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70,000+
Total Hadiths
6
Six Books
~2,600
Bukhari (without repetition)
~3,000
Muslim (without repetition)

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📚 The Six Books

The most famous and authentic books of Prophetic hadith, the foundation of Sunnah

Sahih al-Bukhari

Muhammad ibn Ismail al-Bukhari (194-256 AH / 810-870 CE)
7,563 hadiths ~2,600 without repetition 97 chapters
The most authentic book after the Book of Allah, compiled by Imam al-Bukhari in 16 years, selected from 600,000 hadiths

Sahih Muslim

Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj al-Naysaburi (204-261 AH / 819-875 CE)
7,500 hadiths ~3,000 without repetition 54 chapters
The second of the two Sahihs, distinguished by its unique arrangement and good context of hadiths

Sunan Abi Dawud

Sulayman ibn al-Ash'ath al-Sijistani (202-275 AH / 817-889 CE)
5,274 hadiths 56 chapters
One of the four Sunan, collecting hadiths of jurisprudential rulings

Jami' al-Tirmidhi

Muhammad ibn Isa al-Tirmidhi (209-279 AH / 824-892 CE)
3,956 hadiths 46 chapters
Distinguished by mentioning the schools of jurists and the grade of hadith

Sunan al-Nasai

Ahmad ibn Shu'ayb al-Nasai (215-303 AH / 830-915 CE)
5,761 hadiths 52 chapters
The least of the Sunan in weak hadiths, distinguished by accuracy of verification

Sunan Ibn Majah

Muhammad ibn Yazid al-Qazwini (209-273 AH / 824-887 CE)
4,341 hadiths 37 chapters
Distinguished by chapters on asceticism, heart-softening, and virtues

👳 Imams of Hadith

The prominent scholars who preserved the Prophet's ﷺ Sunnah

Imam al-Bukhari

The Commander of the Faithful in Hadith, author of the Sahih, traveled in search of knowledge and collected 600,000 hadiths

Imam Muslim

Author of the Sahih, studied under al-Bukhari, distinguished by good organization and arrangement

Imam Abu Dawud

Author of the Sunan, collected hadiths of rulings, said: "I mentioned in it the authentic and what resembles it"

Imam al-Tirmidhi

Author of the Jami, student of al-Bukhari, distinguished by mentioning the schools of jurists and grades of hadith

Imam al-Nasai

Author of the Sunan, extremely careful in authenticity, the memorizers said: "His condition is like that of al-Bukhari and Muslim"

Imam Ibn Majah

Author of the Sunan, distinguished by collecting chapters on asceticism, heart-softening, merits, and virtues

📚 Hadith Sciences

The sciences that study Prophetic hadith in narration and knowledge

Hadith Terminology

The science of rules by which the condition of the narrator and the narrated is known in terms of acceptance and rejection.

Biographical Evaluation

The science that examines the biographies and conditions of hadith narrators.

Criticism and Validation

The science that examines the conditions of narrators regarding acceptance or rejection of their narrations.

Hidden Defects

The science that investigates hidden defects that impair the authenticity of hadith.

Similar and Different

The science of knowing the names of narrators that are similar in writing but differ in pronunciation.

Abrogation

The science of identifying hadiths whose rulings have been abrogated by other hadiths.

📖 Hadith Terms

Basic terms in hadith science

Chain of Narration (Isnad)
The chain of narrators who transmitted the hadith from the Prophet ﷺ
Text (Matn)
The text of the hadith itself, which is the content that the chain ends with
Authentic Hadith (Sahih)
A hadith with a continuous chain, narrated by a just and precise narrator, free from irregularities and defects
Good Hadith (Hasan)
A hadith with a continuous chain, narrated by a just but less precise narrator, free from irregularities and defects
Weak Hadith (Da'if)
A hadith that does not meet the conditions of authenticity or goodness
Mass-Transmitted Hadith (Mutawatir)
A hadith narrated by such a large number that it is impossible they agreed on a lie
Sacred Hadith (Hadith Qudsi)
What the Prophet ﷺ narrates from his Lord, the Almighty
Hadith Scholar (Muhaddith)
A scholar knowledgeable in hadith narration and understanding, engaged in its collection and compilation

🕋 Hadith of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ

"Whoever Allah intends good for, He gives him understanding of the religion" - Hadith is the second source of legislation

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