Sunan Abi Dawud 22009

AbuDharr said: Prophet of Allah. The wealthy people have all the rewards; they pray as we pray; they fast as we fast; and they have surplus wealth which they give in charity; but we have no wealth which we may give in charity. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: AbuDharr, should I not teach you […]

Sunan Abi Dawud 22010

“Mu’awiyah wrote to al-Mughirah b. Shu’bah: ‘What would the the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) recite when he gave Taslim (salutation) in the prayer ?’ Al-Mughirah dictated and wrote to Mu’awiyah: ‘The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to say (at the end of the prayer after taslim): ‘There is no God but Allah, Alone, Who has […]

Sunan Abi Dawud 22011

“I heard ‘Abd Allah b. al-Zubair saying on the pulpit: When the Prophet (ﷺ) finished the prayer, he used to say (at the end of the prayer): ‘There is no God but Allah, Alone, Who has no partner, to Him belongs the Kingdom, to Him praise is due, and He is Omnipotent. There is no […]

Sunan Abi Dawud 22007

I saw the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) counting the glorification of Allah on fingers. Ibn Qudamah said (in his version: “With his right hands”.

Sunan Abi Dawud 22004

The Prophet (ﷺ) passed by me while I was supplicating by pointing with two fingers of mine. He said: Point with one finger; point with one finger. He then himself pointed with the forefinger.

Sunan Abi Dawud 22005

Once Sa’d, with the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), visited a woman in front of whom were some date-stones or pebbles which she was using as a rosary to glorify Allah. He (the Prophet) said: I tell you something which would be easier (or more excellent) for you than that. He said (it consisted of saying): […]

Sunan Abi Dawud 22006

The Prophet (ﷺ) commanded them (the women emigrants) to be regular (in remembering Allah by saying): “Allah is most great”; “Glory be to the King, the Holy”; “there is no god but Allah”; and that they should count them on fingers, for they (the fingers) will be questioned and asked to speak.

Sunan Abi Dawud 22001

“Allah’s Greatest Names is in these two verses: “And your Ilaah (God) is One Ilaah (God), none has the right to be worshipped but He, the Ever-Merciful, the Mercy-Giving’ and the beginning of Surah Al ‘Imran, “A.L.M Allah, there is no deity but He, the Living, the Eternal.”

Sunan Abi Dawud 22002

Ata’ said: The quilt of Aisha was stolen. She began to curse the person who had stolen it. The Prophet (ﷺ) began to tell her: Do not lighten him. Abu Dawud said: The meaning of the Arabic words la tasbikhi ‘anhu means “do not lessen him or lighten him”.

Sunan Abi Dawud 22003

I sought permission of the Prophet (ﷺ) to perform umrah. He gave me permission and said: My younger brother, do not forget me in your supplication. He (Umar) said: He told me a word that pleased me so much so that I would not have been pleased if I were given the whole world. The […]