1. The Sunan

2. Kunyah Abu Daw’ud Name Sulimaan ibn Ash’aath ibn Isaaq ibn Bashir Ibn Shadaadh ibn Amr Azdi Sijistaani Azdi Yemeni Tribe

3. Born 202 Died 275 in Basra Travelled to Baghdad aged 18 Teachers More than 300 Imam Ahmad major influence Qanabi Qutibaah Muhammad ibn Bashaar (Bundaar)

4. His son : Abdullah Tirmidhi Nasai Ahmad Sunan Maraseel Questions to Ahmad

5. Musa ibn Harun … he was created for hadith in the world and paradise in the hereafter….. The Imam of the scholars of hadith Haakim ibn Hibaan …. Hadith made easy for him like hadeed was made easy for Dawood(as)

6. Significant influence of Imam Ahmad Preference to the fiqh of Ahmad in his Sunan Presented the Sunan to Imam Ahmad who approved of it. Scholars were of two types Dirayaah Riwaayah

7. Its place and rank Main objective Hadith worthy of proof to act on / basis of Fiqh rulings

8. Risalaah to the people of Maakah Abridges lengthy hadith and sanads Quotes additional hadith to clarify things and bring extra information Chapter headings Can also make inference to a fiqh ruling – even though the hadith under the chapter heading has no relationship to the chapter heading.

9. Explains words of hadith if need be Puts extra information about people in the sanad if need be Arranged according to the chapters of Fiqh Sunan

10. Proof for the Imams of Fiqh Abstains from weak and unacceptable narrations If weakness explains it. 500,000 hadith Chose roughly 5000 for his Sunan Mentions four are enough for a persons religion