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Abu Dawud's first journey: Baghdad, Basra and Mecca, 220/835

أول رحلة أبي داود: بغداد والبصرة ومكة ٢٢٠هـ

c. 835 CE · 220 AH

Baghdad → Basra → Mecca

In his own words, reported by Abu Ubayd al-Ajurri: he prayed over 'Affan at Baghdad in 220; he entered Basra as they were saying Uthman ibn al-Haytham the mu'adhdhin had died the day before — he had died in Rajab 220 — hearing Abu 'Amr al-Darir in a single session and following 'Umar ibn Hafs ibn Ghiyath home without hearing him; and at Mecca, in the pilgrimage days of 220, he heard al-Qa'nabi, Sulayman ibn Harb and others 1.

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Era
The Early Abbasid Caliphate
Region
Levant & Iraq · Arabia
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In time

820830840850 c.
The Early Abbasid Caliphate

In space

BaghdadBasraMecca

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Overview

In the year twenty and two hundred, Abu Dawud prayed over 'Affan at Baghdad, then entered Basra as they were saying that 'Uthman ibn al-Haytham the mu'adhdhin had died the day before — he had died in Rajab of that year — and heard Abu 'Amr al-Darir in a single session there 1.

Hearings at Mecca in the pilgrimage days

In the pilgrimage days of the same year he heard al-Qa'nabi, Sulayman ibn Harb and others at Mecca 1, and at Basra he heard Muslim ibn Ibrahim, 'Ubaydallah ibn Raja', Abu al-Walid, Abu Salama al-Tabudhaki and a circle of teachers 1.

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Had participant
Abu Dawud al-Sijistani· Al Qanabi· Sulayman ibn Harb· 'Affan ibn Muslim al-Saffar
Occurred at
Baghdad· Basra· Mecca

People and things also explored

Abu Dawud al-Sijistani· Al-Muwaffaq's three wishes: Abu Dawud settles at Basra, c. 272/885· The Sunan composed and shown to Ahmad ibn Hanbal, before 241/855· Death of Abu Dawud al-Sijistani at Basra, 16 Shawwal 275/Feb 889· Ibn ʿAbbās quits Basra for Mecca (40 AH)· Al-Qushayri's first hadith dictation sessions, 437/1046· Al-Sam'ani's first great hadith journey, 529-538/1135-1143· Abu al-Hasan al-Ash'ari

Sources

  1. Tarikh al-Islam wa-Wafayat al-Mashahir wa-l-A'lam — al-Dhahabi , p. 358
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islam.museum contributors. “Abu Dawud's first journey: Baghdad, Basra and Mecca, 220/835”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/abu-dawud-iraq-hijaz-hearings-220/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-11-01.

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Abu Dawud al-Sijistani

The muhaddith of Sijistan, author of the Sunan counted among the six books; he travelled for hadith to Basra, Baghdad, Khurasan, al-Sham and Egypt, and selected four thousand eight hundred traditions out of five hundred thousand, arranged by legal chapter.