Al-Sunan al-Sughra


Al-Sunan al-Sughra, also known as Sunan an-Nasa'i, is one of the Kutub al-Sittah, and was collected by Al-Nasa'i.

Description

s regard this collection as the fifth most important of their six major hadith collections.
Al-Mujtaba has about 5,270 hadiths, including repeated narrations, which the author selected from his larger work, As-Sunan al-Kubra. It is considered the most authentic book of hadith after the Sahihayn by most scholars of hadith.

Views

Sunan an-Nasa'i contains the fewest da‘eef hadiths among the six books after the Saheehain ; there is not a single mawdhoo hadith in it.
According to al-Haafiz Ibn Hajar, the book of Sunan an-Nasa'i contains the fewest da‘eef hadiths and majrooh narrators among the books after the Saheehain.

Contents

The book contains 52 chapters.
  1. Purification
  2. Water
  3. Menstruation and Istihadah
  4. Ghusl and Tayammum
  5. Salah
  6. the Times
  7. the Adhan
  8. the Masjids
  9. the Qiblah
  10. Leading the Prayer
  11. the Commencement of the Prayer
  12. The At-Tatbiq
  13. Forgetfulness
  14. Jumu'ah
  15. Shortening the Prayer When Traveling
  16. Eclipses
  17. Praying for Rain
  18. the Fear Prayer
  19. the Prayer for the Two 'Eids
  20. Qiyam Al-Lail and Voluntary Prayers During the Day
  21. Funerals
  22. Fasting
  23. Zakah
  24. Hajj
  25. Jihad
  26. Marriage
  27. Divorce
  28. Horses, Races and Shooting
  29. Endowments
  30. Wills
  31. Presents
  32. Gifts
  33. ar-Ruqba
  34. 'Umra
  35. Oaths and Vows
  36. Agriculture
  37. the Kind Treatment of Women
  38. Fighting
  39. Distributionof Al-Fay'
  40. al-Bay'ah
  41. al-'Aqiqah
  42. al-Fara' andal-'Atirah
  43. Hunting and Slaughtering
  44. ad-Dahaya
  45. Financial Transactions
  46. Oaths, Retaliation and Blood Money
  47. Cutting off the Hand of the Thief
  48. Faith and its Signs
  49. Adornment
  50. the Etiquette of Judges
  51. Seeking Refuge with Allah
  52. Drinks

    Commentaries & Publications

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