Sunan

A hadith book arranged by the chapters of fiqh, gathering the reports a jurist needs.

Also written · Sunen · As-Sunan · Sunan books · Sunan Abi Dawud · Sunan Abu Dawood · Sunan al-Nasai · Sunan an-Nasa'i · Sunan Ibn Majah · Sunan collections · Sunan al-Darimi · Sunan Abu Dawud · Sunan Nasai

The meaning

What Sunan means in Islam

The four Sunan among the six books are those of Abu Dawud, al-Nasa'i, Ibn Majah, and in its own way al-Tirmidhi. Unlike the two Sahihs they include weak reports, usually with a remark, because their purpose is to lay out the evidence on each legal question rather than to collect only what is sound. Reading them well means reading the author's comments, not only the texts.

Evidence · Editorial · Our own summary, drawn from the sources named

Read beside it

Rooms that name it

He appointed a caller to prayer for her householdA Light · Umm Waraqah bint Abdullah · Madinah
Cairo put a school for children above the drinking fountainA Light · Cairo · Ottoman period

Words that sit beside it

Kutub SittahThe six hadith collections that became the standard reference set in Sunni Islam.الكُتُبُ السِّتَّة
Jami'A hadith book that covers every subject, not only law: belief, manners, tafsir, history and more.الجَامِع
MusnadEither a hadith with a connected chain reaching the Prophet, or a book arranged by narrating Companion.المُسْنَد
MusannafA collection arranged by legal topic that includes Companion and follower statements alongside hadith.المُصَنَّف