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Overview
"Sunan Abi Dawud" by Sulayman ibn al-Ash'ath al-Sijistani (202–275 AH) (his biography). It is one of the Six Books. 1
Its author arranged it by the chapters of jurisprudence, confining himself to hadiths on legal rulings. In his letter to the people of Mecca he set out his method, both for what he included and for what he left out. 1
Structure and size
Sunnah.com gives Sunan Abi Dawud as 5,274 hadith in 43 books 2.
Connections
- Authored by
- Abu Dawud al-Sijistani
- Part of
- The Six Books
People and things also explored
Muwatta of Imam Malik· The Six Books· Jami' al-Tirmidhi· Sahih al-Bukhari· Sahih Muslim· Sunan al-Nasa'i· Sunan Ibn Majah· Abu Dawud al-Sijistani
Sources
- Sunan Abi Dawud
- Sunnah.com — hadith collections , abudawud
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islam.museum contributors. “Sunan Abi Dawud”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/work/sunan-abi-dawud/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-24.