Imām nasāʾī full name
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Al-Nasa'i
Persian Islamic hadith scholar (829–915)
Al-Nasāʾī (214 – 303 AH; c. 829 – 915 CE), full name Abū ʿAbd al-Raḥmān Aḥmad ibn Shuʿayb ibn ʿAlī ibn Sinān ibn Baḥr ibn Dīnar al-Khurasānī al-Nasāʾī (Arabic: أبو عبد الرحمن أحمد بن شعيب النَّسائي), was a noted collector of hadith (sayings of Muhammad),[3] from the city of Nasa (early Khorasan and present day Turkmenistan),[4] and the author of "As-Sunan", one of the six canonical hadith collections recognized by SunniMuslims.[5] From his "As-Sunan al-Kubra (The Large Sunan)" he wrote an abridged version, "Al-Mujtaba" or Sunan al-Sughra (The Concise Sunan). Of the fifteen books he is known to have written, six treat the science of hadīth.
Biography
Of Persian origin,[6] Al-Nasa'i himself states he was born in the year 830 (215 h.) - although some say it was in 829 or 869 (214 or 255 h.) - in the city of Nasa in present-day Turkmenistan - part of Khorasan, a region in Western Asia and Central Asia known for its many centres of Islamic learning. There he a
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Imām Al-Nasā’ī is the compiler of the well-known book of Sunan Al-Nasā’ī (As-Sunan As-Sughra as he named it) and is also amongst the al-Sahih al-Sittah. He was renowned for his utmost extensive awareness of the defects of Hadith and the conditions of the narrators.
His Name, Background and Family
An-Nasai was born in Nasa, a town in Khorasan (in present-day Nisa, Turkmenistan), in 214 AH (829 CE). He started learning knowledge at a very early age. He began his scientific journeys when he was 15 years old when he travelled to the great scholar of Hadith Qutaybah ibn Said in Baghlan. Qutaybah narrated Hadiths from Imam Malik, Al-Layth ibn Saad and other narrators of this class. Abu Abd-ur-Rahman An-Nasai remained with Qutaybah for 14 months studying Hadith at his hands. Imam An-Nasai was fond of seeking knowledge especially the narration of Hadiths, for which he has devoted his whole life. Thus, he became a leading scholar and superior Hadith authority of his time.
Abu Abd-ur-Rahman was a dedicated worshipper. Abu Al-Husain Muhammad ibn Muzfir said:
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Short Biography of Imam An-Nasai
An-Nasai’s Introduction:
His full name is Abu Abd-ur-Rahman Ahmad ibn Shuayb ibn Ali ibn Sinan ibn Bahr Al-Khurasani An-Nasai, attributed to his homeland Nasa (present-day located in Turkmenistan). He was a great memorizer and critic of Hadith and one of the key figures in Muslim scholarship. He was renowned for his utmost extensive awareness of the defects of Hadith and the conditions of the narrators. He is the author of the famous book of Hadith “Sunan An-Nasa’i” or “As-Sunan As-Sughra” as he named it.
An-Nasai’s Birth and Early Life:
An-Nasai was born in Nasa, a town in Khorasan (in present-day Nisa, Turkmenistan), in 214 AH (829 CE). He started learning knowledge at a very early age. He began his scientific journeys when he was 15 years old when he travelled to the great scholar of Hadith Qutaybah ibn Said in Baghlan. Qutaybah narrated Hadiths from Imam Malik, Al-Layth ibn Saad and other narrators of this class. Abu Abd-ur-Rahman An-Nasai remained with Qutaybah for 14 months studying Hadith at his hands. Imam An-
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