List of hadith books

The following is a list of Hadīth collections, which are sources that contain the sayings, acts or tacit approvals, validly or invalidly, ascribed to the Islamic prophet Muhammad, and collected by Muhaddiths.

Sunni collections

• Kutub al-Sittah, the Six Canonical Books of Hadith.

1. Sahih al-Bukhari
2. Sahih Muslim
3. Sunan Abu Dawood
4. Sunan al-Tirmidhi
5. Sunan al-Nasa'i
6. Sunan ibn Majah

• Other Primary/Major Collections (Primary Hadith books are those books which are collected and written by author or their students themselves).

1. Muwatta Imam Malik
2. Kitab-ul-Aathaar - al Shaybani
3. Kitab-ul-Aathaar - Abu Yusuf
4. Musnad Abu Hanifa
5. Musannaf Abd al Razzaq
6. Sunan ad-Darimi
7. Musnad Ahmad ibn Hanbal
8. Saheeh Ibn Khuzaymah
9. Sahih Ibn Hibban
10. Al-Mustadrak alaa al-Sahihain of Imam Hakim (Talkhis al-Mustadrak)
11. Al-Mu'jam al-Kabir of Al-Tabarani
12. Al-Mu'jam al-Awsat of Al-Tabarani
13. Al-Mu'jam as-Saghir of Al-Tabarani
14. Musnad al Tayalisi
15. Musnad Abu Awaanah
16. Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah
17. Musannaf of Abd al-Razzaq
18. Al-Adab al-Mufrad
19. Sunan al-Bayhaqi of al-Bayhaqi
20. Shu'ab al-Iman of al-Bayhaqi
21. Shamaail Tirmidhi (Shama'il Muhammadiyah of Tirmidhi)
22. Musannaf ibn Jurayj
23. Sunan al-Kubra lil Nasa'i
24. Sahifah Hammam ibn Munabbih
25. Tahdhib al-Athar
26. Musnad Imam ul A’zam
27. Musnad al-Shafi'i
28. Musnad al-Siraj
29. Musnad al-Firdous
30. Musnad Abu Ya'la
31. Sunan Sa'id ibn Mansur
32. Khasais of Amir Al Momenin
33. Sunan Dar Al-Qutni
34. Musnad Humaidi Imam Al-Humaydi
35. Musnad Ishaq Ibn Rahwayh
36. Musnad al-Bazzar
37. Sunan al-Wusta

• Secondary books of Hadiths (Secondary Hadith books are those books that have been selected, compiled, and collated from the Primary Hadith books and are not original collections.)

1. Jami ul Kamil of Imam Azmi (All Authentic Hadiths in one book)
2. At-Targhib wat-Tarhib
3. Mishkat al-Masabih
4. Masabih al-Sunnah
5. Riyadh al-Saaliheen (The Meadows of the Righteous)
6. Bulugh al-Maram (Achievement of the Goal)
7. Majma al-Zawa'id
8. Kanz al-Ummal
9. Zujajat al-Masabih
10. Al-Mawdū'āt Al-Kubrā (A Great Collection of Fabricated Traditions)
11. Jami'al Ahadith of Shaykh al-Islam Ala Hazrat Imam-e-Ahle Sunnat Imam Ahmed Raza Khan
12. Al-Minhaj-us-Sawi Min Al-Hadith An-Nabavi of Shaykh al-Islam Dr. Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
13. Hidayat-ul-Ummah Ala Minhaj-ul-Quran Was Sunnah of Shaykh al-Islam Dr. Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
14. Ma'arij-us-Sunan Lin Najat Min Az Zalal Wal Fitan of Shaykh al-Islam Dr. Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
15. Jami as-Saghir of Imam as-Suyuti
16. Silsilah Ahadith as-Sahihah of Shaykh al-Albani
17. al-Jami' as-Sahih Mimma Laysa Fi As-Sahihahyn of Muqbil bin Hadi al-Wadi'i
18. Muntakhab Ahadith

Shia collections

• Al-Kutub Al-Arb'ah, the Four books

1. Kitab al-Kafi of Kulayni (divided into Usul al-Kafi, Furu al-Kafi and Rawdat al-Kafi)
2. Man La Yahduruhu al-Faqih of Shaikh Saduq
3. Tahdhib al-Ahkam of Shaikh Tusi
4. Al-Istibsar of Shaikh Tusi

• Primary Hadith Collection (Primary Hadith books are those books which are collected, compiled and written by author or their students themselves).

1. The Book of Sulaym ibn Qays by Sulaym ibn Qays
2. Kitab ul Momin by Hussain bin Saeed Ahwazi
3. Al-Mahasin by Ahmad b. Muhammad al-Barqi
4. Qurb al-isnad by Abd Allah b. Ja'far al-Himyari
5. Al-Amali of Shaikh Tusi
6. Al-Amali of Shaikh Saduq
7. Al-Tawhid of Shaikh Saduq
8. Uyoun Akhbar al-Ridha by Shaykh Saduq
9. Tuhaf al-Uqul by Ibn Shu'ba Harrani
10. Al-Amali of Shaikh Mufid
11. Al-Amali of Al-Sharif al-Murtada
12. Nahj al-Balaghah by Al-Sharif al-Radi
13. Khasais of Al Aemmah by Al-Sharif al-Radi
14. Daim al-Islam by Al-Qadi al-Nu'man
15. Al-Ihtijaj by Abu Mansur Ahmad Tabrisi
16. Kamil al-Ziyarat by Ibn Qulawayh
17. Al Saqib Fi al-Manâqib by Ibn Hamaza Tusi
18. Basâ'ir al-darajât by Sheikh Al-Safar al-Qummi

• Books of the Infallibles

1. Tafseer Quran by Imam Ali
2. Book of Fatimah by Bibi Fatimah
3. Al-Sahifa al-Sajjadiyya by Ali ibn Husayn Zayn al-Abidin
4. Risalah al-Huquq by Ali ibn Husayn Zayn al-Abidin
5. Sahifat al-Ridha by Ali al-Ridha
6. Al-Risalah al-Dhahabiah by Ali al-Ridha
7. Tafseer Imam Hasan Askari by Imam Hasan al-Askari (Doubts about Authenticity)

• Secondary books of Hadiths (Secondary Hadith books are those books which are not collected, compiled and written by author himself but rather they are selected from already existing Hadith books i.e Primary Hadith books)

1. Al-Wafi by Mohsen Fayz Kashani
2. Wasā'il al-Shīʿa by Shaikh al-Hur al-Aamili
3. Bihar al-Anwar by Allama Majlesi
4. Haq ul-Yaqeen by Allama Majlisi
5. Ayn al-Hayat by Allama Majlisi
6. Ghurar al-Hikam wa Durar al-Kalim by Abdul Wahid al-Tamimi
7. Mustadrak al-wasa'il by Mirza Husain Noori Tabarsi
8. Safinat al-bihar by Shaykh Abbas Qumi
9. Mustadrak safinat al-bihar by Shaykh 'Ali Namazi
10. Jami' ahadith al-Shi'a by Hossein Borujerdi
11. Nahj-al feṣāḥa by Abul Qasem Payandeh
12. Mizan Al Hikma by Mohammad Reyshahri
13. Kitab Al-Hayat by Muhammad Rida Hakimi

Ibadi collections

Main article: Ibadi

• Jami Sahih
• Tartib al-Musnad

See also

• List of Sunni books
• List of Shia books
• List of Islamic texts