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    Sunan Abu Dawud

    Browsing hadiths 3281-3290 of 3981

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    Sunan Abu Dawud is a collection of hadith compiled by Imam Abu Dawud Sulayman ibn al-Ash'ath. It is one of the six canonical hadith collections.

    Hadith #3281

    Sunan Abi Dawud 3281

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    Chapter: How Much Is The Sa' For Expiation ?

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    When Khalid al-Qasri was made ruler (of Hijaz and Kufah), he doubled the measure of sa'. The sa' then measured sixteen rotls. Abu Dawud said: Muhammad b. Muhammad b. Khattab was slain by Negroes in confinement. He said while signing with his hand: "in this way". Abu Dawud extended his hand and turned his palms towards earth and said: I saw him in the dream and asked him: How did Allah deal with you ? He replied: He admitted to Paradise. I said: Your detention did not harm you.

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    Hadith #3282

    Sunan Abi Dawud 3282

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    Chapter: Freeing A Believing Slave (As Expiation)

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    I said: Messenger of Allah, I have a slave girl whom I slapped. This grieved the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). I said to him: Should I not emancipate her? He said: Bring her to me. He said: Then I brought her. He asked: Where is Allah ? She replied: In the heaven. He said: Who am I ? She replied: You are the Messenger of Allah. He said: Emancipate her, she is a believer.

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    Hadith #3283

    Sunan Abi Dawud 3283

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    Chapter: Freeing A Believing Slave (As Expiation)

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    Sharid's mother left a will to emancipate a believing slave on her behalf. So he came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and said: Messenger of Allah, my mother left a will that I should emancipate a believing slave for her, and I have a black Nubian slave-girl. He mentioned a tradition about the test of the girl. Abu Dawud said: Khalid b. 'Abd Allah narrated this tradition direct from the Prophet (ﷺ). He did not mention the name of al-Sharid.

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    Hadith #3284

    Sunan Abi Dawud 3284

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    Chapter: Freeing A Believing Slave (As Expiation)

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    A man brought the Prophet (ﷺ) a black slave girl. He said: Messenger of Allah, emancipation of believing slave is due to me. He asked her: Where is Allah ? She pointed to the heaven with her finger. He then asked her: Who am I ? She pointed to the Prophet (ﷺ) and to the heaven, that is to say: You are the Messenger of Allah. He then said: Set her free, she is a believer.

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    Hadith #3285

    Sunan Abi Dawud 3285

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    Chapter: Making An Exception (Saying: In-Sha'-Allah) After Swearing One's Oath

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    The Prophet (ﷺ) said: I swear by Allah, I shall fight against the Quraysh; I swear by Allah, I shall fight against the Quraysh; I swear by Allah, I shall fight against the Quraysh. He then said: "If Allah wills." Abu Dawud said: A number of persons have narrated this tradition from Sharik, from Simak, from 'Ikrimah, from Ibn 'Abbas who reported from the Prophet (ﷺ): "But he did not fight against them."

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    Hadith #3286

    Sunan Abi Dawud 3286

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    Chapter: Making An Exception (Saying: In-Sha'-Allah) After Swearing One's Oath

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    The Prophet (ﷺ) as saying: I swear by Allah, I shall fight against the Quraish. The then said: If Allah wills. He again said: I swear by Allah, I shall fight against the Quraish if Allah wills. He again said: I swear by Allah, I shall fight against the Quraish. He then kept silence. Then he said: If Allah wills. Abu Dawud said: Al-Walid b. Muslim said on the authority of Sharik: He then said: But he did not fight against them.

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    Hadith #3287

    Sunan Abi Dawud 3287

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    Chapter: Is It Disliked To Make Vows

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    The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) forbade to make a vow. He said: It has not effect against fate, it is only from the miserly that it is means by which something is extracted. Musaddad said: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: A vow does not avert anything (i.e. has no effect against fate).

    Hadith #3288

    Sunan Abi Dawud 3288

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    Chapter: Is It Disliked To Make Vows

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    The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) as saying: A vow does not provide for the son of Adam anything which I did not decree for him, but a vow draws it. A Divine decree is one which I have destined, it is extracted from a miser. He is given what he was not given before.

    Hadith #3289

    Sunan Abi Dawud 3289

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    Chapter: Vowing To Commit An Act Of Disobedience

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    The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) as saying: If anyone vows to obey Allah, let him obey Him, but if anyone vows to disobey Him, let him not disobey Him.

    Hadith #3290

    Sunan Abi Dawud 3290

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    Chapter: The View That Atonement Is Necessary If A Man Vows To Disobey Allah

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    The Prophet (ﷺ) as saying: No vow must be taken to do an act of disobedience, and the atonement for it is the same as for an oath.

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