List Of Hadith Collections

The following is a list of Hadith collections, which are sources that contain the sayings, acts, or tacit approvals, validly or invalidly, ascribed to the Islamic prophet Muhammad, and collected by Muhaddiths.

Hadith has been called “the backbone” of Islamic civilization, and within that religion, the authority of hadith as a source for religious law and moral guidance ranks second only to that of the Quran (which Muslims hold to be the word of God revealed to his messenger Muhammad).

Sunni collections

Main article: List of Sunni Books

• Kutub al-Sittah, the Six Canonical Books of Hadith.

1. 1. Sahih Bukhari (English)
   2. Sahih Muslim (English)
   3. Sunan Abu Dawud
   4. Jami al-Tirmidhi
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   5. Sunan an-Nasa’i
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   6. Sunan ibn Majah
      1. Sunan Ibn Majah Vol. 1 – 1-802
      2. Sunan Ibn Majah Vol. 2 – 803-1782
      3. Sunan Ibn Majah Vol. 3 – 1783-2718
      4. Sunan Ibn Majah Vol. 4 – 2719-3656
      5. Sunan Ibn Majah Vol. 5 – 3657-4341

• Other Primary/Major Collections (Primary Hadith books are those books which are collected and written by author or their students themselves).

1. 1. Muwatta Imam Malik
   2. Kitaab-ul-Aathaar
   3. Sunan ad-Darimi
   4. Musnad Ahmad ibn Hanbal
      1. Volume 1
      2. Volume 2
      3. Volume 3
   5. Saheeh Ibn Khuzaymah
   6. Sahih Ibn Hibban
   7. Al-Mustadrak alaa al-Sahihain of Imam Hakim (Talkhis al-Mustadrak)
   8. Al-Mu’jam al-Kabir of Al-Tabarani
   9. Al-Mu’jam al-Awsat of Al-Tabarani
   10. Al-Mu’jam as-Saghir of Al-Tabarani
   11. Musnad al Tayalisi
   12. Musnad Abu Awaanah
   13. Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah
   14. Musannaf of Abd al-Razzaq
   15. Al-Adab al-Mufrad
   16. Sunan al-Kubra lil Bayhaqi (Al-Sunan al-Kabir)
   17. Shuab ul Iman
   18. Shama’il Muhammadiyah (Shamaail Tirmidhi)
   19. Musannaf ibn Jurayj
   20. Sunan al-Kubra lil Nasa’i
   21. Sahifah Hammam ibn Munabbih
   22. Tahdhib al-Athar
   23. Musnad Imam ul A’zam
   24. Musnad al-Shafi’i
   25. Musnad al-Siraj
   26. Musnad al-Firdous
   27. Musnad Abu Ya’la
   28. Sunan Sa’id ibn Mansur
   29. Khasais of Amir Al Momenin
   30. Sunan Dar Al-Qutni
   31. Musnad Humaidi Imam Al-Humaydi
   32. Musnad Ishaq Ibn Rahwayh
   33. Musnad al-Bazzar

• Secondary books of Hadiths (Secondary Hadith books are those books that have been selected, compiled, and collated from the Primary Hadith books and are not original collections.)

1. 1. At-Targhib wat-Tarhib
   2. Mishkat al-Masabih
   3. Masabih al-Sunnah
   4. Riyadh al-Saaliheen (The Meadows of the Righteous)
   5. Bulugh al-Maram (Achievement of the Goal)
   6. Majma al-Zawa’id
   7. Kanz al-Ummal
   8. Zujajat al-Masabih
   9. Muntakhab Ahadith
   10. Al-Mawdū’āt Al-Kubrā (A Great Collection of Fabricated Traditions)
   11. Silsilah Ahadith as-Sahihah of Muhammad Nasiruddin al-Albani
   12. Jami’ as-Sahih of Muqbil bin Hadi al-Wadi’i

• Other hadith Collections

1. The Book of Al-Fitan by Sahih Bukhari (“The Book of Tribulations and War”)
2. Kitab Al-Fitan wa Ashrat As-Sa’ah by Sahih Muslim (The Book Pertaining to the Turmoil and Portents of the Last Hour)
3. Kitab Al-Fitan Wa Al-Malahim by Sunan Abu Dawud (Trials and Fierce Battles)
4. Musnad Ahmad ibn Hanbal
   • Musnad Ahmad ibn Hanbal Volume 1
   • Musnad Ahmad ibn Hanbal Volume 2
   • Musnad Ahmad ibn Hanbal Volume 3

Shia collections

Main article: List of Shia Books

• Books of Shia Imams

1. 1. Tafseer Quran by Imam Ali
   2. Book of Fatimah by Bibi Fatimah
   3. Al-Sahifa al-Sajjadiyya by Ali ibn Husayn Zayn al-Abidin
   4. Risala Al Huqooq by Ali ibn Husayn Zayn al-Abidin
   5. Al-Sahifat al-Ridha by Ali al-Ridha
   6. Al-Risalah al-Dhahabiah by Ali al-Ridha
   7. Tafseer Imam Hasan Askari by Imam Hasan Askari (Doubts about Authenticity)

• Al-Kutub Al-Arb’ah, the Four books

1. 1. Kitab Al-Kafi of Kulayni (divided into Usul al-Kafi, Furu al-Kafi and Rawdat al-Kafi)
   2. Man La Yahduruhu Al-Faqih of Shaikh Saduq
   3. Tahdhib Al-Ahkam of Shaikh Tusi
   4. Al-Istibsar of Shaikh Tusi

• Primary Hadith Collection (Primary Hadith books are those books which are collected, compiled, and written by the author or their students themselves).

1. 1. The Book of Sulaym ibn Qays by Sulaym ibn Qays
   2. Kitab ul Momin by Hussain bin Saeed Ahwazi
   3. al-Mahasin by Ahmad b. Muhammad al-Barqi
   4. Al-Amali by Shaikh Tusi
   5. Al-Amali of Shaikh Saduq
   6. Al Tawheed of Shaikh Saduq
   7. Uyun Akhbar al-Ridha by Shaykh Saduq
   8. Tuhaf al-Uqul by Ibn Shuja Harrani
   9. Al-Amali by Shaikh Mufid
   10. Nahj al-Balaghah by Al-Sharif al-Radi
   11. Khasais of Al Aemmah by Al-Sharif al-Radi
   12. Daim al-Islam by Al-Qadi al-Nu’man
   13. Al-Ihtijaj by Abu Mansur Ahmad Tabrisi
   14. Kamil al-Ziyarat by ibn al-Qummi
   15. Al Saqib Fi al-Manâqib by Ibn Hamaza Tusi
   16. Basâ’ir al-darajât by Sheikh Al-Safar al-Qummi

• Secondary books of Hadiths (Secondary Hadith books are those books which are not collected, compiled, and written by the author himself but rather they are selected from already existing Hadith books i.e Primary Hadith books)

1. 1. Al-Wafi by Mohsen Fayz Kashani
   2. Wasā’il al-Shīʿa by Shaikh al-Hur al-Aamili
   3. Bihar al-Anwar by Allama Majlesi
   4. Haq ul-Yaqeen by Allama Majlisi
   5. Ayn al-Hayat by Allama Majlisi
   6. Ghurar al-Hikam wa Durar al-Kalim by Abdul Wahid al-Tamimi
   7. Mustadrak Al-wasa’il by Mirza Husain Noori Tabarsi
   8. Safinat al-bihar by Shaykh Abbas Qumi
   9. Mustadrak safinat al-bihar by Shaykh ‘Ali Namazi
   10. Jami’ ahadith al-Shi’a by Hossein Borujerdi
   11. Nahj-al feṣāḥa by Abul Qasem Payandeh
   12. Mizan Al Hikma by Mohammad Reyshahri

Ibadi collections

Main article: Ibadi

Jami Sahih is, along with Tartib al-Musnad, the most important hadith collection for Ibadis. It was compiled by Al-Rabi’ bin Habib Al-Farahidi and later on organized and arranged by Yusuf Ibrahim al-Warjilani (يوسف إبراهيم الوارجلاني). The most frequent transmitter is Jabir ibn Zayd.

Tartib al-Musnad is the principal hadith collection of the Ibadi branch of Islam. It has one thousand and five individual hadiths, some of which are also found in Sunni hadiths. The collection is not used outside Ibadism. It is a “musnad”, that is to say, a collection of hadiths organized into parts according to which narrator is the source of each hadith. (Other collections are generally organized into parts according to the subject of the hadiths.)

Tartib al-Musnad is a rearrangement and expansion of the hadith collection Jami Sahih compiled by Al-Rabi’ bin Habib Al-Farahidi in the Islamic second century. Abu Yaaqub Yusef bin Ibrahim al-Warjilani (d. 570/1175) rearranged the collection and added further narratives.

The work is divided into four parts:

• the first two parts contain 742 muttasil hadith
• the third part contain narrations from al-Rabi’ and Abu Yaqub
• the fourth part contains further hadith added by Abu Yaqub from various sources.

The 263 hadith of parts three and four are those added by Abu Yaqub’s work.

See also

• List of Islamic Texts
• Islamic Holy Books
• Islam’s Holy Books
• Islamic Literature
• Glossary of Islam

Adapted from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia