Knowledge (Kitab Al-Ilm)

Book 26 of 43 · Sunan Abi Dawud

28 hadith Hadith 3641–3668 Sunni
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Knowledge (Kitab Al-Ilm)

Sunan Abi Dawud

28 hadith Hadith 3641–3668 Sunni

About This Book

Compiled during the 833–888 CE period by al-Sijistani.

Knowledge (Kitab Al-Ilm) is book 26 of 43 in Sunan Abi Dawud, containing 28 hadith.

Geography

This collection was compiled primarily in Basra (later life). The narrators in this book are associated with 17 distinct geographic locations.

Damascus Medina Kufa Makkah Basrah Merv Yemen Basra al-Ramla Wasit al-Taus Baghdad Cairo al-Ray Nisa Khurasan Hims

Narrators in This Book

This book features 98 narrators in its chains of transmission. The most frequently cited are Abu Hurairah, Masdad bin Masrhad مسدد بن مسرهد بن مسربل, al-Walid bin Muslim al-Quraishi الوليد بن مسلم القرشي, Sulaiman al-A'mash الأعمش / سليمان بن مهران, al-Zuhri ابن شهاب الزهري‎, محمد بن مسلم.

Hadith in This Book 28 hadith

1 3641 Daif
Kathir ibn Qays said: I was sitting with AbudDarda' in the mosque of Damascus. A man came to him and said: AbudDarda, I have come to you from the town of the Messenger of…
2 3642 Daif
The tradition mentioned above has also been transmitted by Abu al-Darda through a different chain of narrators to the same effect from the Holy Prophet (ﷺ)
3 3643 Sahih
If anyone pursues a path in search of knowledge, Allah will thereby make easy for him a path to paradise; and he who is made slow by his actions will not be speeded by his…
4 3644 Daif
When he was sitting with the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and a Jew was also with him, a funeral passed by him. He (the Jew) asked (Him): Muhammad, does this funeral speak? The Prophet…
5 3645 Hasan Sahih
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) ordered me (to learn the writing of the Jews), so I learnt for him the writing of the Jews. He said: I swear by Allah, I do not trust Jews in respect of…
6 3646 Sahih
I used to write everything which I heard from the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). I intended (by it) to memorise it. The Quraysh prohibited me saying: Do you write everything that you…
7 3647 Daif Isnaad
Al-Muttalib ibn Abdullah ibn Hantab said: Zayd ibn Thabit entered upon Mu'awiyah and asked him about a tradition. He ordered a man to write it. Zayd said: The Messenger of Allah…
8 3648 Shadh
When Mecca was conquered, the Holy Prophet (peace be upon him) stood up. He (Abu Hurairah) then mentioned the sermon of the Holy Prophet (ﷺ). He said: A man of the Yemen, who was…
9 3649 Sahih
"We used not to write anything but the Tasha-hud and the Qur'an."
10 3650 Sahih Maqtu
I asked Abu `Amr: What are they writing? He said: The sermon which he heard that day.
11 3651 Sahih
I asked al-Zubair : What prevents you from narrating traditions from the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) as his Companions narrate from him? He said: By Allah I was very close to him. But…
12 3652 Daif
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: If anyone interprets the Book of Allah in the light of his opinion even if he is right, he has erred.
13 3653 Daif Isnaad
AbuSallam said on the authority of a man who served the Holy Prophet (ﷺ) that whenever he talked, he repeated it three times.
14 3654 Sahih
Abu Hurairah sat beside the apartment of `A’ishah while she was praying. He then began to say: Listen, O lady of the apartment, saying it twice (in quick succession). When she…
15 3655 Sahih
Are you not surprised at AbuHurayrah? He came and sat beside my apartment, and began to narrate traditions from the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) making me hear them. I was saying…
16 3656 Daif
The Holy Prophet (ﷺ) forbade the discussion of thorny questions.
17 3657 Hasan
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: If anyone is given a legal decision ignorantly, the sin rests on the one who gave it. Sulayman al-Mahri added in his version: If anyone advises his brother,…
18 3658 Hasan Sahih
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: He who is asked something he knows and conceals it will have a bridle of fire put on him on the Day of Resurrection.
19 3659 Sahih
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: You hear (from me), and others will hear from you; and people will hear from them who heard from you.
20 3660 Sahih
I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: May Allah brighten a man who hears a tradition from us, gets it by heart and passes it on to others. Many a bearer of knowledge conveys it…
21 3661 Sahih
I swear on Allah, it will be better for you that Allah should give guidance to one man through your agency than that you should acquire the red ones among the camels.
22 3662 Sahih
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: relate traditions from the children of Isra'il; there is no harm.
23 3663 Sahih Isnaad
The Prophet (ﷺ) used to relate to us traditions from the children of Isra'il till morning came; he would not get up except for obligatory prayer.
24 3664 Sahih
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: If anyone acquires knowledge that should be sought seeking the Face of Allah, but he acquires it only to get some worldly advantage, he will not experience…
25 3665 Hasan Sahih
I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: Only a ruler, or one put in charge, or one who is presumptuous, gives instructions.
26 3666 Daif
I was sitting in the company of the poor members of the emigrants. Some of them were sitting together because of lack of clothing while a reader was reciting to us. All of a…
27 3667 Hasan
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: That I sit in the company of the people who remember Allah the Exalted from morning prayer till the sun rises is dearer to me than that I emancipate four…
28 3668 Sahih
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said to me: recite Surat al-Nisa’. I asked: Shall I recite to you what was sent down to you? He replied: I like to here it from someone else. So I…