Narrated Abdullah ibn Abbas: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to prostrate and sleep (in prostration) and produce puffing sounds (during sleep). Then he would stand and pray and would not perform ablution. I said to him: you prayed but did not perform ablution though you slept (in prostration). He replied: Ablution is necessary for one who sleeps while he is lying down. Uthman and Hannad added: For when he lies down, his joints are relaxed. Abu Dawud said: The statement "ablution is necessary for one who sleeps while one is lying down" is a munkar (rejected) tradition. It has been narrated only by Yazid Abu Khalid al-Dalani, on the authority of Qatadah. And its earlier part has been narrated by a group (of narrators) from Ibn Abbas; they did not mention anything about it. He (Ibn Abbas) said: The Prophet ﷺ was protected (during his sleep). Aishah reported: The Prophet ﷺ said: My eyes sleep, but my heart does not sleep. Shubah said: Qatadah heard from Abul-Aliyah only four traditions: the tradition about Jonah son of Matthew, the tradition reported by Ibn Umar about prayer, the tradition stating that the judges are three, and the tradition narrated by Ibn Abbas saying: (This tradition) has been narrated to me by reliable persons ; Umar is one of them, and the most reliable of them in my opinion is Umar. Abu Dawud said: I asked Ahmad bin Hanbal about the tradition narrated by Yazid al-Dalani. He rebuked me out of respect for him. Then he said: Yazid al-Dalani does not add anything to what has been narrated by the teachers of Qatadah. He did not care of this tradition (due to its weakness).

Narrated Aishah, Ummul Muminin: When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ began his prayer, he said: "Glory be to Thee, O Allah, " and "Praise be to Thee" and "Blessed is Thy name, and Exalted is Thy greatness, sand there is no god but Allah. " Abu Dawud said: This tradition is not well known from Abd al-Salam bin Harb. No one narrated this except Talq bin Ghannam. A group of narrators reported the description of prayer from (the narrator) Budail; they did not mention therein this supplication.

Saad said When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ took the oath of allegiance from woman, a woman of high rank, who seemed to be one of the women of Mudar, rose and said Prophet of Allah ﷺ, we are dependant on our parents, our sons. (Abu Dawud said I think (this version) has the word “ and our husbands”. ) So what part of their property can be spent lawfully? He said Fresh food which you eat and give as a present. Abu Dawud said The Arabic word ratb means bread, vegetables and fresh dates. Abu Dawud said Al-Thawri transmitted from Yunus in a similar manner.

Abu Tamimah reported from a man of his tribe “The Prophet ﷺ heard a man say his wife “O my younger sister! So he prohibited him (addressing his wife in this manner) Abu Dawud said “This tradition has also been transmitted by Abd Al Aziz bin Al Mukhtar from Khalid from Abu Uthman from Abu Thamimah from the Prophet ﷺ. This has also been narrated by Shubah from Khalid from a man on the authority of Abu Thamimah from the Prophet ﷺ.

According to the version of Al Nufaili, Aishah said “The Prophet ﷺ used to pass by a patient while he was observing I’tikaf (in the mosque) but he passed as usual and did not stay asking about him. ” According to the version of Ibn Isa she said “The Prophet ﷺ would visit a patient while he was observing I’tikaf. ”

Narrated Ali ibn Abu Talib: Ali separated between a slave-girl and her child. The Prophet ﷺ prohibited it and made the sale transactions withdrawn. Abu Dawud said: The narrator Maimun (b. Abi Shaib) did not meet Ali. He (Maimun) was killed in the battle of Jamajim in 83 A. H. Abu Dawud said: The battle of Harrah took place in 63 A. H., and Ibn al-Zubair was killed in 73 A. H.

Narrated A man of Banu Taghlib: Harb ibn Ubaydullah ibn Umayr ath-Thaqafi told on the authority of his grandfather, a man of Banu Taghlib: I came to the Prophet ﷺ, embraced Islam, and he taught me Islam. He also taught me how I should take sadaqah from my people who had become Muslim. I then returned to him and said: Messenger of Allah, I remembered whatever you taught me except the sadaqah. Should I levy tithe on them? He replied: No, tithes are to be levied on Christians and Jews.

Narrated Abdur Rahman al-Himyari: 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.

Narrated Abu Hurairah: The Prophet ﷺ said: Gabriel came and taking me by the hand showed the gate of Paradise by which my people will enter. Abu Bakr then said: Messenger of Allah! I wish I had been with you so that I might have looked at it. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ then said: You, Abu Bakr, will be the first of my people to enter Paradise.

Narrated Ubayd ibn Rifaah az-Zuraqi: The Prophet ﷺ said: Invoke a blessing on one who sneezes three times; (and if he sneezes more often), then if you wish to invoke a blessing on him, you may invoke, and if you wish (to stop), then stop.