Sunan Abu Dawud

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Sunan Abu Dawud is one of the six major Sunni hadith collections, compiled by the scholar Abu Dawud and highly regarded for its focus on legal rulings and prophetic practice.

Aliases (2)

Statements (49)
Predicate Object
instanceOf Kutub al-Sittah collection
hadith collection
alsoKnownAs Sunan Abi Dawud
Sunan Abī Dāwūd
author Abu Dawud al-Sijistani
canonicalSetIncludes Sahih Muslim
Sahih al-Bukhari
Sunan Ibn Majah
Sunan al-Nasaʾi
Sunan al-Tirmidhi
compilerBirthPlace Sijistan
compilerDeathYear 889 CE
compilerDeathYearHijri 275 AH
compilerFullName Abu Dawud Sulayman ibn al-Ashʿath al-Sijistani
contains both sahih and hasan narrations
hadith with full isnad chains
some weak (daʿif) narrations with notes
focus Islamic legal rulings (fiqh)
prophetic practice (sunnah)
hasCommentary Badhl al-Majhud
ʿAwn al-Maʿbūd
ʿAwn al-Maʿbūd ʿala Sunan Abi Dawud
influenceOn Sunni fiqh schools
language Arabic
methodologicalNote compiler selected hadith mainly relevant to legal rulings
compiler sometimes indicates weak narrations
numberOfHadith about 4800
partOf Kutub al-Sittah
primaryUse deriving Islamic legal rulings
study of prophetic traditions
recognizedAs third in rank among Kutub al-Sittah by many scholars
recognizedBy classical Sunni scholars
regionOfInfluence Muslim world
religiousGenre Hadith
religiousTradition Sunni Islam
statusInSunniIslam highly regarded for legal evidences
one of the six canonical books of hadith
structure organized by legal chapters (abwab al-fiqh)
subject Islamic jurisprudence
criminal law and punishments
ethics and manners (adab)
marriage and family law
ritual worship (ʿibadat)
transactions (muʿamalat)
timeOfCompilation 9th century CE
transmission preserved through scholarly isnad chains
typeOfWork Sunan-type hadith collection
usedBy Sunni jurists
usedIn traditional madrasah curricula

Referenced by (8)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Jami al-Tirmidhi ("Sunan Abi Dawud")
Sahih Muslim
Sunan Ibn Majah
Sunan al-Nasa’i ("Sunan Abi Dawud")
relatedWork
Sunan Abu Dawud ("Sunan Abi Dawud")
Sunan Abu Dawud ("Sunan Abī Dāwūd")
alsoKnownAs
Umm Salama
narratedHadithFoundIn
Sunnah
recordedIn

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