An-Nasa’I __socratesPageHistoryEdit Visual Text AN-NASA'I. النساىي "Sunanu ‘n-Nasa'i," or al-Mujtaba (the selected), a name given to the collection of traditions by Abu Abdi'r-Rahman Ahmad an-Nasa'i. Born A.H. 215,died A.H. 303. He first compiled a large collection of traditions called the Sunanu l-Kubra, but he afterwards revised the whole and admitted only those traditions which were of authority. This collection (Sunanu ‘s-Sittah, or is one of the Katuba ‘s-Sittah, or six (correct) books." [TRADITIONS.] Based on <a href="https://www.juancole.com/library/books/encyclopedias/dictionary-of-islam-hughes ">Hughes, Dictionary of Islam</a> CancelTweetShareRedditEmail