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| Author | Al-Darimi |
|---|---|
| Original title | سنن الدارمي |
| Language | Arabic |
| Genre | Hadith collection |
| Publication place | Abbasid Caliphate |
Sunan al-Darimi (Arabic:سنن الدارمي) orMusnad al-Darimi (Arabic:مسند الدارمي) byal-Darimi is ahadith collection considered bySunni Muslims to be among the prominent nine collections: theAl-Kutub al-Sittah,Muwatta Malik, andMusnad Ahmad.[1]
Despite its title as aMusnad, it is not arranged by narrator in the manner of otherMusnads, such as that of Tayalisi or Ibn Hanbal. It is arranged by subject matter in the manner of a book ofSunan, like theSunan Ibn Majah.
It contains approximately 3,833 hadith according toAl-Maktaba Al-Shamela,[2] which are arranged by subject matter. Most of them are considered authentic, with some being weak.[3][4]
Darimi transmitted these hadiths to `Isa ibn `Umar al-Samarqandi; date of death unknown, but presumably after 293 AH. Thereafter it passed to: