List of hadith collections

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Sunni1 Kutub Al-Sittah ("The Six Books") Sahih Bukhari صحيح البخاري Sahih Muslim صحيح مسلم Al-Sunan Al-Sughra السنن الصغرى Sunan Abu Dawood سنن أبي داود Sunan al-Tirmidhi جامع الترمذي Sunan ibn Maja سُنن ابن ماجه Others Period (CE) Muwatta Imam Malik 8th–9th cent. Musnad Ahmad Ibn Hanbal 780–855 Sunan Al-Darimi 868 Shama'il Muhammadiyah (Shamaail Tirmidhi) 9th century Sahih Ibn Khuzaymah 923 Ṣaḥīḥ Ibn Ḥibbān 965 Al-Mustadrak a. Al-Ṣaḥīḥaīn 11th century Al-Mawdū'āt Al-Kubrā 1128–1217 Rīaḍ As-Ṣāliḥīn 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 16th century Zujajat al-Masabih 19th century Muntakhab Ahadith 20th century
Shi'ah Al-Kutub Al-Arb'ah ("The Four Books") Kitab Al-Kafi الكتاب الكافي Man La Yahduruhu Al-Faqih من لا يحضره الفقيه Tahdhib Al-Ahkam تهذیب الاحکام Al-Istibsar الاستبصار Others Period (CE) Nahj Al-Balagha 10th century Bihar Al-Anwar 17th century Book of Sulaym Ibn Qays 7th century Al-Sahifa Al-Sajjadiyya 678–713 Uyun al Akhbar ar Reda 10th century Sharh Usul al-Kafi 11th century Wasā'il Al-Shīʿah 17th century Haqq al-Yaqeen 17th century Ain Al-Hayat 17th century Qalam-e-Mowla   Daim al-Islam 10th century Al-Ghadir 19th century
Ibadi Jami Sahih Tartib Al-Musnad
Mu'tazila On the Peak of Eloquence  (13th century)
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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.

Sunni collections

• Kutb us-Sittah, the Six books.

1. al-Bukhari (died 870) included 7275 hadiths
2. Muslim b. al-Hajjaj (died 875) included 9211110.
3. Abu Da'ud (died 888)
4. al-Tirmidhi (died 892)
5. al-Nasa'i (died 915)
6. Ibn Maja (died 886).

• Other than Kutb us-Sittah

1. Muwatta of Imam Malik
2. Musnad Ahmad Ibn Hanbal
3. Sunan Al-Bayhaqi
4. Sunan Al-Darimi
5. An-Nawawi's Forty Hadith

Shia collections

• Al-Kutub Al-Arb'ah, the Four books

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

See also

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