Sunan Abu Dawud
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Sunan Abu Dawud is one of the six major Sunni hadith collections, compiled by the scholar Abu Dawud and highly regarded for its focus on legal rulings and prophetic practice.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sunan Abu Dawud canonical | 12 |
| Sunan Abi Dawud | 8 |
| Sunan Abu Dawud is one of the six major Sunni hadith collections | 1 |
| Sunan Abī Dāwūd | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T340995 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sunan Abu Dawud Context triple: [Sunnah, recordedIn, Sunan Abu Dawud]
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A.
Sahih Muslim
Sahih Muslim is one of the most authentic and widely respected collections of hadith in Sunni Islam, compiled by the scholar Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj.
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B.
Sahih al-Bukhari
Sahih al-Bukhari is one of the most authoritative and widely respected collections of hadith in Sunni Islam, compiled by the scholar Muhammad al-Bukhari in the 9th century.
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C.
Sunnah
The Sunnah is the body of traditions, practices, and sayings of the Prophet Muhammad that serves as a primary source of Islamic law and guidance alongside the Qur’an.
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D.
Shafi'i school
The Shafi'i school is one of the four major Sunni Islamic legal schools, known for its systematic methodology in deriving Islamic law from the Qur'an, Hadith, consensus, and analogical reasoning.
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E.
Usul al-fiqh
Usul al-fiqh is the Islamic discipline that lays down the methodological principles and rules for deriving legal rulings from the primary sources of Sharia.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sunan Abu Dawud Target entity description: Sunan Abu Dawud is one of the six major Sunni hadith collections, compiled by the scholar Abu Dawud and highly regarded for its focus on legal rulings and prophetic practice.
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A.
Sahih Muslim
Sahih Muslim is one of the most authentic and widely respected collections of hadith in Sunni Islam, compiled by the scholar Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj.
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B.
Sahih al-Bukhari
Sahih al-Bukhari is one of the most authoritative and widely respected collections of hadith in Sunni Islam, compiled by the scholar Muhammad al-Bukhari in the 9th century.
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C.
Sunnah
The Sunnah is the body of traditions, practices, and sayings of the Prophet Muhammad that serves as a primary source of Islamic law and guidance alongside the Qur’an.
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D.
Shafi'i school
The Shafi'i school is one of the four major Sunni Islamic legal schools, known for its systematic methodology in deriving Islamic law from the Qur'an, Hadith, consensus, and analogical reasoning.
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E.
Usul al-fiqh
Usul al-fiqh is the Islamic discipline that lays down the methodological principles and rules for deriving legal rulings from the primary sources of Sharia.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Kutub al-Sittah collection
ⓘ
hadith collection ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Sunan Abu Dawud
ⓘ
surface form:
Sunan Abi Dawud
Sunan Abu Dawud ⓘ
surface form:
Sunan Abī Dāwūd
|
| author | Abu Dawud al-Sijistani ⓘ |
| canonicalSetIncludes |
Sahih Muslim
ⓘ
Sahih al-Bukhari ⓘ Sunan Ibn Majah ⓘ Sunan al-Nasa’i ⓘ
surface form:
Sunan al-Nasaʾi
Jami al-Tirmidhi ⓘ
surface form:
Sunan al-Tirmidhi
|
| compilerBirthPlace | Sijistan ⓘ |
| compilerDeathYear | 889 CE ⓘ |
| compilerDeathYearHijri | 275 AH ⓘ |
| compilerFullName | Abu Dawud Sulayman ibn al-Ashʿath al-Sijistani ⓘ |
| contains |
both sahih and hasan narrations
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hadith with full isnad chains ⓘ some weak (daʿif) narrations with notes ⓘ |
| focus |
Islamic legal rulings (fiqh)
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prophetic practice (sunnah) ⓘ |
| hasCommentary |
Badhl al-Majhud
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ʿAwn al-Maʿbūd ⓘ ʿAwn al-Maʿbūd ʿala Sunan Abi Dawud ⓘ |
| influenceOn | Sunni fiqh schools ⓘ |
| language | Arabic ⓘ |
| methodologicalNote |
compiler selected hadith mainly relevant to legal rulings
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compiler sometimes indicates weak narrations ⓘ |
| numberOfHadith | about 4800 ⓘ |
| partOf | Kutub al-Sittah ⓘ |
| primaryUse |
deriving Islamic legal rulings
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study of prophetic traditions ⓘ |
| recognizedAs | third in rank among Kutub al-Sittah by many scholars ⓘ |
| recognizedBy | classical Sunni scholars ⓘ |
| regionOfInfluence |
Islamic world
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surface form:
Muslim world
|
| religiousGenre | Hadith ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Sunni Islam ⓘ |
| statusInSunniIslam |
highly regarded for legal evidences
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one of the six canonical books of hadith ⓘ |
| structure | organized by legal chapters (abwab al-fiqh) ⓘ |
| subject |
Islamic jurisprudence
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criminal law and punishments ⓘ ethics and manners (adab) ⓘ marriage and family law ⓘ ritual worship (ʿibadat) ⓘ transactions (muʿamalat) ⓘ |
| timeOfCompilation | 9th century CE ⓘ |
| transmission | preserved through scholarly isnad chains ⓘ |
| typeOfWork | Sunan-type hadith collection ⓘ |
| usedBy | Sunni jurists ⓘ |
| usedIn | traditional madrasah curricula ⓘ |
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Input
Subject: Sunan Abu Dawud Description of subject: Sunan Abu Dawud is one of the six major Sunni hadith collections, compiled by the scholar Abu Dawud and highly regarded for its focus on legal rulings and prophetic practice.
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Sunan Abi Dawud
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Sunan Abī Dāwūd
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Sunan Abi Dawud
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Sunan Abi Dawud
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Sunan Abi Dawud
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Sunan Abi Dawud
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Sunan Abi Dawud
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Sunan Abi Dawud
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Sunan Abu Dawud is one of the six major Sunni hadith collections
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Sunan Abi Dawud