Within Kutub al-Sittah, it is considered the most authentic book of hadith (narrations of Muhammad) after the Sahihayn (Sahih al-Bukhari & Sahih Muslim) by most scholars of hadith.
[3] According to al-Haafiz Ibn Hajar, the book of Sunan an-Nasa'i contains the fewest da‘eef (weak) hadiths and majrooh narrators among the six books after the Saheehain (Sahih al-Bukhari & Sahih Muslim); there is not a single mawdhoo (fabricated) hadith in it.
[4] It is claimed Sunan al-Sughra is "politically biased" towards Ali radiutalah anhu.
[5] Editor, Sayyid Kasrawī Hasan's 1991, Beirut publication, in 6 volumes, provides the standard topical classification of the hadith Arabic text.
[7][8][9] The book and its commentaries have been published by different publishers around the world : Arabic commentaries & annotations (ألف) (ت) (ح) (د) (ز) (ر) (ش) (ع) (ف) (ك) (م) Urdu commentaries & annotations