Sunan Abi Dawud · Book 51

أَبْوَابُ النَّوْمِ

(Abwab Un Noam )

151 hadith · 42 chapters

The chapter divisions

Chapters in this book

1باب فِي الرَّجُلِ يَنْبَطِحُ عَلَى بَطْنِهِChapter: Regarding a man lying on his stomach.2باب فِي النَّوْمِ عَلَى سَطْحٍ غَيْرِ مُحَجَّرٍChapter: Sleeping on a roof that has no walls.3باب فِي النَّوْمِ عَلَى طَهَارَةٍChapter: Sleeping in a state of purity.4باب كَيْفَ يَتَوَجَّهُChapter: Which direction should one face while sleeping.5باب مَا يُقَالُ عِنْدَ النَّوْمِChapter: What to say when going to sleep.6باب مَا يَقُولُ الرَّجُلُ إِذَا تَعَارَّ مِنَ اللَّيْلِChapter: What to say if one wakes up at night.7باب فِي التَّسْبِيحِ عِنْدَ النَّوْمِChapter: Reciting Tasbih when going to sleep.8باب مَا يَقُولُ إِذَا أَصْبَحَChapter: What to say when waking up.9باب مَا يَقُولُ الرَّجُلُ إِذَا رَأَى الْهِلاَلَChapter: What a man should say when he sees the new crescent.10باب مَا يَقُولُ الرَّجُلُ إِذَا خَرَجَ مِنْ بَيْتِهِChapter: What to say when leaving one’s home.11باب مَا يَقُولُ الرَّجُلُ إِذَا دَخَلَ بَيْتَهُChapter: What a man should say when he enters his house.12باب مَا يَقُولُ إِذَا هَاجَتِ الرِّيحُChapter: What to say when a strong wind blows.13باب مَا جَاءَ فِي الْمَطَرِChapter: Regarding rain.14باب مَا جَاءَ فِي الدِّيكِ وَالْبَهَائِمِChapter: Regarding roosters and animals.15باب نهيق الحمير ونباح الكلابChapter: The braying of donkeys and barking of dogs.16باب فِي الصَّبِيِّ يُولَدُ فَيُؤَذَّنُ فِي أُذُنِهِChapter: Saying the adhan in the ear of the newborn.17باب فِي الرَّجُلِ يَسْتَعِيذُ مِنَ الرَّجُلِChapter: When one man seeks the refuge of another.18باب فِي رَدِّ الْوَسْوَسَةِChapter: Warding off waswasah.19باب فِي الرَّجُلِ يَنْتَمِي إِلَى غَيْرِ مَوَالِيهِChapter: When a man claims to belong to someone other than his master.20باب فِي التَّفَاخُرِ بِالأَحْسَابِChapter: Regarding boasting of one’s lineage.21باب فِي الْعَصَبِيَّةِChapter: Regarding tribalism.22باب إِخْبَارِ الرَّجُلِ الرَّجُلَ بِمَحَبَّتِهِ إِيَّاهُChapter: When one man loves another because of some good that he sees.23باب فِي الْمَشُورَةِChapter: Regarding consultation.24باب فِي الدَّالِّ عَلَى الْخَيْرِChapter: The one who guides others to do good.25باب فِي الْهَوَىChapter: Regarding desires.26باب فِي الشَّفَاعَةِChapter: Regarding intercession.27باب فِي الرَّجُلِ يَبْدَأُ بِنَفْسِهِ فِي الْكِتَابِChapter: A man should begin with his own name when writing a letter.28باب كَيْفَ يُكْتَبُ إِلَى الذِّمِّيِّChapter: How to write to a dhimmi.29باب فِي بِرِّ الْوَالِدَيْنِChapter: Regarding honoring one’s parents.30باب فِي فَضْلِ مَنْ عَالَ يَتَامَىChapter: The virtue of one who takes care of an orphan.31باب فِي مَنْ ضَمَّ يَتِيمًاChapter: One who takes care of an orphan.32باب فِي حَقِّ الْجِوَارِChapter: The rights of neighbors.33باب فِي حَقِّ الْمَمْلُوكِChapter: Regarding the rights of slaves.34باب مَا جَاءَ فِي الْمَمْلُوكِ إِذَا نَصَحَChapter: If a slave is sincere.35باب فِيمَنْ خَبَّبَ مَمْلُوكًا عَلَى مَوْلاَهُChapter: The one turns a slave against his master.36باب فِي الاِسْتِئْذَانِChapter: Seeking permission to enter.37باب كَيْفَ الاِسْتِئْذَانُChapter: How is permission to be sought.38باب كَمْ مَرَّةٍ يُسَلِّمُ الرَّجُلُ فِي الاِسْتِئْذَانِChapter: How many times should one say salam when seeking permission to enter.39باب الرَّجُلِ يَسْتَأْذِنُ بِالدَّقِّChapter: Asking permission to enter by knocking.40باب الرجل يدق الباب ولا يسلمChapter:.41باب فِي الرَّجُلِ يُدْعَى أَيَكُونُ ذَلِكَ إِذْنَهُChapter: If a man is invited, that is considered permission to enter.42باب الاِسْتِئْذَانِ فِي الْعَوْرَاتِ الثَّلاَثِChapter: Asking permission to enter at the three times of undress.

Opening leaves

First narrations

Abu Dawud · 5040انْطَلِقُوا بِنَا إِلَى بَيْتِ عَائِشَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهَا , فَانْطَلَقْنَا ، فَقَالَ : يَا عَائِشَةُ ، أَطْعِمِينَا فَجَاءَتْ بِحَشِيشَةٍ فَأَكَلْنَا ، ثُمَّ قَالَ : يَا عَائِشَةُ ، أَطْعِمِينَا , فَجَاءَتْ بِحَيْسNarrated Tikhfat al-Ghifari: Ya'ish ibn Tikhfat al-Ghifari said: My father was one of the people in the Suffah. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Come with us to the house of Aishah. So we went and he said: Give us food, Ai6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 5041مَنْ بَاتَ عَلَى ظَهْرِ بَيْتٍ لَيْسَ لَهُ حِجَارٌ ، فَقَدْ بَرِئَتْ مِنْهُ الذِّمَّةُNarrated Ali ibn Shayban: The Prophet ﷺ said: If anyone spends the night on the roof of a house with no stone palisade, Allah's responsibility to guard him no longer applies.6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 5042مَا مِنْ مُسْلِمٍ يَبِيتُ عَلَى ذِكْرٍ طَاهِرًا ، فَيَتَعَارُّ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ ، فَيَسْأَلُ اللَّهَ خَيْرًا مِنَ الدُّنْيَا وَالْآخِرَةِ إِلَّا أَعْطَاهُ إِيَّاهُNarrated Muadh ibn Jabal: The Prophet ﷺ said: If a Muslim sleeps while remembering Allah, in the state of purification, is alarmed while asleep at night, and asks Allah for good in this world and in the Hereafter. He sur9 narrators·parallel chainAbu Dawud · 5043قَامَ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ ، فَقَضَى حَاجَتَهُ ، فَغَسَلَ وَجْهَهُ وَيَدَيْهِ ، ثُمَّ نَامَIbn Abbas said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ got up at night, fulfilled his need and washed his face and hand and then slept. Abu Dawud said: that is to say, he urinated6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 5044كَانَ فِرَاشُ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ نَحْوًا مِمَّا يُوضَعُ الْإِنْسَانُ فِي قَبْرِهِ ، وَكَانَ الْمَسْجِدُ عِنْدَ رَأْسِهِNarrated Umm Salamah, Ummul Muminin: Some relative of Umm Salamah said: The bed of the Prophet ﷺ was set as a man is laid in his grave; the mosque was towards his head.5 narratorsAbu Dawud · 5045أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ كَانَ إِذَا أَرَادَ أَنْ يَرْقُدَ ، وَضَعَ يَدَهُ الْيُمْنَى تَحْتَ خَدِّهِ ، ثُمَّ يَقُولُ : اللَّهُمَّ قِنِي عَذَابَكَ يَوْمَ تَبْعَثُ عِبَادَكَ ثَلَاثَ مِرَارٍNarrated Hafsah, Ummul Muminin: When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ wanted to go to sleep, he put his right hand under his cheek and would then say three times: O Allah, guard me from Thy punishment on the day when Thou raises6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 5046إِذَا أَتَيْتَ مَضْجَعَكَ ، فَتَوَضَّأْ وُضُوءَكَ لِلصَّلَاةِ ، ثُمَّ اضْطَجِعْ عَلَى شِقِّكَ الْأَيْمَنِ ، وَقُلْ : اللَّهُمَّ أَسْلَمْتُ وَجْهِي إِلَيْكَ ، وَفَوَّضْتُ أَمْرِي إِلَيْكَ ، وَأَلْجَأْتُ ظَهْرِي إِلَيْكَ ،Al-Bara bin Azib said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to me: When you go to your bed, perform ablution like the ablution for prayer, and then lie on your right side and say: O Allah I have handed over my face to thee, ent5 narratorsAbu Dawud · 5047حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ ، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى ، عَنْ فِطْرِ بْنِ خَلِيفَةَ ، قَالَ : سَمِعْتُ سَعْدَ بْنَ عُبَيْدَةَ ، قَالَ : سَمِعْتُ الْبَرَاءَ بْنَ عَازِبٍ ، قَالَ : قال لِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيAl-Bara bin Azib said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to me: when you go to bed while you are in the state of purification, lay your head on your right hand. He then mentioned the rest of the tradition in a similar manner5 narratorsAbu Dawud · 5048حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ الْغَزَّالُ ، حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يُوسُفَ ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ ، عَنْ الْأَعْمَشِ , وَمَنْصُورٍ ، عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ عُبَيْدَةَ ، عَنْ الْبَرَاءِ ، عَنِ النّThe tradition mentioned above has also been transmitted by al-Bara bin Azil from the prophet ﷺ to the same effect through a different chain of narrators. One transmitter said: when you go to your bed while you are in the7 narratorsAbu Dawud · 5049كَانَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِذَا نَامَ ، قَالَ : اللَّهُمَّ بِاسْمِكَ أَحْيَا وَأَمُوتُ ، وَإِذَا اسْتَيْقَظَ ، قَالَ : الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي أَحْيَانَا بَعْدَ مَا أَمَاتَنَا ، وَإِلَيْهِ النّHudhaifah said: when the prophet ﷺ lay down on his bed (at night), he would say: O Allah! In Thy name I die and live. When he awoke, he said: praise be to Allah who has given us life after causing us to die and to whom w6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 5050إِذَا أَوَى أَحَدُكُمْ إِلَى فِرَاشِهِ ، فَلْيَنْفُضْ فِرَاشَهُ بِدَاخِلَةِ إِزَارِهِ ، فَإِنَّهُ لَا يَدْرِي مَا خَلَفَهُ عَلَيْهِ ، ثُمَّ لِيَضْطَجِعْ عَلَى شِقِّهِ الْأَيْمَنِ ، ثُمَّ لِيَقُلْ : بِاسْمِكَ رَبِّي وَضَعAbu Hurairah reported the Messenger of Allah ﷺ as saying: when any of you goes to his bed, he should dust his bedding with the inner extremity of his lower garment, for he does not know what has come on it since he left 6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 5051إِذَا أَوَى إِلَى فِرَاشِهِ : اللَّهُمَّ رَبَّ السَّمَوَاتِ وَرَبَّ الْأَرْضِ وَرَبَّ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ ، فَالِقَ الْحَبِّ وَالنَّوَى ، مُنَزِّلَ التَّوْرَاةِ وَالْإِنْجِيلِ وَالْقُرْآنِ ، أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّ كُلِّ ذِي شَAbu Hurairah said: when the prophet ﷺ went to his bed, he used to say: O Allah! Lord of the heavens, Lord of the earth, Lord of everything, who splittest the grain and the kernel, who hast sent down the Torah, forelock T7 narrators·parallel chain