Collection: Sunan Abi Dawud

Sunan Abi Dawud 25486

The Prophet (ﷺ) said: Do not say: “What Allah wills and so and so wills,” but say: “What Allah wills and afterwards so and so wills.

Sunan Abi Dawud 25487

A speaker gave sermon before the prophet (May peace be upon him). He said : he who obeys Allah and his Prophet will follow the right course, and he who disobeys them. He (The prophet) said: get up; he said: go away, a bad speaker you are.

Sunan Abi Dawud 25488

I was riding on a mount behind the prophet (May peace be upon him). It stumbled. Thereupon I said: May the devil perish! He said: do not say; may the devil perish! For you say that, he will swell so much so that he will be like a house, and say: by my power. But […]

Sunan Abi Dawud 25489

The Prophet (ﷺ) said: When you hear….(Musa’s version has): When a man says people have perished, he is the one who has suffered that fate most. Abu Dawud said: Malik said: If he says that out of sadness for the decadence of religion which he sees among the people, I do not think there is […]

Sunan Abi Dawud 25490

The desert Arabs may not dominate you in respect of the name of your prayer. Beware! It is al-`Isha, but they milk their camels when it is fairly dark.

Sunan Abi Dawud 25481

The Prophet (ﷺ) said: None of you must say: “My slave” (abdi) and “My slave-woman” (amati), and a slave must not say: “My lord” (rabbi or rabbati). The master (of a slave) should say: “My young man” (fataya) and “My young woman” (fatati), and a slave should say “My master” (sayyidi) and “My mistress” (sayyidati), […]

Sunan Abi Dawud 25483

The Prophet (ﷺ) said: Do not call a hypocrite sayyid (master), for if he is a sayyid, you will displease your Lord, Most High.

Sunan Abi Dawud 25484

None of you must say Khabuthat nafsi (My heart is heaving), but one should say Laqisat nafsi (My heart is being annoyed).

Sunan Abi Dawud 25485

None of you should say Ja’shat nafsi (My heart is being agitated), but one should say Laqisat nafsi (My heart is being annoyed).