Who wrote Sunan Abu Dawud?
Abu Dawud al-Sijistani
Sunan Abu Dawood/Authors
Is Sunan authentic?
Since the author collected hadiths which no one had ever assembled together, his sunan has been accepted as a standard work by scholars from many parts of the Islamic world, especially after Ibn al-Qaisarani’s inclusion of it in the formal canonization of the six major collections.
When was Sunan Abu Dawud written?
Sunan Abu Dawud /
| Main Author: | Abū Dāʾūd Sulaymān ibn al-Ashʻath al-Sijistānī, 817 or 18-889. |
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| Other Authors: | Hasan, Ahmad, 1932- |
| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English Arabic |
| Published: | New Delhi : Kitab Bhavan, 1990. |
How many hadith books are there?
six books
In the Sunni branch of Islam, the canonical hadith collections are the six books, of which Sahih al-Bukhari and Sahih Muslim generally have the highest status. The other books of hadith are Sunan Abu Dawood, Jami’ al-Tirmidhi, Al-Sunan al-Sughra and Sunan ibn Majah.