Al-Sunan al-Sughra

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Sunni six major collections
(Al-Sihah al-Sittah):

  1. Sahih al-Bukhari
  2. Sahih Muslim
  3. al-Sunan al-Sughra
  4. Sunan Abi Dawood
  5. Sunan al-Tirmidhi
  6. Sunan Ibn Maja/Al-Muwatta

Shi'a Twelver collections:

  1. Kitab al-Kafi of Kulainy
  2. Man la yahduruhu al-Faqih of Shaikh Saduq
  3. Tahdhib al-Ahkam by Shaikh Tusi
  4. al-Istibsar by Shaykh Tusi

Ibadi collections:

  • al-Jami' as-Sahih by al-Rabi' ibn Habib
  • Tartib al-Musnad by al-Warijlani
Sunni collections
Shi'a Twelver collections
Mu'tazili collections

as-Sunan as-Sughra (Arabic: السنن الصغرى), also known as Sunan an-Nasa'i (Arabic: سنن النسائي) is one of the Sunni Six Major Hadith collections, and was collected by Al-Nasa'i. Sunnis regard this collection as third in strength of their Six major Hadith collections [1].

  • ""Al-Mujtaba"" (English: the selected) has about 5270 hadith (counting Mukarrar, i.e, repeat narration) which the author selected from his major work ""As-Sunan al-Kubra"".

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List of Sunni books

[edit] References

  1. ^ Various Issues About Hadiths
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A hadith by Nasa`i is that the Prophet said : that it is good to read surat al Kafrun as a protection against unbelief