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Abu Dawod
Abu Da’ud or Abu Dawod, full name Abu Da’ud Sulayman ibn Ash`ath al-Azadi al-Sijistani, was a noted Khurassian collector ofhadith (sayings/traditions of Muhammad), and wrote the third of the six canonical hadith collections recognized by Sunni Muslims, Sunan Abi Da’ud.
He was born in Sijistan (Sistan or Sagestan,south-western of Afghanistan) in 817, and died in 888. Widely travelled among scholars ofahadith, he went to Iraq, Egypt, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Khurasan, Nishapur, and Marv among other places in order to collect ahadith. He was primarily interested in law, and as a result the collection by him focuses largely on legal ahadith. Out of about 50,000 ahadith, he chose 4,800 for inclusion in his work, based on their superior authenticity.
May Allah (swt) be pleased with his immense contribution to Islam which allows us to learn more about our beloved role model Prophet (pbuh)