Penulisnya adalah Abu Dawud Sulaiman bin Al-Asy Ast bin Ishaq As-Sijistani. (202-275 H). Saat menyusun kitab hadits ini, Imam Abu Dawud Sulaiman melakukan banyak perjalanan hingga rihlah ke luar negeri seperti ke Khurasan, Irak, Mesopotamia, Palestina, Hijaz dan Mesir.
Abu Dawud said: It has been transmitted by Yahya b. Ayyub, from `Umarah b. Ghaziyyah, from Sharahbil on the authority of Jabir. Abu Dawud said: In the chain of this tradition `Umarah b. Ghaziyyah said: A man from my tribe said. The man referred by him is Sharahbil. It is likely that they disliked him and, therefore, they did not name him.
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