Collection: Sunan Abi Dawud

Sunan Abi Dawud 23650

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said to them while washing her daughter: Begin with her right side, and the places where the ablution is performed.

Sunan Abi Dawud 23652

Muhammad b. Sirin used to learn how to wash the dead from Umm ‘Atiyyah: he would was with lotus leaves twice and with water and camphor for the third time.

Sunan Abi Dawud 23645

The Prophet (ﷺ) said: Do not unveil your thigh, and do not look at the thigh of the living and the dead.

Sunan Abi Dawud 23646

By Allah, we did not know whether we should take off the clothes of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) as we took off the clothes of our dead, or wash him while his clothes were on him. When they (the people) differed among themselves, Allah cast slumber over them until every one of them had […]

Sunan Abi Dawud 23647

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) came in when his daughter died, and he said: Wash her with water and lotus leaves three or five times or more than that if you think fit, and put camphor, or some camphor in the last washing, then inform me when you finish. When we had finished we informed […]

Sunan Abi Dawud 23639

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) commanded to remove weapons and skins from the martyrs of Uhud, and that they should be buried with their blood and clothes.

Sunan Abi Dawud 23640

The martyrs of Uhud were not washed, and they were buried with their blood. No prayer was offered over them.

Sunan Abi Dawud 23641

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) passed Hamzah who was killed and disfigured. He said: If Safiyyah were not grieved, I would have left him until the birds and beasts of prey would have eaten him, and he would have been resurrected from their bellies. The garments were scanty and the slain were in great number. […]