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Sunan Abu Dawud 1285

Chapter: The Duha Prayer

Authentic 4 scholars’ grades Sunan Abu Dawud 1285

Narrator:Abu Dharr

حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مَنِيعٍ، عَنْ عَبَّادِ بْنِ عَبَّادٍ، ح وَحَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ، حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ، - الْمَعْنَى - عَنْ وَاصِلٍ، عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ عُقَيْلٍ، عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ يَعْمُرَ، عَنْ أَبِي ذَرٍّ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ ‏"‏

يُصْبِحُ عَلَى كُلِّ سُلاَمَى مِنِ ابْنِ آدَمَ صَدَقَةٌ تَسْلِيمُهُ عَلَى مَنْ لَقِيَ صَدَقَةٌ وَأَمْرُهُ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ صَدَقَةٌ وَنَهْيُهُ عَنِ الْمُنْكَرِ صَدَقَةٌ وَإِمَاطَتُهُ الأَذَى عَنِ الطَّرِيقِ صَدَقَةٌ وَبُضْعَةُ أَهْلِهِ صَدَقَةٌ وَيُجْزِئُ مِنْ ذَلِكَ كُلِّهِ رَكْعَتَانِ مِنَ الضُّحَى ‏"

Narrated Abu Dharr:

The Prophet (ﷺ) as saying: In the morning alms are due for every bone in man's body. His salutation to everyone he meets is alms, his enjoining good is alms, his forbidding what is evil is alms, the removal of harmful thing from the way is alms, to have sexual intercourse with one's wife if alms, and two rak'ahs which one prays in the Duha serve instead of that.

Abu Dawud said: The tradition narrated by 'Abbad is more perfect (than the version narrated by Musaddad). Musaddad did not mention in his version "the command (of good) and the prohibition (of evil)". Instead, he added in his version saying: "Such and such." Ibn Ma'na added in his version: "They (the people) said: Messenger of Allah, how is that one of us fulfills his desire and still there are alms for him (i.e. is rewarded)? He replied: What do you think if you had unlawful sexual intercourse, would he not have been a sinner ?

Reported by Abu Dawud (No. 1285, 5243).

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Classical commentary

Al-Azimabadi — Awn al-Ma'bud

( يَحْيَى بْن عُقَيْل ) : بِضَمِّ الْعَيْن قَالَهُ السُّيُوطِيُّ ( عَلَى كُلّ سُلَامَى ) : هُوَ بِضَمِّ السِّين وَتَخْفِيف اللَّام وَأَصْله عِظَام الْأَصَابِع وَسَائِر الْكَفّ ثُمَّ اِسْتُعْمِلَ فِي جَمِيع عِظَام الْبَدَن وَمَفَاصِله. وَفِي صَحِيح مُسْلِم أَنَّ رَسُول اللَّه صَلَّى اللَّه عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ : " خُلِقَ الْإِنْسَان عَلَى سِتِّينَ وَثَلَاثمِائَةِ مِفْصَل عَلَى كُلّ مِفْصَل صَدَقَة " قَالَهُ النَّوَوِيّ : وَفِي النِّهَايَة السُّلَامَى جَمْع سُلَامِيَة وَهِيَ الْأُنْمُلَة مِنْ أَنَامِل الْأَصَابِع , وَقِيلَ وَاحِده وَجَمْعه سَوَاء وَيُجْمَع عَلَى سُلَامَيَات وَهِيَ الَّتِي بَيْن كُلّ مِفْصَلَيْنِ مِنْ أَصَابِع الْإِنْسَان وَقِيلَ السُّلَامَى كُلّ عَظْم مُجَوَّف مِنْ صِغَار…

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Scholars’ grades

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Al-Albanid. 1420 AH AuthenticSahih صحيح The hadith No. 1285
Shu'ayb al-Arna'utd. 1438 AH AuthenticSahih The hadith No. 1285
Zubair Ali Zaid. 1435 AH AuthenticSahih The hadith No. 1285
Muhammad Muhyi al-Din Abd al-Hamidd. 1392 AH AuthenticSahih The hadith No. 1285

Other versions

Authentic Sunan Abu Dawud 5243

The Prophet (ﷺ) said: In the morning alms are due from every bone in man's fingers and toes. 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. The…

يُصْبِحُ عَلَى كُلِّ سُلاَمَى مِنِ ابْنِ آدَمَ صَدَقَةٌ تَسْلِيمُهُ عَلَى مَنْ لَقِيَ صَدَقَةٌ وَأَمْرُهُ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ صَدَقَةٌ وَنَهْيُهُ عَنِ الْمُنْكَرِ صَدَقَةٌ وَإِمَاطَتُهُ الأَذَى عَنِ الطَّرِيقِ صَدَقَةٌ…

Narrated by Abu Dharr

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  • الأمر بالمعروف والنهي عن المنكر لابن أبي الدنيا (103)يُصْبِحُ عَلَى كُلِّ سُلامَى مِنَ ابْنِ آدَمَ صَدَقَةَ ، تَسْلِيمُهُ عَلَى مَنْ لَقِيَ صَدَقَةٌ ، وَأَمْرُهُ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ صَدَقَةٌ ، وَنَهْيُهُ عَنِ الْمُنْكَرِ صَدَقَةٌ ، وَإِمَاطَةُ الأَذَى عَنِ الطَّرِيقِ صَدَقَةٌ ، وَبِضْعَةُ أَهْلِهِ صَدَقَةٌ ، قَالُوا : يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ، يَأْتِي شَهْوَةً

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