Abu Dawud al-Sijistani | |
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;_Kitab_al-sunan,_probably_Andalusia,_13th_century.jpg) Manuscript of al-Sijistani's Kitab al-sunan, probably created in Al-Andalus, dated 13th century | |
| Personal | |
| Born | 817–18 CE / 202 AH |
| Died | 889 CE / 275 AH Basra, Abbasid Caliphate |
| Religion | Islam |
| Era | Islamic golden age (Abbasid era) |
| Denomination | Sunni |
| School | Hanbali |
| Creed | Athari[1][2] |
| Main interest(s) | ḥadīth and fiqh |
| Notable work(s) | Sunan Abī Dāwūd |
| Occupation | muhaddith |
| Muslim leader | |
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.
- ^ 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..
- ^ 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..
- ^ 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.