Author | Al-Nasa'i |
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Original title | السنن الكبرى |
Language | Arabic |
Genre | Hadith collection |
As-Sunan al-Kubra, (Arabic:سنن الكبرى), is ahadith book collected by ImamAl-Nasa'i (214 – 303 AH),[1][2][3] not to be confused with thesame titled book by ImamAl-Bayhaqi.
As-Sunan al-Kubra is the larger collection of theSunan al-Nasa'i, having almost twelve thousand (12000) hadiths compared to the almost six thousand (6000) hadiths in the summarised version.[4] The shorter collection is considered the next most authentic book ofhadith (narrations ofMuhammad) after the Sahihain (Sahih al-Bukhari &Sahih Muslim) withinthe six books, by most scholars of hadith.[1][5]
Among those who have written commentaries on this hadith collection are: