Riyadh as-Saaliheen

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Most famous
Sunni six major collections (Al-Sihah al-Sittah): Sahih al-Bukhari Sahih Muslim al-Sunan al-Sughra Sunan Abi Dawood Sunan al-Tirmidhi Sunan Ibn Maja/Al-Muwatta Shi'a Twelver collections: Nahj al-Balagha "The Four Books" (Al-Kutub Al-Arb'ah) Kitab al-Kafi of Kulainy Man la yahduruhu al-Faqih of Shaikh Saduq Tahdhib al-Ahkam by Shaikh Tusi al-Istibsar by Shaykh 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 Mishkat al-Masabih - 1340 Talkhis al-Mustadrak — 1274-1348 Majma al-Zawa'id — 1335-1405 Bulugh al-Maram — 1372-1449 Kanz al-Ummal — 1500th Zujajat al-Masabih — 1960 Minhaj us Sawi — 2003
Shi'a Twelver collections
The book of Sulaym ibn Qays — 600th Sahifa al-Sajjadiyya — 678-713 Wasael ush-Shia — 1600s Bihar al-Anwar — 1600s Haqq al-Yaqeen — 1600s Ain Al-Hayat — 1600s Sharh Usul al-Kafi — ?-1081
Mu'tazili collections
Nahj with comments — ?-1258

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Riyadh as-Saaliheen (The Gardens of the Righteous) is a collection of hadith (sayings of Muhammad), and is the most famous book by Imam an-Nawawi. In total, it contains 1896 hadith divided into 372 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 al Uthaymeen d. 1421H. ^[1]