Category:The Book of General Behavior Kitab AlAdab in Sunan Abu Dawoud

The Book of General Behavior Kitab AlAdab in Sunan Abu Dawoud Key Points

1. Every work that I did was not according to the desire of my master but he never said to me Fie nor did he say to me Why did you do this or Why did you not do this . SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-26717 Category:Chapter on Regarding dignity in Sunan Abu Dawoud
2. So he stood and performed ablution he then returned and performed ablution and said My father told me on the authority of my grandfather Atiyah who reported the Messenger of Allah ﷺ as saying Anger comes from the devil the devil was created of fire and fire is extinguished only with water so when one of you becomes angry he should perform ablution . SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-26727 Category:Chapter on Regarding gratitude for acts of kindness in Sunan Abu Dawoud
3. And the Messenger of Allah ﷺ never took revenge on his own behalf for anything unless something Allah had forbidden has been transgressed in which event he took revenge for it for Allahs sake . SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-26728 Category:Chapter on Regarding sitting in the streets in Sunan Abu Dawoud
4. Narrated Anas Ibn Malik I never said that when any man brought his mouth to the ear of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and he withdrew his head until the man himself withdrew his head and I never saw that when any man took him by his hand and he withdrew his hand until the man himself withdrew his hand . SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-26736 Category:Chapter on Manner of speech in Sunan Abu Dawoud
5. Narrated Abu Umamah The Prophet ﷺ said I guarantee a house in the surroundings of Paradise for a man who avoids quarrelling even if he were in the right a house in the middle of Paradise for a man who avoids lying even if he were joking and a house in the upper part of Paradise for a man who made his character good . SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-26742 Category:Chapter on Regarding conversing late after Isha in Sunan Abu Dawoud
6. Hammam said A man came and praised Uthman in his face AlMiqdad Bin AlAswad took dust and threw it on his face saying The Apostle of Allah ﷺ said When you see those who are given to praising people throw dust in their faces . SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-26746 Category:Chapter on Is it disliked for a person to get from his seat without remembering Allah in Sunan Abu Dawoud
7. Narrated Anas Ibn Malik The Prophet ﷺ said A believer who recites the Quran is like a citron whose fragrance is sweet and whose taste is sweet a believer who does not recite the Quran is like a date which has no fragrance but has sweet taste a profligate who recites the Quran is like basil whose fragrance is sweet but whose taste is bitter and the profligate who does not recite the Quran is like the colocynth which has a bitter taste and has not fragrance . SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-26771 Category:Chapter on Regarding suspicion in Sunan Abu Dawoud
8. A good companion is like a man who has musk if nothing of it goes to you its fragrance will certainly go to you and a bad companion is like a man who has bellows if its black root does not go to you its smoke will certainly go to you . SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-26772 Category:Chapter on Regarding sincere counsel and protection in Sunan Abu Dawoud
9. Narrated Abu Huraira The Prophet ﷺ said People who get up from an assembly in which they did not remember Allah will be just as if they had got up from an ass corpse and it will be a cause of grief to them . SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-26797 Category:Chapter on Saying karam regarding grapes and regarding the tongue in Sunan Abu Dawoud
10. Narrated Abu Barzah AlAslami The Prophet ﷺ said O community of people who believed by their tongue and belief did not enter their hearts do not back bite Muslims and do not search for their faults for if anyone searches for their faults Allah will search for his fault and if Allah searches for the fault of anyone He disgraces him in his house . SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-26821 Category:Chapter on Which direction should one face while sleeping in Sunan Abu Dawoud
11. Narrated AlMustawrid The Prophet ﷺ said If anyone eats once at the cost of a Muslim honour Allah will give him a like amount of Jahannam to eat if anyone clothes himself with a garment at the cost of a Muslim honour Allah will clothe him with like amount of Jahannam and if anyone puts himself in a position of reputation and show Allah will disgrace him with a place of reputation and show on the Day of Resurrection . SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-26821 Category:Chapter on Which direction should one face while sleeping in Sunan Abu Dawoud
12. Narrated Jabir Ibn Abdullah Abu Talha h Ibn Sahl AlAnsari The Prophet ﷺ said No Muslim man will desert a man who is a Muslim in a place where his respect may be violated and his honour aspersed without Allah deserting him in a place here he wishes his help and no Muslim man who will help a Muslim in a place where his honour may be aspersed and his respect violated without Allah helping him in a place where he wishes his help . SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-26824 Category:Chapter on Reciting Tasbih when going to sleep in Sunan Abu Dawoud
13. I then said to Uqbah Ibn Amir These neighbours of ours drink wine and I tried to prevent them but they did not stop and I am going to call the police about them . SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-26833 Category:Chapter on When one man seeks the refuge of another in Sunan Abu Dawoud
14. He Allah said to this man who had striven hard in worship Had you knowledge about Me or had you power over that which I had in My hand He said to the man who sinned Go and enter Paradise by My mercy . SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-26842 Category:Chapter on Regarding intercession in Sunan Abu Dawoud
15. Narrated Anas Ibn Malik Sahl Ibn Abu Umamah said that he and his father Abu Umamah visited Anas Ibn Malik at Medina during the time rule of Umar Ibn AbdulAziz when he Anas Ibn Malik was the governor of Medina . SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-26844 Category:Chapter on How to write to a dhimmi in Sunan Abu Dawoud
16. Then it goes right and left and if it finds no place of entrance it returns to the thing which was cursed and if it finds no place of entrance it returns to the thing which was cursed and if it deserves what was said it enters it otherwise it returns to the one who uttered it . SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-26847 Category:Chapter on One who takes care of an orphan in Sunan Abu Dawoud
17. Anas Bin Malik reported the Messenger of Allah ﷺ as saying Do not hate each other do not envy each other do not desert each other and be the servants of Allah as brethren . SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-26848 Category:Chapter on The rights of neighbors in Sunan Abu Dawoud
18. If three days pass he should meet him and give him a salutation and if he replies to it they will both have shared in the reward but if he does not reply he will bear his sin according to Ahmad version and the one who gives the salutation will have come forth from the sin of keeping apart . SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-26851 Category:Chapter on The one turns a slave against his master in Sunan Abu Dawoud
19. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ would say I do not count as a liar a man who puts things right between people saying a word by which he intends only putting things right and a man who says something in war and a man who says something to his wife or a wife who says something to her husband . SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-26859 Category:Chapter on How to greet others with salam in Sunan Abu Dawoud
20. When he came in they went out and when he went out they came in . SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-26871 Category:Chapter on Standing to receive someone in Sunan Abu Dawoud
21. Abu Huraira reported the prophet ﷺ as saying If anyone removes his brothers anxiety of this world Allah will remove for him one of the anxieties of the Day of resurrection if anyone makes easy for an impoverished man Allah will make easy for him in this world and on the day of resurrection if anyone conceals a Muslims secrets Allah will conceal his secrets in this world and on the Day of resurrection Allah will remain in the aid of a servant so long as the servant remains in the aid of his brother . SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-26883 Category:Chapter on When one man calls another and he says At your service in Sunan Abu Dawoud
22. He changed the name Banu AlZinyah children of fornication and called them Banu AlRushdah children of those who are on the right path and changed the name Banu Mughwiyah children of a woman who allures and goes astray and called them Banu Rushdah children of a woman who is on the right path . SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-26898 Category:Chapter on Regarding forbearance and the character of the Prophet pbuh in Sunan Abu Dawoud
23. Abu Dawud said Abu Salih has transmitted it in a similar way from Abu Huraira and similar are the traditions of Abu Sufyan from Jabir of Salim Bin Abi AlJad from Jabir of Sulaiman AlYashkuri from Jabir and of Ibn AlMunkadir from Jabir and similar others and Anas Bin Malik . SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-26905 Category:Chapter on Regarding good character in Sunan Abu Dawoud
24. The master of a slave should say My young man fataya and My young woman fatati and a slave should say My master sayidi and My mistress sayidati for you are all Allah slave and the Lord is Allah Most High . SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-26913 Category:Chapter on Regarding sitting in circles in Sunan Abu Dawoud
25. Aisha reported the Prophet ﷺ as saying None of you should say Jashat nafsi My heart is being agitated but one should say Laqisat nafsi My heart is being annoyed . SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-26915 Category:Chapter on A man who gets up to give his seat to another man in Sunan Abu Dawoud
26. Narrated Hudhayfah The Prophet ﷺ said Do not say What Allah wills and so and so wills but say What Allah wills and afterwards so and so wills . SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-26915 Category:Chapter on A man who gets up to give his seat to another man in Sunan Abu Dawoud
27. Abdullah Bin Masud reported the Messenger of Allah ﷺ as saying Avoid falsehood for falsehood leads to wickedness and wickedness to hell and if a man continues to speak falsehood and makes falsehood his object he will be recorded in Allahs presence as a great liar . SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-26928 Category:Chapter on Is it disliked for a person to get from his seat without remembering Allah in Sunan Abu Dawoud
28. Abu Ali said I have been told that Abu Ubaid said It means that his heart is full of poetry so much so that it makes him neglectful of the Quran and remembrance of Allah . SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-26946 Category:Chapter on Regarding taking revenge in Sunan Abu Dawoud
29. Abu Huraira said I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say He who sees me in a dream will see me when awake or as if he will see me when awake for the devil does not take my likeness . SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-26958 Category:Chapter on The ruling regarding hermaphrodites in Sunan Abu Dawoud
30. Thou art the first and there is nothing before thee Thou art the Last and there is nothing after Thee Thou art the Outward and there is nothing above Thee Thou art the Inward and there is nothing below Thee . SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-26986 Category:Chapter on Thinking well of people in Sunan Abu Dawoud
31. Anas said When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ went to his bed he would say Praise be to Allah who has fed us given us drink satisfied us and given us refuge . SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-26989 Category:Chapter on What was narrated about joking in Sunan Abu Dawoud
32. When she was with me she pulled mill stone which affected her hand she carried water with the water bag which affected the upper portion of her chest She swept the house so much so that her clothes became dusty and she cooked food by which her clothes became black and it harmed her . SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-27001 Category:Chapter on Sleeping on a roof that has no walls in Sunan Abu Dawoud
33. The people asked Messenger of Allah How is it that while they are easy those who act upon them are few He replied The Devil comes to one of you when he goes to bed and he makes him sleep before he utters them and he comes to him while he is engaged in prayer and calls a need to his mind before he utters them . SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-27006 Category:Chapter on Reciting Tasbih when going to sleep in Sunan Abu Dawoud
34. Narrated Anas Ibn Malik The Prophet ﷺ said If anyone says in the morning or in the evening O Allah in the morning we call Thee the bearers of Thy Throne Thy angels and all Thy creatures to witness that thou art Allah God than Whom alone there is no god and that Muhammad is Thy Servant and Apostle Allah will emancipate his fourth from Hell if anyone says twice Allah will emancipate his half if anyone says it thrice Allah will emancipate three fourth and if he says four times Allah will emancipate him from Hell . SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-27007 Category:Chapter on What to say when waking up in Sunan Abu Dawoud
35. Narrated Buraydah Ibn AlHasib The Prophet ﷺ said If anyone says in the morning or in the evening O Allah Thou art my Lord there is no god but Thee Thou hast created me and I am Thy servant and hold to Thy covenant and promise as much as I can I seek refuge in Thee from the evil of what I have done I acknowledge Thy favour to me and I acknowledge my sin pardon me for none but Thee pardons sins and dies during the daytime or during the night . SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-27007 Category:Chapter on What to say when waking up in Sunan Abu Dawoud
36. Narrated Abdullah Ibn Umar The Messenger of Allah ﷺ never failed to utter these supplications in the evening and in the morning O Allah I ask Thee for security in this world and in the Hereafter O Allah I ask Thee for forgiveness and security in my religion and my worldly affairs in my family and my property O Allah conceal my fault or faults according to Uthman version and keep me safe from the things which I fear O Allah guard me in front of me and behind me on my right hand and on my left and from above me and I seek in Thy greatness from receiving unexpected harm from below me . SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-27010 Category:Chapter on What a man should say when he enters his house in Sunan Abu Dawoud
37. Narrated Daughter of the Prophet AbdulHamid a client of Banu Hashim said that his mother who served some of the daughters of the Prophet ﷺ told him that one of the daughters of the Prophet ﷺ said that the Prophet ﷺ used to teach her saying Say in the morning Glory be to Allah and I begin with praise of Him there is no power but in Allah what Allah wills comes to pass and what He does not will does not come to pass I know that Allah is Omnipotent and that Allah has comprehended everything in knowledge for whoever says it in the morning will be guarded till the evening and whoever says it in the evening will be guarded till the morning . SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-27010 Category:Chapter on What a man should say when he enters his house in Sunan Abu Dawoud
38. AlHarith Bin Muslim AlTamimi quoted his father Muslim Bin AlHarith AlTamimi as saying that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ told him secretly When you finish the sunset prayer say O Allah protect me from Hell seven times for if you say that and die that night protection from it would be recorded for you and when you finish the dawn prayer say it in a similar way for if you die that day protection from it would be recorded for you . SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-27014 Category:Chapter on Saying the adhan in the ear of the newborn in Sunan Abu Dawoud
39. Narrated Aisha Ummul Muminin Shariq AlHawzani and I came to Aisha Allah be pleased with her and asked her By which prayer the Messenger of Allah ﷺ began when he woke up at night She replied You asked me about a thing which no one asked me before . SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-27023 Category:Chapter on Regarding desires in Sunan Abu Dawoud
40. When he woke up at night he uttered Allah is Most Great ten times and uttered Praise be to Allah ten times and said Glory be to Allah and I begin with His praise ten times and said Glory be to the King the Most Holy ten times and asked Allah pardon ten times and said There is no god but Allah ten times and then said O Allah I seek refuge in Thee from the strait of the Day of resurrection ten times . SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-27023 Category:Chapter on Regarding desires in Sunan Abu Dawoud
41. Narrated Abu Dharr If anyone says in the morning O Allah whatever oath I take whatever word I speak and whatever vow I take Thine will precedes all that whatever Thou willeth occurs and whatever Thou dost not will dost not occur . SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-27023 Category:Chapter on Regarding desires in Sunan Abu Dawoud
42. Aban was afflicted by some paralysis and when a man who heard the tradition began to look at him he said to him Why are you looking at me I swear by Allah I did not tell a lie about Uthman nor did Uthman tell a lie about the Prophet ﷺ but that day when I was afflicted by it I became angry and forgot to say them . SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-27023 Category:Chapter on Regarding desires in Sunan Abu Dawoud
43. Narrated Qatadah When the Prophet of Allah ﷺ saw the new moon he said a new moon of good and right guidance a new moon of good and right guidance a new moon of good and right guidance . SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-27030 Category:Chapter on The rights of neighbors in Sunan Abu Dawoud
44. Narrated Umm Salamah Ummul Muminin The Messenger of Allah ﷺ never went out of my house without raising his eye to the sky and saying O Allah I seek refuge in Thee lest I stray or be led astray or slip or made to slip or cause injustice or suffer injustice or do wrong or have wrong done to me . SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-27032 Category:Chapter on If a slave is sincere in Sunan Abu Dawoud
45. Abu Huraira reported the Prophet ﷺ as saying when you hear the cocks crowing ask Allah for some of His grace for they have seen as angel but when you hear an ass braying seek refuge in Allah from the devil for it has seen the devil . SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-27035 Category:Chapter on How is permission to be sought in Sunan Abu Dawoud
46. Ibn Qudamah said reduced his matter instead of reduced his guile Ibn Qudamah said reduced his matter instead of reduced his guile . SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-27047 Category:Chapter on Regarding greeting Ah Aladdhimmah in Sunan Abu Dawoud
47. Bahz Bin Hakim on his father authority said that his grandfather said I said Messenger of Allah to whom should I show kindness He replied Your mother next your mother next your mother and then comes your father and then your relatives in order of relationship . SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-27071 Category:Chapter on Regarding extinguishing fires at night in Sunan Abu Dawoud
48. Narrated Abu Usayd Malik Ibn Rabiah AlSaidi While we were with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ a man of Banu Salmah came to Him and said Messenger of Allah is there any kindness left that I can do to my parents after their death He replied Yes you can invoke blessings on them forgiveness for them carry out their final instructions after their death join ties of relationship which are dependent on them and honour their friends . SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-27072 Category:Chapter on Regarding killing snakes in Sunan Abu Dawoud
49. Narrated Abdullah Ibn Amr Ibn AlAs Mujahid said that Abdullah Ibn Amr slaughtered a sheep and said Have you presented a gift from it to my neighbour the Jew for I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say Gabriel kept on commending the neighbour to me so that I thought he would make an heir . SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-27081 Category:Chapter on Regarding dignity in Sunan Abu Dawoud
50. Abu Huraira reported the Messenger of Allah ﷺ as saying He who believes in Allah and in the last day should honour his guest he who believes in Allah and in the last day should not harm his neighbor he who believes in Allah and in the last day should speak good or keep silence . SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-27085 Category:Chapter on Regarding good interactions with people in Sunan Abu Dawoud
51. Abu Masud AlAnsari said when I was beating a servant of mine I heard a voice behind me saying know Abu Masud Ibn AlMuthanna said twice that Allah has more power over you than you have over him . SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-27092 Category:Chapter on Regarding sitting in the streets in Sunan Abu Dawoud
52. Narrated Ribi A man of Banu Amir told that he asked the Prophet ﷺ for permission to enter the house when he was in the house saying May I enter The Prophet ﷺ said to his servant Go out to this man and teach him how to ask permission to enter the house and say to him Say Peace be upon you . SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-27110 Category:Chapter on Is it disliked for a person to get from his seat without remembering Allah in Sunan Abu Dawoud
53. Narrated Abdullah Ibn Abbas Ikrimah said A group of people from Iraq said Ibn Abbas what is your opinion about the verse in which we have been commanded whatever we have been commanded but no one acts upon it The word of Allah Most High reads O ye who believe Let those whom your right hands possess and the children among you who have not come of age ask your permission before they enter your presence on three occasions before morning prayer while you are undressing for the noonday heat and after late night prayer . SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-27128 Category:Chapter on Regarding taking revenge in Sunan Abu Dawoud
54. Abu Huraira reported the Messenger of Allah ﷺ as saying By him in whose hand my soul is you will not enter Paradise until you believe and you will not believe until you love one another should I not guide you to something doing which you will love one another spread out salutation among you . SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-27128 Category:Chapter on Regarding taking revenge in Sunan Abu Dawoud
55. Another man came and said Peace and Allah mercy and blessings be upon you He responded to him and said when he sat down and blessings be upon you He responded to him and said when he sat down Thirty . SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-27130 Category:Chapter on Regarding the prohibition of wronging others in Sunan Abu Dawoud
56. Narrated Abu Umamah The Prophet ﷺ said Those who are nearest to Allah are they who are first to give a salutation . SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-27130 Category:Chapter on Regarding the prohibition of wronging others in Sunan Abu Dawoud
57. When she came to visit him the Prophet he got up to welcome her took her by the hand kissed her and made her sit where he was sitting and when he went to visit her she got up to welcome him took him by the hand kissed him and made him sit where she was sitting . SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-27145 Category:Chapter on About mercy in Sunan Abu Dawoud
58. Salutation to everyone he meets is alms enjoining good is alms forbidding what is disreputable is alms removing what is harmful from the road is alms having sexual intercourse with his wife is alms . SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-27176 Category:Chapter on Regarding yawning in Sunan Abu Dawoud
59. Narrated Abu Huraira 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 deeds will be recorded for him less than the former and if he kills it with the third blow such and such number of good deeds will be recorded for him less than the former . SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-27197 Category:Chapter on When one man seeks the refuge of another in Sunan Abu Dawoud
60. Narrated Abu Usayd AlAnsari Abu Usayd 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 keep to the sides of the road . SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-27201 Category:Chapter on Regarding tribalism in Sunan Abu Dawoud

Most Postive Sentiment Hadith in The Book of General Behavior Kitab AlAdab in Sunan Abu Dawoud

Positive Sentiment may indicate a Permissible, Encouraged Actions or Sunnah

1. Narrated Aisha; Ummul Muminin: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ married me when I was seven or six. When we came to Medina; some women came. according to Bishr version: Umm Ruman came to me when I was swinging. They took me; made me prepared and decorated me. I was then brought to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ ; and he took up cohabitation with me when I was nine. She halted me at the door; and I burst into laughter.Abu Dawud said: That is to say: I menstruated; and I was brought in a house; and there were some women of the Ansari in it. They said: With good luck and blessing. The tradition of one of them has been included in the other. SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-26876
2. The tradition mentioned above has also been transmitted by Hisham Bin Urwah through different chain of narrators. This version adds: I was swinging and I had my friends. They brought me to a house ; there were some women of the Ansar Helpers. They said: With good luck and blessing. SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-26879
3. Abdullah Bin Masud reported the Messenger of Allah ﷺ as saying : Avoid falsehood; for falsehood leads to wickedness; and wickedness to hell; and if a man continues to speak falsehood and makes falsehood his object; he will be recorded in Allahs presence as a great liar. And adhere to truth; for truth leads to good deeds; and good deeds lead to paradise. If a man continues to speak the truth and makes truth his object; he will be recorded in Allahs presence as eminently truthful. SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-26932
4. Narrated Abu Dharr: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to us: When one of you becomes angry while standing; he should sit down. If the anger leaves him; well and good; otherwise he should lie down. SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-26725
5. Narrated Abu Usamah: The tradition mentioned above No. 4915 has also been transmitted by Abu Usamah in a similar manner through a different chain of narrators. This version has: With good fortune. She Umm Ruman entrusted me to them. They washed my head and redressed me. No one came to me suddenly except the Messenger of Allah ﷺ in the forenoon. So they entrusted me to him. SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-26877
6. Narrated Qatadah: When the Prophet of Allah ﷺ saw the new moon; he said: a new moon of good and right guidance; a new moon of good and right guidance; a new moon of good and right guidance. I believe in Him Who created you three times. He would then say: Praise be to Allah Who has made such and such a month to pass and has brought such and such a month. SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-27035
7. Abdullah Bin Alsamit told that Abu Dharr said : Messenger of Allah! A man loves some people; but he cannot do work like their work. He replied; Yes; Abu Dharr; will be with those whom you love. Abu Dharr then repeated it. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ also repeated it. SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-27069
8. Abu Qatadah said : We were sitting with Imran Bin Hussain and Bushair Bin Kaab was also there. Imran Bin Hussain reported the Messenger of Allah ﷺ as saying: Modesty is good altogether; or he said: Modesty is altogether good. Bushair Bin Kaab said : We find in some books that there is a modesty which produces peace and dignified bearing; and there is a modesty which produces weakness. Imran Bin Hussain repeated the same words. So Imran became angry so much so that his eyes became red; and he said : Dont you see that I am transmitting a tradition from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and you are mentioning something from your books? He Qatadah said : We said : Abu Nujaid; it is sufficient. SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-26739

Most Negative Sentiment Hadith in The Book of General Behavior Kitab AlAdab in Sunan Abu Dawoud

Negative Sentiment may indicate a Forbidden, Disliked, or Discouraged Actions

1. Abu Huraira reported the Prophet ﷺ as saying: When the time draws near; a believers vision can hardly be false. The truer one of them is in his speech; the truer he is in his vision. Visions are of three types: Good visions are glad tidings from Allah; a terrifying vision caused by the devil; and the ideas which come from within a man. So when one sees anything he dislikes; he should get up and pray; and should not tell it to the people. He said : I like a fetter and dislike a shackle on the neck; a fetter indicates being firmly established in religion.Abu Dawud said : when the time draws near means that when the day and night are equal. SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-26962
2. Amir Bin Sad; quoting his father; said : The Messenger of Allah ﷺ ordered a gecko to be killed; and calling it a noxious little creature. SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-27205
3. The tradition mentioned above has also been transmitted by Abu Saeed AlKhudri 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 three days; if it appears to you after that; then kill it; for it is only a devil. SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-27202
4. Narrated Abu Bakrah: The Prophet ﷺ said: There is no sin more fitted to have punishment meted out by Allah to its perpetrator in advance in this world along with what He stores up for him in the next world than oppression and severing ties of relationship. SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-26845
5. Narrated Abu Huraira: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to sit with us in meetings and talk to us. When he stood up we also used to stand up and see him entering the house of one of his wives. One day he talked to us and we stood up as he stood up and we saw that an Arabi a nomadic Arab caught hold of him and gave his cloak a violent tug making his neck red. Abu Huraira said: The cloak was coarse. He turned to him and the Arabi said to him: Load these two camels of mine; for you do not give me anything from your property or from your father property. The Prophet ﷺ said to him: No; I ask Allah forgiveness; no; I ask Allah forgiveness; no; I ask Allah forgiveness. I shall not give you the camel-load until you make amends for the way in which you tugged at me. Each time the Arabi said to him: I swear by Allah; I shall not do so. He then mentioned the rest of the tradition. He the Prophet ; then called a man and said to him: Load these two camels of his: one camel with barley and the other with dates. He then turned to us and said: Go on your way with the blessing of Allah. SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-26718
6. Abbad Bin Tamim quoted his paternal uncle as saying that he had seen the Messenger of Allah ﷺ lying on his back in the mosque according to Qanabis version placing one foot over the other. SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-26809
7. Narrated Aisha; Ummul Muminin: AlMiqdam Ibn Shurayh; quoting his father; said: I asked Aisha about living in the desert. She said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to go to the desert to these rivulets. Once he intended to go to the desert and he sent to me a camel from the camel of sadaqah which had not been used for riding so far. He said to me: Aisha! show gentleness; for if gentleness is found in anything; it beautifies it and when it is taken out from anything it damages it Ibn AlSabbah said in his version: Muharramah means a mount which has not been used for riding. SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-26751
8. Narrated Awuf Ibn Malik AlAshjai: The Prophet ﷺ said: I and a woman whose cheeks have become black shall on the Day of Resurrection be like these two pointing to the middle and forefinger ; i.e. a woman of rank and beauty who has been bereft of her husband and devotes herself to her fatherless children till they go their separate ways or die. SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-27092
9. The tradition mentioned above has also been transmitted by Abu Mousa from the Prophet ﷺ through a different chain of narrators up to and its taste bitter. Ibn Muadh added: Anas said: We used tell one another that a good companion is like... He then transmitted the rest of the tradition. SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-26773
10. AlRuhayi; daughter of Muawidh Bin Afra; said : The Messenger of Allah ﷺ came and visited me in the morning when I had been conducted to my husband; and sat on my bedding as you are sitting beside me. Some little girls of ours began to play the tambourine and eulogise those of my ancestors who were killed in the battle of Badr; and then one of them said: And among us is a Prophet who knows what will happen tomorrow. He said : Stop this and say what you were saying. SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-26865

Notables Mentioned in The Book of General Behavior Kitab AlAdab in Sunan Abu Dawoud