Template:Other uses Template:Infobox religious biography Abū Dāwūd (Dā’ūd) Sulaymān ibn al-Ash‘ath ibn Isḥāq al-Azdī al-Sijistānī (Template:Langx), 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.
Biography
A Persian of Arab descent,[1] Abū Dā’ūd was born in Sistan and died in 889 in Basra. He travelled widely collecting ḥadīth (traditions) from scholars in numerous locations including Iraq, Egypt, Syria, Hijaz, Tihamah, Nishapur and Merv. His focus on legal ḥadīth arose from a particular interest in fiqh (law). His collection included 4,800 ḥadīth, selected from some 500,000. His son, Abū Bakr ‘Abd Allāh ibn Abī Dawud (died 928/929), was a well known ḥāfiẓ and author of Kitāb al-Masābīh, whose famous pupil was Abū 'Abd Allāh al-Marzubānī.Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn
School of thought and Quotes
Abu Dawud has stated: "From this book of mine four Hadith are sufficient for an intelligent and insightful person.[2] They are:
- Deeds are to be judged only by intentions.[3]
- Part of a man's good observance of Islam is that he leaves alone that which does not concern him.
- None of you can be a believer unless you love for your brother that which you love for yourself.
- The permitted (halal) is clear, and the forbidden (haram) is clear, between these two are doubtful matters. Whosoever abstains from these doubtful matters has saved his religion."
Works
Principal among his twenty-one works are:
- Sunan Abu Dāwūd: contains 4,800 hadithTemplate:Sndmostly sahih (authenticated), some marked ḍaʿīf (unauthenticated)Template:Sndusually numbered after the edition of Muhammad Muhyi al-Din `Abd al-Hamid (Cairo: Matba`at Mustafa Muhammad, 1354 AH/1935 CE), where 5,274 are distinguished. Islamic scholar Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani, and some others, believe a number of the unmarked hadith are ḍaʿīf.
- Kitab al-Marāsīl lists 600 extensively investigated sahih mursal hadith.
- Risālat Abu Dāwūd ilā Ahli Makkah: letter to the people of Makkah describing his Sunan Abu Dāwūd collection.[4]
See also
References
- ↑ The Cambridge History of Iran{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Cambridge University Press(1975-06-26). ISBN 978-0-521-20093-6
- ↑ Imam Abu Dawud. www.sunnah.org. Retrieved 2016-02-21.
- ↑ Shahih Al Bukhari, Imam Al Bukthari, Vol.1 Book 1 Hadith 1
- ↑ Translation of the Risālah by Abū Dāwūd.
Bibliography
- Ta'rīkh Madīnat al-Salām (Ta'rīkh Baghdād){{#if:Baghdādī (al-)|, Baghdādī (al-)}. Dār al-Gharib al-Islāmī(2001)
- Wafayāt al-A'yān wa-Anbā' Abnā' al-Zamān (The Obituaries of Eminent Men){{#if:Khallikān (Ibn)|, Khallikān (Ibn)}. Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland(1843)
- The Fihrist of al-Nadim; a tenth-century survey of Muslim culture{{#if:Nadīm (al)|, Nadīm (al)}. Columbia University Press(1970). ISBN 9780231029254
- Kitāb Tahdhīb al-Asmā' (Biographical Dictionary of Illustrious Men){{#if:Nawawī (al-)|, Nawawī (al-)}. London Society for the Publication of the Oriental Texts(1847)
Further reading
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- The Life and Works of Abu Dāwūd al-Sijistāni. Al-Qantara({Template:Date).
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- The Transmission of Abū Dāwūd's 'Sunan'. Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies({Template:Date).
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External links
- Biodata at MuslimScholars.info * Biography at Sunnah.com
- Letter from Imam Abu Dawud to the people of Makkah explaining his book, terms he uses, and his methodology.
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