# Sunan al-Nasa'i - The Book of Leading the Prayer (Al-Imamah)

*Exported from [ParallelQuran.com](https://parallelquran.com) on August 22, 2026*

**17 hadith**

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## Hadith #819

**Book:** The Book of Leading the Prayer (Al-Imamah) | **Narrator(s):** Abdullah bin Wahb عبد الله بن وهب بن مسلم القرشي, Hudayr bin Karayb Abu al-Zahriyya حدير بن كريب أبو الزاهرية, ibn Umar, Kathir bin Marrah al-Hadrami كثير بن مرة الحضرمي, Mu'awiya bin Salah bin Hadayr معاوية بن صالح بن حدير

It was narrated from Al’Irbad bin Sariyah that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to send Salah on the first row three times and on the second row once.

*Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-al-nasai-819/)*

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## Hadith #923

**Book:** The Book of the Commencement of the Prayer | **Narrator(s):** Abu al-Darda, Harun bin 'Abdullah al-Hamal هارون بن عبد الله بن مروان الحمال, Hudayr bin Karayb Abu al-Zahriyya حدير بن كريب أبو الزاهرية, Kathir bin Marrah al-Hadrami كثير بن مرة الحضرمي, Mu'awiya bin Salah bin Hadayr معاوية بن صالح بن حدير, Zayd bin al-Habab al-'Akli زيد بن الحباب أبو الحسين العكلي

“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: ‘The Imam is appointed to be followed, so when he says the takbir, say the takbir, and when he recites, be silent, and when he says: “Sami’ Allahu liman hamidah (Allah hears those who praise Him),” say: “Allahumma rabbana lakal-hamd (Our Lord, to You be praise).”

*Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-al-nasai-923/)*

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## Hadith #1663

**Book:** The Book of Qiyam Al-Lail (The Night Prayer) and Voluntary Prayers During the Day | **Narrator(s):** Harun bin Muhammad bin Bkar هارون بن محمد بن بكار بن بلال, Kathir bin Marrah al-Hadrami كثير بن مرة الحضرمي, Uqba bin 'Amir al-Juhayni, Zayd bin Waqd al-Quraishi زيد بن واقد القرشي

“I never saw the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) offer his voluntary prayers sitting down until one year before his death. Then he used to pray sitting down, reciting the surah so slowly that it seemed to be longer than a surah that is longer.”

*Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-al-nasai-1663/)*

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## Hadith #2493

**Book:** The Book of Zakah | **Narrator(s):** Abdul Hameed bin Ja'far عبد الحميد بن جعفر بن عبد الله, Auf bin Malik bin Nadlah عوف بن مالك بن نضلة - أبو الأحوص, Kathir bin Marrah al-Hadrami كثير بن مرة الحضرمي, Salah bin Abi Aryb صالح بن أبي عريب, Ya'qub bin Ibrahim bin Sa'd يعقوب بن إبراهيم بن سعد بن إبراهيم, Yahya bin Sa'id bin Farroukh al-Qatan يحيى بن سعيد بن فروخ القطان

“For whatever is irrigated by the sky, rivers and springs, or draws up water from deep roots, one-tenth. For whatever is irrigated by animals and artificial means, one half of one-tenth.”

*Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-al-nasai-2493/)*

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## Hadith #2561

**Book:** The Book of Zakah | **Narrator(s):** Abdullah bin Wahb عبد الله بن وهب بن مسلم القرشي, Kathir bin Marrah al-Hadrami كثير بن مرة الحضرمي, Khalid bin Ma'dan خالد بن معدان, Mu'awiya bin Salah bin Hadayr معاوية بن صالح بن حدير, Muhammad bin Salmah محمد بن سلمة بن عبد الله الباهلي, Uqba bin 'Amir al-Juhayni

“Intercede and your intercession may be accepted, and Allah, the Mighty and Sublime, decrees on the lips of His Prophet whatsoever He will.”

*Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-al-nasai-2561/)*

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## Hadith #3159

**Book:** The Book of Jihad | **Narrator(s):** Harun bin Muhammad bin Bkar هارون بن محمد بن بكار بن بلال, Kathir bin Marrah al-Hadrami كثير بن مرة الحضرمي, Muhammad bin 'Isa bin al-Qasim محمد بن عيسى بن القاسم, Ubada bin As-Samit, Zayd bin Waqd al-Quraishi زيد بن واقد القرشي

“There is no Muslim soul among the people that is taken by its Lord and wishes it could come back to you, even if it had this world and everything in it, except the martyr.” Ibn Abi ‘Amirah said: “The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: ‘If I were to be killed in the cause of Allah, that would be dearer to me that if all the people of the deserts and the cities were to be mine.'”
 Meaning: If they were all my slaves and I set them free.

*Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-al-nasai-3159/)*

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## Hadith #4167

**Book:** The Book of al-Bay'ah | **Narrator(s):** Harun bin Muhammad bin Bkar هارون بن محمد بن بكار بن بلال, Kathir bin Marrah al-Hadrami كثير بن مرة الحضرمي, Muhammad bin 'Isa bin al-Qasim محمد بن عيسى بن القاسم, Zayd bin Waqd al-Quraishi زيد بن واقد القرشي

“I pledged to the Prophet to hear and obey and to be sincere toward every Muslim.”

*Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-al-nasai-4167/)*

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## Hadith #3115

**Book:** Funerals (Kitab Al-Jana'iz) | **Narrator(s):** Abdul Hameed bin Ja'far عبد الحميد بن جعفر بن عبد الله, Kathir bin Marrah al-Hadrami كثير بن مرة الحضرمي, Mu'adh ibn Jabal, Salah bin Abi Aryb صالح بن أبي عريب | **Grade:** Sahih

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ): When you attend dying man, you should say good words, for the angels say Amin to what you say. When Abu Salamah died, I said: What should I say, Messenger of Allah? He said: O Allah forgive him, and give us something good in exchange. She said: So Allah gave me Muhammad (ﷺ) in exchange for him.

*Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-abi-dawud-3115/)*

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## Hadith #4887

**Book:** General Behavior (Kitab Al-Adab) | **Narrator(s):** Abu Umama bin Sahl, Amr bin al-Aswad al-Ansi عمرو بن الأسود العنسي, Damdam bin Zar'ah ضمضم بن زرعة بن ثوب, Isma'il bin Ayyash bin Saleem إسماعيل بن عياش بن سليم, Jubayr bin Nufayr al-Hadrami, Kathir bin Marrah al-Hadrami كثير بن مرة الحضرمي, Sa'id bin 'Amr bin Sa'id bin al-Aas سعيد بن عمرو بن سعيد بن العاص, Sharyh bin 'Ubaid شريح بن عبيد بن شريح | **Grade:** Da'if

Is one of you unable to be like Abu Damdam? The people asked: who is Abu Damdam? He replied : A man of old before you. He then mentioned the rest of tradition to the tradition to the same effect. This version has : who would say (in the morning) : My honors is for the one who reviles me.
Abu Dawud said: This tradition has also been transmitted by Hashim bin al-Qasim from Muhammad b. ‘Adb Allah al-‘Ammi from Thabit on the authority of Anas from Prophet (ﷺ) to the same effect.
Abu Dawud said: The tradition of Hammad (i.e. ‘Abd al-Rahman’s version) is sounder.

*Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-abi-dawud-4887/)*

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## Hadith #1204

**Book:** The Book on Divorce and Li'an | **Narrator(s):** al-Hasan bin Arfh bin Yazid الحسن بن عرفة بن يزيد, Isma'il bin Ayyash bin Saleem إسماعيل بن عياش بن سليم, Kathir bin Marrah al-Hadrami كثير بن مرة الحضرمي, Khalid bin Ma'dan خالد بن معدان, Mu'adh ibn Jabal

“A man pronounced the Li’an on his wife, and the Prophet separated the two of them, and he decide that the child belonged to the mother.”

*Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/jami-al-tirmidhi-1204/)*

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## Hadith #1599

**Book:** The Book on Military Expeditions | **Narrator(s):** Amr bin 'Absa al-Salmi, Baqiyya bin al-Walid bin Sa'aid بقية بن الوليد بن صائد, Haywat bin Sharih bin Safwan حيوة بن شريح بن صفوان التجيبي, Ishaq bin Mansur al-Kausaj إسحاق بن منصور بن بهرام - الكوسج, Kathir bin Marrah al-Hadrami كثير بن مرة الحضرمي, Khalid bin Ma'dan خالد بن معدان

That on the day of Conquest of Makkah, the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “There is no Hijrah after the conquest, there is only Jihad and intention, and when you are called to go forth (for battle), then go.”
 There are narrations on this topic from Abu Sa’eed, ‘Abdullah bin ‘Amr, and ‘Abdullah bin Hubshi.
 This Hadith is Hasan Sahih. Sufyan Ath-Thawri reported it similarly from Mansur bin Al-Mu’tamir.

*Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/jami-al-tirmidhi-1599/)*

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## Hadith #3085

**Book:** Chapters on Tafsir | **Narrator(s):** al-Hasan bin Arfh bin Yazid الحسن بن عرفة بن يزيد, Isma'il bin Ayyash bin Saleem إسماعيل بن عياش بن سليم, Kathir bin Marrah al-Hadrami كثير بن مرة الحضرمي, Khalid bin Ma'dan خالد بن معدان, Uqba bin 'Amir al-Juhayni

that the Prophet (ﷺ) said: “None of the black heads (meaning the Children of Adam since (most of) their heads are black) before you partook of spoils of war, but fire from the heavens would be sent down upon them, consuming them.” Sulaiman (one of the narrators) said “No one says this except for Abu Hurairah now. “So on the day of Badr when they had the spoils of war before it was made lawful for them, Allah  revealed: Were it not a previous ordainment from Allah, a severe torment would have touched you for what you took.”

*Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/jami-al-tirmidhi-3085/)*

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## Hadith #7

**Book:** The Book of Purification and its Sunnah | **Narrator(s):** Abu Hurairah, Hisham bin 'Ammar bin Nasayr هشام بن عمار بن نصير, Kathir bin Marrah al-Hadrami كثير بن مرة الحضرمي, Yahya bin Hamza bin Waqd يحيى بن حمزة بن واقد

“I heard the Messenger of Allah say: ‘Allah does not accept any prayer without purification, and He does not accept any charity from Ghulul.'”

*Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-ibn-majah-7/)*

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## Hadith #146

**Book:** The Book of Purification and its Sunnah | **Narrator(s):** Abd al-Whab bin al-Dhak عبد الوهاب بن الضحاك بن أبان, Abdullah bin 'Amr bin al-'Aas, Isma'il bin Ayyash bin Saleem إسماعيل بن عياش بن سليم, Kathir bin Marrah al-Hadrami كثير بن مرة الحضرمي, Safwan bin 'Amr bin Harm al-Saksaki صفوان بن عمرو بن هرم السكسكي

“I saw the Messenger of Allah during the campaign of Tabuk performing ablution, washing each part once.”

*Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-ibn-majah-146/)*

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## Hadith #1487

**Book:** Fasting | **Narrator(s):** Abdur Rahman bin Thabit عبد الرحمن بن ثابت بن ثوبان العنسي, al-Walid bin Muslim al-Quraishi الوليد بن مسلم القرشي, Hisham bin 'Ammar bin Nasayr هشام بن عمار بن نصير, Kathir bin Marrah al-Hadrami كثير بن مرة الحضرمي, Makhul al-Shami/al-Damashiqi مكحول الشامي

“When the fasting person breaks his fast, his supplication is not turned back.” (One of the narrators) Ibn Abi Mulaikah said: “When he broke his fast, I heard ‘Abdullah bin ‘Amr say: ‘O Allah! I ask You by Your mercy, which encompasses all things, to forgive me.'”

*Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-ibn-majah-1487/)*

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## Hadith #1893

**Book:** The Chapters on Business Transactions | **Narrator(s):** Abdul Hameed bin Ja'far عبد الحميد بن جعفر بن عبد الله, Auf bin Malik al-Ashja'i, Bakr bin Khlf al-Basri بكر بن خلف البصري, Kathir bin Marrah al-Hadrami كثير بن مرة الحضرمي, Salah bin Abi Aryb صالح بن أبي عريب, Yahya bin Sa'id bin Farroukh al-Qatan يحيى بن سعيد بن فروخ القطان

the Prophet (ﷺ) forbade the price of a dog, the payment (given to a prostitute) and the payment made to a soothsayer.

*Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-ibn-majah-1893/)*

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## Hadith #2092

**Book:** The Chapters on Rulings | **Narrator(s):** Abd al-Whab bin al-Dhak عبد الوهاب بن الضحاك بن أبان, Isma'il bin Ayyash bin Saleem إسماعيل بن عياش بن سليم, Kathir bin Marrah al-Hadrami كثير بن مرة الحضرمي, Khalid bin Ma'dan خالد بن معدان, Mu'adh ibn Jabal

“Whoever finds his exact property with a man who has become bankrupt, and then he has more right to it than anyone else.”

*Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-ibn-majah-2092/)*

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