Companions & Prophets

Sunan Abi Dawud

Model Behavior of the Prophet (Kitab Al-Sunnah)

Whenever he (mu’adh b. jabal) sat in a meeting for preaching, he would say: Allah is a just arbiter; those who doubt would perish. One day Mu’adh b. jabal said: In the times after you there would be trails in...

Sunan Abi Dawud

Model Behavior of the Prophet (Kitab Al-Sunnah)

A man wrote to 'Umar b. 'Abd al-Aziz asking him about Divine decree. He wrote to him: To begin with, I enjoin upon you to fear Allah, to be moderate in (obeying) His Command, to follow the sunnah (practice) of...

Sunan Abi Dawud

Model Behavior of the Prophet (Kitab Al-Sunnah)

Ibn ‘Umar had a friend from the people of Syria who used to correspond with him. ‘Abd Allah b. ‘Umar wrote to him: I have been informed that you have talked something about Divine decree. You should write it to...

Sunan Abi Dawud

Model Behavior of the Prophet (Kitab Al-Sunnah)

I said to al-Hasan: Abu Sa’id, tell me about Adam. Was he created for the heaven or the earth? He said: No, for the earth. I said: It was unavoidable for him. I said: Tell me about the following verse...

Sunan Abi Dawud

Model Behavior of the Prophet (Kitab Al-Sunnah)

“And for this did He create them.” He said: He created these for this and those for that.

Sunan Abi Dawud

Model Behavior of the Prophet (Kitab Al-Sunnah)

“Can lead (any) into temptation concerning Allah, except such as are (themselves) going to the blazing fire.” He said: Except the one whom Allah destined that he should go to Hell.

Sunan Abi Dawud

Model Behavior of the Prophet (Kitab Al-Sunnah)

Al-Hasan used to say that his fall from the heaven on the earth is dearer to him than uttering: The matter is in my hand.

Sunan Abi Dawud

Model Behavior of the Prophet (Kitab Al-Sunnah)

Al-Hasan came to us. The jurists of Mecca told me that I should speak to him that some day he should hold a meeting for them and preach to them. He said: Yes. So they gathered and he addressed them....

Sunan Abi Dawud

Model Behavior of the Prophet (Kitab Al-Sunnah)

“Even so do We let it creep into the hearts of the sinners.” He said: Polytheism

Sunan Abi Dawud

Model Behavior of the Prophet (Kitab Al-Sunnah)

Between them and their faith.

Sunan Abi Dawud

Model Behavior of the Prophet (Kitab Al-Sunnah)

I was a prisoner in Syria. A man called me from behind. I turned towards him and suddenly found that it was Raja b. Haiwah. He said: Abu ‘Awn, what is this that the people are telling about al-Hasan? I...

Sunan Abi Dawud

Model Behavior of the Prophet (Kitab Al-Sunnah)

I heard Ayyub say: Two kinds of people have lied to al-Hasan: people who believed in free will and they intended that they publicise their belief by it; and people who had enmity with and hostility (for al-Hasan), saying: Did...

Sunan Abi Dawud

Model Behavior of the Prophet (Kitab Al-Sunnah)

Qurrah b. Khalid used to tell us: O young people! Do not think that al-Hasan denied predestination, for his opinion (i.e., belief) was sunnah and sight.

Sunan Abi Dawud

Model Behavior of the Prophet (Kitab Al-Sunnah)

If we learnt that the remark of al-Hasan would reach the extent that it has reached, we would write a book for his withdrawal and call witnesses to him; but we said: This is a remark that surprisingly came out...

Sunan Abi Dawud

Model Behavior of the Prophet (Kitab Al-Sunnah)

Al-Hasan said: I will never return to it.

Sunan Abi Dawud

Model Behavior of the Prophet (Kitab Al-Sunnah)

Al-Hasan never interpreted any Quranic verse but to establish (Divine decree).

Sunan Abi Dawud

Model Behavior of the Prophet (Kitab Al-Sunnah)

We used to say in the times of the Prophet (ﷺ): We do not compare anyone with Abu Bakr. ’Umar came next and then ‘Uthman. We then would leave (rest of) the companions of the Prophet (ﷺ) without treating any...

Sunan Abi Dawud

Model Behavior of the Prophet (Kitab Al-Sunnah)

When the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) was alive, we used to say: The most excellent member of the community of the Prophet (ﷺ) after himself is Abu Bakr, then ‘Umar, then 'Uthman.

Sunan Abi Dawud

Model Behavior of the Prophet (Kitab Al-Sunnah)

I said to my father: Which of the people after the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) is best? He replied: Abu Bakr. I then asked: Who comes next? He said: ‘Umar. I was then afraid of asking him who came next,...

Sunan Abi Dawud

Model Behavior of the Prophet (Kitab Al-Sunnah)

I heard Sufyan say: If anyone thinks that ‘All (Allah be pleased with him) was more deserving for the Caliphate than both of them, he imputed error to Abu Bakr, ‘Umar, the Muhajirun (Immigrants), and the Ansar (Helpers) Allah be...