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The Prophetic hadith is everything narrated from the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ: his words, actions, approvals and descriptions. From the first century the community transmitted it through memorization and writing; then came the great codification: compiling texts, biographies of narrators, and grading reports — until hadith science stood on rigorous methodology. This library introduces the most authoritative collections, their compilers and their methods.
Sahih al-Bukhari
Imam Muhammad ibn Ismail al-Bukhari · 810 – 870 CEBy scholarly consensus the most authentic book after the Qur'an. Al-Bukhari selected about 7,563 reports from six hundred thousand he had memorized, r…
Collections ←Sahih Muslim
Imam Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj al-Naysaburi · 821 – 875 CEThe second most authentic book in Islam. Muslim arranged it thematically, gathering the different chains of one report in a single place, and became r…
Collections ←Sunan Abu Dawud
Imam Sulayman ibn al-Ash'ath al-Sijistani · 817 – 889 CEOne of the Six Books, focused on legal hadith. Abu Dawud rarely included a report except as a basis for practice, and noted scholarly disagreements ab…
Collections ←Jami' al-Tirmidhi
Imam Muhammad ibn Isa al-Tirmidhi · 824 – 892 CEIts author called it 'the Comprehensive' because it gathers every science of hadith: law, ethics, eschatology and virtues. After each report he states…
Collections ←Sunan an-Nasa'i
Imam Ahmad ibn Shu'ayb an-Nasa'i · 829 – 915 CEHe produced two versions: the 'Sunan al-Kubra' including all grades, then extracted from it the strictest selection, 'al-Mujtaba' — the one meant amon…
Collections ←Sunan Ibn Majah
Imam Muhammad ibn Yazid ibn Majah al-Qazwini · 824 – 887 CEIt completes the Six Books. Known for brevity and careful chapter organization, it contains many authentic reports alongside a small share of weak one…
Collections ←Muwatta Malik
Imam Malik ibn Anas · 711 – 795 CEThe oldest hadith compilation that reached us intact. Malik gathered what he found reliable from the people of Madinah: reports, verdicts and practice…
Collections ←Riyadh as-Salihin
Imam an-Nawawi · 1233 – 1277 CEA curated anthology from the two Sahihs and the Sunan on the etiquette of righteous living: character, worship and dealings. An-Nawawi organized it in…
Collections ←Al-Adab al-Mufrad
Imam al-Bukhari · 810 – 870 CEHere al-Bukhari gathered what his Sahih did not include on kindness, kinship, character, parents' rights and neighbors — hence the title 'the unique b…
Collections ←Ash-Shama'il al-Muhammadiyya
Imam al-Tirmidhi · 824 – 892 CEAn encyclopedia of the Prophet's ﷺ human traits narrated through reliable chains: his appearance, character, dress, food, laughter and habits at home …
Collections ←Bulugh al-Maram
Imam Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani · 1372 – 1449 CEA compilation of legal hadith from the Sahihs, the Sunan and the Musnads, from purification to sales, with brief notes on each report's grade — a stan…
Collections ←The Forty Hadith of an-Nawawi
Imam an-Nawawi · 1233 – 1277 CEForty-two comprehensive hadith covering the foundations of religion. An-Nawawi said: he collected each hadith that serves as a pillar of the faith — s…
Collections ←Hadith Qudsi (Sacred Hadith)
Scattered across the Sahihs and Musnads · 1st century onwardReports where the Prophet ﷺ narrates the words of God that are not part of the Qur'an: their meaning is revelation while their wording is narration. T…
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