This document provides a biography of Imam Abu Dawud, a famous scholar of hadith. Some key points: 1) Imam Abu Dawud was born in 202 AH in Sijistan and became renowned as one of the top scholars of hadith of his time. 2) His most famous work is his book of hadith called Sunan Abu Dawud, which contains 4,800 hadiths carefully selected from a collection of 500,000 hadiths. 3) Imam Abu Dawud was known for his exceptional mind and for being an expert in distinguishing authentic from inauthentic hadiths. He was considered "Imam of Hadith Scholars" by many of

1. AL IMAM ABU DAWUD
RKQS 2021 SCIENCES OF HADITH
[Section 02]

2. Biography of Imam Abu Dawud
His full name : Sulaiman ibn Al-Ash`ath ibn
Is-haq ibn Bashir ibn Shaddad Abu Dawud
Al-Azdi As- Sijistani from Sijistan.
the compiler of the well-known collection of
hadith.
Abu Dawud was one of the most
knowledgeable scholars of the Hadith of the
Prophet (peace be upon him).

3. His early life : born in Sijistan 202 AH in the outset of the
golden scientific century.
He grew up fond of knowledge, especially Hadith of the
Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him).
Abu Dawud (may Allah confer His Mercy upon him) died
on Friday 15 Shawwal in 275 AH in Basrah and was buried
alongside of the grave of Sufyan Ath-Thawri.

4. Abu Dawud’s Special Attributes
He was blessed with an exceptional mind.
Was well versed in the criticism of hadith.
An expert in distinguishing the sound hadith.
Four persons are reported to have earned their names for the criticism
of hadith : Imam Bukhari, Imam Muslim, Imam Abu Dawud and
Imam Nasa'i.

5.  Considered by many as Imam al-muhaddithin of his time.
 was a great jurist.
 He was a religious man, led a pious and ascetic life, devoted most of
his time for worship, devotion and remembrance of Allah.

6. SCHOOL OF THOUGHT
• Had learned from nearly 300 teachers
during his lifetime (eg;Imam Ahmad bin
Hambal)
• Has a very wide interpretation on Hadith so
its hard to pinpoint the type of Mazhab he
follows
• Scholars debated between Hanbali jurist
while others said that it was Shafii jurist

7. SCHOLARS VIEW ON IMAM ABU DAWUD
• regarded by many of his time as “Imam al-muhaddithin” [the imam of scholars of
hadith]
Quotes
• “the superior scholar of his time, he was a man that nobody excelled in
recognizing the verification of sciences and in his awareness of their questions.
He was an outstanding devout person”-Abu Bakr Al-Khallal
• “Abu Dawud was created in this life for Hadith, and in the hereafter for
Paradise. I have not seen someone better than him.”-Musa ibn Harun Al-Hafiz

8. WORKS
 Imam Abud Daud was a great muhaddith and contributing a
lot to hadith compilation
 Imam Abu Dawud heard hadith from 300 persons who were
his teachers. Some were: Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal, Ishaq ibn
Rahawaiy, Abu Thaur, Yahya ibn Ma'in
 Among the students of Imam Abu Dawud are great
personalities like
Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal, Ishaq ibn Rahawaiy, Abu Thaur,
Yahya ibn Ma'in.
 Imam Abu Dawud's works are:
• Kitab Al Radd Ala' Ahl al Qadar
• Kitab Al Masa'il
• Musnad Malik
• Kitab Al Marasil
• Sunan Abu Dawud

9. SUNAN ABU DAWUD
• His most famous of all his works is Sunan Abu
Dawud.
• It contains 4800 traditions which were taken out
from a collection of 500,000 hadith.
• He completed its compilation at Bagdad in 241 A.H.
• He presented the completed compilation to his
beloved teacher Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal who was
greatly pleased at this collection.
• Sunan Abu Dawud is an important collection of
hadith: Most of the scholars have assigned it to
third position among the six authentic books of
hadith.

14.  Four Hadith That Are Sufficient For An
Intelligent And Insightful Person
1. Deeds are to be judged only by intentions.
2. Part of a man's good observance of Islam is that he leaves
alone that which does not concern him.
3. None of you can be a believer unless you love for your brother
that which you love for yourself.
4. The permitted (halal) is clear, and the forbidden (haram) is
clear, between these two are doubtful matters. Whosoever
abstains from these doubtful matters has saved his religion.

15. METHODOLOGIES OF IMAM ABU DAWUD
MAIN SOURCES
• The Letter of Imam Abu Dawud as-Sijistani to the People of Makkah
Describing His Sunan”
• Risalah Ila Ahl Makkah

16. Book and Chapter Order
• Put similar order like Fiqh Books
• Taharah
• 35 Chapter
• Sub - Chapter

17. Fundamental Method Of Writing
Abu Dawud collect the most authentic from
the hadith of law ( Hadis ahkam

18. Abu Dawood method in terms of a narrator
• does not include narrations from a person who is
matruk al-hadith
• when there was any munkar hadith in it, he will
clarified that it was munkar

19. An explanation of the weakness in the
takhrij of hadith by Abu Daud and
benefit of his silence.
• Imam Abu Dawud also recognize and
explained that his book contains a severe
weakness,most of it does not have an
authentic isnad.

20. • ‫صالح‬ ‫فهو‬ ‫شيئا‬ ‫فيه‬ ‫أذكر‬ ‫لم‬ ‫ما‬
• “What I leave in my book Sunan then it is Salih”

21. • According to Dr Khalid Ad-Durayyis in his books, al-
Hadith al-Hasan Li Zhatih wa Li Ghairih ;
• 1) Al Khattabi - 'Salih' including Sahih and Hasan.
• 2) Ibn Kathir said: "What had been silenced by Abu
Daud then it is - hadith - Hasan"
• 3) al-Iraqi, al-Syaukani believed that definition of
‘Salih’ by Abu Daud was intended as Soleh Lil-Ihtijaj .

22. THE REASON OF THE SILENCE OF
IMAM ABU DAWUD ;
• The reason of the silence of Imam Abu Dawud ;
• 1) He already explained about the problem of
narrator
• 2) The scholars agreed to remove the transmitter
because the weakness of the narrator is clear
• 3) Disagreements about the narrator (the difference
of the authenticity of hadith) and the explanation of
these weaknesses are already described in another
book

23. CONCLUSION• Non-Arab examples on great Muslim Scholars
• Good intention will produces great innovation