Sunan Abu Dawud
One of the Kutub al-Sittah (Six Major Collections). Focuses primarily on hadith related to Islamic jurisprudence (fiqh). Abu Dawud selected 5,274 hadith from 500,000 narrations.
Hadith
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: 'Command your children to pray when they become seven years old, and discipline them for it when they become ten.'
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: 'The upper hand is better than the lower hand. The upper hand is the one that gives and the lower hand is the one that receives.'
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: 'The truthful and trustworthy merchant will be with the prophets, the truthful, and the martyrs.'
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: 'Modesty is a branch of faith.'
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: 'Nothing repels the divine decree except supplication, and nothing increases one's lifespan except righteousness.'
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: 'The most perfect of believers in faith are those who are best in character. And the best of you are those who are best to their women.'
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: 'He who does not show mercy to our young ones and respect to our old ones is not one of us.'
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: 'Truthfulness leads to righteousness, and righteousness leads to Paradise. A person continues to be truthful until he is recorded with Allah as a truthful person.'
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: 'Allah is gentle and He loves gentleness. He rewards for gentleness what is not granted for harshness and He does not reward anything else like it.'
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: 'The scholars are the heirs of the prophets. The prophets do not leave behind dinars or dirhams; they only leave behind knowledge. Whoever takes it has taken an abundant share.'