Tiga Kitab Sunan: Studi Komparatif Karakteristik Kitab Sunan Abu Dawud, Sunan al-Tirmidhi, dan Sunan al-Nasa'i

This study is limited to limit the book Sunan al-Turmudhi work, Sunan al-Nasa'i, and Sunan Abu Dawud. The third author of the book Sunan established teacher-pupil relationship. Imam Abu Dawud is the teacher of Imam al-Tirmidhi and Imam al-Nasa'i. Similarly, Imam al-Tirmidhi is a teacher of Imam  al-Nasa'i. They live in the middle of the third century hijrah. At that time, the Abbasid dynasty in Baghdad in a period of decline, while the Umayyad dynasty in Spain in its progress. Writing the book Sunan Three chapters follow the jurisprudence. Only, Sunan Abu Da wu d and Sunan al-Nasa`i reduces variety in the observations of the same chain of transmitters, was Imam  al-Tirmidhi sanad enrich the h adi thnya. Based on the quality of  h adi th were collected, Sunan al-Nasa 'i occupy a position on the Sunan Abu Dawu d and Sunan al- Tirmidhi in the bottom position. However, Sunan  Abu Da wud peringkasan excel in writing and Sunan  al-Tirmidhi rich in the application of science hadith.