Narrations in Sunan Abu Dawud

Narrated Muhammad ibn Yahya ibn Habban: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: What is the harm if any of you has two garments, if he can provide them, for Friday (prayer) in addition to the two garments for his daily work? Amr reported from Ibn Habib from Musa ibn Saad from Ibn Habban from Ibn Salam who heard this (tradition) from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ on the pulpit. Abu Dawud said: This tradition has been reported by Yusuf bin Abdullah bin Salam from the Prophet ﷺ through a different chain of narrators.

Narrated Umm Maqil: When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ performed the Farewell Pilgrimage, and we had a camel, Abu Maqil dedicated it to the cause of Allah. Then we suffered from a disease, and Abu Maqil died. The Prophet ﷺ went out (for hajj). When he finished the hajj, I came to him. He said (to me): Umm Maqil, what prevented you from coming out for hajj along with us? She said: We resolved (to do so), but Abu Maqil died. We had a camel on which we could perform hajj, but Abu Maqil had bequeathed it to the cause of Allah. He said: Why did you not go out (for hajj) upon it, for hajj is in the cause of Allah? If you miss this hajj along with us, perform Umrah during Ramadan, for it is like hajj. She used to say: hajj is hajj, and Umrah is Umrah. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said it to me: I do not know whether it was peculiar to me.

Narrated Khuwaylah, daughter of Malik ibn Thalabah: My husband, Aws ibn as-Samit, pronounced the words: You are like my mother. So I came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, complaining to him about my husband. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ disputed with me and said: Remain dutiful to Allah; he is your cousin. I continued (complaining) until the Quranic verse came down: "Certainly has Allah heard the speech of the one who argues with you, [O Muhammad], concerning her husband. . . " [58: 1] till the prescription of expiation. He then said: He should set free a slave. She said: He cannot afford it. He said: He should fast for two consecutive months. She said: Messenger of Allah, he is an old man; he cannot keep fasts. He said: He should feed sixty poor people. She said: He has nothing which he may give in alms. At that moment an araq (i. e. date-basket holding fifteen or sixteen sa's) was brought to him. I said: I shall help him with another date-basked ('araq). He said: You have done well. Go and feed sixty poor people on his behalf, and return to your cousin. The narrator said: An araq holds sixty sa's of dates. Abu Dawud said: She atoned on his behalf without seeking his permission. Abu Dawud said: This man (Aws bin al-Samit) is the brother of Ubadah bin al-Samit.

Narrated Yusuf ibn Abdullah ibn Salam: I saw that the Prophet ﷺ put a date on a loaf and said: This is a thing eaten with bread (condiments).

A similar tradition has also been transmitted by Yusuf bin Abdullah bin Salam through a different chain of narrators.

Narrated Yusuf ibn Abdullah ibn Salam: I saw that the Prophet ﷺ took a piece of break of barley and put a date on it and said: This is the condiment of this.

Narrated Abdullah ibn Salam: When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ sat talking (to the people), he would often raise his eyes to the sky.