‘Abd Allah b. ‘Umar reported the Prophet(ﷺ) as sayings:
when one of you is invited for a wedding feast, he must attend it.
حَدَّثَنَا الْقَعْنَبِيُّ، عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ نَافِعٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ
عُمَرَ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ " إِذَا دُعِيَ
أَحَدُكُمْ إِلَى الْوَلِيمَةِ فَلْيَأْتِهَا " .
Grade : Sahih by Al-Albani التعديل :صحيح عند الألباني | Reference : Sunan Abi Dawud 3736| In-book reference مرجع التصنيف : Book 28 الكتاب, Hadith 1 الحديث | English translation الترجمة الإنجليزية : Book 27 الكتاب, Hadith 3727 الحديث
The marriage of Zainab daughter of Jahsh was mentioned before Anas b. Malik. He
said: I did not see that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) held such a wedding feast
for any of his wives as he did for her. He held a wedding feast with a sheep.
حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ، وَقُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ،
عَنْ ثَابِتٍ، قَالَ ذُكِرَ تَزْوِيجُ زَيْنَبَ بِنْتِ جَحْشٍ عِنْدَ أَنَسِ بْنِ
مَالِكٍ فَقَالَ مَا رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم أَوْلَمَ عَلَى
أَحَدٍ مِنْ نِسَائِهِ مَا أَوْلَمَ عَلَيْهَا أَوْلَمَ بِشَاةٍ .
Grade : Sahih by Al-Albani التعديل :صحيح عند الألباني | Reference : Sunan Abi Dawud 3743| In-book reference مرجع التصنيف : Book 28 الكتاب, Hadith 8 الحديث | English translation الترجمة الإنجليزية : Book 27 الكتاب, Hadith 3734 الحديث
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: The wedding feast on the first day is a duty, that on the
second is a good practice, but that on the third day is to make men hear of it
and show it to them. Qatadah said: A man told me that Sa'id ibn al-Musayyab was
invited (to a wedding feast on the first day and he accepted it. He was again
invited on the second day, and he accepted. When he was invited on the third
day, he did not accept; he said: They are the people who make men hear of it and
show it to them.
Grade : Da'if by Al-Albani التعديل :ضعيف عند الألباني | Reference : Sunan Abi Dawud 3745| In-book reference مرجع التصنيف : Book 28 الكتاب, Hadith 10 الحديث | English translation الترجمة الإنجليزية : Book 27 الكتاب, Hadith 3736 الحديث
When the Prophet (ﷺ) returned to Medina, he would slaughter a camel or a cow.
حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ، عَنْ شُعْبَةَ،
عَنْ مُحَارِبِ بْنِ دِثَارٍ، عَنْ جَابِرٍ، قَالَ لَمَّا قَدِمَ النَّبِيُّ صلى
الله عليه وسلم الْمَدِينَةَ نَحَرَ جَزُورًا أَوْ بَقَرَةً .
Grade : Sahih in chain by Al-Albani التعديل :صحيح الإسناد عند الألباني | Reference : Sunan Abi Dawud 3747| In-book reference مرجع التصنيف : Book 28 الكتاب, Hadith 12 الحديث | English translation الترجمة الإنجليزية : Book 27 الكتاب, Hadith 3738 الحديث
Abu Shuraih al-Ka’bi reported the Messenger of Allah(ﷺ) as sayings:
He who believes in Allah and the Last Day should honour his guest provisions for
the road are what will serve for a day and night: hospitality extends for three
days; what goes after that is sadaqah(charity): and it is not allowable that a
guest should stay till he makes himself an encumbrance.
Abu Dawud said: Malik was asked about the saying of the Prophet: "Provisions for
the road what will serve for a day a night." He said: He should honor him,
present him some gift, and protect him for a day and night, and hospitality for
three days.
Grade : Sahih by Al-Albani التعديل :صحيح عند الألباني | Reference : Sunan Abi Dawud 3748| In-book reference مرجع التصنيف : Book 28 الكتاب, Hadith 13 الحديث | English translation الترجمة الإنجليزية : Book 27 الكتاب, Hadith 3739 الحديث
When the verse: "O ye who believe! eat not up your property among yourselves in
vanities, but let there be amongst you traffic and trade by mutual good will"
was revealed, a man thought it a sin to eat in the house of another man after
the revelation of this verse.
Then this (injunction) was revealed by the verse in Surat an-Nur: "No blame on
you whether you eat in company or separately."
When a rich man (after revelation) invited a man from his people to eat food in
his house, he would say: I consider it a sin to eat from it, and he said: a poor
man is more entitled to it than I. The Arabic word tajannah means sin or fault.
It was then declared lawful to eat something on which the name of Allah was
mentioned, and it was made lawful to eat the flesh of an animal slaughtered by
the people of the Book.
Grade : Hasan in chain by Al-Albani عند الألباني حسن الإسناد | Reference : Sunan Abi Dawud 3753| In-book reference مرجع التصنيف : Book 28 الكتاب, Hadith 18 الحديث | English translation الترجمة الإنجليزية : Book 27 الكتاب, Hadith 3744 الحديث
The Prophet (ﷺ) forbade that the food of two people who were rivalling on
another should be eaten
Abu Dawud said: Most of those who narrated it from Jarir did not mention the
name of Ibn Abbas. Harun al-Nahwi mentioned Ibn 'Abbas in it, and Hammad bin
Zaid did not mention Ibn 'Abbas.
Grade : Sahih by Al-Albani التعديل :صحيح عند الألباني | Reference : Sunan Abi Dawud 3754| In-book reference مرجع التصنيف : Book 28 الكتاب, Hadith 19 الحديث | English translation الترجمة الإنجليزية : Book 27 الكتاب, Hadith 3745 الحديث
Safinah AbuAbdurRahman said that a man prepared food for Ali ibn AbuTalib who
was his guest, and Fatimah said: I wish we had invited the Messenger of Allah
(ﷺ) and he had eaten with us. They invited him, and when he came he put his
hands on the side-ports of the door, but when he saw the figured curtain which
had been put at the end of the house, he went away. So Fatimah said to Ali:
Follow him and see what turned him back. I (Ali) followed him and asked: What
turned you back, Messenger of Allah? He replied: It is not fitting for me or for
any Prophet to enter a house which is decorated.
Grade : Hasan by Al-Albani التعديل :حسن عند الألباني | Reference : Sunan Abi Dawud 3755| In-book reference مرجع التصنيف : Book 28 الكتاب, Hadith 20 الحديث | English translation الترجمة الإنجليزية : Book 27 الكتاب, Hadith 3746 الحديث
A companion of the Prophet (ﷺ) reported him as saying: When two people come
together to issue an invitation, accept that of the one whose door is nearer in
neighbourhood, but if one of them comes before the other accept the invitation
of the one who comes first.
حَدَّثَنَا هَنَّادُ بْنُ السَّرِيِّ، عَنْ عَبْدِ السَّلاَمِ بْنِ حَرْبٍ، عَنْ
أَبِي خَالِدٍ الدَّالاَنِيِّ، عَنْ أَبِي الْعَلاَءِ الأَوْدِيِّ، عَنْ حُمَيْدِ
بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الْحِمْيَرِيِّ، عَنْ رَجُلٍ، مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ
صلى الله عليه وسلم أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ " إِذَا
اجْتَمَعَ الدَّاعِيَانِ فَأَجِبْ أَقْرَبَهُمَا بَابًا فَإِنَّ أَقْرَبَهُمَا
بَابًا أَقْرَبُهُمَا جِوَارًا وَإِنْ سَبَقَ أَحَدُهُمَا فَأَجِبِ الَّذِي سَبَقَ
" .
Grade : Da'if by Al-Albani التعديل :ضعيف عند الألباني | Reference : Sunan Abi Dawud 3756| In-book reference مرجع التصنيف : Book 28 الكتاب, Hadith 21 الحديث | English translation الترجمة الإنجليزية : Book 27 الكتاب, Hadith 3747 الحديث
When the evening meal is brought before one of you and the congregational prayer
is also ready, he should not get up until he finishes(eating). Musaddad’s
version adds: When the evening meal was put before ‘Abd Allah b. ‘Umar, or it
was brought to him, he did not get up until he finished it, even if he heard
call to prayer(just before it), and even if he heard the recitation of the
Qur’an by the leader-in-prayer.
Grade : Sahih by Al-Albani التعديل :صحيح عند الألباني | Reference : Sunan Abi Dawud 3757| In-book reference مرجع التصنيف : Book 28 الكتاب, Hadith 22 الحديث | English translation الترجمة الإنجليزية : Book 27 الكتاب, Hadith 3748 الحديث
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) came out from the privy and was presented to him.
They (the people) asked: Should we bring you water for ablution? He replied: I
have been commanded to perform ablution when I get up for prayer.
Grade : Sahih by Al-Albani التعديل :صحيح عند الألباني | Reference : Sunan Abi Dawud 3760| In-book reference مرجع التصنيف : Book 28 الكتاب, Hadith 25 الحديث | English translation الترجمة الإنجليزية : Book 27 الكتاب, Hadith 3751 الحديث
I read in the Torah that the blessing of food consists in ablution before it. So
I mentioned it to the Prophet (ﷺ). He said: The blessing of food consists in
ablution before it and ablution after it.
Sufyan disapproved of performing ablution before taking food.
Grade : Da'if by Al-Albani التعديل :ضعيف عند الألباني | Reference : Sunan Abi Dawud 3761| In-book reference مرجع التصنيف : Book 28 الكتاب, Hadith 26 الحديث | English translation الترجمة الإنجليزية : Book 27 الكتاب, Hadith 3752 الحديث
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) came out from the valley of a mountain where he had
eased himself. There were some dried dates on a shield before us. We called him
and he ate with us. He did not touch water.
Grade : Da'if in chain by Al-Albani التعديل :ضعيف الإسناد عند الألباني | Reference : Sunan Abi Dawud 3762| In-book reference مرجع التصنيف : Book 28 الكتاب, Hadith 27 الحديث | English translation الترجمة الإنجليزية : Book 27 الكتاب, Hadith 3753 الحديث
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) never expressed disapproval of food; if he desired
it, he ate it, and if he disliked it, he left it alone.
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ كَثِيرٍ، أَخْبَرَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ، عَنْ
أَبِي حَازِمٍ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، قَالَ مَا عَابَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله
عليه وسلم طَعَامًا قَطُّ إِنِ اشْتَهَاهُ أَكَلَهُ وَإِنْ كَرِهَهُ تَرَكَهُ .
Grade : Sahih by Al-Albani التعديل :صحيح عند الألباني | Reference : Sunan Abi Dawud 3763| In-book reference مرجع التصنيف : Book 28 الكتاب, Hadith 28 الحديث | English translation الترجمة الإنجليزية : Book 27 الكتاب, Hadith 3754 الحديث
The Companions of the Prophet (ﷺ) said: Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) we eat but we are
not satisfied. He said: Perhaps you eat separately. They replied: Yes. He said:
If you gather together at your food and mention Allah's name, you will be
blessed in it.
Abu Dawud said: If you are invited to a wedding feast before you, do not take it
until the owner of the house (i.e. the host) allows you (to eat).
Grade : Hasan by Al-Albani التعديل :حسن عند الألباني | Reference : Sunan Abi Dawud 3764| In-book reference مرجع التصنيف : Book 28 الكتاب, Hadith 29 الحديث | English translation الترجمة الإنجليزية : Book 27 الكتاب, Hadith 3755 الحديث
Jabir bin ‘Abd Allah said that he heard the Prophet(ﷺ) say:
When a man enters his house and mention Allah’s name on entering and on his
food, the devil says: You have no place to spend the night and no evening meal;
but when he enters without mentioning Allah’s name on entering, the devil says:
You have found a place to spend the night, and when he does not mention Allah’s
name at his food, he says: You have found a place to spend the night and an
evening meal.
Grade : Sahih by Al-Albani التعديل :صحيح عند الألباني | Reference : Sunan Abi Dawud 3765| In-book reference مرجع التصنيف : Book 28 الكتاب, Hadith 30 الحديث | English translation الترجمة الإنجليزية : Book 27 الكتاب, Hadith 3756 الحديث
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ كَثِيرٍ، أَخْبَرَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ
الأَقْمَرِ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا جُحَيْفَةَ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى
الله عليه وسلم " لاَ آكُلُ مُتَّكِئًا " .
Grade : Sahih by Al-Albani التعديل :صحيح عند الألباني | Reference : Sunan Abi Dawud 3769| In-book reference مرجع التصنيف : Book 28 الكتاب, Hadith 34 الحديث | English translation الترجمة الإنجليزية : Book 27 الكتاب, Hadith 3760 الحديث
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: When one of you eats, he must not eat from the top of the
dish, but should eat from the bottom; for the blessing descends from the top of
it.
Grade : Sahih by Al-Albani التعديل :صحيح عند الألباني | Reference : Sunan Abi Dawud 3772| In-book reference مرجع التصنيف : Book 28 الكتاب, Hadith 37 الحديث | English translation الترجمة الإنجليزية : Book 27 الكتاب, Hadith 3763 الحديث
Grade : Sahih by Al-Albani التعديل :صحيح عند الألباني | Reference : Sunan Abi Dawud 3774| In-book reference مرجع التصنيف : Book 28 الكتاب, Hadith 39 الحديث | English translation الترجمة الإنجليزية : Book 27 الكتاب, Hadith 3765 الحديث
When any of you eats, he should eat with his right hand, and when he drinks, he
should drink with his right hand, for the devil eats with his left hand and
drinks with his left hand.
Grade : Sahih by Al-Albani التعديل :صحيح عند الألباني | Reference : Sunan Abi Dawud 3776| In-book reference مرجع التصنيف : Book 28 الكتاب, Hadith 41 الحديث | English translation الترجمة الإنجليزية : Book 27 الكتاب, Hadith 3767 الحديث
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: Do not eat meat with a knife, for it is a
foreign practice, but bite it, for it is more beneficial and wholesome.
Abu Dawud said: This tradition is not strong.
حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مَعْشَرٍ، عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ
عُرْوَةَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، رضى الله عنها قَالَتْ قَالَ رَسُولُ
اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " لاَ تَقْطَعُوا اللَّحْمَ بِالسِّكِّينِ فَإِنَّهُ
مِنْ صَنِيعِ الأَعَاجِمِ وَانْهَسُوهُ فَإِنَّهُ أَهْنَأُ وَأَمْرَأُ " .
قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ وَلَيْسَ هُوَ بِالْقَوِيِّ .
Grade : Da'if by Al-Albani التعديل :ضعيف عند الألباني | Reference : Sunan Abi Dawud 3778| In-book reference مرجع التصنيف : Book 28 الكتاب, Hadith 43 الحديث | English translation الترجمة الإنجليزية : Book 27 الكتاب, Hadith 3769 الحديث
A tailor invited the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) to a meal which he had prepared.
Anas said: I went along with the Messenger of Allah(ﷺ) barley bread and soup
containing pumpkin and dried sliced meat. Anas said: I saw the Messenger of
Allah (ﷺ) going after the pumpkin round the dish, so I have always liked
pumpkins since that day.
حَدَّثَنَا الْقَعْنَبِيُّ، عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ
أَبِي طَلْحَةَ، أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ أَنَسَ بْنَ مَالِكٍ، يَقُولُ إِنَّ خَيَّاطًا
دَعَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم لِطَعَامٍ صَنَعَهُ - قَالَ أَنَسٌ -
فَذَهَبْتُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم إِلَى ذَلِكَ الطَّعَامِ
فَقَرَّبَ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم خُبْزًا مِنْ شَعِيرٍ
وَمَرَقًا فِيهِ دُبَّاءٌ وَقَدِيدٌ . قَالَ أَنَسٌ فَرَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ
صلى الله عليه وسلم يَتَتَبَّعُ الدُّبَّاءَ مِنْ حَوَالَىِ الصَّحْفَةِ فَلَمْ
أَزَلْ أُحِبُّ الدُّبَّاءَ بَعْدَ يَوْمِئِذٍ .
Grade : Sahih by Al-Albani التعديل :صحيح عند الألباني | Reference : Sunan Abi Dawud 3782| In-book reference مرجع التصنيف : Book 28 الكتاب, Hadith 47 الحديث | English translation الترجمة الإنجليزية : Book 27 الكتاب, Hadith 3773 الحديث
Grade : Da'if by Al-Albani التعديل :ضعيف عند الألباني | Reference : Sunan Abi Dawud 3783| In-book reference مرجع التصنيف : Book 28 الكتاب, Hadith 48 الحديث | English translation الترجمة الإنجليزية : Book 27 الكتاب, Hadith 3774 الحديث
A man asked the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ): Is there any food from which I should
keep myself away? I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: Anything which creates
doubt should not occur in your mind by which you resemble Christianity.
Grade : Hasan by Al-Albani التعديل :حسن عند الألباني | Reference : Sunan Abi Dawud 3784| In-book reference مرجع التصنيف : Book 28 الكتاب, Hadith 49 الحديث | English translation الترجمة الإنجليزية : Book 27 الكتاب, Hadith 3775 الحديث
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) prohibited eating the animal which feeds on filth and
drinking its milk.
حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدَةُ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ
بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ، عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي نَجِيحٍ، عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ،
قَالَ نَهَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم عَنْ أَكْلِ الْجَلاَّلَةِ
وَأَلْبَانِهَا .
Grade : Sahih by Al-Albani التعديل :صحيح عند الألباني | Reference : Sunan Abi Dawud 3785| In-book reference مرجع التصنيف : Book 28 الكتاب, Hadith 50 الحديث | English translation الترجمة الإنجليزية : Book 27 الكتاب, Hadith 3776 الحديث
The Messenger of Allah(ﷺ) forbade the flesh of domestic asses on the day of
Khaibar, but permitted horse flesh.
حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ، حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ، عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ
دِينَارٍ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ، عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، قَالَ
نَهَانَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَوْمَ خَيْبَرَ عَنْ لُحُومِ
الْحُمُرِ وَأَذِنَ لَنَا فِي لُحُومِ الْخَيْلِ .
Grade : Sahih by Al-Albani التعديل :صحيح عند الألباني | Reference : Sunan Abi Dawud 3788| In-book reference مرجع التصنيف : Book 28 الكتاب, Hadith 53 الحديث | English translation الترجمة الإنجليزية : Book 27 الكتاب, Hadith 3779 الحديث
I was an adolescent boy. I hunted a hare and roasted it. Abu Talha sent its
hunch through me to the Prophet (ﷺ), so I brought it to him and he accepted it.
حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ، حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ، عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ
زَيْدٍ، عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ، قَالَ كُنْتُ غُلاَمًا حَزَوَّرًا فَصِدْتُ
أَرْنَبًا فَشَوَيْتُهَا فَبَعَثَ مَعِي أَبُو طَلْحَةَ بِعَجُزِهَا إِلَى
النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَأَتَيْتُهُ بِهَا فَقَبِلَهَا .
Grade : Sahih by Al-Albani التعديل :صحيح عند الألباني | Reference : Sunan Abi Dawud 3791| In-book reference مرجع التصنيف : Book 28 الكتاب, Hadith 56 الحديث | English translation الترجمة الإنجليزية : Book 27 الكتاب, Hadith 3782 الحديث
Ibn ‘Abbas said that his maternal aunt presented to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)
clarified butter, lizards and cottage cheese. He ate from clarified butter and
cheese, but left the lizard abominably. It was eaten on the food cloth of the
Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). Had it been unlawful, it would not have been eaten on
the food cloth of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ).
حَدَّثَنَا حَفْصُ بْنُ عُمَرَ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، عَنْ أَبِي بِشْرٍ، عَنْ
سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، أَنَّ خَالَتَهُ، أَهْدَتْ إِلَى
رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم سَمْنًا وَأَضُبًّا وَأَقِطًا فَأَكَلَ مِنَ
السَّمْنِ وَمِنَ الأَقِطِ وَتَرَكَ الأَضُبَّ تَقَذُّرًا وَأُكِلَ عَلَى
مَائِدَتِهِ وَلَوْ كَانَ حَرَامًا مَا أُكِلَ عَلَى مَائِدَةِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى
الله عليه وسلم .
Grade : Sahih by Al-Albani التعديل :صحيح عند الألباني | Reference : Sunan Abi Dawud 3793| In-book reference مرجع التصنيف : Book 28 الكتاب, Hadith 58 الحديث | English translation الترجمة الإنجليزية : Book 27 الكتاب, Hadith 3784 الحديث
I ate the flesh of a bustard along with the Prophet (ﷺ).
حَدَّثَنَا الْفَضْلُ بْنُ سَهْلٍ، حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ عَبْدِ
الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ مَهْدِيٍّ، حَدَّثَنِي بُرَيْهُ بْنُ عُمَرَ بْنِ سَفِينَةَ، عَنْ
أَبِيهِ، عَنْ جَدِّهِ، قَالَ أَكَلْتُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم
لَحْمَ حُبَارَى .
Grade : Da'if by Al-Albani التعديل :ضعيف عند الألباني | Reference : Sunan Abi Dawud 3797| In-book reference مرجع التصنيف : Book 28 الكتاب, Hadith 62 الحديث | English translation الترجمة الإنجليزية : Book 27 الكتاب, Hadith 3788 الحديث
I accompanied the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), but I did not hear about the
prohibition of (eating) insects and little creatures of land.
حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ، حَدَّثَنَا غَالِبُ بْنُ حَجْرَةَ،
حَدَّثَنِي مِلْقَامُ بْنُ تَلِبٍّ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، قَالَ صَحِبْتُ النَّبِيَّ صلى
الله عليه وسلم فَلَمْ أَسْمَعْ لِحَشَرَةِ الأَرْضِ تَحْرِيمًا .
Grade : Da'if in chain by Al-Albani التعديل :ضعيف الإسناد عند الألباني | Reference : Sunan Abi Dawud 3798| In-book reference مرجع التصنيف : Book 28 الكتاب, Hadith 63 الحديث | English translation الترجمة الإنجليزية : Book 27 الكتاب, Hadith 3789 الحديث
The people of pre-Islamic times used to eat some things and leave others alone,
considering them unclean. Then Allah sent His Prophet (ﷺ) and sent down His
Book, marking some things lawful and others unlawful; so what He made lawful is
lawful, what he made unlawful is unlawful, and what he said nothing about is
allowable. And he recited: "Say: I find not in the message received by me by
inspiration any (meat) forbidden to be eaten by one who wishes to eat it...." up
to the end of the verse.
Grade : Sahih in chain by Al-Albani التعديل :صحيح الإسناد عند الألباني | Reference : Sunan Abi Dawud 3800| In-book reference مرجع التصنيف : Book 28 الكتاب, Hadith 65 الحديث | English translation الترجمة الإنجليزية : Book 27 الكتاب, Hadith 3791 الحديث
I asked the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) about the hyena. He replied: It is game, and
if one who is wearing ihram (pilgrim's robe) hunts it, he should give a sheep as
atonement.
Grade : Sahih by Al-Albani التعديل :صحيح عند الألباني | Reference : Sunan Abi Dawud 3801| In-book reference مرجع التصنيف : Book 28 الكتاب, Hadith 66 الحديث | English translation الترجمة الإنجليزية : Book 27 الكتاب, Hadith 3792 الحديث
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) prohibited eating fanged beasts of prey.
حَدَّثَنَا الْقَعْنَبِيُّ، عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، عَنْ أَبِي
إِدْرِيسَ الْخَوْلاَنِيِّ، عَنْ أَبِي ثَعْلَبَةَ الْخُشَنِيِّ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ
اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم نَهَى عَنْ أَكْلِ كُلِّ ذِي نَابٍ مِنَ السَّبُعِ .
Grade : Sahih by Al-Albani التعديل :صحيح عند الألباني | Reference : Sunan Abi Dawud 3802| In-book reference مرجع التصنيف : Book 28 الكتاب, Hadith 67 الحديث | English translation الترجمة الإنجليزية : Book 27 الكتاب, Hadith 3793 الحديث
On the day of Khaibar the Messenger of Allah(ﷺ) forbade us to eat the flesh of
domestic asses, and ordered us to eat horse-flesh. ‘Amr said: I informed Abu
al-Sha’tha’ about this tradition. He said: Al-Hakam al-Ghifari among us said
this, and the” ocean” denied that, intending thereby Ibn’ Abbas.
Grade : صحيح ق دون قول عمرو فأخبرت .. الخ | Reference : Sunan Abi Dawud 3808| In-book reference مرجع التصنيف : Book 28 الكتاب, Hadith 73 الحديث | English translation الترجمة الإنجليزية : Book 27 الكتاب, Hadith 3799 الحديث
I heard Ibn Abi Awfa say when I asked him about (eating) locusts: I went on six
or seven expeditions along with the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and we ate them
(locusts) along with him.
حَدَّثَنَا حَفْصُ بْنُ عُمَرَ النَّمَرِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، عَنْ أَبِي
يَعْفُورٍ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ ابْنَ أَبِي أَوْفَى، وَسَأَلْتُهُ، عَنِ الْجَرَادِ،
فَقَالَ غَزَوْتُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم سِتَّ أَوْ سَبْعَ
غَزَوَاتٍ فَكُنَّا نَأْكُلُهُ مَعَهُ .
Grade : Sahih by Al-Albani التعديل :صحيح عند الألباني | Reference : Sunan Abi Dawud 3812| In-book reference مرجع التصنيف : Book 28 الكتاب, Hadith 77 الحديث | English translation الترجمة الإنجليزية : Book 27 الكتاب, Hadith 3803 الحديث
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: What the sea throws up and is left by the tide you may
eat, but what dies in the sea and floats you must not eat.
Abu Dawud said: This tradition has been transmitted by Sufyan al-Thawri, Ayyub
and Hammad from Abu al-Zubair as the statement of Jabor himself (and not from
the Prophet). It has been also transmitted direct from the Prophet (ﷺ) through a
weak chain by Abu Dhi'b, from Abu al-Zubair on the authority if Jabir from the
Prophet (ﷺ).
Grade : Da'if by Al-Albani التعديل :ضعيف عند الألباني | Reference : Sunan Abi Dawud 3815| In-book reference مرجع التصنيف : Book 28 الكتاب, Hadith 80 الحديث | English translation الترجمة الإنجليزية : Book 27 الكتاب, Hadith 3806 الحديث
A man alighted at Harrah with his wife and children. A man said (to him): My
she-camel has strayed; if you find it, detain it.
He found it, but did not find its owner, and it fell ill. His wife said:
Slaughter it. But he refused and it died.
She said: Skin it so that we may dry its fat and flesh and then eat them.
He said: Let me ask the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). So he came to him (the Prophet)
and asked him. He said: Have you sufficient for your needs? He replied: No. He
then said: Then eat it.
Then its owner came and he told him the story. He said: Why did you not
slaughter it? He replied: I was ashamed (or afraid) of you.
Grade : Hasan in chain by Al-Albani عند الألباني حسن الإسناد | Reference : Sunan Abi Dawud 3816| In-book reference مرجع التصنيف : Book 28 الكتاب, Hadith 81 الحديث | English translation الترجمة الإنجليزية : Book 27 الكتاب, Hadith 3807 الحديث
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: I wish I had a white loaf made from tawny and softened
with clarified butter and milk. A man from among the people got up and getting
one brought it. He asked: In which had it been? He replied: In a lizard skin. He
said: Take it away.
Abu Dawud said: This is a munkar (rejected) tradition.
Abu Dawud said: Ayyub, the narrator of this tradition, is not (Ayyub)
al-Sakhtiyani.
Grade : Da'if by Al-Albani التعديل :ضعيف عند الألباني | Reference : Sunan Abi Dawud 3818| In-book reference مرجع التصنيف : Book 28 الكتاب, Hadith 83 الحديث | English translation الترجمة الإنجليزية : Book 27 الكتاب, Hadith 3809 الحديث
The Prophet (ﷺ) was brought a piece of cheese in Tabuk. He called for a knife,
mentioned Allah's name and cut it.
حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ مُوسَى الْبَلْخِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ
عُيَيْنَةَ، عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ مَنْصُورٍ، عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ، عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ،
قَالَ أُتِيَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم بِجُبْنَةٍ فِي تَبُوكَ فَدَعَا
بِسِكِّينٍ فَسَمَّى وَقَطَعَ .
Grade : Hasan in chain by Al-Albani عند الألباني حسن الإسناد | Reference : Sunan Abi Dawud 3819| In-book reference مرجع التصنيف : Book 28 الكتاب, Hadith 84 الحديث | English translation الترجمة الإنجليزية : Book 27 الكتاب, Hadith 3810 الحديث
حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاوِيَةُ بْنُ هِشَامٍ،
حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنْ مُحَارِبِ بْنِ دِثَارٍ، عَنْ جَابِرٍ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ
صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ " نِعْمَ الإِدَامُ الْخَلُّ " .
Grade : Sahih by Al-Albani التعديل :صحيح عند الألباني | Reference : Sunan Abi Dawud 3820| In-book reference مرجع التصنيف : Book 28 الكتاب, Hadith 85 الحديث | English translation الترجمة الإنجليزية : Book 27 الكتاب, Hadith 3811 الحديث
Jabir b. ‘Abd Allah reported the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) as sayings:
He who eats garlic or onion must keep away from us. Or he said: must keep away
from our mosque or must sit in his house. A dish containing green vegetables was
brought to him, and noticing that it had an odour he asked (about it). He was
told that it contained some vegetables. He then said: Bring it near, to one of
his companion who was with him. When he saw it, he abominated eating it, and
said: eat for I hold intimate converse with one with whom you do not. Ahmad b.
Salih said: Ibn Wahb explained the word badr as meaning dish.
Grade : Sahih by Al-Albani التعديل :صحيح عند الألباني | Reference : Sunan Abi Dawud 3822| In-book reference مرجع التصنيف : Book 28 الكتاب, Hadith 87 الحديث | English translation الترجمة الإنجليزية : Book 27 الكتاب, Hadith 3813 الحديث
Grade : Da'if by Al-Albani التعديل :ضعيف عند الألباني | Reference : Sunan Abi Dawud 3830| In-book reference مرجع التصنيف : Book 28 الكتاب, Hadith 95 الحديث | English translation الترجمة الإنجليزية : Book 27 الكتاب, Hadith 3821 الحديث
Grade : Sahih by Al-Albani التعديل :صحيح عند الألباني | Reference : Sunan Abi Dawud 3832| In-book reference مرجع التصنيف : Book 28 الكتاب, Hadith 97 الحديث | English translation الترجمة الإنجليزية : Book 27 الكتاب, Hadith 3823 الحديث
The Messenger of Allah(ﷺ) prohibited anyone taking two dates together with the
exception that you ask permission from your companions.
حَدَّثَنَا وَاصِلُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الأَعْلَى، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ فُضَيْلٍ، عَنْ أَبِي
إِسْحَاقَ، عَنْ جَبَلَةَ بْنِ سُحَيْمٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ، قَالَ نَهَى رَسُولُ
اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم عَنِ الإِقْرَانِ إِلاَّ أَنْ تَسْتَأْذِنَ أَصْحَابَكَ
.
Grade : Sahih by Al-Albani التعديل :صحيح عند الألباني | Reference : Sunan Abi Dawud 3834| In-book reference مرجع التصنيف : Book 28 الكتاب, Hadith 99 الحديث | English translation الترجمة الإنجليزية : Book 27 الكتاب, Hadith 3825 الحديث
The Prophet(ﷺ) used to eat cucumber with fresh dates
حَدَّثَنَا حَفْصُ بْنُ عُمَرَ النَّمَرِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ،
عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ، أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه
وسلم كَانَ يَأْكُلُ الْقِثَّاءَ بِالرُّطَبِ .
Grade : Sahih by Al-Albani التعديل :صحيح عند الألباني | Reference : Sunan Abi Dawud 3835| In-book reference مرجع التصنيف : Book 28 الكتاب, Hadith 100 الحديث | English translation الترجمة الإنجليزية : Book 27 الكتاب, Hadith 3826 الحديث
I was on an expedition along with the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). We got the vessels
and skins of the polytheists and used them. But he did not object to them (i.e.
us) for that (action).
حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الأَعْلَى،
وَإِسْمَاعِيلُ، عَنْ بُرْدِ بْنِ سِنَانٍ، عَنْ عَطَاءٍ، عَنْ جَابِرٍ، قَالَ
كُنَّا نَغْزُو مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَنُصِيبُ مِنْ آنِيَةِ
الْمُشْرِكِينَ وَأَسْقِيَتِهِمْ فَنَسْتَمْتِعُ بِهَا فَلاَ يَعِيبُ ذَلِكَ
عَلَيْهِمْ .
Grade : Sahih by Al-Albani التعديل :صحيح عند الألباني | Reference : Sunan Abi Dawud 3838| In-book reference مرجع التصنيف : Book 28 الكتاب, Hadith 103 الحديث | English translation الترجمة الإنجليزية : Book 27 الكتاب, Hadith 3829 الحديث
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) sent us on an expedition and made Abu ‘Ubaidah b.
al-Jarrah our leader. We had to meet a caravan of the Quraish. He gave us a bag
of dates as a light meal during the journey. We had nothing except that. Abu
‘Ubaidah would give each of us one date. We used to suck them as a child sucks,
and drink water after that and it sufficed us that day till night. We used to
beat leaves off the trees with our sticks (for food), wetted them with water and
ate them. We then went to the coast of the sea. There appeared to us a body like
a great mound. When we came to it, we found that it was an animal called
al-anbar. Abu ‘Ubaidah said: It is a carrion, and it is not lawful for us. He
then said: No, we are the Messengers of the Apostel of Allah (ﷺ) and we are in
the path of Allah. If you are forced by necessity (to eat it), then eat it. We
stayed feeding on it for one mouth, till we became fat, and we were three
hundred in number. When we came to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), we mentioned it
to him. He said : It is a provision which Allah has brought forth for you, and
give us some to eat if you have any meat of it with you. So we sent some of it
to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and he ate (it).
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ النُّفَيْلِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا زُهَيْرٌ،
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الزُّبَيْرِ، عَنْ جَابِرٍ، قَالَ بَعَثَنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى
الله عليه وسلم وَأَمَّرَ عَلَيْنَا أَبَا عُبَيْدَةَ بْنَ الْجَرَّاحِ نَتَلَقَّى
عِيرًا لِقُرَيْشٍ وَزَوَّدَنَا جِرَابًا مِنْ تَمْرٍ لَمْ نَجِدْ لَهُ غَيْرَهُ
فَكَانَ أَبُو عُبَيْدَةَ يُعْطِينَا تَمْرَةً تَمْرَةً كُنَّا نَمُصُّهَا كَمَا
يَمُصُّ الصَّبِيُّ ثُمَّ نَشْرَبُ عَلَيْهَا مِنَ الْمَاءِ فَتَكْفِينَا يَوْمَنَا
إِلَى اللَّيْلِ وَكُنَّا نَضْرِبُ بِعِصِيِّنَا الْخَبَطَ ثُمَّ نَبُلُّهُ
بِالْمَاءِ فَنَأْكُلُهُ وَانْطَلَقْنَا عَلَى سَاحِلِ الْبَحْرِ فَرُفِعَ لَنَا
كَهَيْئَةِ الْكَثِيبِ الضَّخْمِ فَأَتَيْنَاهُ فَإِذَا هُوَ دَابَّةٌ تُدْعَى
الْعَنْبَرَ فَقَالَ أَبُو عُبَيْدَةَ مَيْتَةٌ وَلاَ تَحِلُّ لَنَا ثُمَّ قَالَ
لاَ بَلْ نَحْنُ رُسُلُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَفِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ
وَقَدِ اضْطُرِرْتُمْ إِلَيْهِ فَكُلُوا فَأَقَمْنَا عَلَيْهِ شَهْرًا وَنَحْنُ
ثَلاَثُمِائَةٍ حَتَّى سَمِنَّا فَلَمَّا قَدِمْنَا إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله
عليه وسلم ذَكَرْنَا ذَلِكَ لَهُ فَقَالَ " هُوَ رِزْقٌ أَخْرَجَهُ اللَّهُ
لَكُمْ فَهَلْ مَعَكُمْ مِنْ لَحْمِهِ شَىْءٌ فَتُطْعِمُونَا مِنْهُ " .
فَأَرْسَلْنَا مِنْهُ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَأَكَلَ .
Grade : Sahih by Al-Albani التعديل :صحيح عند الألباني | Reference : Sunan Abi Dawud 3840| In-book reference مرجع التصنيف : Book 28 الكتاب, Hadith 105 الحديث | English translation الترجمة الإنجليزية : Book 27 الكتاب, Hadith 3831 الحديث
A mouse fell into clarified butter. The Prophet (ﷺ) was informed of it. He said:
Throw what is around it and eat.
حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، حَدَّثَنَا الزُّهْرِيُّ، عَنْ
عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، عَنْ مَيْمُونَةَ،
أَنَّ فَأْرَةً، وَقَعَتْ، فِي سَمْنٍ فَأُخْبِرَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم
فَقَالَ " أَلْقُوا مَا حَوْلَهَا وَكُلُوا " .
Grade : Sahih by Al-Albani التعديل :صحيح عند الألباني | Reference : Sunan Abi Dawud 3841| In-book reference مرجع التصنيف : Book 28 الكتاب, Hadith 106 الحديث | English translation الترجمة الإنجليزية : Book 27 الكتاب, Hadith 3832 الحديث
Abu Hurairah reported the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) as saying:
when a fly alights in anyone’s vessel, he should plunge it all in, for in one of
its wings there is a disease, and in the other is a cure. It prevents the wing
of it is which there is a cure, so plunge it all in (the vessel).
Grade : Sahih by Al-Albani التعديل :صحيح عند الألباني | Reference : Sunan Abi Dawud 3844| In-book reference مرجع التصنيف : Book 28 الكتاب, Hadith 109 الحديث | English translation الترجمة الإنجليزية : Book 27 الكتاب, Hadith 3835 الحديث
Anas b. Malik said that when the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) ate food, he licked his
three fingers. And he said:
If the morsel of one of you falls down, he should wipe away anything injurious
on it and eat it and not leave it for the devil. And he ordered us to clean the
dish, for one of you does not leave it for the devil. And he ordered us to clean
the dish, for one of you does not know in what part of his food the blessing
lies.
Grade : Sahih by Al-Albani التعديل :صحيح عند الألباني | Reference : Sunan Abi Dawud 3845| In-book reference مرجع التصنيف : Book 28 الكتاب, Hadith 110 الحديث | English translation الترجمة الإنجليزية : Book 27 الكتاب, Hadith 3836 الحديث
Abu Hurairah reported the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) as saying :
If the servant of any of you prepares food for him, and he brings it to him,
while he had suffered its heat and smoke. He should make him sit with him to
eat. If the food is scanty, he should put one or two morsels in his hand.
Grade : Sahih by Al-Albani التعديل :صحيح عند الألباني | Reference : Sunan Abi Dawud 3846| In-book reference مرجع التصنيف : Book 28 الكتاب, Hadith 111 الحديث | English translation الترجمة الإنجليزية : Book 27 الكتاب, Hadith 3837 الحديث
Ibn ‘Abbas reported the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) as saying :
When one of you eats, he must not wipe his hand with a handkerchief till he
licks it or gives it to someone to lick.
حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى، عَنِ ابْنِ جُرَيْجٍ، عَنْ عَطَاءٍ،
عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " إِذَا
أَكَلَ أَحَدُكُمْ فَلاَ يَمْسَحَنَّ يَدَهُ بِالْمِنْدِيلِ حَتَّى يَلْعَقَهَا
أَوْ يُلْعِقَهَا " .
Grade : Sahih by Al-Albani التعديل :صحيح عند الألباني | Reference : Sunan Abi Dawud 3847| In-book reference مرجع التصنيف : Book 28 الكتاب, Hadith 112 الحديث | English translation الترجمة الإنجليزية : Book 27 الكتاب, Hadith 3838 الحديث
When the food cloth was removed, the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “praise be to
Allah abundantly and sincerely, of such a nature as is productive of blessing,
is not insufficient, Abandoned, or ignored, O our lord.”
Grade : Sahih by Al-Albani التعديل :صحيح عند الألباني | Reference : Sunan Abi Dawud 3849| In-book reference مرجع التصنيف : Book 28 الكتاب, Hadith 114 الحديث | English translation الترجمة الإنجليزية : Book 27 الكتاب, Hadith 3840 الحديث
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: If anyone spends the night with grease on his hand which
he has not washed away, he can blame only himself if some trouble comes to him.
Grade : Sahih by Al-Albani التعديل :صحيح عند الألباني | Reference : Sunan Abi Dawud 3852| In-book reference مرجع التصنيف : Book 28 الكتاب, Hadith 117 الحديث | English translation الترجمة الإنجليزية : Book 27 الكتاب, Hadith 3843 الحديث
AbulHaytham ibn at-Tayhan prepared food for the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), and he
invited the Prophet (ﷺ) and his Companions. When they finished (food), the said:
If some people enter the house of a man, his food is eaten and his drink is
drunk, and they supplicate (to Allah) for him, this is his reward.
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أَحْمَدَ، حَدَّثَنَا
سُفْيَانُ، عَنْ يَزِيدَ أَبِي خَالِدٍ الدَّالاَنِيِّ، عَنْ رَجُلٍ، عَنْ جَابِرِ
بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، قَالَ صَنَعَ أَبُو الْهَيْثَمِ بْنُ التَّيْهَانِ
لِلنَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم طَعَامًا فَدَعَا النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم
وَأَصْحَابَهُ فَلَمَّا فَرَغُوا قَالَ " أَثِيبُوا أَخَاكُمْ " . قَالُوا
يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ وَمَا إِثَابَتُهُ قَالَ " إِنَّ الرَّجُلَ إِذَا دُخِلَ
بَيْتُهُ فَأُكِلَ طَعَامُهُ وَشُرِبَ شَرَابُهُ فَدَعَوْا لَهُ فَذَلِكَ
إِثَابَتُهُ " .
Grade : Da'if by Al-Albani التعديل :ضعيف عند الألباني | Reference : Sunan Abi Dawud 3853| In-book reference مرجع التصنيف : Book 28 الكتاب, Hadith 118 الحديث | English translation الترجمة الإنجليزية : Book 27 الكتاب, Hadith 3844 الحديث
