Sunan an-Nasai

Some scholars have written that the name of Imam Nasai's book is 'Al-Mujtaba' or 'Al-Mujtana'. However, it is known as 'Al-Sunan Al-Sughra'. These three names are justified because it appears from the background story of the compilation. The story goes like this that Imam Nasai wrote a book named 'Al-Sunan' and presented it to the Emir of Ramallah. He questioned him whether all the tradition of the book are correct. Imam Nasai's reply was in negative. So, he ordered him to compile a book that contains only authentic traditions. Thus, Imam Nasai took out all the traditions from his book and named the new collection as ' Mujtaba' (selected ones).
Al-Nasai  (201 -- 303 AH), full name Aḥmad ibn Shu`ayb ibn Alī ibn Sīnān Abū `Abd ar-Raḥmān al-Nasā'ī, was a noted collector of hadith (sayings of Muhammad), and wrote one of the six canonical hadith collections, Sunan al-Sughra, as well as 15 other books, 6 dealing with the science of hadith.
He was born in Nasā (in Khorasan) about 829 (214 AH), and traveled extensively in order to hear traditions. He resided in Egypt for a while, and then in Damascus. He died in 915 (303 AH), his final burial place is unknown and it may be in Mecca or Ramalah (Palestine).
As-Sunan As-Sughra, also known as Sunan an-Nasa'i is one of the Hadith collections, and was collected by Al-Nasa'i. Sunni regard this collection as third in strength of their Six major Hadith collections.

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