Abu Dawud al-Sijistani

Abu Dawud al-Sijistani
Manuscript of al-Sijistani's Kitab al-sunan, probably created in Al-Andalus, dated 13th century
Personal
Born817–18 CE / 202 AH
Died889 CE / 275 AH
Basra, Abbasid Caliphate
ReligionIslam
EraIslamic golden age
(Abbasid era)
DenominationSunni
SchoolHanbali
CreedAthari[1][2]
Main interest(s)ḥadīth and fiqh
Notable work(s)Sunan Abī Dāwūd
Occupationmuhaddith
Muslim leader
Influenced

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.

  1. ^ El Shamsy, Ahmed (2013). "Chapter 8: Canonization beyond the Shafi'i School". The Canonization of Islamic Law: A Social and Intellectual History. New York: Cambridge University Press. p. 197. ISBN 978-1-107-04148-6. Al-Buwayti... enjoyed the trust of traditionalist scholars such as Abu Dawud al-Sijistani and al-Humaydı as well as Ahmad b. Hanbal himself..
  2. ^ Melchert, Christopher (1997). "Chapter 8: The Maliki School". The Formation of the Sunni Schools of Law, 9th-10th Centuries C.E. Koninklijke Brill, Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill Publishers. pp. 165–166. ISBN 90-04-10952-8. the later Iraqi traditionalist Abu Dawud says not only that he was weak..
  3. ^ 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. p. 9.