Sunan Abi Dawud
General Behavior (Kitab Al-Adab)
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to setup a pulpit in the mosque for Hassan who would stand on it and satirise those who spoke against the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) would say: The spirit...
Sunan Abi Dawud
General Behavior (Kitab Al-Adab)
The verse “And the poets it is those straying in evil who follow them. He (Allah) then abrogated it and made an exception saying: Except those who believe and work righteousness, engage much in the remembrance of Allah."
Sunan Abi Dawud
General Behavior (Kitab Al-Adab)
When the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) finished the dawn prayer, he would ask: Did any of you have a dream last night? And he said: All that is left of Prophecy after me is a good vision.
Sunan Abi Dawud
General Behavior (Kitab Al-Adab)
A believer’s vision is the forty-sixth part of Prophecy.
Sunan Abi Dawud
General Behavior (Kitab Al-Adab)
When the time draws near, a believer’s vision can hardly be false. The truer one of them is in his speech, the truer he is in his vision. Visions are of three types: Good visions are glad tidings from Allah,...
Sunan Abi Dawud
General Behavior (Kitab Al-Adab)
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: The vision flutters over a man as long as it is not interpreted , but when it is interpreted, it settles. And I think he said: Tell it only to one who loves (i.e. friend) or...
Sunan Abi Dawud
General Behavior (Kitab Al-Adab)
I heard the Messenger of Allah (May peace be upon him) say: A good vision comes from Allah and a dream (hulm) from the devil, so when one of you sees what he dislikes, he must spit on his left...
Sunan Abi Dawud
General Behavior (Kitab Al-Adab)
When one of you sees a vision which he dislikes, he must spit on his left (three times), seek refuge in Allah from the devil three times, and turn from the side on which he was lying.
Sunan Abi Dawud
General Behavior (Kitab Al-Adab)
I heard the Messenger of Allah (May peace be upon him) say : He who sees me in a dream will see me when awake or as if he will see me when awake, for the devil does not take...
Sunan Abi Dawud
General Behavior (Kitab Al-Adab)
If anyone makes a representation of anything, Allah will punish him on the Day of Resurrection for it until he breathes into it, but he will be unable to do so. If anyone pretends to have had a dream which...
Sunan Abi Dawud
General Behavior (Kitab Al-Adab)
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: One night it seemed to me in a dream that we were in the house of Uqbah ibn Rafi' and were brought some of the fresh dates of Ibn tab. I interpreted it as meaning that...
Sunan Abi Dawud
General Behavior (Kitab Al-Adab)
When one of you yawns, he should hold his hand over his mouth, for the devil enters.
Sunan Abi Dawud
General Behavior (Kitab Al-Adab)
The tradition mentioned above has also been transmitted in a similar way by Suhail through a different chain of narrators. This version has; “during prayer, so he should hold as far as possible”.
Sunan Abi Dawud
General Behavior (Kitab Al-Adab)
Allah likes sneezing but dislikes yawning. So when one of you yawns, he should restrain it as much as possible, and should not say Ha, Ha, for that is from the devil who laughs at him.
Sunan Abi Dawud
General Behavior (Kitab Al-Adab)
When the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) sneezed, he placed his hand or a garment on his mouth, and lessened the noise. The transmitter Yahya is doubtful about the exact words khafada or ghadda (lessened).
Sunan Abi Dawud
General Behavior (Kitab Al-Adab)
There are five qualities which a Muslim should display to his brother : return of salutation, response to the one who sneezes, acceptance of the invitation, paying sick visit to a patient, and accompanying the funeral.
Sunan Abi Dawud
General Behavior (Kitab Al-Adab)
Hilal ibn Yasar said: We were with Salim ibn Ubayd when a man from among the people sneezed and said: Peace be upon you. Salim said: And upon you and your mother. Later he said: Perhaps you found something (annoying)...
Sunan Abi Dawud
General Behavior (Kitab Al-Adab)
The tradition mentioned above (No. 5013) has also been mentioned by Salim ibn Ubayd al-Ashja'i to the same effect from the Prophet (ﷺ) through a different chain of narrators.
Sunan Abi Dawud
General Behavior (Kitab Al-Adab)
When one of you sneezes, he should say: "Praise be to Allah in every circumstance," and his brother or his companion should say: "May Allah have mercy on you!" And he should then reply: "May Allah guide you and set...
Sunan Abi Dawud
General Behavior (Kitab Al-Adab)
Respond three times to your brother when he sneezes, and if he sneezes more often, he has a cold in his head.