List of Sunni books

This is a list of books that are significant to the Sunni branch of Islam.

Hadith

Al-Kutub Al-Sittah‎

• Sahih al-Bukhari of Muhammad al-Bukhari
• Sahih Muslim of Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj
• Sunan al-Sughra of Al-Nasa'i
• Sunan Abu Dawud of Abu Dawood
• Sunan al-Tirmidhi of Al-Tirmidhi
• Sunan Ibn Majah of Ibn Majah

Primary sources

• Sunan al-Darimi of Abd Allah ibn Abd al-Rahman al-Darimi
• Al-Muwatta of Malik ibn Anas
• Musnad Ahmad ibn Hanbal of Ahmad ibn Hanbal
• Sunan Al Baihaqi of Al-Bayhaqi
• Bulugh al-Maram by Ibn Hajar Asqalani

Secondary sources

• Masabih al-Sunnah of Al-Baghawi
• Mishkat al-Masabih by Muhammad ibn Abd Allah Khatib Al-Tabrizi
• Riyadh as-Saaliheen of Yahya ibn Sharaf al-Nawawi
• Talkhis al-Mustadrak by al-Dhahabi
• Majma al-Zawa'id Ali ibn Abu Bakr al-Haythami
• Kanz al-Ummal of Ali ibn Abd-al-Malik al-Hindi
• Maariful Hadith by Shaykh Mohammad Manzoor Nomani.
• Sahifah Hammam ibn Munabbih of Hammam ibn Munabbih
• Musannaf of Abd al-Razzaq of ‘Abd ar-Razzaq as-San‘ani
• Musannaf ibn Jurayj of Ibn Jurayj
• Al-Mu'jam al-Kabeer by al-Tabarani
• Al-Mustadrak alaa al-Sahihain of Hakim al-Nishaburi
• Tahdhib al-Athar of Muhammad ibn Jarir al-Tabari
• Sahih Ibn Khuzaimah of Abu Bakr Muhammad Ibn Ishaq Ibn Khuzaimah
• Sahih Ibn Hibbaan of Abu Hatim Muhammad Ibn Hibbaan Ibn Ahmad At Tamimi Al Busti
• Zujajat al-Masabih of Abdullah Shah Naqshbandi
• At-Targhib wat-Tarhib by Zakiuddin Abdul-Azim Al-Mundhiri.^[1]

Hadith studies

• Introduction to the Science of Hadith by Ibn al-Salah.

Commentaries of Hadith collections

• Fath al-Bari of Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani
• Umdat al-Qari of Badr al-Din al-Ayni
• Al Minhaj Be Sharh Sahih Muslim of Yahya ibn Sharaf al-Nawawi
• Nayl al-Awtar by Muhammad ash-Shawkani
• Mirqat Sharh Mishkat al-masabih by Ali al-Qari

Tafsir

• Tafsir al-Qurtubi by Al-Qurtubi
• Tafsir ibn Kathir by Ismail ibn Kathir
• Tanwir al-Miqbas by Abd Allah ibn Abbas
• Tafsir al-Baghawi by Husain bin Masood al-Baghawi
• Al-Tafsir Al-Kabir by Muhammad ibn Umar Fakhr al-Din al-Razi
• Tafsir al-Jalalayn by Al-Mahalli and Suyuti
• Dur al-Manthur by Suyuti
• Ruh al-Ma'ani by Mahmud al-Alusi
• Tafsir al-Tabari by Muhammad ibn Jarir al-Tabari
• Al-Kashshaf by al-Zamakhshari
• Fath al-Qadir by Muhammad ash-Shawkani
• Tafseer-e-Siddiqui by Bahr-ul-Uloom Muhammad Abdul Qadeer Siddiqi Qadri Hasrat
• Al-Mufradat fi Gharib al-Quran by al-Raghib al-Isfahani
• Fi Zilal al-Qur'an by Sayyid Qutb
• Tafsir Ziya’ al-Qur'an by Muhammad Karam Shah al-Azhari
• The Meaning of the Qur'an by Abul Ala Maududi.
• The Holy Qur'an: Text, Translation and Commentary by Abdullah Yusuf Ali.
• Tafsir-e-Usmani by Shabbir Ahmad Usmani.

History books

• Raud al-Unuf by Al Suhayli, a commentary of Ibn Hisham's As-Sirah An-Nabawiyyah
• Muqaddimah by Ibn Khaldun
• Al-maghazi by Al-Waqidi
• Genealogies of the Nobles (Ansab al-Ashraf) by Ahmad Ibn Yahya al-Baladhuri
• The Comprehensive Compilation of the Names of the Prophet's Companions by Ibn Abd-al-Barr
• Tarikh al-Umam wa al-Muluk by Muhammad ibn Jarir al-Tabari
• Al-Kamil fi al-Tarikh by Ibn al-Athir
• al-Bidayah wa al-Nihayah by Ibn Kathir
• Tarikh al-Khulafa by Suyuti
• The Khalifas who took the right way (book) by Suyuti
• History of Baghdad by Al-Khatib al-Baghdadi
• Tarikh Yaqubi by Ya'qubi
• Al-Farooq by Shibli Nomani
• Ma'alim fi al-Tariq by Sayyid Qutb
• Al-Imama wa al-Siyasa by Ibn Qutaybah
• Al-Fitna Al-Kubra by Taha Hussein
• Sirat al-Halbiya by Burhan al-Din al-Marghinani
• Fath al-Buldan by Ahmad ibn Yahya al-Baladhuri
• Al-Bidaya wa'l-Nihaya by Ibn Kathir.

Biographical evaluation

• Tahdhib al-Tahdhib by Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani
• The Great History by Muhammad al-Bukhari
• Kitab Ma'rifat al-Sahaba (The Book of Knowledge about the Companions) by Ali ibn al-Madini
• The Comprehensive Compilation of the Names of the Prophet's Companions by Yusuf ibn abd al-Barr
• Finding the Truth in Judging the Companions by Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani
• The Lions of the Forest and the Knowledge About the Companions by Ali ibn al-Athir
• The Book of The Major Classes by Ibn Sa'd al-Baghdadi
• History of Damascus by Ibn Asaker
• Al-Kamal fi Asma' al-Rijal by Abd al-Ghani al-Maqdisi
• Tadhkirat al-huffaz by al-Dhahabi

Critique

Shi'a

• Minhaj as-Sunnah an-Nabawiyyah by Ibn Taymiya
• Taufa Ithna Ashari by Shah Abdul Aziz
• Al-Sawa'iq al-Muhriqah by Ibn Hajar al-Haytami
• Mawaddat al-Qurba by Mir Sayyid Ali Hamadani (alleged)
• Yanabi al-Muwadda by Sulayman al-Qunduzi (alleged)

Ikhtilaf

• Maulana, Andhe ki laathi
• Habib al-Siyar by Muhammad Khwandamir
• Al Insaf fi Bayaanul Asbabul Ikhtilaf by Shah Waliullah.

Avicenna

• The Incoherence of the Philosophers by Al-Ghazali

Islamic jurisprudence

Hanafi

• Bahar-e-Shariat by Mufti Amjad Ali Aazmi.
• Fatawa Rashidiya by Rashid Ahmad Gangohi.
• Fatawa Razawiyya by Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi.
• Fatawa Mustafwiyah by Mustafa Raza Khan.
• Hidayah by Burhan al-Din al-Marghinani.
• Mukhtasar al-Quduri by Imam al-Quduri translated by Imam Tahir Mahmood al-Kiani.
• Radd al-Muhtar ala al-Dur al-Mukhtar by Ibn Abidin.

Shafi'i

• Al-Maqasid by Abu Ishaq al-Shatibi
• Umdat al-Salik wa Uddat al-Nasik by Ahmad ibn Naqib al-Misri

Maliki

• Al Madwnah AlKubriya M'a Muqadamat Ibn Rashd by Imam Malik ibn Anas

Hanbali

• Al-Kaafi fi fiqh al-Imaam Ahmad bin Hanbal by Ibn Qudamah.
• Al Mughni: Sharh Al Kabir by Ibn Qudamah.

General

• Al-Muhalla by Ibn Hazm
• The Lawful and the Prohibited in Islam by Yusuf al-Qaradawi
• Nayl al-Awtar by Muhammad ash-Shawkani
• Maratab Al Ijmaa by Ibn Hazm focussing on Ijma.
• Al Mustasfa min Ilm Al-Usool by Ghazali

Tasawwuf

General

• Kashf Al-Mahjub by Ali Hujwiri.
• Al-Qushayri's Epistle on Sufism: Al-risala Al-qushayriyya Fi 'ilm Al-tasawwuf by Abd al-Karīm ibn Hawāzin Qushayri (ISBN 9781859641866)
• Kimiya-yi sa'ādat by Ghazali.
• Mukashafatul Quloob by Ghazali. English title - Exposition of Hearts.

Adab

• Minhaj ul Muslimeen by Syed Masood Ahmad

Dhikr

• al-Wabil al-Sayyib by Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyya.
• Dala'il al-Khayrat by Muhammad al-Jazuli

Seerah

See also List of biographies of Muhammad.

• Zad al-Ma'ad by Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyya
• Kitab al-Miraj by Abu'l-Qasim al-Nisaburi (alleged)
• Ar-Raheeq Al-Makhtum by Safi-ur-Rehman Mubarakpuri
• Al Khasayas Al kubra by Suyuti
• Haza Al-Habib Muhammad Rasool Allah, Ya Muhab by Abu Bakr Jabir Al-Jazairi. Available in English, French translation.

Aqeedah

General

• Kitab Al-Irshad Ila Qawati Al-Adilla Fi Usul Ati Tiqad by Al-Juwayni.
• The Creed of Imam al-Tahawi by Hamza Yusuf.

Tawhid

• Kitab Al tawheed by Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab
• Sharh Aqeedat-il-Wasitiyah by Ibn Taymiyyah

Political Islam

• Ma'alim fi al-Tariq by Sayyid Qutb.
• To Be a European Muslim by Tariq Ramadan.
• Islamic Way of Life by Abul Ala Maududi.
• Fatwa on Terrorism by Tahir-ul-Qadri.
• Hujjat al-Balagha by Shah Waliullah

Miscellaneous books

• Chach Nama by Kazí Ismail
• Sharh al-Mawahib al-Ladunniyyah by Muhammad al-Zurqani
• Sirush Shahadhathayn Shah Abdul Aziz
• Mu'jam Al-Buldan by Yaqut al-Hamawi
• Wafa al-Wafa by Ali ibn Ahmad al-Samhudi
• Ma'arij-ul-Nabuwwah by Abdul-Haqq Dehlavi
• Kitab Akhbar as-Sifat by Ibn Jawzi

See also

• List of Shia books
• List of Islamic texts
• List of Muslim educational institutions

Notes