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Abu Dawud, Compiler of Sunan Abu Dawud

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ScholarCompiler of Sunan Abu Dawud

Abu Dawudأبو داود السجستاني

Approximate dateBasra

His Sunan gathered the hadith that jurists rely on for rulings.

From Sijistan in eastern Persia, he studied with Ahmad ibn Hanbal and settled in Basra at the governor's request to revive learning there. From the many thousands of hadith he had written, he chose about 4,800 on matters of law.

What grew out of it?

Sunan Abu Dawud is one of the six canonical hadith books.

Who else is linked?

BasraMuhammad ﷺAhmad ibn HanbalAbbasid CaliphateAl-Tirmidhi

Who lived at the same time?

Al-MutawakkilAl-WathiqAl-MuntasirAl-MustainAl-MutazzAl-MutasimAbd al-Rahman IIMuhammad I of Cordoba

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