Riyadh as-Saaliheen

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Most famous

Sunni six major collections (Al-Kutub al-Sittah): Sahih Bukhari Sahih Muslim al-Sunan al-Sughra Sunan Abu Da'ud Sunan al-Tirmidhi Sunan Ibn Maja/Al-Muwatta Shi'a collections: Nahj al-Balagha "The Four Books" (Al-Kutub Al-Arb'ah) Usul al-Kafi and Furu al-Kafi of Kulayni Man la Yahdhuruhu' l-Faqih of Shaikh Saduq Tahdhibu 'l-Ahkam by Tusi al-Istibsar by Tusi Ibadi collections: al-Jami' as-Sahih by al-Rabi' ibn Habib Tartib al-Musnad by al-Warijlani

Sunni collections

Musnad Ahmad ibn Hanbal — 780-855 Sahih Ibn Khuzaymah — 923 Sahih Ibn Hibbaan — 965 Al-Mustadrak alaa al-Sahihain — 1014 Mawdu'at al-Kubra— 1128-1217 Riyadh as-Saaliheen — 1233 - 1278 Talkhis al-Mustadrak — 1274-1348 Majma al-Zawa'id — 1335-1405 Bulugh al-Maram — 1372-1449 Kanz al-Ummal — 1500th Da'if al-Tirmidhi — 20th century Sahih al-Tirmidhi — 20th century

Shi'a collections

The book of Sulaym ibn Qays — 600th Sahifa al-Sajjadiyya — 678-713 Bihar al-Anwar — 1600s Haqq al-Yaqeen — 1600s Shahr Usul al-Kafi — ?-1081 Jesus through Shiite Narrations — ?

Mu'tazili collections

Nahj with comments — ?-1258

Riyadh as-Saaliheen (The Gardens of the Righteous), which is a collection of hadith (sayings of the Prophet Muhammad), is the most famous book by Imam an-Nawawi. In total, it contains 1896 hadith divided into 130 chapters. It is one of the most prolific works of hadith following the six Sunans.

Although not all of the hadith in Riyadh as-Saaliheen are authentic, it contains mostly strong hadith and is well regarded by the scholars of hadith in Islam.

Books of commentary on the hadith in Riyadh as-Saaliheen have been written, including the most recent one by Muhammad ibn Uthaymeen.

Traditionalist Sunni scholars have criticised the Salafi English translation of this book [1][2].