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 asAbū Dāwūd al-Sijistānī, was a scholar of prophetichadith who compiled the third of thesix "canonical" hadith collections recognized bySunni Muslims, theSunan Abu Dāwūd.
APersian ofArab descent,[2] Abū Dā’ūd was born inSistan and died in 889 inBasra. He travelled widely collectingḥadīth (traditions) from scholars in numerous locations includingIraq,Egypt,Syria,Hijaz,Tihamah,Nishapur andMerv. His focus on legal ḥadīth arose from a particular interest infiqh (law). His collection included 4,800 ḥadīth, selected from some 500,000. His son, Abū Bakr ‘Abd Allāh ibn Abī Dā’ūd (died 928/929), was a well knownḥāfiẓ and author ofKitāb al-Masābīh, whose famous pupil wasAbū 'Abd Allāh al-Marzubānī.[3][4]
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."
Sunan Abu Dāwūd: contains 4,800hadith – mostlysahih (authenticated), some markedḍaʿīf (unauthenticated) – usually 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 scholarIbn Hajar al-Asqalani, and some others, believe a number of the unmarked hadith areḍaʿīf.
^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.
^Frye, R. N.; Fisher, William Bayne; Frye, Richard Nelson; Avery, Peter; Boyle, John Andrew; Gershevitch, Ilya; Jackson, Peter (1975-06-26).The Cambridge History of Iran. Cambridge University Press. p. 471.ISBN978-0-521-20093-6.Archived from the original on 2022-07-08. Retrieved2020-10-01.Abu Da'ud Sulaiman b. Ash'ath al-Sijistani, a Persian but of Arab descent, who died in 275/888-9.
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