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Abu Dawood

9th-century Persian Hadith compiler

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Lived 817–888, aged 71
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    817–888
    Aged 71
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Updated 2026-06-09

He assembled one of the six canonical hadith collections that Sunni Islam relies on to interpret the Prophet's words and actions—a ninth-century filter through which more than a billion people still understand religious law.

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Abū Dāwūd Sulaymān ibn al-Ash'ath ibn Isḥāq al-Azdī al-Sijistānī was a scholar of prophetic hadith working in an era when oral transmission still carried the weight of scripture. He compiled the Sunan Abu Dāwūd, which became the third of the six collections Sunni Muslims recognize as canonical—texts that preserve reported sayings and conduct of Muhammad. His work shaped how generations of jurists, theologians, and ordinary believers would derive religious rulings. The collection endures as a core reference in Islamic jurisprudence.

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Abu Sa’id Al Khudri said “The Apostle of Allaah sent a military expedition to Awtas on the occasion of the battle of Hunain. They met their enemy and fought with them.
— Sunan Abu Dawud 2:2150
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Abu Sa’id al-Khudri said: The Apostle of Allah (may peace be upon him) sent a military expedition to Awtas on the occasion of the battle of Hunain.
— Sunan Abu Dawud 2155 (Dar-us-Salam Ref)
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Narrated Mu'awiyah ibn Haydah: I said: Apostle of Allah, from whom should we conceal our private parts and to whom can we show?
— Sunan Abu Dawud 31:4006
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Narrated AbuHurayrah: The Prophet said: The testimony of a nomad Arab against a townsman is not allowable.
— "Sunan Abu Dawud 25:32". See also Sunan ibn Majah 13:60.
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Abu Dawud 1:142 - "Do not beat your wife as you beat your slave-girl
— , compiled by . Translated into English by Ahmad Hasan, 1984.
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