Six major Hadith collections

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Most famous

Sunni six major collections (Al-Kutub al-Sittah): Sahih Bukhari Sahih Muslim Sunan al-Sughra Sunan Abi Da'ud Sunan al-Tirmidhi Sunan Ibn Maja/Al-Muwatta Shi'a collections: Nahj al-Balagha "The Four Books" (Al-Kutub Al-Arb'ah) Usul al-Kafi of Kulayni Man la Yahdhuruhu' l-Faqih of Saduq Tahdhibu 'l-Ahkam by Tusi al-Istibsar by Tusi Ibadi collections: al-Jami' as-Sahih by al-Rabi' ibn Habib Tartib al-Musnad by al-Warijlani

Sunni collections

Musnad Ahmad ibn Hanbal — 780-855 Sahih Ibn Khuzaymah — 923 Sahih Ibn Hibbaan — 965 Al-Mustadrak alaa al-Sahihain — 1014 Mawdu'at al-Kubra— 1128-1217 Riyadh as-Saaliheen — 1233 - 1278 Talkhis al-Mustadrak — 1274-1348 Majma al-Zawa'id — 1335-1405 Bulugh al-Maram — 1372-1449 Kanz al-Ummal — 1500th Da'if al-Tirmidhi — ? Sahih al-Tirmidhi — ?

Shi'a collections

The book of Sulaym ibn Qays — 600th Sahifa al-Sajjadiyya — 678-713 Bihar al-Anwar — 1600s Haqq al-Yaqeen — 1600s Shahr Usul al-Kafi — ?-1081 Furu al-Kafi — ? Jesus through Shiite Narrations — ?

Mu'tazili collections

Nahj with comments — ?-1258

The Six major Hadith collections (Arabic: Al-Sihah al-Sittah) are the works of some individuals Islamic scholars who by their own initiative started collecting sayings that people attributed to Muhammad approximately 200 years after his death.

Introduction

The name "Al-Sihah al-Sittah" translates literarly to "The Six Authentic", even though they are not all considered authentic (sahih), except for the first two collections.

All six collectors of these ahadith lived in modern-day Iran or Uzbekistan (unless Imam Malik is included.) Some were ethnically Persian, such as Bukhari [link] and Ibn Maja, while others were ethnically Arab, such as Imam Muslim (from the Qushayr tribe [link]) and Al-Tirmidhi (from the Banu Sulaym [link]).

Due to this, some people state that they where all Persian and not Arabs [link] [link].

Muslim view

Sunni view

Sunni Muslims view the Six major Hadith collections as their most improtant. They are, in order of importance [link]:

1. Sahih Bukhari, collected by al-Bukhari (d. 870), included 7275 hadiths
2. Sahih Muslim, collected by Muslim b. al-Hajjaj (d. 875), included 9200
3. Sunan al-Sughra, collected by al-Nasa'i (d. 915)
4. Sunan Abi Da'ud, collected by Abu Da'ud (d. 888)
5. Sunan al-Tirmidhi, collected by al-Tirmidhi (d. 892)
6. This one is disputed. Sometimes its referred to Al-Muwatta, collected by Imam Malik (d. 796) and sometimes it is referred to Sunan Ibn Maja, collected by Ibn Maja (d. 886). Some people even consider Sunan al-Darami to be the sixth one ^{[[Citing sources citation needed]]}.

The two first are referred to as the Two Sahihs which indicates that they are authentic.

Shi'a view

Shia’s have their own collections and reject the claims of authenticity that Sunni attribute to the six collections [link].

See also

• List of Sunni books
• Hadith of Persians and knowledge

References

 

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