Hadith Collections - The Sihah Sittah

• Sahih al-Bukhari : 4 Volumes
• Sahih Muslim : 4 Volumes
• Sunan an-Nasai : 4 Volumes
• Sunan Abu Dawud : 5 Volumes
• Sunan at-Tirmidhi : 4 Volumes
• Sunan Ibn Majah : 4 Volumes
• al-Muwatta : 2 Volumes [Back in Stock]

Page Last Updated : 1st June 2011 

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SAHIH al-BUKHARI : THE AUTHENTIC HADITHS OF BUKHARI [ 4 VOLUME SET ]

al-Imam Muhammad ibn Ismail al-Bukhari           ENGLISH TRANSL. WITH ARABIC TEXT

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The authentic collection (Arabic: الجامع الصحيح, al-Jaami al-Musnud al-Sahih or popularly al-Bukhari's authentic (Arabic: صحيح البخاري, Sahih al-Bukhari) is one of the six major hadith collections. (Hadith are oral traditions recounting events in the lives of the Beloved Prophet Muhammad (May Allah bless him and grant him peace). Muslims view this as their most trusted collection of hadith and it has been called "The most authentic book after the Noble Qur'an.
 

These prophetic traditions were collected by the Muslim scholar al-Imam Muhammad ibn Ismail al-Bukhari May Allah be pleased with him [810/870] and published during his lifetime. He was a scholar from from the region of Bukhara, hence the name by which he is known. Al-Bukhari belonged to the Shafi'i School. He traveled widely throughout the Abbasid empire for sixteen years, collecting those traditions he thought trustworthy. It is said that al-Bukhari collected over 300,000 hadith and transmitted only the 2,602 traditions that he believed to be Sahih.  

The book covers almost all aspects of life in providing proper guidance of Islam such as the method of performing prayers and other actions of worship directly from Prophet Muhammad (May Allah bless him and grant him peace). This work of many years by Imam Bukhari May Allah be pleased with him, who before writing any Hadith in his book performed ablution and two units of prayer asking guidance from Allah Almighty. Then he would do the necessary research and investigation, observing if the particular Hadith fits in to his strict criteria of authenticity and if he is sure that the Hadith is authentic, he wrote it in the book.

Dar al-Kotob al-Ilmiyyah | Translated by Muhammad Mahdi al-Sharif  

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SAHIH MUSLIM : THE AUTHENTIC HADITHS OF MUSLIM [ 4 VOLUME SET ]

al-Imam Muslim Bin al-Hajaj al-Naysaburi          ENGLISH TRANSL. WITH ARABIC TEXT

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Out of the six recognised authoritative Works of Hadith, the Two believed to be the Most authentic, namely the Sahih al-Bukhari and the Sahih Muslim.

Imam Muslim is Abu'l-Husain 'Asakir-ud-Din Muslim b. Hajjaj al-Qushayri al-Naisaburi May Allah be pleased with him. "Muslim," as his nasba shows, belonged to the Qushayr tribe of the Arabs, an offshoot of the great clan of Rabi'a. He was born in Naysabur (Nishapur) in 202/817h or 206/821h.

He wrote many books and treatises on Hadith, but the most important of his works is the collection (Jami’) of his Sahih. Some of the commentators of Ahadith are of the opinion that in certain respects it is the best and most authentic work on the subject. Imam Muslim took great pains in collecting 300,000 Traditions, and then after a thorough examination of them retained only 4000, the genuineness of which is fully established

His Methods of Classification and Annotation - Muslim's Sahih comes next to Sahih Bukhari. However, in certain respects Muslim is considered superior. Imam Muslim strictly observed many principles of the science of Hadith which had been slightly ignored by his great teacher Imam Bukhari (may Allah have mercy on both of them). Imam Muslim considered only such traditions to be genuine and authentic as had been transmitted to him by an unbroken chain of reliable authorities and were in perfect harmony with what had, (been related by other narrators whose trustworthiness was unanimously accepted and who were free from all defects.

Moreover, Imam Bukhari, while describing the chain of narrators, sometimes mentions their kunya and sometimes gives their names. This is particularly true in case of the narrators of Syria. This creates a sort of confusion, which Imam Muslim has avoided.

Imam Muslim takes particular care in according the exact words of the narrators and points out even the minutest difference in the wording of their reports. Imam Muslim has also constantly kept in view the difference between the two well-known modes of narration, haddathana (he narrated to us) and akhbarana (he informed us). He is of the opinion that the first mode is used only when the teacher is narrating the hadith and the student is listening to it, while the second mode of expression implies that the student is reading the hadith before the teacher. This reflects his utmost care in the transmission of a hadith.

Imam Muslim has taken great pains in connecting the chain of narrators. He has recorded only that hadith which, at least, two reliable tabi'in (successors) had heard from two Companions and this principle is observed throughout the subsequent chain of narrators. 
 

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Sunan an-NASAI  [ 4 VOLUME SET ] 

al-Imam Ahmad ibn Shu'aib an-Nasa'i            ENGLISH TRANSL. WITH ARABIC TEXT

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After numerous collections of Hadith had been made during the third century of Islam six works became recognised as authoritative. Two of them are believed to be completely authentic, namely the Sahih al-Bukhari and the Sahih Muslim. 

The other four known as the Sunan Sahih al-Tirmidhi, Sunan Ibn Majah, Sunan Abu Dawud, and Sunan Nasa'i are also highly esteemed but it is regarded lower in category to Sahih Bukhari and Muslim.  

'Mawara-un-nehr, in Central Asia has given the world many religious scholars whose names are inscribed for ever on the pages of Islamic history. Among them we find such a distinguished person as Abu Abdur Rahman Ahmad bin Shu'aib an Nasai'i. His book Sunan occupies an outstanding place among six principal Hadith collections (Sihah Sittah) known in the Muslim world.

Imam Nasa'i was very careful while selecting materials for his work. This is why many scholars consider that the book Sunan Nasa'i occupies third place in Hadith collections after Sahih al-Bukhari and Sahih Muslim. It contains 5764 tradition, said to have been carefully collected out of 500,000.'

Imam Abu Abdur Rahman Ahmad ibn Shu'aib an-Nasa'i Rahmatullahi 'alayhi - [215 - 303 A.H.]  

Imam an-Nasa'i was born in the town of Nasa' in the province of Khorasan. After gaining hadith from the teachers in his own city, Imam an-Nasa'i travelled through Khorasan, Iraq, the Hijaz, Syria and Egypt collecting ahadith. Egypt was where Imam an-Nasa'i settled and established his center for teaching and studies here.

Dar al-Kotob al-Ilmiyyah  |  Translated by Muhammad Mahdi al-Sharif

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Sunan Abu Dawud : [ 5 VOLUME SET ]  

al-Imam            ENGLISH TRANSL. WITH FULL ARABIC TEXT

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One of the six most authentic collections of the Ahadith (Sahih al-Bukhari, Sahih Muslim, Sahih al-Tirmidhi, Sunan Ibn Majah, Sunan Abu Dawud, and Sahih al-Nisa'i)

It has 4800 Hadith (selected from a mass of 50,000) divided into many different subjects, each Section containing many Hadith. The numbering system used by Abu-Dawud is consecutive and uninterrupted for the entire collection  

Abu Dawood, Sulaiman bin Al-Ash’ath bin Ishaq Al-Azdi As-Sijistani, May Allah be pleased with him, who was one of the eminent Imam of Hadith, was born in 202H. He studied Hadith under Imam Ahmad bin Hanbal, May Allah be pleased with him, along with Al-Bukhari and taught many of the later scholars of Hadith, like At-Tirmidhi and An-Nasa’ee, Radi Allahu ta'ala anhum.  

Imam Abu-Dawud lived a couple of centuries after the Beloved Prophet Salla Allahu ta'ala 'alayhi wa Sallam's demise and worked extremely hard to collect his ahadith. Each report in his collection was checked for compatibility with the Qur'an, and the veracity of the chain of reporters had to be painstakingly established. Abu-Dawud's collection is recognised by the overwhelming majority of the Muslim world to be one of the most authentic collections of the Sunnah of the Prophet Salla Allahu ta'ala 'alayhi wa Sallam, however it is also known to contain some weak ahadith (some of which he pointed out, others which he did not).  

Though Abu Dawood collected 50,000 Hadith, he compiled 4,800 Hadith only in his book entitled As-Sunan, which he taught in Baghdad and other major cities at that time. He died at Basra on Friday in the month of Shawwal 275 H. Sunan Abu Dawood has been translated to English.  

He was one of the most widely travelled of the scholars of ahadith, going to Hijaz (Saudi Arabia), Iraq, Khurashan, Egypt, Syria, Nishapur, Marv, and other places for the sole purpose of collecting ahadith. His primary interest was in law, hence his collection focuses purely on legal ahadith. From about 50,000 ahadith, he chose 4,800 for inclusion in his work based on their superior authenticity.

Dar al-Kotob al-Ilmiyyah  |  Translated by Muhammad Mahdi al-Sharif   

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Sunan at-Tirmidhi - [ 4 Volume Set ]    ARABIC  - ENGLISH   

by Imam Abu 'Eesa Muhammad ibn 'Eesa al-Tirmidhi                            Published in Beirut   
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Jami` al-Tirmidhi (Arabic: جامع الترمذي‎), popularly also known as Sunan al-Tirmidhi (Arabic: سُـنَن الترمذي‎), is one of the Sunni Six major Hadith collections. It was collected by Imam Abu 'Eesa Muhammad ibn 'Eesa al-Tirmidhi, (209 - 279 H) May Allah be pleased wih him.

Al-Hafidh Abu Al-Fadl Al-Maqdisi said: "I heard Al-Imam Abu Isma'il Abdullah bin Muhammad Al-Ansari in Harrah - when Abu Isa Al-Tirmidhi and his book was mentioned before him - saying: "To me, his book is more useful than the books of Al-Bukhari and that of Muslim. This is because only an expert can arrive at the benefit of the books of Al-Bukhari and Muslim, whereas in the case of the book of Abu Isa, every one of the people can attain its benefit." 

Imam Abu Eesa al-Tirmidhi, may Allah be pleased with him, wrote al-Jāmi‛ al-ṣaḥīḥ, popularly called Sunan al-Tirmidhi, one of the six canonical hadith compilations used in Sunni Islam. He was born and died in Bâgh (Persian meaning 'Garden'), a suburb of Termez, Khurasan, Iran (Present day in Uzbekistan), to a family of the widespread Banū Sulaym tribe. Starting at the age of twenty, he travelled widely, to Kufa, Basra and the Hijaz, seeking out knowledge from, among others, Qutaybah ibn Sa‛id, Bukhari, Muslim Nishapuri and Abu Dawud, may Allah be pleased with them.

Imam Tirmidhī was blind in the last two years of his life, said to have been the consequence of his weeping over the death of Imam al-Bukhārī, radi Allahu anhu. Tirmidhi is buried in Sherobod, 60 kilometers north of Termez. He is locally known as Isa Termizi or Termiz Baba (Father of Termez City).  

Sunnis regard this collection as fifth in strength of their Six major Hadith collections.

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Translated into English by Haytham Kreidley

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Sunan ibn Majah - [ 4 Volume Set ]    ARABIC  - ENGLISH  

by Imam Muhammad al Qazwini Abu Abdullah Ibn Majah                        Published in Beirut 
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Sunan Ibn Majah is one of the six most authentic collections of the Ahadith and contains many thousands of ahadith.

There is part of the Sihah Sittah, collections of the Ahadith, the others being Sahih al-Bukhari, Sahih Muslim, Sahih al-Tirmidhi, Sunan Abu Dawud, and Sunan al-Nisa'i, May Allah be pleased with them all.

Abu ‘Abdullah, Muhammad bin Yazid Al-Qizwini Ar-Rib'i, better known as Ibn Majah (209 - 273 H), May Allah be pleased with him, studied with many grandmasters of Hadith, many people narrated Hadith from him. He was a Hafidh of the Qur'an and one of the eminent scholars of Hadith.

Abu Abdullah Muhammad ibn Majah, rahmatullahi 'alayhi – [209 - 273 A.H.]

Imam Ibn Majah was born in the city of Qazvin in the northern Persian province of Dailam. After gaining ahadith from the many great religious scholars of his city, he travelled to seek knowledge at the young age of 21. Imam Ibn Majah is said to have visited Basrah, Kufah, Baghdad, the Hijaz, Makkah, Syria and Egypt to hear and gather ahadith.

Amongst his teachers were Jabbara ibn al Mughlis, Ibrahim ibn al-Munzar, Hisham ibn Umar and Abu Bakr ibn Shaibah.

His status : Ibn Khallikan writes that Imam ibn Majah held the position of an Imam in the subject of hadith. Abu al-Ali Khalili says he was a great scholar of Qur’anic exegesis, ahadith and history. Adh Dhahabi stated that he was a hafidh and warehouse of Prophetic knowledge.

Imam ibn Majah is known to have authored 3 books, popularly known Sunan ibn Majah, at-Tafsir and at-Tarikh. Imam Ibn Majah departed from this world during the blessed month of Ramadan 273 A.H. in Qazvin, the city of his birth.  

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Al-Muwatta - 'The Approved' [ 2 Volume Set ]  ARABIC  / ENGLISH 

by Imam Malik ibn Anas                                                                                 Published in Beirut 

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Imam Malik ibn Anas ibn Malik ibn 'Amr al-Asbahi, May Allah be pleased with him, was one of the most highly respected scholars of fiqh in Islam, The Shaykh of Islam, 'Proof of the Community,' and 'Imam of the Abode of Emigration.

He was born and lived his whole life in Madinah and saw the traces of the Companions and Followers and the grave of the Beloved Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, and all the great places there.

The Al-Muwatta, 'The Approved,' which was said to have been regarded by Imam Shafi'i, May Alllah be pleased with him, to be the soundest book after the Noble Qur'an.

Most people agree that he died in 179 AH (795 CE) at well over eighty years of age and was buried in the famous Jannat al-Baqi cemetery in the City of Madinha with the noble companions of the Beloved Prophet, May Allah bless him and grant him peace.

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