1,166 hadith found in Sunan Abi Dawud

Sunan Abi Dawud

Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat)

The Messenger of Allah(ﷺ) one day came out to us while we were reciting the Qur’an. He said: Praise be to Allah. The Book of Allah is one, and among you are the red, and among you are the white...

Sunan Abi Dawud

Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat)

A man came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and said: I cannot memorise anything from the Qur'an: so teach me something which is sufficient for me. He said: Say Glory be to Allah, and praise be to Allah, and there is...

Sunan Abi Dawud

Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat)

we used to offer supererogatory prayers and recite supplications while we were standing, and would glorify Allah while bowing and prostrating.

Sunan Abi Dawud

Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat)

Al-Hasan (al-Basri) would recite fatihat al-kitab in the noon and afternoon prayers while he led in prayer or he was behind the imam and would glorify Allah, and would repeatedly say: “Allah is most great” and “ There is no...

Sunan Abi Dawud

Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat)

I and ‘Imran b. Husain offered prayer behind ‘All b. AbI Talib(may Allah be pleased with him). When he prostrated, he uttered the takbir (Allah is most great) and when he bowed, he uttered the takbir and when he stood...

Sunan Abi Dawud

Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat)

Abu Hurairah would utter the takbir in every prayer, whether obligatory or non-obligatory, He would utter the takbir when he stood, and he would utter the takbir when he bowed, then he would say: “Allah listens to him who praises...

Sunan Abi Dawud

Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat)

This means that when he raised his head after bowing and when he was about to prostrate, he did not utter the takbir, and when he stood up after prostration, he did not utter the takbir.

Sunan Abi Dawud

Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat)

I saw that the Prophet (ﷺ) placed his knees (on the ground) before placing his hands when he prostrated himself. And when he stood up, he raised his hands before his knees.

Sunan Abi Dawud

Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat)

When he prostrated himself, his knees fell on the ground before his hands had fallen. Hemmam said: This tradition has also been transmitted by ‘Asim b. Kulaib through a different chain of narrators to the same effect. And one of...

Sunan Abi Dawud

Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat)

when one of you prostrates himself he must not kneel in the manner of camel, but should put down his hands before his knees.

Sunan Abi Dawud

Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat)

The Prophet (ﷺ) said: (Does) one of you kneel down in his prayer as a camel kneels down (i.e. put his knees before his hands).

Sunan Abi Dawud

Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat)

Abu sulaiman malik b. al-Huwairith came to our mosque and said: By Allah, I Shall offer prayer; and I do not intend to pray, but I intend to show you how I saw the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) offering prayer....

Sunan Abi Dawud

Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat)

Abu Sulaiman Malik b. al-Huwairth came to our mosque, and said: By Allah, I Shall offer prayer, though I do not intend to pray; I only intend to show you how I saw the Messenger of Allah(ﷺ) praying. The narrator...

Sunan Abi Dawud

Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat)

Malik b. al-Huwairith saw that the prophet (may peace by upon him) would not stand at the end of the first or the third rak’ah until he sat down straight.

Sunan Abi Dawud

Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat)

we asked Ibn ‘Abbas about sitting on heels between the two prostrations. He said: It is the sunnah. We said: We look upon it as a pressure on the foot. He said: This is the sunnah of your Prophet(ﷺ)

Sunan Abi Dawud

Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat)

When the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) raised his head after bowing, he said: Allah listens to him who praises Him. O Allah, our lord, to Thee be the praise in the heavens and in all the earth, and all that...

Sunan Abi Dawud

Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat)

When the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “ Allah listens to him who praises Him,” he also said: O Allah, our Lord, to thee be the praise in all heavens. Mu’ammil said( in his version); “ In all the heavens,...

Sunan Abi Dawud

Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat)

When the Imam says: “Allah listens to him who praised Him,” say: “O Allah, our lord, to Thee be the praise, “ for if what anyone says synchronises with what the angels say, he will be forgiven his past sins.

Sunan Abi Dawud

Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat)

The people behind the imam should not say: “Allah listens to him who praises Him.” But they should say: “ Our Lord, to Thee be the praise.”

Sunan Abi Dawud

Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat)

The Prophet (ﷺ) used to say between the two prostrations: "O Allah, forgive me, have mercy on me, guide me, heal me, and provide for me."