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Introduction to Partial Translation of Sunan Abu-Dawud
Translator: Prof. Ahmad Hasan
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Sunan Abu-Dawud is a collection of sayings and deeds of Prophet Muhammad
(pbuh) (also known as the sunnah). The reports of the Prophet's sayings
and deeds are called ahadith. Abu-Dawud lived a couple of centuries after
the Prophet's death and worked extremely hard to collect his ahadith.
Each report in his collection was checked for compatibility with the Qur'an,
and the veracity of the chain of reporters had to be painstakingly established.
Abu-Dawud's collection is recognized by the overwhelming majority of the
Muslim world to be one of the most authentic collections of the Sunnah
of the Prophet (pbuh), however it is also known to contain some weak ahadith
(some of which he pointed out, others which he did not).
Abu-Dawud (full name Abu-Dawud Sulaiman bin Al-Aash'ath Al-Azdi as-Sijistani)
was born in 202 A.H. and died in 275 A.H. He was one of the most widely
travelled of the scholars of ahadith, going to Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Khurasahn,
Egypt, Syria, Nishapur, Marv, and other places for the sole purpose of
collecting ahadith. His primary interest was in law, hence his collection
focuses purely on legal ahadith. From about 50,000 ahadith, he chose 4,800
for inclusion in his work based on their superior authenticity.
It is important to realize, however, that Abu-Dawud's collection is not
complete: there are other scholars who worked as Abu-Dawud did and collected
other reports.
The translation of Sunan Abu-Dawud found here is not complete! Roughly
half of the collection is missing; please take this into account if you
cannot find a specific hadith.
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