Collection: Sunan Abi Dawud

Sunan Abi Dawud 23961

The Prophet (ﷺ) said: Both parties in a business transaction have a right to annul it so long as they have not separated unless it is a bargain with the option to annul is attached to it; and it is not permissible for one of them to separate from the other for fear that one […]

Sunan Abi Dawud 23957

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) passed a man who was selling grain. He asked him: How are you selling? He informed him. Revelation them came down to him saying: “Put your hand into it.” So he put his hand into it, and felt that it was damp. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) then said: “He […]

Sunan Abi Dawud 23958

Sufyan disapproved of the interpretation of the phrase “has nothing to do with us” as “not like us”.

Sunan Abi Dawud 23951

The Prophet (ﷺ) said: If anyone buys a sheep whose udders have been tied up, he has option for three days (for decision). If he returns it, he should return with it wheat equal to its milk or double of it.

Sunan Abi Dawud 23952

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) as saying: No one withholds goods till their price rises but a sinner. I said to Sa’id (b. al-Musayyab): You withhold goods till their price rises. He said: Ma’mar used to withhold goods till their price rose. Abu Dawud said: I asked Ahmad (b. Hanbal): What is hoarding (hukrah) ? […]

Sunan Abi Dawud 23953

Hoarding does not apply to dried dates. Ibn al-Muthanna said that he (Yahya b. Fayyad) reported on the authority of al-Hasan. We (Ibn al-Muthanna) said to him (Yahya): Do not say: “on the authority of al-Hasan.” Abu Dawud said: This tradition according to us is false. Abu Dawud said: Sa’id b. al-Musayyab used to hoard […]

Sunan Abi Dawud 23954

On the authority of his father, who said: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) forbade to break the coins of the Muslims current among them except for some defect.

Sunan Abi Dawud 23955

A man came and said: Messenger of Allah, fix prices. He said: (No), but I shall pray. Again the man came and said: Messenger of Allah, fix prices. He said: It is but Allah Who makes the prices low and high. I hope that when I meet Allah, none of you has any claim on […]

Sunan Abi Dawud 23956

The people said: Messenger of Allah , prices have shot up, so fix prices for us. Thereupon the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: Allah is the one Who fixes prices, Who withholds, gives lavishly and provides, and I hope that when I meet Allah, none of you will have any claim on me for an […]