As-Sunan al-Kubra

As-Sunan al-Kubra

Author	Al-Nasa'i
Original title	السنن الكبرى
Language	Arabic
Genre	Hadith collection

As-Sunan al-Kubra, (Arabic: سنن الكبرى), is a hadith book collected by Imam Al-Nasa'i (214 – 303 AH),^[1][2][3] not to be confused with the same titled book by Imam Al-Bayhaqi.

Description

As-Sunan al-Kubra is the larger collection of the Sunan al-Nasa'i, having almost twelve thousand (12000) hadiths compared to the almost six thousand (6000) hadiths in the summarised version.^[4] The shorter collection is considered the next most authentic book of hadith (narrations of Muhammad) after the Sahihain (Sahih al-Bukhari & Sahih Muslim) within the six books, by most scholars of hadith.^[1][5]

Commentaries

Among those who have written commentaries on this hadith collection are:

• Kitab al-Sunan al-Kubra al-Nasa'i 12 Volumes (كِتَابُ السُّنَن الكُبْرَى النَّسَائي) Commentary by Shaykh Shuaib Al Arna'ut & Shaykh al-Turki: Published: al-Risalah al-'Alamiyyah | Damascus/Beirut, Syria/Lebanon in 2011^[6]

See also

• List of Sunni books
• Kutub al-Sittah
  • Sahih Bukhari
  • Sahih Muslim
  • Jami al-Tirmidhi
  • Sunan Abu Dawood
  • Either: Sunan ibn Majah, or Muwatta Malik

References

1. "Sunan al-Kubra by Imam an-Nasa'i". SifatuSafwa Bookstore. Retrieved Apr 26, 2019.
2. "Sunan al-Kubra of Imam Nasa'i | Mahajjah". Retrieved Apr 26, 2019.
3. Jonathan A.C. Brown (2007), The Canonization of al-Bukhārī and Muslim: The Formation and Function of the Sunnī Ḥadīth Canon, p.10. Brill Publishers. ISBN 978-9004158399. Quote: "We can discern three strata of the Sunni hadith canon. The perennial core has been the Sahihayn. Beyond these two foundational classics, some fourth/tenth-century scholars refer to a four-book selection that adds the two Sunans of Abu Dawud (d. 275/889) and al-Nasa'i (d. 303/915). The Five Book canon, which is first noted in the sixth/twelfth century, incorporates the Jami' of al-Tirmidhi (d. 279/892). Finally the Six Book canon, which hails from the same period, adds either the Sunan of Ibn Majah (d. 273/887), the Sunan of al-Daraqutni (d. 385/995) or the Muwatta' of Malik b. Anas (d. 179/796). Later hadith compendia often included other collections as well.' None of these books, however, has enjoyed the esteem of al-Bukhari's and Muslim's works."
4. "السنن الكبرى للنسائي • الموقع الرسمي للمكتبة الشاملة". shamela.ws. Retrieved Jun 18, 2019.
5. "Various Issues About Hadiths". www.abc.se. Archived from the original on March 30, 2017. Retrieved Apr 26, 2019.
6. "Kitab al-Sunan al-Kubra al-Nasa'i 12 Volumes (كِتَابُ السُّنَن الكُبْرَى النَّسَائي) Imam al-Nasa'i + Shaykh Shu'ayb al-Arna'ut + Shaykh al-Turki, Looh Press; Islamic & African Studies". www.loohpress.com. Archived from the original on December 22, 2016. Retrieved Apr 26, 2019.

External links

• Sunan An Nasai - Searchable Sunan Al Sughra by Imam An Nasai