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.

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instanceOf Kutub al-Sittah collection
hadith collection
alsoKnownAs Sunan Abi Dawud
linked to: Sunan Abu Dawud

Sunan Abī Dāwūd
linked to: Sunan Abu Dawud
author Abu Dawud al-Sijistani
canonicalSetIncludes Sahih Muslim
Sahih al-Bukhari
Sunan Ibn Majah
Sunan al-Nasaʾi
linked to: Sunan al-Nasa’i

Sunan al-Tirmidhi
linked to: Jami 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
linked to: Islamic 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

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Sunnah recordedIn Sunan Abu Dawud
Umm Salama narratedHadithFoundIn Sunan Abu Dawud
Sahih Muslim relatedWork Sunan Abu Dawud
Sunan Abu Dawud alsoKnownAs Sunan Abi Dawud
linked to: Sunan Abu Dawud
Sunan Abu Dawud alsoKnownAs Sunan Abī Dāwūd
linked to: Sunan Abu Dawud
Jami al-Tirmidhi relatedWork Sunan Abi Dawud
linked to: Sunan Abu Dawud
Sunan al-Nasa’i relatedWork Sunan Abi Dawud
linked to: Sunan Abu Dawud
Sunan Ibn Majah relatedWork Sunan Abu Dawud
Kutub al-Sittah hasPart Sunan Abi Dawud
linked to: Sunan Abu Dawud
ʿAwn al-Maʿbūd mainWorkOn Sunan Abu Dawud
ʿAwn al-Maʿbūd basedOn Sunan Abu Dawud
Badhl al-Majhud commentaryOn Sunan Abu Dawud
Badhl al-Majhud basedOn Sunan Abu Dawud
ʿAwn al-Maʿbūd ʿala Sunan Abi Dawud commentaryOn Sunan Abi Dawud
linked to: Sunan Abu Dawud
ʿAwn al-Maʿbūd ʿala Sunan Abi Dawud associatedWork Sunan Abi Dawud
linked to: Sunan Abu Dawud
Al-Jamiʿ al-Kabir relatedWork Sunan Abi Dawud
linked to: Sunan Abu Dawud
Abu Dawud al-Sijistani notableWork Sunan Abu Dawud
Abu Dawud al-Sijistani authorOf Sunan Abu Dawud
Abu Dawud al-Sijistani collectionStatus Sunan Abu Dawud is one of the six major Sunni hadith collections
linked to: Sunan Abu Dawud
Sunan collections includes Sunan Abu Dawud
Kitab al-Diyat appearsIn Sunan Abi Dawud
linked to: Sunan Abu Dawud