Sunan Abi Dawud
Oaths and Vows (Kitab Al-Aiman Wa Al-Nudhur)
I went out with my father to see the hajj performed by the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). I saw the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). I fixed my eyes on him. My father came near him while he was riding his...
Sunan Abi Dawud
Oaths and Vows (Kitab Al-Aiman Wa Al-Nudhur)
(The Prophet asked): Does it contain an idol or was a festival of pre-Islamic times celebrated there ? He replied: No. I said: This mother of mine has taken a vow and walking (is binding on her). May I fulfill...
Sunan Abi Dawud
Oaths and Vows (Kitab Al-Aiman Wa Al-Nudhur)
'Adba belonged to a man of Banu 'Aqil. It used to go ahead of pligrims. The man was then captivated. He was brought in chains to the Prophet (ﷺ). The Prophet (ﷺ) was riding on a donkey with a blanket...
Sunan Abi Dawud
Oaths and Vows (Kitab Al-Aiman Wa Al-Nudhur)
I said: Messenger of Allah, to make my repentance complete I should divest myself of my property as sadaqah (alms) for Allah and His Apostle. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: Retain some of your property, for that will be...
Sunan Abi Dawud
Oaths and Vows (Kitab Al-Aiman Wa Al-Nudhur)
To the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) when his repentance was accepted: I should divest myself of my property. He then mentioned a similar tradition up to the words, "better for you".
Sunan Abi Dawud
Oaths and Vows (Kitab Al-Aiman Wa Al-Nudhur)
Ka'b ibn Malik said to AbuLubabah; or someone else whom Allah wished; or to the Prophet (ﷺ): To make my repentance complete I should depart from the house of my people in which I fell into sin, and that I...
Sunan Abi Dawud
Oaths and Vows (Kitab Al-Aiman Wa Al-Nudhur)
"He then mentioned the tradition to the same effect. This versions attributes this story to Abu Lubabah." Abu Dawud said: This tradition has been narrated by Yunus from Ibn Shihab from some of the children of al-Sa'ib son of Abu...
Sunan Abi Dawud
Oaths and Vows (Kitab Al-Aiman Wa Al-Nudhur)
I said: Messenger of Allah, to make my atonement complete I should divest myself of my all property as sadaqah (alms) for Allah and His apostle. He said: No. I said: The half of it. He said: No. I said:...
Sunan Abi Dawud
Oaths and Vows (Kitab Al-Aiman Wa Al-Nudhur)
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: If anyone takes a vow but does not name it, its atonement is the same as that for an oath, if anyone takes a vow to do an act of disobedience, its atonement is the same...
Sunan Abi Dawud
Oaths and Vows (Kitab Al-Aiman Wa Al-Nudhur)
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) as saying: The atonement for a vow is the same as for an oath. Abu Dawud said: This tradition has also been transmitted by 'Amr b. al-Harith from Ka'b b. 'Alqamah, from Ibn Shamasah on...
Sunan Abi Dawud
Oaths and Vows (Kitab Al-Aiman Wa Al-Nudhur)
A similar tradition has also been transmitted by 'Uqbah b. 'Amir from the Prophet (ﷺ) through a different chain of narrators.
Sunan Abi Dawud
Oaths and Vows (Kitab Al-Aiman Wa Al-Nudhur)
That 'Umar said: Messenger of Allah, I took a vow in pre-Islamic times that I would stay in the sacred mosque (Masjid Haram) as a devotion (i'tikaf). The Prophet (ﷺ) said: Fulfill your vow.
Sunan Abi Dawud
The Office of the Judge (Kitab Al-Aqdiyah)
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: He who has been appointed a judge has been killed without a knife.
Sunan Abi Dawud
The Office of the Judge (Kitab Al-Aqdiyah)
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: He who has been appointed a judge among the people has been killed without a knife.
Sunan Abi Dawud
The Office of the Judge (Kitab Al-Aqdiyah)
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: Judges are of three types, one of whom will go to Paradise and two to Hell. The one who will go to Paradise is a man who knows what is right and gives judgment accordingly; but...
Sunan Abi Dawud
The Office of the Judge (Kitab Al-Aqdiyah)
'If a judge passes a judgment having exerted himself to arrive at what is correct, and he is indeed correct, he will have two rewards. If he passes judgment having exerted himself to arrive at what is correct, but it...
Sunan Abi Dawud
The Office of the Judge (Kitab Al-Aqdiyah)
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: If anyone seeks the office of judge among Muslims till he gets it and his justice prevails over his tyranny, he will go to Paradise; but the man whose tyranny prevails over his justice will go...
Sunan Abi Dawud
The Office of the Judge (Kitab Al-Aqdiyah)
"If any do fail to judge (by the light of) what Allah has revealed, they are (no better than) unbelievers" up to "wrongdoers." These three verses were revealed about the Jews, particularly about Quraizah and al-Nadir.
Sunan Abi Dawud
The Office of the Judge (Kitab Al-Aqdiyah)
Two men from the locality of Kindah came while AbuMas'ud al-Ansari was sitting n a circle. They said: Is there any man who decides between us. A man from the circle said: I, AbuMas'ud took a handful of pebbles and...
Sunan Abi Dawud
The Office of the Judge (Kitab Al-Aqdiyah)
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: If anyone desires the office of Judge and seeks help for it, he will be left to his own devices; if anyone does not desire it, nor does he seek help for it, Allah will send...