Sunan Abi Dawood Sunan Abi Dawud, the collection of hadith by Imam Abu Dawud (d. 817-888 CE), one of the six major Sunni hadith collections. Abu Dawood carefully checked each hadith in his collection for compatibility with the Qur'an, and the veracity of the chain of reporters was painstakingly established. Nicely printed on chamois paper, indexed, with ribbon placeholder.