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Abu Dawud al-Sijistani

Islamic hadith scholar (c. 817 – 889)

Summary

Islamic hadith scholar (c. 817 – 889)

Field	Value
religion	Islam
era	Islamic golden age
(Abbasid era)
image	Abu Da'ud al-Sijistani (d. 889 AD); Kitab al-sunan, probably Andalusia, 13th century.jpg
caption	Manuscript of al-Sijistani's Kitab al-sunan, probably created in Al-Andalus, dated 13th century
name	Abu Dawud al-Sijistani
birth_date	817–18 CE / 202 AH
birth_place	Sistan, Abbasid Caliphate
death_date	889 CE / 275 AH
death_place	Basra, Abbasid Caliphate
denomination	Sunni
occupation	muhaddith
main_interests	ḥadīth and fiqh
influences	Ibrahim ibn Ya'qub al-Juzajani, Ahmad ibn Hanbal, Ali ibn al-Madini, Ishaq Ibn Rahwayh, Yahya ibn Ma'in
influenced	Tirmidhi, Al-Nasa'i
works	Sunan Abī Dāwūd

(Abbasid era) Abū Dāwūd (Dā’ūd) Sulaymān ibn al-Ash‘ath ibn Isḥāq al-Azdī al-Sijistānī (), commonly known as Abū Dāwūd al-Sijistānī, was a scholar of prophetic hadith who compiled the third of the six "canonical" hadith collections recognized by Sunni Muslims, the Sunan Abu Dāwūd.

Biography

A Persian of Arab descent, Abū Dā’ūd was born in Sistan and died in 889 in Basra. He travelled widely collecting ḥadīth (traditions) from scholars in numerous locations including Iraq, Egypt, Syria, Hijaz, Tihamah, Nishapur and Merv. His focus on legal ḥadīth arose from a particular interest in fiqh (law). His collection included 4,800 ḥadīth, selected from some 500,000. His son, Abū Bakr ‘Abd Allāh ibn Abī Dawud (died 928/929), was a well known ḥāfiẓ and author of Kitāb al-Masābīh, whose famous pupil was Abū 'Abd Allāh al-Marzubānī.

School of thought and Quotes

Abu Dawud has stated: "From this book of mine four Hadith are sufficient for an intelligent and insightful person. They are:

Deeds are to be judged only by intentions.Shahih Al Bukhari, Imam Al Bukthari, Vol.1 Book 1 Hadith 1
Part of a man's good observance of Islam is that he leaves alone that which does not concern him.
None of you can be a believer unless you love for your brother that which you love for yourself.
The permitted (halal) is clear, and the forbidden (haram) is clear, between these two are doubtful matters. Whosoever abstains from these doubtful matters has saved his religion."

Works

Principal among his twenty-one works are:

Sunan Abu Dāwūd: contains 4,800 hadithmostly sahih (authenticated), some marked ḍaʿīf (unauthenticated)usually numbered after the edition of Muhammad Muhyi al-Din Abd al-Hamid (Cairo: Matbaat Mustafa Muhammad, 1354 AH/1935 CE), where 5,274 are distinguished. Islamic scholar Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani, and some others, believe a number of the unmarked hadith are ḍaʿīf.
Kitab al-Marāsīl lists 600 extensively investigated sahih mursal hadith.
Risālat Abu Dāwūd ilā Ahli Makkah: letter to the people of Makkah describing his Sunan Abu Dāwūd collection.

References

Bibliography

References

Al-Bastawī, ʻAbd al-ʻAlīm ʻAbd al-ʻAẓīm. (1990). "Al-Imām al-Jūzajānī wa-manhajuhu fi al-jarḥ wa-al-taʻdīl". Maktabat Dār al-Ṭaḥāwī.
(1975-06-26). "The Cambridge History of Iran". Cambridge University Press.
"Imam Abu Dawud".
"Translation of the ''Risālah'' by Abū Dāwūd".

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