Sunan Abi Dawud 21901

Alqamah and al-Aswad said: A man came to Ibn Mas’ud. He said: I recite the mufassal surahs in one rak’ah. You might recite it quickly as one recites verse (poetry) quickly, or as the dried dates fall down (from the tree). But the Prophet (ﷺ) used to recite two equal surahs in one rak’ah; he […]

Sunan Abi Dawud 21902

I asked Abu Mas’ud while he was making circumambulation of the Ka’bah (about the recitation of some verses from the Qur’an). He said: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: If anyone recited two verses from the last of Surah al-Baqarah at night, they will be sufficient for him.

Sunan Abi Dawud 21896

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said to me: Recite the Qur’an in one month. I said: I have (more) energy. He said: Recite it in three days Abu ‘Ali said: I heard Abu Dawud say: I heard Ahmad b. Hanbal say: The narrator ‘Isa b. Shadhan is a sane person.

Sunan Abi Dawud 21897

Nafi’ b. Jubair asked me: In how many days do you recite the Qur’an ? I said: I have not fixed any part from it for daily round. Nafi’ said to me: Do not say: I do not fix any part of it for daily round, for the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: I recited […]

Sunan Abi Dawud 21898

We came upon the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) in a deputation of Thaqif. The signatories of the pact came to al-Mughirah ibn Shu’bah as his guests. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) made Banu-Malik stay in a tent of his. Musaddad’s version says: He was in the deputation of Thaqif which came to the Messenger of […]

Sunan Abi Dawud 21895

Yazid ibn Abdullah said that Abdullah ibn Amr asked the Prophet (ﷺ): In how many days should I complete the recitation of the whole Qur’an, Messenger of Allah? He replied: In one month. He said: I am more energetic to complete it in a period less than this. He kept on repeating these words and […]

Sunan Abi Dawud 21893

The Prophet (ﷺ) as saying to him: Complete the recitation of the Qu’ran in one month. He said: I have more strength. He (the Prophet) said: Complete the recitation in twenty days. He again said: I have more energy. He said : Recite in fifteen days. He again said: I have more energy. He said: […]

Sunan Abi Dawud 21894

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said to me: Keep fast for three days of month, and finish the recitation of the Qur’an in one month. I and he differed among ourselves on period of time. He said: Fast one day and give it up other day. The narrator ‘Ata said: The people differed from my […]

Sunan Abi Dawud 21890

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) as saying: Seek lailat al-qadr in the last seven days.

Sunan Abi Dawud 21891

The Prophet (ﷺ) as saying: Lailat al-qadr is the twenty-seventh night (of Ramadan)