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
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hadith collection → |
| alsoKnownAs |
Sunan Abi Dawud
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Sunan Abī Dāwūd → |
| author |
Abu Dawud al-Sijistani
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| canonicalSetIncludes |
Sahih Muslim
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Sahih al-Bukhari → Sunan Ibn Majah → Sunan al-Nasaʾi → Sunan al-Tirmidhi → |
| compilerBirthPlace |
Sijistan
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| compilerDeathYear |
889 CE
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| compilerDeathYearHijri |
275 AH
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| compilerFullName |
Abu Dawud Sulayman ibn al-Ashʿath al-Sijistani
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| contains |
both sahih and hasan narrations
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hadith with full isnad chains → some weak (daʿif) narrations with notes → |
| focus |
Islamic legal rulings (fiqh)
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prophetic practice (sunnah) → |
| hasCommentary |
Badhl al-Majhud
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ʿAwn al-Maʿbūd → ʿAwn al-Maʿbūd ʿala Sunan Abi Dawud → |
| influenceOn |
Sunni fiqh schools
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| language |
Arabic
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| methodologicalNote |
compiler selected hadith mainly relevant to legal rulings
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compiler sometimes indicates weak narrations → |
| numberOfHadith |
about 4800
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| partOf |
Kutub al-Sittah
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| primaryUse |
deriving Islamic legal rulings
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study of prophetic traditions → |
| recognizedAs |
third in rank among Kutub al-Sittah by many scholars
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| recognizedBy |
classical Sunni scholars
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| regionOfInfluence |
Muslim world
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| religiousGenre |
Hadith
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| religiousTradition |
Sunni Islam
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| statusInSunniIslam |
highly regarded for legal evidences
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one of the six canonical books of hadith → |
| structure |
organized by legal chapters (abwab al-fiqh)
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| subject |
Islamic jurisprudence
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criminal law and punishments → ethics and manners (adab) → marriage and family law → ritual worship (ʿibadat) → transactions (muʿamalat) → |
| timeOfCompilation |
9th century CE
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| transmission |
preserved through scholarly isnad chains
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| typeOfWork |
Sunan-type hadith collection
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| usedBy |
Sunni jurists
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| usedIn |
traditional madrasah curricula
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Referenced by (8)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
|
Jami al-Tirmidhi
("Sunan Abi Dawud")
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Sahih Muslim → Sunan Ibn Majah → Sunan al-Nasa’i ("Sunan Abi Dawud") → |
relatedWork |
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Sunan Abu Dawud
("Sunan Abi Dawud")
→
Sunan Abu Dawud ("Sunan Abī Dāwūd") → |
alsoKnownAs |
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Umm Salama
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narratedHadithFoundIn |
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Sunnah
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recordedIn |