان

“The Messenger of Allah used to command us not to take off our leather socks for three days except in the case of sexual impurity, but not in the case of defecation, urine or sleep (i.e. during travel).”

Hadith #314
The Book of Purification and its Sunnah · Narrated by Abu Ishaq al-Sabay'ai' أبو إسحاق السبيعي عمرو بن عبد الله, Abu Juhayfa al-Sawai', al-Hakam bin Bashyr الحكم بن بشير بن سلمان, Ali ibn Abi Talib, Muhammad bin Hmyd bin Hyan محمد بن حميد بن حيان

“The Messenger of Allah used to have a bath to cleanse himself from sexual impurity, then he would warm himself with me before I had the bath.”

Hadith #928
Establishing the Prayer and the Sunnah Regarding Them · Narrated by Abu Juhayfa al-Sawai', Isma'il bin Musa al-Fazari al-Siddi إسماعيل بن موسى الفزاري السدي, Sharayk bin 'Abdullah شريك بن عبد الله النخعي

“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) prescribed two Rak’ah of prayer when traveling; they are complete and are not shortened. And Witr when traveling is Sunnah.”

Hadith #2700
Chapters on Hajj Rituals · Narrated by Abu Ishaq al-Sabay'ai' أبو إسحاق السبيعي عمرو بن عبد الله, Abu Juhayfa al-Sawai', Ali ibn Abi Talib, Hajjaj bin Muhammad al-Musaysi حجاج بن محمد المصيصي الأعور, Harun bin 'Abdullah al-Hamal هارون بن عبد الله بن مروان الحمال, Yonus bin Abi Ishaq يونس بن أبي إسحاق

It was narrated from Jabir that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) performed Hajj Ifrad (Single Hajj).

Hadith #2758
Chapters on Hajj Rituals · Narrated by Abu Bakr bin 'Ayyash al-Asadi أبو بكر بن عياش بن سالم الأسدي, Abu Juhayfa al-Sawai', Amir al-Sha'bi عامر الشعبي, Matruf bin Tarayf al-Harithi مطرف بن طريف

“O Bilal, calm the people down,” or “make them be quiet.” Then he said: “Allah has been very gracious to you in this Jam’ of yours. He has forgiven the wrongdoers among you because of the righteous among you, and He has given the righteous among you whatever they ask. Move on in the Name of Allah.”

Hadith #3384
Chapters on Dress · Narrated by Abu Juhayfa al-Sawai', Ali bin al-Aqmar bin 'Amr علي بن الأقمر بن عمرو, Mas'ar bin Kadam مسعر بن كدام, Muhammad bin al-Sabah محمد بن الصباح البزاز الدولابي, Sufyan bin 'Uyaynah سفيان بن عيينة

“The angels do not enter a house in which there is a dog or an image.”

Hadith #3757
Tribulations · Narrated by Abu Da'ud أبو داود السجستاني الأزدي, Abu Ishaq al-Sabay'ai' أبو إسحاق السبيعي عمرو بن عبد الله, Abu Juhayfa al-Sawai', Muhammad bin al-Muthna - al-Zaman محمد بن المثنى أبو موسى - الزمن, Zuhayr bin Mua'wiya bin Hudayj زهير بن معاوية بن حديج

“Nothing increases one’s life span except righteousness and nothing repels the Divine decree except supplication, and a man may be deprived of provision by a sin that he commits.’”

Hadith #3902
Zuhd · Narrated by Abu Juhayfa al-Sawai', Awn bin Abi Juhayfa عون بن أبي جحيفة, Muhammad bin Yahya bin Hiban محمد بن يحيى بن حبان, Sulaiman bin 'Abdur Rahman سليمان بن عبد الرحمن بن عيسى

“The heart of the son of Adam has an inclination towards every desirable thing, so whoever follows all of those inclinations, Allah will not care which one will cause his doom. And whoever relies upon Allah, Allah will protect him from the pain of scattered inclinations.”

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