At a glance
- Era
- Abbasid Fragmentation
- Region
- Levant & Iraq
- Review
- Completeness 2/5 · Help complete it
In time
In space
Map: Natural Earth, public domain · places and route from the graph
Overview
What was said of him
Musa ibn Harun said: Abu Dawud was created in this world for hadith and in the hereafter for Paradise; and Zakariyya al-Saji said: the Book of God is the foundation of Islam, and the book of Abu Dawud is its covenant 3. His Sunan was transmitted by Abu 'Ali al-Lu'lu'i, Abu Bakr ibn Dasa, Abu Sa'id ibn al-A'rabi and others, al-Lu'lu'i's recension becoming the most favoured 4 2.
Connections
- Had participant
- Abu Dawud al-Sijistani
- Occurred at
- Basra
People and things also explored
Abu Dawud's first journey: Baghdad, Basra and Mecca, 220/835· Al-Muwaffaq's three wishes: Abu Dawud settles at Basra, c. 272/885· Abu Dawud al-Sijistani· Basra· Great Mosque of Basra· Qasr Qubadh / the Hajjaj palace at Basra· Abu Dawud's wider journey: Egypt, the Jazira, Harran and Aleppo· Abu Dawud in Khurasan: Qutayba and Ibn Rahwayh, before 240/854
Sources
- Tarikh al-Islam wa-Wafayat al-Mashahir wa-l-A'lam — al-Dhahabi , p. 362
- Encyclopaedia of Islam, 2nd edition (Leiden: Brill, 1954–2008), 13 volumes , vol. 1 p. 133
- Tarikh al-Islam wa-Wafayat al-Mashahir wa-l-A'lam — al-Dhahabi , p. 360
- Tarikh al-Islam wa-Wafayat al-Mashahir wa-l-A'lam — al-Dhahabi , p. 359
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Death of Abu Dawud al-Sijistani at Basra, 16 Shawwal 275/Feb 889”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/death-abu-dawud-basra-275/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-11-01.