Abu Dawud al-Sijistani in the context of "Six Books"

⭐ In the context of the *Kutub al-Sittah*, Abu Dawud al-Sijistani is primarily known for compiling which type of religious text?

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⭐ Core Definition: Abu Dawud al-Sijistani

Abū Dāwūd (Dā’ūd) Sulaymān ibn al-Ash‘ath ibn Isḥāq al-Azdī al-Sijistānī (Arabic: أبو داود سليمان بن الأشعث الأزدي السجستاني), 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.

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👉 Abu Dawud al-Sijistani in the context of Six Books

Kutub al-Sittah (Arabic: ٱلْكُتُب ٱلسِّتَّة, romanizedal-Kutub al-Sitta, lit.'the Six Books'), also known as al-Sihah al-Sitta (Arabic: الصحاح الستة, romanizedal-Ṣiḥāḥ al-Sitta, lit.'the Authentic Six') are the six canonical hadith collections of Sunni Islam. They were all compiled in the 9th and early 10th centuries, roughly from 840 to 912 CE and are thought to embody the Sunnah of Muhammad.

The books are the Sahih of al-Bukhari (d. 870), the Sahih of Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj (d. 875), the Sunan of Abu Dawud (d. 889), the Sunan of al-Tirmidhi (d. 892), the Sunan of al-Nasa'i (d. 915), and the Sunan of Ibn Majah (d. 887 or 889) as the sixth book, though some (particularly the Malikis and Ibn al-Athir) instead listed the Muwatta of Malik ibn Anas (d. 795) as the sixth book, and other scholars list Sunan of al-Daraqutni (d. 995) as the sixth book. Sunan ibn Majah largely won out as the sixth canonical book because its content has less overlap with the other five compared with its two contenders.

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Abu Dawud al-Sijistani in the context of Sunan Abi Dawud

Sunan Abi Dawud (Arabic: سنن أبي داود, romanizedSunan Abī Dāwūd) is the third hadith collection of the Six Books of Sunni Islam. It was compiled by scholar Abu Dawud al-Sijistani (d. 889).

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