Al-Sunan al-Sughra

Introduction To Al-Sunan al-Sughra

As-Sunan as-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.

Description

Sunnis regard this collection as the fifth most important of their six major Hadith collections. 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.

Commentaries

Among those who have written commentaries on this hadith collection are:

• Imam al-Suyuti: Published under the name Sharh al-Suyuti 'ala Sunan al-Nisa'i by Maktabah al-Matbou'at in Aleppo in 1986.
• al-Sindi: Published under the name Hashiyat al-Sindi 'ala al-Nisa'i by Maktabah al-Matbou'at in Aleppo in 1986.