Al-Sunan al-Sughra

Al-Sunan al-Ṣughrā
Author	Al-Nasa'i
Original title	السنن الصغرى
Language	Arabic
Series	Kutub al-Sittah
Genre	Hadith collection

Al-Sunan al-Sughra (Arabic: السنن الصغرى), also known as Sunan an-Nasa'i (Arabic: سنن النسائي), is one of the Kutub al-Sittah (six major hadiths), and was collected by Al-Nasa'i (214 – 303 AH; c. 829 – 915 CE).^[1]

Description[]

Sunnis regard this collection as the third most important of their six major hadith collections.^[2] Al-Mujtaba (English: the selected) has about 5,270 hadiths, including repeated narrations, which the author selected from his larger work, As-Sunan al-Kubra. Within Kutub al-Sittah, it is considered the most authentic book of hadith (narrations of Muhammad) after the Sahihayn (Sahih al-Bukhari & Sahih Muslim) by most scholars of hadith.^[3]

Views[]

According to al-Haafiz Ibn Hajar, the book of Sunan an-Nasa'i contains the fewest da‘eef (weak) hadiths and majrooh narrators among the six books after the Saheehain (Sahih al-Bukhari & Sahih Muslim); there is not a single mawdhoo (fabricated) hadith in it. ^[4]^[5]

It is claimed Sunan al-Sughra is "politically biased" towards Ali, the cousin of Muhammad.^[6]

Contents[]

Editor, Sayyid Kasrawī Hasan's 1991, Beruit publication, in 6 volumes, provides the standard topical classification of the hadith Arabic text.^[7]

The book contains 52 chapters.^[8]^[9]^[10]

Purification
Water
Menstruation and Istihadah
Ghusl and Tayammum
Salah
the Times (of Prayer)
the Adhan (The Call to Prayer)
the Masjids
the Qiblah
Leading the Prayer (Al-Imamah)
the Commencement of the Prayer
The At-Tatbiq (Clasping One's Hands Together)
Forgetfulness (In Prayer)
Jumu'ah (Friday Prayer)
Shortening the Prayer When Traveling
Eclipses
Praying for Rain (Al-Istisqa')
the Fear Prayer
the Prayer for the Two 'Eids
Qiyam Al-Lail (The Night Prayer) and Voluntary Prayers During the Day
Funerals
Fasting
Zakah
Hajj
Jihad
Marriage
Divorce
Horses, Races and Shooting
Endowments
Wills
Presents
Gifts
ar-Ruqba
'Umra
Oaths and Vows
Agriculture
the Kind Treatment of Women
Fighting [The Prohibition of Bloodshed]
Distributionof Al-Fay'
al-Bay'ah
al-'Aqiqah
al-Fara' andal-'Atirah
Hunting and Slaughtering
ad-Dahaya (Sacrifices)
Financial Transactions
Oaths (qasamah), Retaliation and Blood Money
Cutting off the Hand of the Thief
Faith and its Signs
Adornment
the Etiquette of Judges
Seeking Refuge with Allah
Drinks

Commentaries & Publications[]

The book and its commentaries have been published by different publishers around the world :

Kitab al-Sunan al-Kubra al-Nasa'i by Shaykh Shuaib Al Arna'ut & Shaykh al-Turki: Published by: al-Risalah al-'Alamiyyah | Damascus/Beirut, Syria/Lebanon in 2011.^[11]
English Translation of Sunan An-Nasa'i (6 Books), Published by: Darussalam (2007)^[12]
Sunan al-Nasa'i (6 vol Med) Arabic-English, Published by: Darussalam (2007)^[13]

References[]

^ 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."
^ "Various Issues About Hadiths". Archived from the original on 2012-10-16. Retrieved 2006-03-12.
^ "Various Issues About Hadiths". www.abc.se. Archived from the original on March 30, 2017. Retrieved Apr 26, 2019.
^ an-Nukat ‘ala Kitaab Ibn as-Salaah, 1/484
^ "General comment on the book Sunan an-Nasaa'i as-Sughra". islamqa.info. Retrieved Jun 17, 2019.
^ Ziauddin Sardar (2012). Muhammad: All That Matters.
^ Hadith and the Quran, Encyclopedia of the Quran, Brill
^ "Sunan an-Nasa'i". sunnah.com. Retrieved Jun 17, 2019.
^ "Sunan of Imam Nasai". ahadith.co.uk. Retrieved Jun 17, 2019.
^ "Sunan an-Nasai". muflihun.com. Retrieved Sep 3, 2021.
^ https://www.loohpress.com/product_info.php/products_id/1937^{[permanent dead link]}
^ English Translation of Sunan An-Nasa'i (6 Books). www.amazon.com. ASIN B003GNLXBS. Retrieved Jun 18, 2019.
^ "Sunan al-Nasa'i (6 vol Med) Arabic-English". www.jarirbooksusa.com. ISBN 9789960587608. Retrieved Jun 18, 2019.

External links[]

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

[1] 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."

[2] "Various Issues About Hadiths". Archived from the original on 2012-10-16. Retrieved 2006-03-12.

[3] "Various Issues About Hadiths". www.abc.se. Archived from the original on March 30, 2017. Retrieved Apr 26, 2019.

[4] -Nukat ‘ala Kitaab Ibn as-Salaah, 1/484

[5] "General comment on the book Sunan an-Nasaa'i as-Sughra". islamqa.info. Retrieved Jun 17, 2019.

[6] Ziauddin Sardar (2012). Muhammad: All That Matters.

[7] Hadith and the Quran, Encyclopedia of the Quran, Brill

[8] "Sunan an-Nasa'i". sunnah.com. Retrieved Jun 17, 2019.

[9] "Sunan of Imam Nasai". ahadith.co.uk. Retrieved Jun 17, 2019.

[10] "Sunan an-Nasai". muflihun.com. Retrieved Sep 3, 2021.

[11] ttps://www.loohpress.com/product_info.php/products_id/1937^{[permanent dead link]}

[12] English Translation of Sunan An-Nasa'i (6 Books). www.amazon.com. ASIN B003GNLXBS. Retrieved Jun 18, 2019.

[13] "Sunan al-Nasa'i (6 vol Med) Arabic-English". www.jarirbooksusa.com. ISBN 9789960587608. Retrieved Jun 18, 2019.

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