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Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 8: 1411

Narrated Ali ibn AbuTalib: The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said: Allah is single (witr) and loves what is single, so observe the witr, you who follow the Quran. ...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 8: 1413

Narrated Kharijah ibn Hudhafah al-Adawi: The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) came out to us and said: Allah the Exalted has given you an extra prayer which is better for you then the red camels (i.e. high breed camels). This is the witr which Allah has appointed for you...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 8: 1414

Narrated Buraydah ibn al-Hasib: I heard the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) say: The witr is a duty, so he who does not observe it does not belong to us; the witr is a duty, so he who does not observe it does not belong to us; the witr is a duty, so he who does not obse...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 8: 1415

Narrated Ubadah ibn as-Samit: Ibn Muhayriz said: A man from Banu Kinanah, named al-Makhdaji, heard a person called AbuMuhammad in Syria, saying: The witr is a duty (wajib). Al-Makhdaji said: So I went to Ubadah ibn as-Samit and informed him. Ubadah said: AbuMuhammad told a l...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 8: 1417

Narrated AbuAyyub al-Ansari: The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said: The witr is a duty for every Muslim so if anyone wishes to observe it with five rak'ahs, he may do so; if anyone wishes to observe it with three, he may do so, and if anyone wishes to observe it with one, he ...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 8: 1418

Narrated Ubayy ibn Ka'b: The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) used to observe witr with (reciting) "Glorify the name of thy Lord, the most High" (Surah 87), "Say O disbelievers" (Surah 109), and "Say, He is Allah, the One, Allah, the eternally besought of all" (112). ...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 8: 1419

Narrated Aisha, Ummul Mu'minin: AbdulAziz ibn Jurayj said: I asked Aisha, mother of the believers: With which (surah) the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) used to observe witr? (She reported same as in the Hadith of Ubayy ibn Ka'b, No. 1418) This version adds: In the thi...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 8: 1420

Narrated Al-Hasan ibn Ali: The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) taught me some words that I say during the witr. (The version of Ibn Jawwas has: I say them in the supplication of the witr.) They were: "O Allah, guide me among those Thou hast guided, grant me security amo...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 8: 1422

Narrated Ali ibn AbuTalib: The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) used to say at the end of his witr: "O Allah, I seek refuge in Thy good pleasure from Thy anger, and in Thy forgiveness from Thy punishment, and I seek refuge in Thy mercy from Thy wrath. I cannot reckon the...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 8: 1424

Narrated Ubayy ibn Ka'b: Al-Hasan reported: Umar ibn al-Khattab gathered the people (in tarawih prayer) behind Ubayy ibn Ka'b (who led them). He used to lead them for twenty days (during Ramadan, and would not recite the supplication except in the second half of it (i.e. Ram...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 8: 1425

Narrated Ubayy ibn Ka'b: When the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) offered salutation in the witr prayer, he said: Glorify be to the king most holy. ...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 8: 1426

Narrated AbuSa'id al-Khudri: The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said: If anyone oversleeps and misses the witr, or forgets it, he should pray when he remembers. ...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 8: 1429

Narrated AbuQatadah: The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) asked AbuBakr: When do you observe the witr? He replied: I observe the witr prayer in the early hours of the night. The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) asked Umar: When do you observe the witr? He replied: At the end of the ni...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 8: 1434

Narrated Talq ibn Ali: Qays ibn Talq said: Talq ibn Ali visited us on a certain day during Ramadan. He remained with us till evening and broke fast with us. He then stood up and led us in the witr prayer. He then went to his mosque and led them in prayer. When the witr remai...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 8: 1438

Narrated Abdullah ibn Abbas: The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) recited the supplication (Qunut) daily for a month at the noon, afternoon, sunset, night and morning prayers. When he said: "Allah listens to him who praises Him" in the last rak'ah, invoking a curse on so...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 8: 1441

Narrated Someone who prayed with the Prophet: Muhammad ibn Sirin said: Someone who prayed the morning prayer along with the Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) narrated to me: When he raised his head after the second rak'ah, he remained standing for a short while. ...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 8: 1445

Narrated AbuHurayrah: The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said: May Allah show mercy to a man who gets up during the night and prays, who wakens his wife and she prays; if she refuses, he sprinkles water on her face. May Allah show mercy to a woman who gets up during the night a...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 8: 1446

Narrated AbuSa'id ; AbuHurayrah: The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said: When a man himself wakes at night and wakens his wife and they pray two rak'ahs together, they are recorded among the men and women who make much mention of Allah. ...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 8: 1448

Narrated Mu'adh al-Juhani: The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said: If anyone recites the Quran and acts according to its contents, on the Day of Judgment his parents will be given to wear a crown whose light is better than the light of the sun in the dwellings of this world if...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 8: 1454

Narrated Abdullah ibn Abbas: The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) was given seven repeated long surahs, while Moses was given six, When he threw the tablets, two of them were withdrawn and four remained. ...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 8: 1457

Narrated Uqbah ibn Amir: I was driving the she-camel of the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) during a journey. He said to me: Uqbah, should I not teach you two best surahs ever recited? He then taught me: "Say, I seek refuge in the Lord of the dawn," and "Say, I seek ref...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 8: 1458

Narrated Uqbah ibn Amir: White I was travelling with the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) between al-Juhfah and al-Abwa', a wind and intense darkness enveloped us, whereupon the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) began to seek refuge in Allah, reciting: "I seek refuge ...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 8: 1459

Narrated Abdullah ibn Amr ibn al-'As: The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) said: One who was devoted to the Quran will be told to recite, ascend and recite carefully as he recited carefully when he was in the world, for he will reach his abode when he comes to the last v...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 8: 1461

Narrated Umm Salamah, Ummul Mu'minin: Ya'la ibn Mumallak said that he asked Umm Salamah about the recitation and prayer of the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him). She said: What have you to do with his prayer? He would pray, then sleep as long as he had prayed, till mornin...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 8: 1463

Narrated Al-Bara' ibn Azib: The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said: Beautify the Quran with your voices. ...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 8: 1464

Narrated Sa'd ibn AbuWaqqas: The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) said: He who does not chant the Quran is not one of us. (Sub-narrator Qutaybah said: This Hadith according to my collection is on the authority of Sa'id ibn AbuSa'id.) ...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 8: 1466

Narrated AbuLubabah: Ubaydullah ibn Yazid said: AbuLubabah passed by us and we followed him till he entered his house, and we also entered it. There was a man in a rusty house and in shabby condition. I heard him say: I heard the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) say: He ...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 8: 1469

Narrated Sa'd ibn Ubadah: The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said: No man recites the Quran, then forgets it, but will meet Allah on the Day of Judgment in a maimed condition (or empty-handed, or with no excuse). ...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 8: 1474

Narrated An-Nu'man ibn Bashir: The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said: Supplication (du'a') is itself the worship. (He then recited:) "And your Lord said: Call on Me, I will answer you" (xI0). ...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 8: 1475

Narrated Sa'd ibn AbuWaqqas: Ibn Sa'd said: My father (Sa'd ibn AbuWaqqas) heard me say: O Allah, I ask Thee for Paradise, its blessings, its pleasure and such-and-such, and such-and-such; I seek refuge in Thee from Hell, from its chains, from its collars, and from such-and-...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 8: 1476

Narrated Fudalah ibn Ubayd,: The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) heard a person supplicating during prayer. He did not mention the greatness of Allah, nor did he invoke blessings on the Prophet (peace_be_upon_him). The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) said: He made ...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 8: 1480

Narrated Abdullah ibn Abbas: The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said: Do not cover the walls. He who sees the letter of his brother without his permission, sees Hell-fire. Supplicate Allah with the palms of your hands; do not supplicate Him with their backs upwards. When you fi...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 8: 1481

Narrated Malik ibn Yasar as-Sakuni, al-Awfi: The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said: When you make requests to Allah, do so with the palms of your hands, and not backs, upwards. ...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 8: 1482

Narrated Anas ibn Malik: I saw the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) supplicating Allah in this manner with the palms of his hands and also with their backs upwards. ...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 8: 1483

Narrated Salman al-Farsi: The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said: Your Lord is munificent and generous, and is ashamed to turn away empty the hands of His servant when he raises them to Him. ...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 8: 1484

Narrated Abdullah ibn Abbas: Ikrimah quoted Ibn Abbas as saying: When asking for something you should raise your hands opposite to your shoulders; when asking for forgiveness you should point with one finger; and when making an earnest supplication you should spread out both...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 8: 1487

Narrated Yazid ibn Sa'id al-Kindi: When the Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) made supplication (to Allah) he would raise his hands and wipe his face with his hands. ...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 8: 1488

Narrated Buraydah ibn al-Hasib: The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) heard a man saying: O Allah, I ask Thee, I bear witness that there is no god but Thou, the One, He to Whom men repair, Who has not begotten, and has not been begotten, and to Whom no one is equal, and h...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 8: 1490

Narrated Anas ibn Malik: I was sitting with the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) and a man was offering prayer. He then made supplication: O Allah, I ask Thee by virtue of the fact that praise is due to Thee, there is no deity but Thou, Who showest favour and beneficence...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 8: 1492

Narrated Aisha, Ummul Mu'minin: Ata' said: The quilt of Aisha was stolen. She began to curse the person who had stolen it. The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) began to tell her: Do not lighten him. ...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 8: 1493

Narrated Umar ibn al-Khattab: I sought permission of the Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) to perform umrah. He gave me permission and said: My younger brother, do not forget me in your supplication. He (Umar) said: He told me a word that pleased me so much so that I would not hav...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 8: 1494

Narrated Sa'd ibn AbuWaqqas: The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) passed by me while I was supplicating by pointing with two fingers of mine. He said: Point with one finger; point with one finger. He then himself pointed with the forefinger. ...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 8: 1495

Narrated Sa'd ibn AbuWaqqas: Once Sa'd, with the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him), visited a woman in front of whom were some date-stones or pebbles which she was using as a rosary to glorify Allah. He (the Prophet) said: I tell you something which would be easier (or mo...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 8: 1496

Narrated Yusayrah, mother of Yasir: The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) commanded them (the women emigrants) to be regular (in remembering Allah by saying): "Allah is most great"; "Glory be to the King, the Holy"; "there is no god but Allah"; and that they should count them on f...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 8: 1497

Narrated Abdullah ibn Amr ibn al-'As: I saw the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) counting the glorification of Allah on fingers. Ibn Qudamah said (in his version: "With his right hands". ...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 8: 1498

Narrated Abdullah Ibn Abbas: The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) went out from Juwayriyyah (wife of the Prophet). Earlier her name was Barrah, and he changed it. When he went out she was in her place of worship, and when he returned she was in her place of worship. He a...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 8: 1499

Narrated AbuHurayrah: AbuDharr said: Prophet of Allah. The wealthy people have all the rewards; they pray as we pray; they fast as we fast; and they have surplus wealth which they give in charity; but we have no wealth which we may give in charity. The Apostle of Allah (peac...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 8: 1503

Narrated Zayd ibn Arqam: I heard the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) saying (the version of Sulayman has: The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) used to say) after his prayer:- "O Allah, our Lord and Lord of everything, I bear witness that Thou art the Lord alone Who ...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 8: 1505

Narrated Abdullah ibn Abbas: The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) used to supplicate Allah: "My Lord, help me and do not give help against me; grant me victory, and do not grant victory over me; plan on my behalf and do not plan against me; guide me, and made my right guidance ea...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 8: 1509

Narrated AbuBakr as-Siddiq: The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said: He who asks pardon is not a confirmed sinner, even if he returns to his sin seventy times a day. ...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 8: 1511

Narrated Abdullah ibn Umar: We counted that the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) would say a hundred times during a meeting: "My Lord, forgive me and pardon me; Thou art the Pardoning and forgiving One". ...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 8: 1512

Narrated Zayd, the client of the Prophet: The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said: If anyone says: "I ask pardon of Allah than Whom there is no deity, the Living, the eternal, and I turn to Him in repentance," he will be pardoned, even if he has fled in time of battle. ...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 8: 1513

Narrated Abdullah ibn Abbas: The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said: If anyone continually asks pardon, Allah will appoint for him a way out of every distress, and a relief from every anxiety, and will provide for him from where he did not reckon. ...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 8: 1516

Narrated AbuBakr as-Siddiq: Asma' bint al-Hakam said: I heard Ali say: I was a man; when I heard a tradition from the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him), Allah benefited me with it as much as He willed. But when some one of his companions narrated a tradition to me I adjur...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 8: 1518

Narrated Uqbah ibn Amir: The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) commanded me to recite Mu'awwidhatan (the last two surahs of the Quran) after every prayer. ...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 8: 1519

Narrated Abdullah ibn Mas'ud: The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) liked to supplicate three times and to ask pardon (of Allah) three times. ...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 8: 1520

Narrated Asma' daughter of Umays: The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) said to me: May I not teach you phrases which you utter in distress? (These are:) "Allah , Allah is my Lord, I do not associate anything as partner with Him." ...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 8: 1521

Narrated AbuMusa al-Ash'ari: Once we accompanied the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) on a journey. When we reached near Medina, the people began to say aloud: "Allah is most great," and they raised their voice. The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) said: O people, yo...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 8: 1525

Narrated AbuHurayrah: The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said: If anyone invokes blessings on me once, Allah will bless him ten times. ...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 8: 1528

Narrated Jabir ibn Abdullah: A woman said to the Prophet (peace_be_upon_him): Invoke blessing on me as well as on my husband. The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said: May Allah send blessing on you and your husband. ...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 8: 1530

Narrated Abdullah ibn Amr ibn al-'As: The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said: The supplication which gets the quickest answer is that made by one distant Muslim for another. ...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 8: 1531

Narrated AbuHurayrah: The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said: Three supplications are answered, there being no doubt about them; that of a father, that of a traveller and that of one who has been wronged. ...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 8: 1532

Narrated AbuMusa al-Ash'ari: When the Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) feared a (group of) people, he would say: "O Allah, we make Thee our shield against them, and take refuge in Thee from their evils." ...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 8: 1534

Narrated Umar ibn al-Khattab: The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) used to seek refuge in Allah from five things; cowardliness, niggardliness, the evils of old age, evil thoughts, and punishment in the grave. ...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 8: 1539

Narrated AbuHurayrah: The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) used to say: "O Allah, I seek refuge in Thee from poverty", lack and abasement, and I seek refuge in Thee lest I cause or suffer wrong." ...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 8: 1541

Narrated AbuHurayrah: The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) used to supplicate by saying: "O Allah, I seek refuge in Thee from divisiveness, hypocrisy, and evil character." ...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 8: 1542

Narrated AbuHurayrah: The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) used to say: "O Allah, I seek refuge in Thee from hunger, for it is an evil bed-fellow; and I seek refuge in Thee from treachery, for it is an evil hidden trait." ...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 8: 1543

Narrated AbuHurayrah: The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) used to say: "O Allah, I seek refuge in Thee from four things: Knowledge which does not profit, a heart which is not submissive, a soul which has an insatiable appetite, and a supplication which is not heard." ...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 8: 1546

Narrated Shakl ibn Humayd: I said: Apostle of Allah, teach me a supplication. He said: Say: "O Allah, I seek refuge in Thee from the evil of what I hear, from the evil of what I see, from the evil of what I speak, from the evil of what I think, and from the evil of my semen"...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 8: 1547

Narrated AbulYusr: The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) used to supplicate: "O Allah, I seek refuge in Thee from my house falling on me, I seek refuge in Thee from falling into an abyss, I seek refuge in Thee from drowning burning and decrepitude. I seek refuge in Thee f...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 8: 1549

Narrated Anas ibn Malik: The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) used to say: "O Allah, I seek refuge in Thee from leprosy, madness, elephantiasis, and evil diseases." ...

Sunnan Abu Dawud: Book 8: 1550

Narrated AbuSa'id al-Khudri: One day the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) entered the mosque. He saw there a man from the Ansar called AbuUmamah. He said: What is the matter that I am seeing you sitting in the mosque when there is no time of prayer? He said: I am entangl...