ختما سنن أبي داود للسخاوي 902هـ والبصري 1134هـ دراسة مقارنة د. أحمد بن جابر الشمراني

Abstract This study examines the two concluding works on Sunan Abī Dāwūd by al-Sakhāwī and al-Baṣrī through a comparative study of their methodology and content. It focuses on Badhl al-Majhūd fī Khatm Sunan Abī Dāwūd by al-Ḥāfiẓ Shams al-Dīn al-Sakhāwī and Khatm Sunan al-Imām Abī Dāwūd by ʿAbd Allāh ibn Sālim al-Baṣrī, with the aim of identifying each author’s methodology in addressing topics related to Imām Abū Dāwūd and his Sunan, clarifying the areas of agreement, difference, and distinctive contribution between the two works, and determining the scholarly value of each in serving Sunan Abī Dāwūd. The study aims to introduce the genre of concluding works (kutub al-khutūm) and its scholarly value; to introduce the two works, their structure, sources, and subjects; to compare the methodologies of al-Sakhāwī and al-Baṣrī in their treatment of the biography of Abū Dāwūd, the Sunan and its compiler’s methodology, the transmissions of the work, its chains of transmission, and its commentaries; and to highlight the distinctive contributions of each author. The study employs inductive, comparative, and analytical methods by surveying the contents of the two works, classifying their subjects, comparing each author’s treatment of the same issues, analyzing their approaches to presentation, transmission, discussion, and preference, and identifying the methodological characteristics and scholarly value of each work. The study reached a number of findings, most notably that the two works share the principal elements of concluding works on Sunan Abī Dāwūd, while differing clearly in the nature of their treatment. Al-Sakhāwī’s work is predominantly critical and analytical, particularly in its study of the transmissions and chains of transmission of the Sunan, its comparison of their transmission routes, and its attention to the impact of variant transmissions on attributing judgments to Abū Dāwūd regarding hadiths. By contrast, al-Baṣrī’s work is predominantly comprehensive and compilatory, with greater attention to the biography and merits of Abū Dāwūd, the virtues of the Sunan, and the collection of scholars’ statements. Al-Sakhāwī is also distinguished by the multiplicity of his chains of transmission to the Sunan and his broader treatment of its commentaries and the works that served it. The study also demonstrates the scholarly value of concluding works as a source for studying the history of hadith books, their transmissions, chains of transmission, and methods of scholarly reception.

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