Companions & Prophets

Sunan Abi Dawud

Model Behavior of the Prophet (Kitab Al-Sunnah)

The Caliphs are five: Abu Bakr, ‘Umar, ‘Uthman, ‘All and ‘Umar b. ‘Abd al-Aziz.

Sunan Abi Dawud

Model Behavior of the Prophet (Kitab Al-Sunnah)

Abu Hurairah said that a man came to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and said: I saw (in my dream) a piece of cloud from which ghee and honey were dropping. I saw the people spreading their hands. Some of...

Sunan Abi Dawud

Model Behavior of the Prophet (Kitab Al-Sunnah)

He refused to tell him (his mistake).

Sunan Abi Dawud

Model Behavior of the Prophet (Kitab Al-Sunnah)

One day the Prophet (ﷺ) said: Which of you had dream? A man said: It is I. I saw as though a scale descended from the sky. You and AbuBakr were weighed and you were heavier; AbuBakr and Umar were...

Sunan Abi Dawud

Model Behavior of the Prophet (Kitab Al-Sunnah)

One day the Prophet (ﷺ) asked: Which of you had a dream? He then mentioned the rest of the tradition to the same effect, but he did not mention the word “disliked”. Instead, he said: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)...

Sunan Abi Dawud

Model Behavior of the Prophet (Kitab Al-Sunnah)

Last night a good man had a vision in which Abu Bakr seemed to be joined to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). ‘Umar to Abu Bakr, and ‘Uthman to ‘Umar. Jabir said: When we got up and left the Messenger...

Sunan Abi Dawud

Model Behavior of the Prophet (Kitab Al-Sunnah)

Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)! I saw (in a dream) that a bucket was hung from the sky. Abu Bakr came, caught hold of both ends of its wooden handle, and drank a little of it. Next came ‘Umar who caught...

Sunan Abi Dawud

Model Behavior of the Prophet (Kitab Al-Sunnah)

The Romans will enter the Levant and stay there for forty days, and no place will be saved from them but Damascus and 'Uman.

Sunan Abi Dawud

Model Behavior of the Prophet (Kitab Al-Sunnah)

A king of the foreigners will come and prevail over all the cities except Damascus.

Sunan Abi Dawud

Model Behavior of the Prophet (Kitab Al-Sunnah)

The place of the assembly of Muslims at the time of war will be in a land called al-Ghutah.

Sunan Abi Dawud

Model Behavior of the Prophet (Kitab Al-Sunnah)

I heard al-Hajjaj addressing the people say: The similitude of ‘Uthman with Allah is like the similitude of Jesus son of Mary. He then recited the following verse and explained it: “Behold! Allah said: O Jesus! I will take thee...

Sunan Abi Dawud

Model Behavior of the Prophet (Kitab Al-Sunnah)

I heard al-Hajjaj say in his address: Is the messenger of one of you sent for some need is more respectable with him or his successor among his people? I thought in my mind: I make a vow for Allah...

Sunan Abi Dawud

Model Behavior of the Prophet (Kitab Al-Sunnah)

I heard al-Hajjaj say on the pulpit: Fear Allah as much as possible; there is no exception in it. Hear and obey the Commander of the Faithful ‘Abd al-Malik; there is no exception in it. I swear by Allah, if...

Sunan Abi Dawud

Model Behavior of the Prophet (Kitab Al-Sunnah)

These clients (i.e., non-Arabs) are to be struck and cut off. I swear by Allah, if I strike a stick with a stick, I would annihilate them like the day that passed away. Al-hamra means clients or non-Arabs.

Sunan Abi Dawud

Model Behavior of the Prophet (Kitab Al-Sunnah)

I prayed the Friday prayer with al-Hajjaj and he addressed. He then transmitted the tradition of Abu Bakr b. ‘Ayyash. He said in it: Hear and obey the caliph of Allah and his select ‘Abd al-Malik bin Marwan. He then...

Sunan Abi Dawud

Model Behavior of the Prophet (Kitab Al-Sunnah)

The Prophet (ﷺ) said: The Caliphate of Prophecy will last thirty years; then Allah will give the Kingdom of His Kingdom to anyone He wills. Sa'id told that Safinah said to him: Calculate Abu Bakr's caliphate as two years, 'Umar's...

Sunan Abi Dawud

Model Behavior of the Prophet (Kitab Al-Sunnah)

The caliphate of Prophecy will last thirty years; then Allah will give the Kingdom to whom he wishes; or his kingdom to whom he wishes.

Sunan Abi Dawud

Model Behavior of the Prophet (Kitab Al-Sunnah)

Abdullah ibn Zalim al-Mazini said: I heard Sa'id ibn Zayd ibn Amr ibn Nufayl say: When so and so came to Kufah, and made so and so stand to address the people, Sa'id ibn Zayd caught hold of my hand...

Sunan Abi Dawud

Model Behavior of the Prophet (Kitab Al-Sunnah)

AbdurRahman ibn al-Akhnas said that when he was in the mosque, a man mentioned Ali (may Allah be pleased with him). So Sa'id ibn Zayd got up and said: I bear witness to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) that I...

Sunan Abi Dawud

Model Behavior of the Prophet (Kitab Al-Sunnah)

I was sitting with someone in the mosque of Kufah while the people of Kufah were with him. Then Sa'id ibn Zayd ibn Amr ibn Nufayl came and he welcomed him, greeted him, and seated him near his foot on...