What is Sunan Abu Dawood?
{{Hadith}} '''Sunan Abu Dawood''' ({{lang-ar|سُنَنِ أَبِي دَاوُدَ}}) is one of the [[Kutub al-Sittah]] (six major hadith collections).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sunnah.com/abudawud|title=Sunan Abi Dawud - Sunnah.com - Sayings and Teachings of Prophet Muhammad (صلى الله عليه و سلم)|website=sunnah.com}}</ref> It was collected by [[Abu Dawud|Abu Dawood]].<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nyMKDEAb4GsC&pg=PA9|title=The Canonization of Al-Bukh?r? and Muslim: The Formation and Function of the Sunn? ?ad?th Canon|first=Jonathan|last=Brown|date=5 June 2007|publisher=BRILL|isbn=978-9004158399|via=Google Books}}</ref> [[Sunni|Sunnis]] regard this collection as fourth in strength of their six major hadith collections.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.abc.se/~m9783/n/vih_e.html|title=Various Issues About Hadiths|website=www.abc.se}}</ref> == Details == Abu Dawud collected 500,000 hadith, but included only 4,800 in this collection. It took Abu Dawood 20 years to collect the hadiths.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.islamicencyclopedia.org/islamic-pedia-topic.php?id=54|title=Islamic Pedia - Abu Dawood Sijistani (202–275H) أبو داوود السجستاني|website=www.islamicencyclopedia.org|access-date=2018-03-10|archive-date=2018-03-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180328041058/http://www.islamicencyclopedia.org/islamic-pedia-topic.php?id=54|url-status=dead}}</ref> == References == {{reflist}} [[Category:Hadith]] [[Category:Hadith Books]] {{religion-stub}}