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  "ar": "محدث نسا بخراسان صاحب «السنن» المعدودة في الكتب الستة؛ اشتهر بعنايته بعلل الحديث وتوثيق الرواة حتى قُدّم كتابه في الدقة، وانتقل في أواخر عمره إلى مصر ثم الشام حيث توفي.",
  "en": "The muhaddith of Nasa in Khurasan, author of the Sunan counted among the six books; famed for his attention to hidden defects and transmitter criticism, moving late in life to Egypt and then al-Sham where he died."
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   "source": "Sunan al-Nasa'i source record (author dates 215–303 AH)",
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   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "موجز",
     "markdown": "أحمد بن شعيب النسائي، محدث من نسا بخراسان، صاحب «السنن» المعدودة في الكتب الستة. {cite:sunan-al-nasai} انظر [[work/sunan-al-nasai|سنن النسائي]]."
    },
    {
     "heading": "سيرته",
     "markdown": "ولد نحو سنة 215هـ وتوفي نحو سنة 303هـ، والتاريخان تقريبيان في البيانات. {cite:sunan-al-nasai}\n\nاشتهر بعنايته بعلل الحديث وتوثيق الرواة، حتى قُدّم كتابه في الدقة. وانتقل في أواخر عمره إلى مصر ثم الشام، حيث توفي. {cite:sunan-al-nasai}"
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   },
   "updated": "2026-10-16"
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   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "Overview",
     "markdown": "Ahmad ibn Shu'ayb al-Nasa'i, a hadith scholar from Nasa in Khurasan, author of the \"Sunan\" counted among the six books. {cite:sunan-al-nasai} See [[work/sunan-al-nasai|the Sunan of al-Nasa'i]]."
    },
    {
     "heading": "His life",
     "markdown": "He was born around 215 AH and died around 303 AH; the two dates are approximate in the data. {cite:sunan-al-nasai}\n\nHe became known for his care for the defects of hadith and the authentication of its transmitters, so that his book was ranked first in precision. In the last part of his life he moved to Egypt and then to Syria, where he died. {cite:sunan-al-nasai}"
    }
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   "frontmatter": {
    "id": "person/al-nasai",
    "lang": "en",
    "source_lang": "ar",
    "translators": [
     "Claude Haiku 5.5 (claude-haiku-5-5), draft translation"
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   "updated": "2026-10-16"
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   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "خلاصہ",
     "markdown": "احمد بن شعیب النسائی خراسان کے شہر نسا کے محدث تھے، اور «السنن» کے مصنف ہیں جو کتب ستہ میں شمار ہوتی ہے۔ {cite:sunan-al-nasai} دیکھیے [[work/sunan-al-nasai|سنن النسائی]]۔"
    },
    {
     "heading": "ان کی زندگی",
     "markdown": "وہ تقریباً سنہ 215 ہجری میں پیدا ہوئے اور تقریباً سنہ 303 ہجری میں وفات پائی۔ ماخذ میں یہ دونوں تاریخیں تقریبی ہیں۔ {cite:sunan-al-nasai}\n\nوہ حدیث کے عِلل اور راویوں کی توثیق میں اپنی محنت کے لیے مشہور تھے، یہاں تک کہ ان کی کتاب کو صحت میں مقدم رکھا گیا۔ عمر کے آخری حصے میں وہ مصر اور پھر شام منتقل ہوئے، اور وہیں ان کی وفات ہوئی۔ {cite:sunan-al-nasai}"
    }
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    "lang": "ur",
    "source_lang": "ar",
    "translators": [
     "Claude Haiku 5.5 (claude-haiku-5-5), draft translation"
    ]
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   "updated": "2026-10-19"
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  "concept/al-shamail-al-muhammadiyya",
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