Jihad & Military Expeditions

Sunan Abi Dawud

Jihad (Kitab Al-Jihad)

Amr ibn Uqaysh had given usurious loans in pre-Islamic period; so he disliked to embrace Islam until he took them. He came on the day of Uhud and asked: Where are my cousins? They (the people) replied: At Uhud. He...

Sunan Abi Dawud

Jihad (Kitab Al-Jihad)

Salamah bin Al Akwa’ said “On the day of the battle of the Khaibar, my brother fought desperately. But his sword fell back on him and killed him. The Companions of the Apostle of Allaah(ﷺ) talked about him and doubted...

Sunan Abi Dawud

Jihad (Kitab Al-Jihad)

AbuSalam reported on the authority of a man from the companion of the Prophet (ﷺ). He said: We attacked a tribe of Juhaynah. A man from the Muslims pursued a man of them, and struck him but missed him. He...

Sunan Abi Dawud

Jihad (Kitab Al-Jihad)

The Prophet (ﷺ) said: Two (prayers) are not rejected, or seldom rejected: Prayer at the time of the call to prayer, and (the prayer) at the time of fighting, when the people grapple with each other. Musa said: Rizq ibn...

Sunan Abi Dawud

Jihad (Kitab Al-Jihad)

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: If anyone fights in Allah's path as long as the time between two milkings of a she-camel, Paradise will be assured for him. If anyone sincerely asks Allah for being killed and then dies...

Sunan Abi Dawud

Jihad (Kitab Al-Jihad)

Utbah heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: Do not cut the forelocks, manes, or tails of horse, for their tails are their means of driving flies, their manes provide them with warmth, and blessing is tide to their forelocks.

Sunan Abi Dawud

Jihad (Kitab Al-Jihad)

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: Keep to every dark bay horse with a white blaze and white on the legs, or sorrel with a white blaze and white on the legs , or black with a white blaze and...

Sunan Abi Dawud

Jihad (Kitab Al-Jihad)

The Prophet (ﷺ) said: Keep to every sorrel horse with a white blaze and white on the legs, or dark bay with a white blaze. He then mentioned something similar. Muhammad ibn al-Muhajir said: I asked him: Why was a...

Sunan Abi Dawud

Jihad (Kitab Al-Jihad)

The Prophet (ﷺ) said: The most favoured horses are the sorrel.

Sunan Abi Dawud

Jihad (Kitab Al-Jihad)

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to name a mare a horse.

Sunan Abi Dawud

Jihad (Kitab Al-Jihad)

Abu Hurairah said “The Prophet (ﷺ) disapproved the shikal horses. Shikal are the horses that are white on their right hind leg and white on their left foreleg or white on their right foreleg and left hind leg. Abu Dawud...

Sunan Abi Dawud

Jihad (Kitab Al-Jihad)

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) came upon an emaciated camel and said: Fear Allah regarding these dumb animals. Ride them when they are in good condition and feed them when they are in good condition.

Sunan Abi Dawud

Jihad (Kitab Al-Jihad)

‘Abd Allaah bin Jafar said “The Apostle of Allaah(ﷺ) seated me behind him(on his ride) one day, and told me secretly a thing asking me not to tell it to anyone. The place for easing dearer to the Apostle of...

Sunan Abi Dawud

Jihad (Kitab Al-Jihad)

Abu Hurairah reported the Apostle of Allaah(ﷺ) as saying “ While a man was going on his way, he felt himself thirsty severely. He found a well and e went down in it. He drank water and came out. Suddenly...

Sunan Abi Dawud

Jihad (Kitab Al-Jihad)

When we alighted at a station (for stay), we did not pray until we united the saddles of the camels.

Sunan Abi Dawud

Jihad (Kitab Al-Jihad)

Abu Bashir Al Ansari said that he was with the Apostle of Allaah(ﷺ) on one of his journeys. The Apostle of Allaah(ﷺ)sent a messenger. The narrator ‘Abd Allah bin Abu Bakr said “I think he said while the people were...

Sunan Abi Dawud

Jihad (Kitab Al-Jihad)

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: Tie the horses, rub down their forelocks and their buttocks (or he said: Their rumps), and put things on their necks, but do not put bowstrings.

Sunan Abi Dawud

Jihad (Kitab Al-Jihad)

The Prophet (ﷺ) said: The angels do not go with a travelling company in which there is a bell.

Sunan Abi Dawud

Jihad (Kitab Al-Jihad)

Abu Hurairah reported the Apostle of Allaah(ﷺ) as saying “The angels do not accompany the fellow travelers who have a dog or bell (with them).”

Sunan Abi Dawud

Jihad (Kitab Al-Jihad)

Abu Hurairah reported the Apostle of Allaah(ﷺ) as saying “The bell is a wooden wind musical instrument of Satan.”