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Al-Nasa'i | |
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Born | 214 AH (c. 829 CE) Nasā, (Khorasan) present-day Turkmenistan[1] |
Died | 303 AH (915 CE) |
Religion | Islam |
Nationality | Caliphate |
Era | Islamic golden age |
Region | Abbasid Caliphate |
Denomination | Sunni |
Jurisprudence | Shafi‘i[2] |
Main interest(s) | Hadith and fiqh |
Notable work(s) | Al-Sunan al-Sughra |
Al-Nasāʾī (214 – 303 AH; c. 829 – 915 CE), full name Abū ʿAbd al-Raḥmān Aḥmad ibn Shuʿayb ibn ʿAlī ibn Sinān ibn Baḥr ibn Dīnar al-Khurasānī al-Nasāʾī, was a noted collector of hadith (sayings of Muhammad),[3] from the city of Nasa (early Khorasan and present day Turkmenistan),[4] and the author of "As-Sunan", one of the six canonical hadith collections recognized by Sunni Muslims.[5] From his "As-Sunan al-Kubra (The Large Sunan)" he wrote an abridged version, "Al-Mujtaba" or Sunan al-Sughra (The Concise Sunan). Of the fifteen books he is known to have written, six treat the science of hadīth.
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