Sunan Abi Dawud — Chapter 26: Knowledge (Kitab Al-Ilm) - DeeniWeb

Sunan Abi Dawud

Chapter 26 Knowledge (Kitab Al-Ilm) • 28 Hadiths 554

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Narrated Kathir ibn Qays: Kathir ibn Qays said: I was sitting with AbudDarda' in the mosque of Damascus. A man came to him and said: AbudDarda, I have come to you from the town of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) for a tradition that I have heard you relat...

The tradition mentioned above has also been transmitted by Abu al-Darda through a different chain of narrators to the same effect from the Holy Prophet (ﷺ)...

Abu Hurairah reported the Prophet (ﷺ) as saying:If anyone pursues a path in search of knowledge, Allah will thereby make easy for him a path to paradise; and he who is made slow by his actions will not be speeded by his genealogy...

Narrated AbuNamlah al-Ansari: When he was sitting with the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and a Jew was also with him, a funeral passed by him. He (the Jew) asked (Him): Muhammad, does this funeral speak? The Prophet (ﷺ) said: Allah has more knowledge. The J...

Narrated Zayd ibn Thabit: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) ordered me (to learn the writing of the Jews), so I learnt for him the writing of the Jews. He said: I swear by Allah, I do not trust Jews in respect of writing for me. So I learnt it, and only a f...

Hasan Sahih Hasan Sahih

Narrated Abdullah ibn Amr ibn al-'As: I used to write everything which I heard from the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). I intended (by it) to memorise it. The Quraysh prohibited me saying: Do you write everything that you hear from him while the Messenger of...

Narrated Al-Muttalib bin 'Abd Allah bin Hantab: Al-Muttalib ibn Abdullah ibn Hantab said: Zayd ibn Thabit entered upon Mu'awiyah and asked him about a tradition. He ordered a man to write it. Zayd said: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) ordered us not to wr...

Daif Isnaad Daif Isnaad

It was narrated that Abu Saeed Al-Khudri said:"We used not to write anything but the Tasha-hud and the Qur'an...

Abu Hurairah said :When Mecca was conquered, the Holy Prophet (peace be upon him) stood up. He (Abu Hurairah) then mentioned the sermon of the Holy Prophet (ﷺ). He said: A man of the Yemen, who was called Abu Shah, got up and said: Messenger of Allah...

Al-Walid said :I asked Abu `Amr: What are they writing? He said: The sermon which he heard that day...

Sahih Maqtu Sahih Maqtu

Abd Allah bin al-Zubair said on the authority of the father :I asked al-Zubair : What prevents you from narrating traditions from the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) as his Companions narrate from him? He said: By Allah I was very close to him. But I heard hi...

Narrated Jundub: The Prophet (ﷺ) said: If anyone interprets the Book of Allah in the light of his opinion even if he is right, he has erred...

AbuSallam said on the authority of a man who served the Holy Prophet (ﷺ) that whenever he talked, he repeated it three times...

Daif Isnaad Daif Isnaad

Urwah said:Abu Hurairah sat beside the apartment of `A’ishah while she was praying. He then began to say: Listen, O lady of the apartment, saying it twice (in quick succession). When she finished her prayer, she said: Are you not surprised at him and...

Narrated Aisha, Ummul Mu'minin: Are you not surprised at AbuHurayrah? He came and sat beside my apartment, and began to narrate traditions from the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) making me hear them. I was saying supererogatory prayer. He got up (and went aw...

Narrated Mu'awiyah: The Holy Prophet (ﷺ) forbade the discussion of thorny questions...

Narrated AbuHurayrah: The Prophet (ﷺ) said: If anyone is given a legal decision ignorantly, the sin rests on the one who gave it. Sulayman al-Mahri added in his version: If anyone advises his brother, knowing that guidance lies in another direction, ...

Narrated AbuHurayrah: The Prophet (ﷺ) said: He who is asked something he knows and conceals it will have a bridle of fire put on him on the Day of Resurrection...

Hasan Sahih Hasan Sahih

Narrated Abdullah ibn Abbas: The Prophet (ﷺ) said: You hear (from me), and others will hear from you; and people will hear from them who heard from you...

Narrated Zayd ibn Thabit: I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: May Allah brighten a man who hears a tradition from us, gets it by heart and passes it on to others. Many a bearer of knowledge conveys it to one who is more versed than he is; and man...

Sahl b. Sa’d reported the prophet (ﷺ) as saying:I swear on Allah, it will be better for you that Allah should give guidance to one man through your agency than that you should acquire the red ones among the camels...

Narrated AbuHurayrah: The Prophet (ﷺ) said: relate traditions from the children of Isra'il; there is no harm...

Narrated Abdullah ibn Amr ibn al-'As: The Prophet (ﷺ) used to relate to us traditions from the children of Isra'il till morning came; he would not get up except for obligatory prayer...

Sahih Isnaad Sahih Isnaad

Narrated Abu Hurayrah: The Prophet (ﷺ) said: If anyone acquires knowledge that should be sought seeking the Face of Allah, but he acquires it only to get some worldly advantage, he will not experience the arf, i.e. the fragrance, of Paradise...

Narrated Awf ibn Malik al-Ashja'i: I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: Only a ruler, or one put in charge, or one who is presumptuous, gives instructions...

Hasan Sahih Hasan Sahih

Narrated AbuSa'id al-Khudri: I was sitting in the company of the poor members of the emigrants. Some of them were sitting together because of lack of clothing while a reader was reciting to us. All of a sudden the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) came along an...

Narrated Anas ibn Malik: The Prophet (ﷺ) said: That I sit in the company of the people who remember Allah the Exalted from morning prayer till the sun rises is dearer to me than that I emancipate four slaves from the children of Isma`il, and that I s...

Abd Allah (b. Mas`ud) said:The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said to me: recite Surat al-Nisa’. I asked: Shall I recite to you what was sent down to you? He replied: I like to here it from someone else. So I recited (it) until I reached this verse “How then...

Chapters & Sections

Purification (Kitab Al-Taharah)

Hadith #1 — 390

Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat)

Hadith #391 — 1160

The Book Of The Prayer For Rain (Kitab al-Istisqa')

Hadith #1161 — 1197

Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat): Detailed Rules of Law about the Prayer during Journey

Hadith #1198 — 1249

Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat): Voluntary Prayers

Hadith #1250 — 1370

Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat): Detailed Injunctions about Ramadan

Hadith #1371 — 1400

Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat): Prostration while reciting the Qur'an

Hadith #1401 — 1415

Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat): Detailed Injunctions about Witr

Hadith #1416 — 1555

Zakat (Kitab Al-Zakat)

Hadith #1556 — 1700

The Book of Lost and Found Items

Hadith #1701 — 1720

The Rites of Hajj (Kitab Al-Manasik Wa'l-Hajj)

Hadith #1721 — 2045

Marriage (Kitab Al-Nikah)

Hadith #2046 — 2174

Divorce (Kitab Al-Talaq)

Hadith #2175 — 2312

Fasting (Kitab Al-Siyam)

Hadith #2313 — 2476

Jihad (Kitab Al-Jihad)

Hadith #2477 — 2787

Sacrifice (Kitab Al-Dahaya)

Hadith #2788 — 2843

Game (Kitab Al-Said)

Hadith #2844 — 2861

Wills (Kitab Al-Wasaya)

Hadith #2862 — 2884

Shares of Inheritance (Kitab Al-Fara'id)

Hadith #2885 — 2927

Tribute, Spoils, and Rulership (Kitab Al-Kharaj, Wal-Fai' Wal-Imarah)

Hadith #2928 — 3088

Funerals (Kitab Al-Jana'iz)

Hadith #3089 — 3241

Oaths and Vows (Kitab Al-Aiman Wa Al-Nudhur)

Hadith #3242 — 3325

Commercial Transactions (Kitab Al-Buyu)

Hadith #3326 — 3415

Wages (Kitab Al-Ijarah)

Hadith #3416 — 3570

The Office of the Judge (Kitab Al-Aqdiyah)

Hadith #3571 — 3640

Chapter 26 Current

Knowledge (Kitab Al-Ilm)

Hadith #3641 — 3668

Drinks (Kitab Al-Ashribah)

Hadith #3669 — 3735

Foods (Kitab Al-At'imah)

Hadith #3736 — 3854

Medicine (Kitab Al-Tibb)

Hadith #3855 — 3903

Divination and Omens (Kitab Al-Kahanah Wa Al-Tatayyur)

Hadith #3904 — 3925

The Book of Manumission of Slaves

Hadith #3926 — 3968

Dialects and Readings of the Qur'an (Kitab Al-Huruf Wa Al-Qira'at)

Hadith #3969 — 4008

Hot Baths (Kitab Al-Hammam)

Hadith #4009 — 4019

Clothing (Kitab Al-Libas)

Hadith #4020 — 4158

Combing the Hair (Kitab Al-Tarajjul)

Hadith #4159 — 4213

Signet-Rings (Kitab Al-Khatam)

Hadith #4214 — 4239

Trials and Fierce Battles (Kitab Al-Fitan Wa Al-Malahim)

Hadith #4240 — 4278

The Promised Deliverer (Kitab Al-Mahdi)

Hadith #4279 — 4290

Battles (Kitab Al-Malahim)

Hadith #4291 — 4350

Prescribed Punishments (Kitab Al-Hudud)

Hadith #4351 — 4493

Types of Blood-Wit (Kitab Al-Diyat)

Hadith #4494 — 4595

Model Behavior of the Prophet (Kitab Al-Sunnah)

Hadith #4596 — 4772

General Behavior (Kitab Al-Adab)

Hadith #4773 — 5274

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