Six major hadith collections The six major hadith collections (Arabic: ; al-Kutub al-Sittah) are collections of hadith

dith by Islamic scholars who, approximately 200 years after Muhammad's death and by their own initiative, collected "hadith" attributed to Muhammad. They are sometimes referred to as AlSihah al-Sittah, which translates to "The Authentic Six". Sunni Muslims view the six major hadith collections as their most important. They are, in order of authenticity: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Sahih Bukhari, collected by Imam Bukhari (d. 870), includes 7275 ahadith Sahih Muslim, collected by Muslim b. al-Hajjaj (d. 875), includes 9200 ahadith Sunan al-Sughra, collected by al-Nasa'i (d. 915) Sunan Abu Dawood, collected by Abu Dawood (d. 888) Jami al-Tirmidhi, collected by al-Tirmidhi (d. 892) Sunan ibn Majah, collected by Ibn Majah (d. 887)

The authors According to the Cambridge History of Iran:[3] "After this period commences the age of the authors of the six canonical collections of Sunni hadith, all of whom were Persian. The authors of the six collections are as follows: 1. Muhammad b. Isma'il al-Bukhari, the author of the Sahih Bukhari, which he composed over a period of sixteen years. Traditional sources quote Bukhari as saying that he did not record any hadith before performing ablution and praying. Bukhari died near Samarqand in 256/869-70. 2. Muslim b. Hajjaj al-Naishapuri, who died in Nishapur in 261/ 874-5 and whose Sahih Muslim is second in authenticity only to that of Bukhari. 3. Abu Dawood Sulaiman b. Ash'ath al-Sijistani, a Persian but of Arab descent, who died in 275/888-9. 4. Muhammad b. 'Isa al-Tirmidhi, the author of the well-known as Sunan al-Tirmidhi, who was a student of Bukhari and died in 279/892-3. 5. Abu 'Abd al-Rahman al-Nasa'i, who was from Khurasan and died in 303/915-16. 6. Ibn Majah al-Qazwini, who died in 273/886-7."

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Primary Sunni collections Al-Sihah al-Sittah Sahih al-Bukhari Sahih Muslim Sunan an-Nasa'i al-Sughra Sunan Abu Dawood Sunan al-Tirmidhi Sunan Ibn Maja Shia collections Al-Kutub Al-Arb'ah (The Four Books) Kitab al-Kafi of Kulainy Man la yahduruhu al-Faqih
of Shaikh Saduq

Tahdhib al-Ahkam of Shaikh Tusi al-Istibsar of Shaikh Tusi Sunni collections Al-Muwatta Musnad Ahmad ibn Hanbal (780855) Sunan al-Darimi (868) Shamaail Tirmidhi ((9th Century) Sahih Ibn Khuzaymah (923) Sahih Ibn Hibbaan (965) Al-Mustadrak alaa al-Sahihain (1014) Mawdu'at al-Kubra (11281217) Riyadh as-Saaliheen (12331278) Mishkat al-Masabih (1340)

Talkhis al-Mustadrak (12741348) Majma al-Zawa'id (13351405) Bulugh al-Maram (13721449) Kanz al-Ummal (16th century) Muntakhab Ahadith (20th Century) Shia collections Book of Sulaym ibn Qays (7th century) Al-Sahifa al-Sajjadiyya (678713) Wasael ush-Shia (17th century) Bihar al-Anwar (17th century) Haqq al-Yaqeen (17th century) Ain Al-Hayat (17th century) Sharh Usul al-Kafi (?1081) -->Qalam-e-Mowla -->Daim al-Islam Mu'tazila collections 'Sharh Nahj al-Balagha (?1258)

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The Four Books (Arabic: Al-Kutub Al-Arbah') is a Twelver Shia term referring to their four best known hadith collections. The books are: Name Kitab al-Kafi (divided into Usul al-Kafi, Furu al-Kafi and Rawdat al-Kafi) Man la yahduruhu al-Faqih Tahdhib al-Ahkam Al-Istibsar Collector Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni al-Razi (329 AH) Muhammad ibn Babuya Shaykh Muhammad Tusi Shaykh Muhammad Tusi Size 15,176 hadith 9,044 13,590 5,511

Shi'a Muslims use different books of ahadith than Ahl al-Sunnah's Six major Hadith collections. The Shi'a consider many Sunni transmitters of hadith to be unreliable because many of them accepted the Caliphate of Abu Bakr, Umar and Uthman in preference to Ali. Shia trust traditions transmitted through the Imams, Muhammad's descendants through Fatima Zahra.[1]

Classic Kalam
These books seek to give a rational account of Shi'a theology in contrast with the Ash'ari, Mu'tazili and other theological schools of Islam. The contents of these books are taken from the 8th to the 13th century (2nd to 7th century of Islam).

Tajrid al-itiqad by Nasir al-Din Tusi (1201-1274)

Modern Kalam
These books seek to give a rational account of Shi'a theology in contrast with modern Western ideologies including Marxism and Liberalism during the 20th century.

Fundamentals Of Islamic Thought by Morteza Motahhari, trans. R. Campbell: Berkeley, California, Mizan Press, 1982

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Primary Sunni collections Al-Sihah al-Sittah Sahih al-Bukhari Sahih Muslim Sunan an-Nasa'i al-Sughra Sunan Abu Dawood Sunan al-Tirmidhi Sunan Ibn Maja Shia collections Al-Kutub Al-Arb'ah (The Four Books) Kitab al-Kafi of Kulainy Man la yahduruhu al-Faqih
of Shaikh Saduq

Tahdhib al-Ahkam of Shaikh Tusi al-Istibsar of Shaikh Tusi Sunni collections Al-Muwatta Musnad Ahmad ibn Hanbal (780855) Sunan al-Darimi (868) Shamaail Tirmidhi ((9th Century) Sahih Ibn Khuzaymah (923) Sahih Ibn Hibbaan (965) Al-Mustadrak alaa al-Sahihain (1014) Mawdu'at al-Kubra (11281217) Riyadh as-Saaliheen (12331278) Mishkat al-Masabih (1340) Talkhis al-Mustadrak (12741348) Majma al-Zawa'id (13351405) Bulugh al-Maram (13721449) Kanz al-Ummal (16th century) Muntakhab Ahadith (20th Century)

Shia collections Book of Sulaym ibn Qays (7th century) Al-Sahifa al-Sajjadiyya (678713) Wasael ush-Shia (17th century) Bihar al-Anwar (17th century) Haqq al-Yaqeen (17th century) Ain Al-Hayat (17th century) Sharh Usul al-Kafi (?1081) -->Qalam-e-Mowla -->Daim al-Islam Mu'tazila collections 'Sharh Nahj al-Balagha (?1258)

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Book of Fatimah (by Fatimah, the daughter of Muhammad) Nahj al-Balagha Collected sermons of Imam 'Ali ibn Abi Talib by Sayyad Razi. Nahaj al-Israr - Collected sermons of Imam 'Ali ibn Abi Talib "The Four Books" (Al-Kutub Al-Arbah) - The collections which have gained most prominence. Comparable to Sunni Al-Sihah al-Sittah. 1. 2. 3. 4. Kitab al-Kafi of Kulayni (divided into Usul al-Kafi, Furu al-Kafi and Rawdat al-Kafi) Man la Yahdhuruhu'l Faqih of Shaikh Saduq Tahdhib al-Ahkam by Abu Ja'far al-Tusi Al-Istibsar by Abu Ja'far al-Tusi

The Book of Sulaym ibn Qays by Sulaym ibn Qays Wasael ush-Shia 1600s by Shaikh al-Hur al-Aamili. A 20 volume collection, meant to include all 'authentic' Hadith from the available Shia hadith books, checking their authenticity on the strict principles of Ilm-ur-Rajjal. Bihar al-Anwar 1600s by Allama Majlesi. An encyclopedic, 100 volume collection, meant to include all Hadith current at the time of compilation as well as his opinions regarding their authenticity Reality of Certainty (book) Mir'at-ul-Uqool (Shahr Usul al-Kafi) by Allama Majlesi Jesus through Shiite Narrations ? by Mahdi Muntazir Qaim Alal-Alshraiy Shaikh Saduq Hulyatul Mutaqeen Allama Majlesi

Maeny Alakhbar by Shaikh Saduq Aamali by Shaikh Saduq Aamali by Sheikh al-Mufid Sharhul Akhbar - by Syedna Qadi al Numan Uyun al Akhbar - by syedna Idris Imad al din Daym Al Islam - by syedna Qadi al Nu'man

Also another book which is considered by the mustaali Ismailis as the greatest authority on Ismaili law up to the present day is Daim al-Islam composed by syedenna qadi al-numan(R.A). This contains hadiths and traditions from the Ismaili Imams on all aspects of life, i.e. Faith, devotion, ritual purity, prayer, funerals, alms tax, fasting, pilgrimage, and jihad. The second volume deals with a wide range of subjects such as food, dress, medicine, oaths, hunting, ritual slaughter, business transactions, marriage, divorce, inheritance, criminal punishments, the question of apostasy and the etiquette of judges.

[edit] Collections of Du'a (Supplications and Prayers)

al-Sahifa al-Alawiya prayers of 'Ali, the 1st Shi'a Imam. al-Sahifa al-Sajjadiyya 678-713 by Ali Zayn al-Abidin, the 4th Imam. Sahifa al-Mahdi prayers attributed last Shi'a Imam, Muhammad al-Mahdi. Mafatih al-Jinan collected by Shaykh 'Abbas Qummi. Ahsan ul Aqayed writer Alama Muhammad Qasim Zaidi

[edit] Tafsir

Tafsir al-Mizan by Allamah Tabatabai Holy Quran (puya) by Mahdi Puya Al-Bayan Fi Tafsir al-Quran by Al-Fazl Al-Tubrusi Al-Tibbyan Fi Tafsir al-Quran by Al-Sheik Al-Tusi Tafsir Al-Qummi by Mohammad bin Ali bin Ibrahim Al-Qummi Tafsir Farman Ali by Hafiz Maulalna Farman Ali "Hindi" Translation of (Quran-e-Majeed) by Dr. Syed Ali Imam Zaidi, "Gauhar" Lucknavi Tafsir Al-mizan by Muhammad Hussein Tabatabai

[edit] History books

Restatement of History of Islam by Sayed Ali Asgher Razwy Shi'a Islam (book) by Allama Tabatabai Fatemeh Is Fatemeh by Ali Shariati Tazkar-tul-Athar by Sheikh al-Mufid Kamaaluddin wa Tamamum ul Ne'amah by Shaikh Saduq Majalisul Momoneen by Qazi Noor Ullah Shoostri Tareq-a-Shian-Ali by Muhammad Hassan Rizvi

[edit] Shi'a-Sunni argumentations

Al Muraja'at ? by Abd al-Husayn Sharaf al-Din al-Musawi Peshawar Nights ? by Sultanu'l-Wa'izin Shirazi Then I was Guided (book) ? by Muhammad al-Tijani The Shi'ah are (the real) Ahl al-Sunnah (book) ? by Muhammad al-Tijani Ask Those Who Know (book) ? by Muhammad al-Tijani To be with the truthful (book) ? Muhammad al-Tijani Saful Jali fe Munkiray Welyate Ali by Dr.Tahir-ul-Qadri Maktab Imamat and Khalafat by Murtaza Askari Mujhe Raasta Mil Gaya Ho Jao Sachcho Ke Saath

[edit] Anthologies

A Bundle of Flowers a popular English language secondary collection of Shi'a hadith as collected by Ayatullah Sayyid Kamal Faghih Imani. It narrates traditions from such Shia collections as Man La Yahduruhul Faqih and Kitab al-Kafi. A Shi'ah Anthology [1] by William Chittick, Nasr[disambiguation needed ], and Tabatabaei; A brief introduction to exemplary hadith from the 12 Imams.

[edit] Uncategorized

Imamate and Leadership Fatemeh is Fatemeh The Message (Subhani) by Ayatullah Ja'far Subhani Islamic Laws (Quran-e-Majeed) Hafiz Maulana farman Ali sb (Hindi translation)By: Dr.Syed Ali Imam Zaidi (Gauhar) Lucknavi (Thofatul awam) Hindi translation By: Dr.Syed Ali Imam Zaidi (Gauhar) Lucknavi (Quran and Science)Hindi translation By: Dr.Syed Ali Imam Zaidi (Gauhar) Lucknavi (wazaiful Abrar) Hindi translation By: Dr.Syed Ali Imam Zaidi (Gauhar) Lucknavi. (Tafseer-e-Karbala)Hindi translation By: Dr.Syed Ali Imam Zaidi (Gauhar) Lucknavi (Aliea) Hindi translation By: Dr.Syed Ali Imam Zaidi (Gauhar) Lucknavi (Husain ka Balidan)Hindi translation By: Dr.Syed Ali Imam Zaidi (Gauhar) Lucknavi (Chaudha Sitarai) Hindi translation By: Dr.Syed Ali Imam Zaidi (Gauhar) Lucknavi (Gauhar-e-Aza) Hindi translation By: Dr.Syed Ali Imam Zaidi (Gauhar) Lucknavi (Najmul Aza) Hindi translation By: Dr.Syed Ali Imam Zaidi (Gauhar) Lucknavi (Hayat-Bad-Az-Maut)Hindi translation By: Dr.Syed Ali Imam Zaidi (Gauhar) Lucknavi (shahan-e-Avadh aur shiyat) Hindi translation By: Dr.Syed Ali Imam Zaidi(Gauhar)Lucknavi (Guldasta-e-Salam)(Urdu) By: Dr.Syed Ali Imam Zaidi (Gauhar) Lucknavi (Tareekh-e-Islam-Az-Quran)"Masnavi"(Urdu) By: Dr.Syed Ali Imam Zaidi (Gauhar) Lucknavi

[edit] See also

List of Sunni books List of Islamic texts

[edit] References
Academic sources:

Expectation of the Millennium: Shi'ism in History by Seyyed Hossein Nasr. Shi'ism Doctrines, Thought, and Spirituality by Seyyed Hossein Nasr. Introduction to Shi'i Islam by Moojan Momen, Yale University Press. An Introduction to Shi'i Law: A Bibliographical Study by Hossein Modarressi Tabataba'i (London 1984)