Hadith Scholars Who Studied Under Imam Abu Dawood

Many scholars of Hadith had the honor of studying under Imam Abu Dawood. Among them, the following are notable narrators of his Sunan:

• ➊ Abu ‘Amr Ahmad ibn ‘Ali ibn Hasan al-Basri
• ➋ Abu ‘Ali Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn ‘Amr al-Lu’lu’i (d. 333 AH)
• ➌ Abu al-Tayyib Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ashnani al-Baghdadi
• ➍ Abu Sa‘id Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Sa‘id ibn Ziyad al-A‘rabi (d. 340 AH)
• ➎ Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn ‘Abd al-Razzaq ibn Dassah (d. 346 AH)
• ➏ Abu al-Hasan ‘Ali ibn al-Hasan ibn al-‘Abd al-Ansari (d. 328 AH)
• ➐ Abu ‘Isa Ishaq ibn Musa ibn Sa‘id al-Ramli al-Warraq (d. 320 AH)
• ➑ Abu Asamah Muhammad ibn ‘Abd al-Malik ibn Yazid al-Rawwas
• ➒ Abu Salim Muhammad ibn Sa‘id al-Jaludi

Narrators of Imam Abu Dawood’s Other Works

• ➊ Abu ‘Abdullah Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Basri
• ➋ Abu Bakr Ahmad ibn Sulayman al-Najjad
• ➌ Isma‘il ibn Muhammad al-Saffar
• ➍ Abu ‘Ubayd Muhammad ibn ‘Ali al-Aajuri

Other Prominent Scholars Among His Students

• ➊ His son, Abu Bakr
• ➋ Abu ‘Awanah Ya‘qub ibn Ishaq al-Isfaraini
• ➌ Harb ibn Isma‘il al-Kirmani
• ➍ Zakariya al-Saji
• ➎ Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Khallal
• ➏ Ahmad ibn Yasin al-Harawi and others

Authors of Sihah Sittah Who Studied Under Him

• ➊ Imam al-Tirmidhi
• ➋ Imam al-Nasa’i

Both Imam Tirmidhi and Imam Nasa’i were among those who studied under Imam Abu Dawood. Even his own teacher, Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal, narrated the Hadith of ‘Atirah from him.