Sunan Abi Dawud

سنن أبي داود

5,272 hadith

5253Sahih

Abu Lubabah said:The Messenger of Allah(ﷺ) prohibited killing the jinnan(small snakes) that are in the house, except the one which have two streaks and the one with small tail, for they obliterate the eyesight and cause…

5254Sahih

Nafi said:After that, that is, after Abu Lubabah had mentioned him this tradition, Ibn ‘Umar found a snake in his house; he commanded regarding it and it was driven away to al-Baqi

5255Sahih

The tradition mentioned above has also been transmitted by Nafi through a different chain of transmitters. In this version Nafi said:After that I saw it again in his house

5256Da'if

Narrated AbuSa'id al-Khudri: Muhammad ibn AbuYahya said that his father told that he and his companion went to AbuSa'id al-Khudri to pay a sick visit to him. He said: Then we came out from him and met a companion of ours…

5257Sahih

Abu al-Sa’ib said I went to visit Abu Sa’ld al-Khudri, and while I was sitting I heard a movement under under his couch. When I looked and found a snake there, I got up. Abu Sa’ld said:what is with you? I said : Here is…

5258Sahih

The tradition mentioned above has also been transmitted by Ibn 'Ajilan through a different chain of narrators briefly. This version has:He should give it a warning three times. If it appears to him after that, he should…

5259Sahih

The tradition mentioned above has also been transmitted by Abu Sa'id al-Khudri in a similar manner through a different chain of narrators. This version is more perfect. In this version he said :give it a warning for…

5260Da'if

Narrated AbdurRahman Ibn AbuLayla: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) was asked about the house-snakes. He said: When you see one of them in your dwelling, say: I adjure you by the covenant which Noah made with you, and I adjure…

5261Da'if

Narrated Abdullah ibn Mas'ud: Kill all the snakes except the little white one which looks like a silver wand. Abu Dawud said: A man said to me: A white snake does not wind in its movement. If it is correct, that is a…

5262Sahih

‘Amir b. Sa’d, quoting his father, said :The Messenger of Allah (May peace be upon him) ordered a gecko to be killed, and calling it a noxious little creature

5263Sahih

Narrated AbuHurayrah: The Prophet (ﷺ) said: If anyone kills a gecko with the first blow, such and such number of good deeds will be recorded for him, if he kills it with the second blow, such and such number of good…

5264Sahih

Narrated AbuHurayrah: The Prophet (ﷺ) said: For the first blow seventy good deeds will be recorded

5265Sahih

Abu hurairah reported the prophet (peace be upon him) as saying :A prophet got down beneath a tree and he was stung by an ant. He ordered regarding the baggage and it was removed from beneath it. He then ordered…

5266Sahih

Abu Hurairah reported Messenger of Allah (May peace be upon him) as saying :An ant stung a prophet. He ordered a colony of ants to be burned. Allah revealed to him : because an ant stung you, you have perished a…

5267Da'if

Narrated Abdullah ibn Abbas: The Prophet (ﷺ) prohibited to kill four creatures: ants, bees, hoopoes, and sparrow-hawks

5268Sahih

‘Abd al-Rahman b. ‘Abd Allah quoted his father as saying :When we were on a journey with the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and he had gone to releive himself, we saw a Hummarah with two young ones. We took the young ones. The…

5269Sahih

Narrated AbdurRahman ibn Uthman: When a physician consulted the Prophet (ﷺ) about putting frogs in medicine, he forbade him to kill them

5270Sahih

‘Abd b. Mughaffal said :The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) prohibited throwing pebbles (in sport) saying : game is not caught by such means. Neither is an enemy injured, but it may sometimes put out an eye or break a tooth

5271Da'if

Narrated Umm Atiyyah al-Ansariyyah: A woman used to perform circumcision in Medina. The Prophet (ﷺ) said to her: Do not cut severely as that is better for a woman and more desirable for a husband. Abu Dawud said: It has…

5272Da'if

Narrated AbuUsayd al-Ansari: AbuUsayd heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say when he was coming out of the mosque, and men and women were mingled in the road: Draw back, for you must not walk in the middle of the road;…

5273Mawdu'

Narrated Abdullah ibn Umar: The Prophet (ﷺ) prohibited that one, i.e. man, should walk between two women

5274Sahih

Abu Hurairah reported the prophet (ﷺ) as saying:Allah most high says : “The son of Adam injures me by abusing time, whereas I am time. Authority is in my hand. I alternate the night and the day”. Ibn al-Sarh said: “on…