RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Abu Dawood

817 - 888

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Abū Dāwūd (Dā’ūd) Sulaymān ibn al-Ash‘ath ibn Isḥāq al-Azdī al-Sijistānī (Arabic: أبو داود سليمان بن الأشعث الأزدي السجستاني), commonly known as Abū Dāwūd al-Sijistānī, was a scholar of prophetic hadith who compiled the third of the six "canonical" hadith collections recognized by Sunni Muslims, the Sunan Abu Dāwūd. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Abu Dawood has received more than 297,410 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 34 in 2019). Abu Dawood is the 305th most popular religious figure (up from 422nd in 2019), the 6th most popular biography from Afghanistan (up from 13th in 2019) and the most popular Afghan Religious Figure.

Abu Dawood is one of the six most authoritative books of hadith in Sunni Islam. It is a collection of sayings and deeds of the Islamic prophet Muhammad.

Memorability Metrics

  • 300k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 75.44

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 37

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 10.57

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.10

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Abu Dawood ranks 305 out of 3,187. Before him are Pope Gregory III, Tiye, Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr, Habakkuk, Pope John XXI, and Pope Gregory V. After him are Saint Sava, Jacques de Molay, Pope Agatho, Amenhotep I, Maximilian Kolbe, and Irenaeus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 817, Abu Dawood ranks 2. Before him is Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj.  Among people deceased in 888, Abu Dawood ranks 2. Before him is Charles the Fat. After him are Bořivoj I, Duke of Bohemia, Al-Mundhir of Córdoba, Emperor Xizong of Tang, Rimbert, Ingelger, and Burgred of Mercia.

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In Afghanistan

Among people born in Afghanistan, Abu Dawood ranks 6 out of 177. Before him are Rumi (1207), Al-Farabi (872), Abbas the Great (1571), Roxana (-347), and Hamid Karzai (1957). After him are Humayun (1508), Mahmud of Ghazni (971), Ali-Shir Nava'i (1441), Jamāl al-Dīn al-Afghānī (1837), Mohammed Zahir Shah (1914), and Ahmad Shah Massoud (1953).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Afghanistan

Among religious figures born in Afghanistan, Abu Dawood ranks 1. After him are Ibrahim ibn Adham (718), Khwaja Abdullah Ansari (1006), Ali Hujwiri (1009), and Abdul Rahman (1965).

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