As-Sunan al-Kubra explained

As-Sunan al-Kubra
Author:	Al-Nasa'i
Title Orig:	السنن الكبرى
Orig Lang Code:	ar
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

External links

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Sunan al-Kubra by Imam an-Nasa'i. SifatuSafwa Bookstore. Apr 26, 2019.
2. Web site: Sunan al-Kubra of Imam Nasa'i | Mahajjah. Apr 26, 2019.
3. [Jonathan A.C. Brown]
4. Web site: السنن الكبرى للنسائي • الموقع الرسمي للمكتبة الشاملة. shamela.ws. Jun 18, 2019.
5. Web site: Various Issues About Hadiths. www.abc.se. Apr 26, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20170330035144/https://www.abc.se/~m9783/n/vih_e.html. March 30, 2017. dead.
6. Web site: 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. https://web.archive.org/web/20161222150719/http://www.loohpress.com/product_info.php/products_id/1937. dead. December 22, 2016. www.loohpress.com. Apr 26, 2019.