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Sunan Abi Dawud
Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat): Voluntary Prayers
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) prayed on the day of the Conquest (of Mecca) eight rak'ahs saluting after every two rak'ahs. Abu Dawud said: Ahmad b. Salih said that the Messenger of Allah offered prayer in the forenoon on the...
Sunan Abi Dawud
Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat): Voluntary Prayers
No one told us that the Prophet (ﷺ) had offered Duha prayer except Umm Hani. She said that the Prophet (ﷺ) had taken bath in her house on the day of the Conquest of Mecca and prayed eight rak'ahs. But...
Sunan Abi Dawud
Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat): Voluntary Prayers
I asked 'Aishah: Did the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) pray in the Duha? She replied: No, except when he returned from his journey. I then asked: Did the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) recite the surahs combining each other? She said:...
Sunan Abi Dawud
Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat): Voluntary Prayers
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) never offered prayer in the forenoon, but I offer it. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) would give up an action, though he liked it to do, lest the people should continue it and it is...
Sunan Abi Dawud
Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat): Voluntary Prayers
I asked Jabir b. Samurah: Did you sit in the company of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) ? He replied: Yes, very often. He would not stand from the place he prayed the dawn prayer till the sunrise. When the...
Sunan Abi Dawud
Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat): Voluntary Prayers
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: Prayer by night and day should consist of pairs of rak'ahs.
Sunan Abi Dawud
Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat): Voluntary Prayers
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: Prayer is to be offered in two rak'ahs; and you should recite the tashahhud at the end of two rak'ahs, and express your distress and humility and raise your hands and say praying: O Allah, O...
Sunan Abi Dawud
Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat): Voluntary Prayers
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said to al-Abbas ibn AbdulMuttalib: Abbas, my uncle, shall I not give you, shall I not present to you, shall I not donate to you, shall I not produce for you ten things? If you...
Sunan Abi Dawud
Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat): Voluntary Prayers
AbulJawza' said: A man who attended the company of the Prophet (ﷺ) narrated to me (it is thought that he was Abdullah ibn Amr): The Prophet (ﷺ) said to me: Come to me tomorrow; I shall give you something, I...
Sunan Abi Dawud
Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat): Voluntary Prayers
That an al-Ansari narrated to him: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said to Ja'far. He then narrated the tradition in like manner. This version has the words: "In the second prostration of the first rak'ah" in addition to the words...
Sunan Abi Dawud
Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat): Voluntary Prayers
The Prophet (ﷺ) came to the mosque of Banu AbdulAshhal. He prayed the sunset prayer there. When they finished the prayer, he saw them praying the supererogatory prayer after it. He said: This is the prayer to be offered in...
Sunan Abi Dawud
Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat): Voluntary Prayers
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to prolong the recitation of the Qur'an in the two rak'ahs after the sunset prayer until the people praying in the mosque dispersed. Abu Dawud said: This has been reported by Nasr al-Mujaddir from...
Sunan Abi Dawud
Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat): Voluntary Prayers
This tradition from the Prophet (ﷺ) without mentioning the name of the Companion in the chain (in the mursal form). Abu dawud said: I heard Muhammad b. Humaid say: I heard Ya'qub say: Anything I narrated to you from Ja'far...
Sunan Abi Dawud
Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat): Voluntary Prayers
Shurayh ibn Hani said: I asked Aisha about the prayer of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). She said: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) never offered the night prayer and thereafter came to me but he offered four or six rak'ahs...
Sunan Abi Dawud
Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat): Voluntary Prayers
In Surat al-Muzzammil (73), the verse: "Keep vigil at night but a little, a half thereof" (2-3) has been abrogated by the following verse: "He knoweth that ye count it not, and turneth unto you in mercy. Recite then of...
Sunan Abi Dawud
Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat): Voluntary Prayers
When the opening verses of Surah Al-muzammil was revealed, the Companions would pray as long as they would pray during Ramadan until its last verses were revealed. The period between the revelation of its opening and the last verses was...
Sunan Abi Dawud
Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat): Voluntary Prayers
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) as saying: When one you sleeps, the devil ties three knots at the back of his neck, sealing every knot with, "You have a long night, so sleep." So if one awakes and mentions Allah,...
Sunan Abi Dawud
Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat): Voluntary Prayers
Do not give up prayer at night, for the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) would not leave it. Whenever he fell ill or lethargic, he would offer it sitting.
Sunan Abi Dawud
Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat): Voluntary Prayers
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: May Allah have mercy on a man who gets up at night and prays, and awakens his wife; if she refuses, he should sprinkle water on her face. May Allah have mercy on a woman who...
Sunan Abi Dawud
Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat): Voluntary Prayers
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: If a man awakens his wife at night, and then both pray or both offer two rak'ahs together, the (name of the )man will be recorded among those who mention the name of Allah, and the...