1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:03,000 In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. 2 00:00:03,000 --> 00:00:09,000 O you who recite the words of the Prophet and explain them, 3 00:00:09,000 --> 00:00:15,000 How beautiful is your voice when it calls to guidance! 4 00:00:15,000 --> 00:00:18,000 The biographies of the authors of the six major books, 5 00:00:18,000 --> 00:00:23,899 Six biographies filled with beauty and majesty. 6 00:00:23,899 --> 00:00:29,899 Summarized with care from that unique and magnificent book, 7 00:00:29,899 --> 00:00:32,929 The biographies are of the highest nobility, 8 00:00:32,929 --> 00:00:37,219 By Imam al-Dhahabi, may Allah have mercy on him. 9 00:00:37,219 --> 00:00:43,219 Prepared by Shaykh Muhammad al-Muhanna, may Allah preserve him. 10 00:00:53,219 --> 00:00:57,439 Imam Abu Dawud, may Allah have mercy on him, 11 00:00:57,439 --> 00:01:03,530 The Imam, the master of the Sunnah, and the foremost of the hadith scholars. 12 00:01:03,530 --> 00:01:08,530 He is Abu Dawud Sulayman ibn al-Ash'ath al-Azdi al-Sijistani. 13 00:01:08,530 --> 00:01:10,530 The hadith scholar of Basra. 14 00:01:10,530 --> 00:01:14,069 He was born in the year 202 AH. 15 00:01:14,069 --> 00:01:17,069 He traveled, collected, and authored. 16 00:01:17,069 --> 00:01:19,069 He excelled in this field. 17 00:01:19,069 --> 00:01:23,069 In Makkah, he heard from al-Qa'nabi and Sulayman ibn Harb, 18 00:01:23,069 --> 00:01:26,069 And he heard from Muslim ibn Ibrahim, 19 00:01:26,069 --> 00:01:28,069 And 'Abdullah ibn Raja', 20 00:01:28,069 --> 00:01:31,069 And Abu al-Walid al-Tayalisi, 21 00:01:31,069 --> 00:01:33,069 And their peers in Basra. 22 00:01:33,069 --> 00:01:37,069 Then he heard in Kufa from al-Hasan ibn al-Rabi' al-Burani, 23 00:01:37,069 --> 00:01:40,069 And Ahmad ibn Yunus al-Yarbu'i, 24 00:01:40,069 --> 00:01:42,140 And a group of others. 25 00:01:42,140 --> 00:01:44,140 He heard from Safwan ibn Salih, 26 00:01:44,140 --> 00:01:47,140 And Hisham ibn 'Ammar in Damascus, 27 00:01:47,140 --> 00:01:49,140 And from Ishaq ibn Rahwayh, 28 00:01:49,140 --> 00:01:52,140 And his peers in Khurasan, 29 00:01:52,140 --> 00:01:54,140 And from Ahmad ibn Hanbal, 30 00:01:54,140 --> 00:01:56,140 And his peers in Baghdad, 31 00:01:56,140 --> 00:01:59,140 And from Qutaybah ibn Sa'id in Balkh, 32 00:01:59,140 --> 00:02:01,140 And from Ahmad ibn Salih, 33 00:02:01,140 --> 00:02:03,140 And a multitude in Egypt. 34 00:02:03,140 --> 00:02:06,260 He heard from 'Amr ibn al-Madini, 35 00:02:06,260 --> 00:02:08,259 And Sa'id ibn Mansur, 36 00:02:08,259 --> 00:02:10,259 And Sahl ibn Bakkar, 37 00:02:10,259 --> 00:02:12,259 And 'Ali ibn al-Ja'd, 38 00:02:12,259 --> 00:02:14,259 And Muhammad ibn al-Minhal al-Darir, 39 00:02:14,259 --> 00:02:16,259 And Musaddad ibn Musarhad, 40 00:02:16,259 --> 00:02:18,259 And Yahya ibn Ma'in, 41 00:02:18,259 --> 00:02:20,259 And many others besides them. 42 00:02:20,259 --> 00:02:23,710 Abu 'Isa narrated from him in his Jami', 43 00:02:23,710 --> 00:02:26,710 And al-Nasa'i, as it is said, 44 00:02:26,710 --> 00:02:28,710 And Abu al-Tayyib al-Ushnani, 45 00:02:28,710 --> 00:02:30,710 The narrator of the Sunan from him, 46 00:02:30,710 --> 00:02:32,710 And Abu Bakr al-Najjad, 47 00:02:32,710 --> 00:02:35,710 And Abu 'Umar Ahmad ibn al-Basri, 48 00:02:35,710 --> 00:02:37,710 The narrator of the Sunan from him, 49 00:02:37,710 --> 00:02:40,710 And Abu Bakr Ahmad ibn Muhammad, 50 00:02:40,710 --> 00:02:42,710 Al-Khallal the jurist, 51 00:02:42,710 --> 00:02:45,710 And Harb ibn Isma'il al-Kirmani, 52 00:02:45,710 --> 00:02:48,710 And his son Abu Bakr ibn Abi Dawud, 53 00:02:48,710 --> 00:02:50,710 And Abu Bakr ibn Abi al-Dunya, 54 00:02:50,710 --> 00:02:52,710 And Abu 'Ali, 55 00:02:52,710 --> 00:02:54,710 Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Lu'lu'i, 56 00:02:54,710 --> 00:02:56,710 The narrator of the Sunan, 57 00:02:56,710 --> 00:02:59,710 And Muhammad ibn Bakr ibn Dasah al-Tammar, 58 00:02:59,710 --> 00:03:01,710 One of the narrators of the Sunan. 59 00:03:01,710 --> 00:03:05,349 He settled in Basra after the destruction of the wicked one, 60 00:03:05,349 --> 00:03:07,349 The tyrant of the Zanj, 61 00:03:07,349 --> 00:03:09,349 And he spread knowledge there. 62 00:03:09,349 --> 00:03:12,349 He used to travel frequently to Baghdad. 63 00:03:12,349 --> 00:03:14,349 Al-Khatib Abu Bakr said, 64 00:03:14,349 --> 00:03:18,349 It is said that he authored his book, the Sunan, long ago, 65 00:03:18,349 --> 00:03:21,349 And presented it to Ahmad ibn Hanbal, 66 00:03:21,349 --> 00:03:24,349 Who deemed it excellent and praised it. 67 00:03:24,349 --> 00:03:26,349 Abu Bakr al-Khallal said, 68 00:03:26,349 --> 00:03:28,349 Abu Dawud, 69 00:03:28,349 --> 00:03:31,349 The leading Imam of his time, 70 00:03:31,349 --> 00:03:34,349 A man who was never surpassed in his knowledge, 71 00:03:34,349 --> 00:03:36,349 Of the extraction of hadith sciences and his insight, 72 00:03:36,349 --> 00:03:39,349 Into their intricacies, by anyone in his era. 73 00:03:39,349 --> 00:03:42,349 A man of piety and a leader. 74 00:03:42,349 --> 00:03:44,349 Ahmad ibn Hanbal heard from him, 75 00:03:44,349 --> 00:03:46,349 A single hadith. 76 00:03:46,349 --> 00:03:48,349 Abu Dawud used to mention this. 77 00:03:49,419 --> 00:03:52,419 Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Yasin said, 78 00:03:52,419 --> 00:03:55,419 Abu Dawud was one of the memorizers of Islam, 79 00:03:55,419 --> 00:03:59,419 Regarding the hadith of the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, 80 00:03:59,419 --> 00:04:02,419 Its knowledge, its hidden defects, and its chains of transmission. 81 00:04:02,419 --> 00:04:05,419 He was at the highest level of devotion and chastity, 82 00:04:05,419 --> 00:04:07,419 And righteousness and piety. 83 00:04:07,419 --> 00:04:11,060 He was one of the knights of hadith. 84 00:04:11,060 --> 00:04:14,060 When Abu Dawud authored the Sunan, 85 00:04:14,060 --> 00:04:16,060 Abu Bakr said, 86 00:04:16,060 --> 00:04:18,060 Muhammad ibn Ishaq al-Saghani, 87 00:04:18,060 --> 00:04:20,060 And Ibrahim al-Harbi, 88 00:04:20,060 --> 00:04:23,060 "Hadith was made soft for Abu Dawud," 89 00:04:23,060 --> 00:04:27,060 "Just as iron was made soft for Dawud, peace be upon him." 90 00:04:27,060 --> 00:04:30,149 Muhammad ibn Makhlad said, 91 00:04:30,149 --> 00:04:33,149 When Abu Dawud authored the Sunan, 92 00:04:33,149 --> 00:04:35,149 And read it to the people, 93 00:04:35,149 --> 00:04:37,149 His book became for the people of hadith, 94 00:04:37,149 --> 00:04:39,149 Like a Mushaf (Qur'an), 95 00:04:39,149 --> 00:04:42,149 They follow it and do not contradict it. 96 00:04:42,149 --> 00:04:44,149 The people of his time acknowledged him, 97 00:04:44,149 --> 00:04:46,149 For his memorization and his precedence in it. 98 00:04:46,149 --> 00:04:49,149 The Hafiz Musa ibn Harun said, 99 00:04:49,149 --> 00:04:52,149 Abu Dawud was created in this world for hadith, 100 00:04:52,149 --> 00:04:55,149 And in the Hereafter for Paradise. 101 00:04:55,149 --> 00:04:58,149 Abu Hatim ibn Hibban said, 102 00:04:58,149 --> 00:05:01,149 Abu Dawud was one of the Imams of the world, 103 00:05:01,149 --> 00:05:03,149 In fiqh, knowledge, memorization, 104 00:05:03,149 --> 00:05:06,149 Devotion, piety, and precision. 105 00:05:06,149 --> 00:05:09,149 He collected, authored, and refined the Sunan. 106 00:05:09,149 --> 00:05:13,250 The Hafiz Abu 'Abdullah ibn Mandah said, 107 00:05:13,250 --> 00:05:16,250 Those who extracted and distinguished the authentic from the defective, 108 00:05:16,250 --> 00:05:19,250 And the error from the correct, 109 00:05:19,250 --> 00:05:22,250 Are four: al-Bukhari and Muslim, 110 00:05:22,250 --> 00:05:25,250 Then Abu Dawud and al-Nasa'i. 111 00:05:25,250 --> 00:05:28,339 Abu 'Abdullah al-Hakim said, 112 00:05:28,339 --> 00:05:31,339 Abu Dawud is the Imam of the people of hadith, 113 00:05:31,339 --> 00:05:34,470 In his era, without dispute. 114 00:05:34,470 --> 00:05:36,470 Musa ibn Harun said, 115 00:05:36,470 --> 00:05:39,470 I have not seen anyone better than Abu Dawud. 116 00:05:39,470 --> 00:05:42,569 Abu Bakr ibn Dasah said, 117 00:05:42,569 --> 00:05:45,569 I heard Abu Dawud say, 118 00:05:45,569 --> 00:05:48,569 "I wrote down from the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, 119 00:05:48,569 --> 00:05:51,569 Five hundred thousand hadiths, 120 00:05:51,569 --> 00:05:54,569 From which I selected what I included in this book," 121 00:05:54,569 --> 00:05:57,569 Meaning the book of Sunan. 122 00:05:57,569 --> 00:06:00,569 "I collected in it four thousand hadiths, 123 00:06:00,569 --> 00:06:03,569 And eight hundred hadiths. 124 00:06:03,569 --> 00:06:06,569 I mentioned the authentic and what resembles and approaches it. 125 00:06:06,569 --> 00:06:09,569 And it is sufficient for a person for his religion, 126 00:06:09,569 --> 00:06:11,569 Four hadiths." 127 00:06:11,569 --> 00:06:14,569 He said, the words of the Prophet, peace be upon him: 128 00:06:14,569 --> 00:06:17,569 "Actions are by intentions." 129 00:06:17,569 --> 00:06:20,569 And the second: "Part of the perfection of a person's Islam, 130 00:06:20,569 --> 00:06:23,569 Is leaving what does not concern him." 131 00:06:23,569 --> 00:06:26,569 And the third: "None of you will be, 132 00:06:26,569 --> 00:06:29,569 A believer until he loves for his brother, 133 00:06:29,569 --> 00:06:32,569 What he loves for himself." 134 00:06:32,569 --> 00:06:35,600 And the fourth: "The lawful is clear." 135 00:06:35,600 --> 00:06:38,600 I say, his statement that it is sufficient for a person for his religion, 136 00:06:38,600 --> 00:06:41,600 Rather, a Muslim needs a large number, 137 00:06:41,600 --> 00:06:44,600 Of authentic Sunnah alongside the Qur'an. 138 00:06:44,600 --> 00:06:47,600 Ibn Dasah said, 139 00:06:47,600 --> 00:06:50,600 I heard Abu Dawud say, 140 00:06:50,600 --> 00:06:53,600 "I mentioned in the Sunan the authentic and what approaches it. 141 00:06:53,600 --> 00:06:56,600 If it had a severe weakness, I clarified it." 142 00:06:56,600 --> 00:06:59,699 I say, he fulfilled that, 143 00:06:59,699 --> 00:07:02,699 May Allah have mercy on him, according to his ijtihad. 144 00:07:02,699 --> 00:07:05,699 He clarified what was severely weak, 145 00:07:05,699 --> 00:07:08,699 And whose weakness was intolerable. 146 00:07:08,699 --> 00:07:11,699 And he remained silent regarding what was lightly weak and tolerable. 147 00:07:11,699 --> 00:07:14,699 Thus, it does not necessarily follow from his silence, 148 00:07:14,699 --> 00:07:17,699 Regarding a hadith, 149 00:07:17,699 --> 00:07:20,699 That it is considered 'hasan' (good) by him, 150 00:07:20,699 --> 00:07:23,699 Especially if we judge based on the definition of 'hasan', 151 00:07:23,699 --> 00:07:26,699 According to our later, modern terminology, 152 00:07:26,699 --> 00:07:29,699 Which, in the convention of the salaf, 153 00:07:29,699 --> 00:07:32,699 Returns to a category of the authentic, 154 00:07:33,699 --> 00:07:36,699 Or that which Abu 'Abdullah al-Bukhari avoids, 155 00:07:36,699 --> 00:07:39,699 And Muslim accepts. 156 00:07:39,699 --> 00:07:42,699 And conversely, it is included, 157 00:07:42,699 --> 00:07:45,730 In the lowest ranks of authenticity. 158 00:07:45,730 --> 00:07:48,730 For if it were to fall below that, 159 00:07:48,730 --> 00:07:51,730 It would fall out of the realm of evidence, 160 00:07:51,730 --> 00:07:54,730 And remain suspended between weakness and goodness. 161 00:07:54,730 --> 00:07:57,730 The highest level in Abu Dawud's book, 162 00:07:57,730 --> 00:08:00,730 Among the established, is what the two Shaykhs (al-Bukhari and Muslim) extracted, 163 00:08:00,730 --> 00:08:03,730 Which makes up a portion of the book. 164 00:08:03,730 --> 00:08:06,730 Then follows what one of the two Shaykhs extracted, 165 00:08:06,730 --> 00:08:09,730 While the other avoided it. 166 00:08:09,730 --> 00:08:12,730 Then follows what both avoided, 167 00:08:12,730 --> 00:08:15,730 Yet its chain was good, free from defect and irregularity. 168 00:08:15,730 --> 00:08:18,730 Then follows what had a sound chain, 169 00:08:18,730 --> 00:08:21,730 And was accepted by the scholars, 170 00:08:21,730 --> 00:08:24,730 Because it came from two or more acceptable paths, 171 00:08:24,730 --> 00:08:27,730 Each chain supporting the other. 172 00:08:27,730 --> 00:08:30,730 Then follows what had a weak chain due to a deficiency in the narrator's memory, 173 00:08:30,730 --> 00:08:33,730 Such a hadith Abu Dawud accepts, 174 00:08:33,730 --> 00:08:36,730 And he is silent about it, usually. 175 00:08:36,730 --> 00:08:39,730 Then follows what was clearly weak due to the narrator, 176 00:08:39,730 --> 00:08:42,730 This he does not remain silent about, 177 00:08:42,730 --> 00:08:45,730 Rather, he usually declares it weak. 178 00:08:45,730 --> 00:08:48,730 And he may remain silent about it depending on its fame and its rejection. 179 00:08:48,730 --> 00:08:51,730 And Allah knows best. 180 00:08:51,730 --> 00:08:54,730 The Hafiz Zakariyya al-Saji said, 181 00:08:54,730 --> 00:08:57,730 The Book of Allah is the foundation of Islam, 182 00:08:57,730 --> 00:09:00,730 And the book of Abu Dawud is the covenant of Islam. 183 00:09:00,730 --> 00:09:03,730 I say, Abu Dawud was, 184 00:09:03,730 --> 00:09:06,730 Along with his leadership in hadith and its sciences, 185 00:09:06,730 --> 00:09:09,730 One of the great jurists. 186 00:09:09,730 --> 00:09:12,730 His book is evidence of that. 187 00:09:12,730 --> 00:09:15,730 He was one of the distinguished students of Imam Ahmad. 188 00:09:15,730 --> 00:09:18,730 He attended his circle for a long time, 189 00:09:18,730 --> 00:09:21,730 And asked him about the subtle issues in branches and fundamentals. 190 00:09:21,730 --> 00:09:24,730 He was upon the path of the salaf in following the Sunnah, 191 00:09:24,730 --> 00:09:27,730 And submitting to it, 192 00:09:27,730 --> 00:09:30,730 And avoiding delving into the intricacies of speculative theology. 193 00:09:30,730 --> 00:09:33,789 Al-A'mash narrated from Ibrahim from 'Alqamah, 194 00:09:33,789 --> 00:09:36,789 He said: 'Abdullah ibn Mas'ud, 195 00:09:36,789 --> 00:09:39,789 Used to resemble the Prophet, peace be upon him, 196 00:09:39,789 --> 00:09:42,789 In his guidance and his demeanor. 197 00:09:42,789 --> 00:09:45,789 And 'Alqamah used to resemble 'Abdullah in that. 198 00:09:45,789 --> 00:09:48,789 Jarir ibn 'Abd al-Hamid said, 199 00:09:49,789 --> 00:09:52,789 Ibrahim al-Nakha'i used to be likened to 'Alqamah in that regard. 200 00:09:52,789 --> 00:09:55,789 Mansur used to be likened to Ibrahim. 201 00:09:55,789 --> 00:09:58,789 It was said: 202 00:09:58,789 --> 00:10:01,789 Sufyan al-Thawri used to be likened to Mansur. 203 00:10:01,789 --> 00:10:04,789 Waki' used to be likened to Sufyan. 204 00:10:04,789 --> 00:10:07,789 Ahmad used to be likened to Waki'. 205 00:10:07,789 --> 00:10:10,789 Abu Dawud used to be likened to Ahmad. 206 00:10:10,789 --> 00:10:13,820 Abu Bakr ibn Jabir said: 207 00:10:13,820 --> 00:10:16,820 The servant of Abu Dawud, may Allah have mercy on him, 208 00:10:17,820 --> 00:10:20,820 "I was with Abu Dawud in Baghdad, 209 00:10:20,820 --> 00:10:23,820 and we had prayed Maghrib. 210 00:10:23,820 --> 00:10:26,820 Then the Prince, Abu Ahmad al-Muwaffaq, came to him— 211 00:10:26,820 --> 00:10:29,820 meaning the Crown Prince. 212 00:10:29,820 --> 00:10:32,820 He entered, and Abu Dawud turned to him 213 00:10:32,820 --> 00:10:35,820 and said, 'What brings the Prince at such an hour?' 214 00:10:35,820 --> 00:10:38,820 He replied, 'I have come to you for three things.' 215 00:10:38,820 --> 00:10:41,820 He asked, 'And what are they?' 216 00:10:41,820 --> 00:10:44,820 He said, 'That you move to Basra 217 00:10:44,820 --> 00:10:47,820 and make it your home, 218 00:10:47,820 --> 00:10:50,820 so that students of knowledge may travel to you, 219 00:10:50,820 --> 00:10:53,820 and it may flourish through you, for it has fallen into ruin, 220 00:10:53,820 --> 00:10:56,820 and people have ceased to visit it 221 00:10:56,820 --> 00:10:59,820 due to the Zanj rebellion that befell it.' 222 00:10:59,820 --> 00:11:02,919 He said, 'That is one.' 223 00:11:02,919 --> 00:11:05,919 He said, 'And that you narrate the Sunan to my children.' 224 00:11:05,919 --> 00:11:09,049 He said, 'Yes, bring the third.' 225 00:11:09,049 --> 00:11:12,049 He said, 'And that you set aside a private session for them, 226 00:11:12,049 --> 00:11:15,049 for the children of the Caliphs do not sit with the common people.' 227 00:11:15,049 --> 00:11:18,049 Abu Dawud replied, 228 00:11:18,049 --> 00:11:21,049 'As for that, there is no way to do it, 229 00:11:21,049 --> 00:11:24,049 for people are equal in the pursuit of knowledge.' 230 00:11:24,049 --> 00:11:27,080 Ibn Jabir said: 231 00:11:27,080 --> 00:11:30,080 So they would attend and sit behind a screen— 232 00:11:30,080 --> 00:11:33,080 meaning a concealed place— 233 00:11:33,080 --> 00:11:36,080 and listen along with the common people." 234 00:11:36,080 --> 00:11:39,080 Ibn Dasah said: 235 00:11:40,080 --> 00:11:43,080 He was asked about that, 236 00:11:43,080 --> 00:11:46,080 and he said, "The one who has the books is wealthy, 237 00:11:46,080 --> 00:11:49,080 and the other has no need of it." 238 00:11:49,080 --> 00:11:52,179 Abu Bakr ibn Abi Dawud said: 239 00:11:52,179 --> 00:11:55,179 I heard my father say: 240 00:11:55,179 --> 00:11:58,179 "The best of speech is that which enters the ear without permission." 241 00:11:58,179 --> 00:12:01,179 He said: And I heard him say: 242 00:12:01,179 --> 00:12:04,179 "I have met those among the people of hadith whom I have met; 243 00:12:04,179 --> 00:12:07,179 there was none among them with a better memory for hadith, 244 00:12:07,179 --> 00:12:10,179 nor one who had collected more of them, than Ibn Ma'in, 245 00:12:10,179 --> 00:12:13,179 nor one more pious, nor one more knowledgeable 246 00:12:13,179 --> 00:12:16,179 of the fiqh of hadith than Ahmad, 247 00:12:16,179 --> 00:12:19,179 and the most knowledgeable of them regarding its defects was 'Ali ibn al-Madini. 248 00:12:19,179 --> 00:12:22,179 I saw Ishaq, despite his memorization 249 00:12:22,179 --> 00:12:25,179 and his knowledge, deferring to Ahmad ibn Hanbal 250 00:12:25,179 --> 00:12:28,269 and acknowledging his status." 251 00:12:28,269 --> 00:12:31,269 Abu Dawud said in his Sunan: 252 00:12:31,269 --> 00:12:34,269 "I measured a cucumber in Egypt at thirteen spans." 253 00:12:34,269 --> 00:12:37,269 "And I saw a citron on a camel, 254 00:12:37,269 --> 00:12:40,269 and it had been cut into two pieces, 255 00:12:40,269 --> 00:12:45,379 and it made the equivalent of two loads." 256 00:12:45,379 --> 00:12:48,990 A discussion on Sijistan: 257 00:12:48,990 --> 00:12:51,990 As for Sijistan, 258 00:12:51,990 --> 00:12:54,990 the region from which Imam Abu Dawud hails, 259 00:12:54,990 --> 00:12:57,990 it is a small, distinct region, 260 00:12:57,990 --> 00:13:00,990 bordering the region of Sindh. 261 00:13:00,990 --> 00:13:03,990 To its west is the city of Herat, 262 00:13:04,990 --> 00:13:07,990 and to its east is a desert, 263 00:13:07,990 --> 00:13:10,990 and a wilderness between it and Makran, 264 00:13:10,990 --> 00:13:13,990 which is the capital of Sindh. 265 00:13:13,990 --> 00:13:16,990 The completion of this eastern boundary 266 00:13:16,990 --> 00:13:19,990 is the land of Multan, 267 00:13:19,990 --> 00:13:23,149 and to its north is the beginning of India. 268 00:13:23,149 --> 00:13:26,149 The land of Sijistan is rich in palm trees and sand, 269 00:13:26,149 --> 00:13:29,149 and it is in the third of the seven climates. 270 00:13:29,149 --> 00:13:32,149 The capital of Sijistan is Zaranj. 271 00:13:32,149 --> 00:13:35,149 Its latitude is thirty-two degrees. 272 00:13:35,149 --> 00:13:38,149 The name Zaranj is also used for Sijistan. 273 00:13:38,149 --> 00:13:41,149 It has a wall and a great congregational mosque, 274 00:13:41,149 --> 00:13:44,149 and a large river flows by it. 275 00:13:44,149 --> 00:13:47,149 Its longitude from the Fortunate Isles 276 00:13:47,149 --> 00:13:50,149 is eighty-nine degrees. 277 00:13:50,149 --> 00:13:53,149 The relative adjective for it is also 'Sijzi'. 278 00:13:53,149 --> 00:13:56,149 This is how Abu 'Awanah 279 00:13:56,149 --> 00:13:59,149 al-Isfara'ini refers to Abu Dawud. 280 00:14:00,149 --> 00:14:03,179 And to it is attributed 281 00:14:03,179 --> 00:14:06,279 the Musnad of the time, Abu al-Waqt al-Sijzi. 282 00:14:06,279 --> 00:14:09,279 It has been said—though it is of no account— 283 00:14:09,279 --> 00:14:12,279 that Abu Dawud is from Sijistan, 284 00:14:12,279 --> 00:14:15,279 a village in the district of Basra. 285 00:14:15,279 --> 00:14:18,279 Qadi Shams al-Din mentioned this in Wafayat al-A'yan. 286 00:14:18,279 --> 00:14:21,279 When Abu Dawud first arrived 287 00:14:21,279 --> 00:14:24,279 from the lands, he entered Baghdad 288 00:14:24,279 --> 00:14:27,279 when he was eighteen years old, 289 00:14:27,279 --> 00:14:30,279 before he had seen Basra. 290 00:14:30,279 --> 00:14:33,279 Then he traveled from Baghdad to Basra. 291 00:14:33,279 --> 00:14:36,279 Abu 'Ubayd al-Ajurri said: 292 00:14:36,279 --> 00:14:39,279 Abu Dawud passed away on the sixteenth of Shawwal, 293 00:14:39,279 --> 00:14:42,279 in the year 275. 294 00:14:42,279 --> 00:14:45,409 I say: His brother, 295 00:14:45,409 --> 00:14:48,409 Muhammad ibn al-Ash'ath, was slightly older than him, 296 00:14:48,409 --> 00:14:51,409 and he was his companion in his travels, 297 00:14:51,409 --> 00:14:54,409 and he died in his prime before Abu Dawud. 298 00:14:54,409 --> 00:14:58,659 The biographies of the authors of the Six Books. 299 00:15:28,950 --> 00:15:31,950 A village in the district of Basra. 300 00:15:31,950 --> 00:15:34,950 Qadi Shams al-Din mentioned it. 301 00:15:34,950 --> 00:15:37,950 Abu Dawud died on the sixteenth of Shawwal, 302 00:15:37,950 --> 00:15:40,950 in the year 275. 303 00:15:40,950 --> 00:15:44,210 I say: His brother, 304 00:15:44,210 --> 00:15:47,210 Muhammad ibn al-Ash'ath, was slightly older than him, 305 00:15:47,210 --> 00:15:50,210 and he was his companion in his travels, 306 00:15:50,210 --> 00:15:53,210 and he died in his prime before Abu Dawud. 307 00:15:53,210 --> 00:15:56,210 The biographies of the authors of the Six Books. 308 00:15:56,210 --> 00:15:59,210 My veins are for the hadith and its people. 309 00:15:59,210 --> 00:16:02,210 So sell me your authentic narrations, 310 00:16:02,210 --> 00:16:05,210 and quench my thirst with the chains of transmission, 311 00:16:05,210 --> 00:16:08,210 and with the 'he said, he said'. 312 00:16:08,210 --> 00:16:11,210 And take refuge in our hadith, 313 00:16:11,210 --> 00:16:14,210 the 'he narrated to us', and the comprehensive, 314 00:16:14,210 --> 00:16:17,210 eloquent, and precise words. 315 00:16:17,210 --> 00:16:20,210 For his words— 316 00:16:20,210 --> 00:16:23,210 may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him—are of great majesty, 317 00:16:23,210 --> 00:16:26,210 and his speech 318 00:16:26,210 --> 00:16:29,269 is above all common discourse. 319 00:16:29,269 --> 00:16:32,269 And upon him is a light, 320 00:16:32,269 --> 00:16:35,269 radiant with tranquility, 321 00:16:35,269 --> 00:16:38,269 that flows into my soul, 322 00:16:38,269 --> 00:16:41,269 and remains a source of inspiration.