Sunan an-Nasai
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What is Sunan an-Nasai?
Sunan an-Nasai is a hadith collection compiled by Ahmad ibn Shuayb an-Nasai. Sirah's current dataset contains 5,761 source records across 52 available chapters. Browse the chapter index to read the available Arabic texts, translations and grading labels. These figures describe the records available here; editions can differ in numbering and chapter divisions.
- Sirah dataset
- 5,761 source records
- Available chapters
- 52
- Compiler
- Imam an-Nasai
- Source records
- HadithAPI
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Sirah dataset: 5,761 source records across 52 available chapters. Historical descriptions below may use a different edition’s numbering.
Collection history
Sunan an-Nasā'ī is a collection of hadīth compiled by Imām Aḥmad an-Nasā'ī (rahimahullāh). His collection is unanimously considered to be one of the six canonical collections of hadith (Kutub as-Sittah) of the Sunnah of the Prophet (ﷺ). It contains roughly 5700 hadīth (with repetitions) in 52 books.
Compiler biography
Aḥmad ibn Shu`ayb ibn `Alī ibn Sīnān Abū `Abd ar-Raḥmān al-Nasā'ī (214 - 303 AH/ ca. 829 - 915 AD/CE), was born in the year 214 A.H in the famous city of Nasa, situated in Western Asia known at that time as Khurasan which was a famous centre for Islamic knowledge where many Ulama were situated and studies in hadith and fiqh was at its peak. He primarily attended the gatherings and circles of knowledge in his town where he specialized in his study of hadith. When he was 20 years old, he started traveling and made his first journey to Qutaibah. He covered the Arabian Peninsula seeking knowledge from the Ulama and Muhadditheen of Iraq, Kufa, Hijaz, Syria and Egypt . Finally he decided to settle in Egypt.
Reading sources on Sirah
Sirah displays hadith records from HadithAPI and additional collections imported into its database. Texts, translations and grading labels reflect the available source records; Sirah does not independently authenticate narrations or verify manuscripts.
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