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Hadith

Al-Kutub Al-Sittah

• Sahih 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

Other authentic Hadith collections

• Al-Muwatta of Malik ibn Anas^[1]
• Musnad Ahmad ibn Hanbal of Ahmad ibn Hanbal^[2]
• Mishkat al-Masabih by Al-Tabrizi (An improved version of Masabih al-Sunnah of Al-Baghawi)

• Zujajat al-Masabih by Abdullah Shah Naqshbandi (for supports the Hanafi school of thought)

• Sunan al-Darimi of al-Darimi^[3]
• Sunan al-Kubra of al-Bayhaqi^[4]
• Sunan al-Daraqutni of Al-Daraqutni
• Musannaf of Abd al-Razzaq of ‘Abd ar-Razzaq as-San‘ani
• Musannaf ibn Jurayj of Ibn Jurayj
• Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah of Ibn Abi Shaybah
• Sahih Ibn Khuzaymah of Ibn Khuzaymah
• Sahih Ibn Hibban of Ibn Hibban
• Kanz al-Ummal of Ali ibn Abd-al-Malik al-Hindi
• Al-Mustadrak alaa al-Sahihain of Hakim al-Nishaburi
• Majma al-Zawa'id by Ali ibn Abu Bakr al-Haythami
• Sahifah Hammam ibn Munabbih of Hammam ibn Munabbih
• Al-Mu'jam al-Kabeer by al-Tabarani
• Riyadh as-Saaliheen of Yahya ibn Sharaf al-Nawawi
• Bulugh al-Maram by Ibn Hajar Asqalani
• Talkhis al-Mustadrak by al-Dhahabi
• Tahdhib al-Athar of Muhammad ibn Jarir al-Tabari
• Al-Adab al-Mufrad of Muhammad al-Bukhari
• Kitaab-ul-Aathaar of Abu Hanifa
• At Tareeq Al Aslam Musnad Imam ul A’zam of Abu Hanifa
• Musnad al-Shafi'i of Al-Shafi‘i

Commentaries of Hadith collections

• Fath al-Bari (Sharah Sahih Bukhari) of Ibn Hajar Asqalani
• Umdat al-Qari (Sharah Sahih Bukhari) of Badr al-Din al-Ayni
• Irshad al-Sari (Sharah Sahih Bukhari) of al-Qastallani
• Al Minhaj Be Sharh Sahih Muslim of al-Nawawi
• Sharah Arbaeen of al-Nawawi
• Jami al-Uloom wal-Hikam of Ibn Rajab
• Mirqat Sharh Mishkat al-masabih by Ali al-Qari
• Nayl al-Awtar by Muhammad ash-Shawkani
• Tayseer-ul-Bari by Waheed-uz-Zamaan
• Anwar Ul Bari- Sharah Sahih Bukhari by Maulana Syed Ahmad Raza Bijnori
• Fatah Ul Mulhim - Sharah Sahih Muslim by Shabbir Ahmad Usmani
• Bazlul Majhood Fi Halli Abi Dawood by Khalil Ahmad Saharanpuri
• Anwar Us Sunan - Sharah Tirmidhi by Maulana Abdul Ghani Tariq Ludhianvi
• Mazahir E Haq- Sharh Mishkat by Shaykh Muhammad Qutubuddin Khan Dehlvi
• Khair Us Saleheen - Sharah Riyadh as-Saaliheen by Maulana Muhammad Idrees Merthi

Hadith studies

• Usool As-Sunnah by Imam Ahmed Bin Hanbal
• Introduction to the Science of Hadith by Ibn al-Salah
• Nukhbat al-Fikar by Ibn Hajar Asqalani
• Hasnaat-Ul-Akhbaar (Tareekh-Ul-Hadith) by Kazi Abdussamad Sarram
• Tabyan-Ul-Rasikh (Tareekh-Ut-Tafseer) by Kazi Abdussamad Sarram
• Khair-ul-Usool Fi Hadith-ur-Rasool by Shaykh Khair Muhammad Jalandhari
• Fan e Asma ur Rijal by Maulana Dr. Taqi ud Deen Nadvi
• Taiseer Al Hadith by Shaykh Mahmood Al Tahan
• Importance of Hadith by Khalil ur Rehman Chishti
• Mustalah Al Hadith by Muhammad ibn al Uthaymeen
• Tareekh Tadween-e-Hadith by Shaykh Abdur Rasheed Nomani

Tafsir

Authentic Classic Tafsirs

• Tanwir al-Miqbas by `Abd Allah ibn `Abbas
• Tafsir al-Tabari by Muhammad ibn Jarir al-Tabari
• Tafsir al-Thalabi by Ahmad ibn Muhammad al-Tha'labi
• Kashf al-Israr wa 'Eddat al-Abrar by Khwaja Abdullah Ansari
• Tafsir al-Baghawi by Al-Baghawi
• Al-Kashshaf by al-Zamakhshari
• Ahkam al-Qur'an by Abu Bakr ibn al-Arabi
• Tafsir ibn 'Atiyyah by Ibn Atiyyah
• Zad al-Masir fi Ilm al-Tafsir by Ibn al-Jawzi
• Al-Tafsir al-Kabir or ( Mafatih al-Ghayb ) by Fakhr al-Din al-Razi
• Tafsir-e Nasafi by Abu Hafs Umar an-Nasafi
• Al-Jami' li-Ahkam al-Qur'an by Al-Qurtubi
• Tafsir al-Baydawi by Al-Baydawi
• Al-Bahr al-Muhit by Abu Hayyan al-Gharnati
• Tafsir ibn Kathir by Ibn Kathir
• Tafsir al-Jalalayn by Jalaluddin al-Mahalli and Al-Suyuti
• Dur al-Manthur by Al-Suyuti
• Tafsir Abi Sa'ud by Abdul Su'sud Al-Imadi
• Ruh al-Ma'ani by Mahmud al-Alusi
• Ruh al-Bayan by Ismail Hakki Bursevi
• Al-bahr al-Muhit by Ahmad ibn Ajiba

Other Modern Tafsirs

Aqeedah

• "Fiqh al-Akbar" by Imam Abu Hanifa (d.150H)
• Letters and quotes by Imam Malik (d.179H)
• "Al-Risala" (the Introduction) by Imam Shafi'i (d.204H)
• "Kitab al-Amwal" by Abu Ubayd al-Qasim ibn Sallam (d.224H)
• "Kitab al-Iman" by Ibn Abi Shaybah (d.235H)
• "Ar-Radd 'alal Jahmiyyah waz-Zanaadaqah" by Imam Ahmed ibn Hanbal (d.241H)
• "Kitab al-Iman" by Imam Bukhari (d.256H)
• "Kitab at-Tawheed" by Imam Bukhari (d.256H)
• "Khalq Afaalul-Ibaad" by Imam Bukhari (d.256H)
• "As-Sunnah" by Abu Bakr al-Athram (d.273H)
• "Kitab as-Sunnah" by Ibn Abu Dawood as Sijistaanee (d.275H)
• "al-Ikhtilāf fī al-Lafz. wa al-Radd ‘alā al-Jahmiyya wal-Mushabbiha" by Ibn Qutaybah (d.276H)
• "Ahl us-Sunnah" by Abu Hatim Muhammad ibn Idris al-Razi (d.277H)
• "Ar-Radd 'alal Jayhmiyyah" by Al-Darimi (d.280H)
• "As-Sunnah" by Ibn Abi Asim (d.287H)
• "As-Sunnah" by Abdullah ibn Imam Ahmed ibn Hanbal (d.290H)
• "As-Sunnah" by Abu Bakr al-Maruzi (d.292H)
• "As-Sunnah" by al-Marwazi (d.292H)
• "Sharh us-Sunnah" by Al-Tabari (d.310H)
• "Kitab at-Tawheed" by Ibn Khuzaymah (d.311H)
• "Al-Aqidah al-Tahawiyyah" by Al-Tahawi (d.321H)
• "Al-Maqaalatul-Islamiyeen" by Abu al-Hasan al-Ash'ari (d.324H)
• "Ar-Risaalah ilaa Ahlth-Thaghr" by Abu al-Hasan al-Ash'ari (d.324H)
• "Al-Ibaanah 'an Usoolid-Diyaanah" by Abu al-Hasan al-Ash'ari (d.324H)
• "Sharh us-Sunnah" by Al-Hasan ibn 'Ali al-Barbahari (d.329H)
• "Kitaab us-Sunnah" by Abu Ahmad al-Asaal (d.349H)
• "Ash-Shareeah" by Abu Bakr al-Ajurri (d.360H)
• "Itiqaad Aimmatul-Hadeeth" by Abu Bakr al-Ismaili (d.371H)
• "Kitaabus-Sifaat" by Al-Daraqutni (d.385H)
• "Kitaabun-Nuzool" by Al-Daraqutni (d.385H)
• "Al-Ibaanah 'an Sharee'atil Firqatin -Naajiyah" by Ibn Battah (d.387H)
• "Sharhul-Ibaanah 'an Usoolis-Sunnah wad-Diyaanah" by Ibn Battah (d.387H)
• "Kitaabut-Tawheed" by Ibn Mandah (d.395H)
• "ar-Radd'alal-Jahmiyyah" by Ibn Mandah (d.395H)
• "Sharh Usool Itiqaad Ahlus-Sunnah Wal Jamaah" by Imam al-Laalilka'i (d.428H)
• "Al-Wusool ilaa Maarifatil-Istiwaa" by Abu Umar At-Talamanki Al-Maliki (d.429H)
• "Al-Farq bayn al-Firaq" by Abu Mansur Al-Baghdadi (d.429H)
• "Al-Itiqaad" by Abu Nu`aym (d.430H)
• "Aqeedatus-Salaf Ashaabul-Hadeeth" by Abu `Uthman Al-Sabuni (d.449H)
• "Al-I'tqaad alaa Madhabis-Salaf Ahlus-Sunnah wal-Jamaah" by Al-Bayhaqi (d.457H)
• "Risaalah fee Ithbaatil-Istiwaa" by Al-Juwayni (d.478H)
• Kitab Al-Irshad Ila Qawati Al-Adilla Fi Usul Ati Tiqad by Al-Juwayni (d.478H)
• "Dhammul-Kalaam" by Shaykh ul-Islaam Abu Ismā`īl Al-Harawī (d.481H)
• "Kitab Akhbar as-Sifat" by Ibn al-Jawzi (d.597H)
• "Fitna e Wahbiat Ahaadees Ki Raushni Me" By Imam Muhammad Anwaarullah Farooqui (d.1336H)
• "Ad Daulat Ul Makkiya" by Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi (d.1340H)
• "Jaa Ul Haq" by Ahmad Yaar Khan Naeemi
• "AL-MIRQATH" by Sayed Ismaeel Shihabudheen Pookoya Thangal

Islamic jurisprudence

Hanafi

• Mukhtasar al-Quduri by Imam al-Quduri al-Baghdadi
• Al-Hidayah by Burhan al-Din al-Marghinani
• Radd al-Muhtar ala al-Dur al-Mukhtar by Ibn Abidin
• Nūr al-Īḍāḥ by Abu 'l-Ikhlas Hasan al-Shurunbulali
• Marāqī al-Saʿādāt by Abu 'l-Ikhlas Hasan al-Shurunbulali
• Imdād al-Fattāḥ Sharḥ Nūr al-Īḍāḥ by Abu 'l-Ikhlas Hasan al-Shurunbulali
• Marāqī al-Falāḥ Sharḥ Nūr al-Īḍāḥ by Abu 'l-Ikhlas Hasan al-Shurunbulali
• Multaqa al-Abḥur by Ibrahim al-Halabi
• Fatawa-e-Alamgiri commissioned by the Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb
• Fatawa-e-Razvia by Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi
• Faizan e Sunnat by Muhammad Ilyas Qadri
• The Lawful and the Prohibited in Islam by Yusuf al-Qaradawi

Shafi'i

• Al-Maqasid by Yahya Ibn Sharaf an-Nawawi
• Umdat al-Salik wa Uddat al-Nasik by Ahmad ibn Naqib al-Misri
• Minhaj Ut Talibeen By Al-Nawawi
• AL-MADARIJ by Sayed Ismaeel Shihabudheen Pookoya Thangal

Maliki

• "Al Mudawanna" by Imam Malik ibn Anas
• "Al Risala" by Imam Ibn Abi Zayd
• "Al Mukhtasar" by Imam Khalil ibn Ishaq al-Jundi

Hanbali

• Al-Kaafi fi fiqh al-Imaam Ahmad bin Hanbal by Ibn Qudamah
• Al-Mughni by Ibn Qudamah

Seerah

• Seerat Rasul Allah by Ibn Ishaq
• Seerat-un-Nabi by Ibn Hisham

• Raud al-Unuf by Al Suhayli, a commentary of Ibn Hisham's Seerat-un-Nabi

• The Characteristics Of Prophet Muhammed (PBUH) by Imam Al-Tirmidhi
• Fiqh Us-Seerah by Mohammed al-Ghazali
• Kitab al-Miraj by Abu'l-Qasim 'Abdul karim bin Hawazin al-Nisapuri (alleged)
• Al-Sira Al-Nabawiyya (4 Volume Set) by Ibn Kathir
• The Legacy of the Prophet by Ibn Rajab
• Al-Muwahib al-Ladunniyyah by Al-Qastallani
• Seerat E Rasool SAW. by Shah Waliullah Dehlawi
• Shan-e-Habib e Rehman by Mufti Ahmed Yaar Naeemi
• Hadaiq e Bakhshish by Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi
• Seerat e Mustafa by Allama Abdul Mustafa Azmi
• Seerat Un Nabi Sallallahualaihiwasallam by Mufti Syed Ziauddin Naqshbandi
• Seerat Un Nabi SAW. by Shibli Nomani
• An Nabi Ul Khaatim by Manazir Ahsan Gilani
• Seerat Khateem Ul Ambiya by Muhammad Shafi Deobandi
• Ar-Raheeq Al-Makhtum by Safiur Rahman Mubarakpuri
• Seerat e Badr-Ud-Duja by Syed Shahabuddin Salfi Firdausi
• Muhammad as of you can see him by Aid al-Qarni
• A mercy to the Universe by Saeed bin Ali bin Wahf Al-Qahtani
• The Life of Prophet Muhammad: Highlights and Lessons by Dr. Mustafa As-Sibaa'ie

History books

• Futuh Ash-Shaam by Al-Waqidi (d.823 AD)
• Kitab al-Tarikh wa al-Maghazi by Al-Waqidi (d.823 AD)
• The Great History by Muhammad al-Bukhari (d.870 AD)
• Al-Imama wa al-Siyasa by Ibn Qutaybah (d.889 AD)
• Fath al-Buldan by Ahmad ibn Yahya al-Baladhuri (d.892 AD)
• Genealogies of the Nobles by Ahmad Ibn Yahya al-Baladhuri (d.892 AD)
• History of the Prophets and Kings or Tarikh-E-Tabari by Muhammad ibn Jarir al-Tabari (d.923 AD)
• Tarikh E Masoodi by Al-Masudi (d.956 AD)
• Tabaqat al-Hanabilah by Al-Qadi Abu Ya'la (d.1066 AD) and Ibn Rajab al-Hanbali (d.1393 AD)
• Tarikh-e-Baghdad by Al-Khatib al-Baghdadi (d.1071 AD)
• The Comprehensive Compilation of the Names of the Prophet's Companions by Ibn Abd-al-Barr (d.1071 AD)
• Sirat al-Halbiya by Burhan al-Din al-Marghinani (d.1197 AD)
• Al-Kamal fi Asma' al-Rijal by Abd al-Ghani al-Maqdisi (d.1203 AD)
• Chach Nama by Kazi Ismail al-Thakafi & Ali bin Ḥamid bin Abi Bakr Kufi (written in 1226 AD)
• Mu'jam Al-Buldan by Yaqut al-Hamawi (d.1229 AD)
• The Complete History by Ali ibn al-Athir (d.1233 AD)
• Usdul Gabbah Fi Marifat Us Sahaba by Ali ibn al-Athir (d.1233 AD)
• Tabaqat-i Nasiri by Minhaj-i-Siraj (written in 1260 AD)
• al-Bidayah wa al-Nihayah or Tarikh ibn Kathir by Ibn Kathir (d.1373 AD)
• Muqaddimah by Ibn Khaldun (d.1406 AD)
• Tahdhib al-Tahdhib by Ibn Hajar al-'Asqalani (d.1449 AD)
• History of the Caliphs by Al-Suyuti (d.1505 AD)
• Wafa al-Wafa by Ali ibn Ahmad al-Samhudi (d.1533 AD)
• Tarikh-i Firishta by Muhammad Qasim Firishta (d.1620 AD)
• Ma'arij-ul-Nabuwwah by Sheikh Abdul-Haq Muhaddis Dehlavi (d.1642 AD)
• Masir I Alamgiri by Muhammad Saqi Mustaid Khan (written in 1710 AD)
• Al Insaf fi Bayan Asbab Al Iktikaaf by Shah Waliullah Dehlawi (d.1762 AD)
• Sirush Shahadhathayn by Shah Abdul Aziz (d.1824 AD)
• Al-Farooq by Shibli Nomani (d.1914 AD)
• Ma'alim fi al-Tariq by Sayyid Qutb (d.1966 AD)
• Al-Fitna Al-Kubra by Taha Hussein (d.1973 AD)
• Hadees e Rasool ka Qurani Meyar by Qari Muhammad Tayyib (d.1983 AD)
• Tarikh Dawat O Azimat by Abul Hasan Ali Hasani Nadwi (d.1999 AD)
• Nobider Kahini by Muhammad Asadullah Al-Ghalib
• Tabqat Ibn Saad by Muhammad bin Saad
• Tabqat E Kabeer by Muhammad bin Saad
• Ehad e Risalat ke Mufassareen E Kiram by Maulana Ruhullah Naqshbandi
• Tarikh E Islam by Maulana Akbar Shah Najibabadi
• Tareekh-e-tafseer-o-mufassireen by Ghulam Ahmed Harari
• NIQATHUN-MIN-THAREEQIL ISLAM by Sayed Ismaeel Shihabudheen Pookoya Thangal

Tazkiah

Dhikr

• al-Wabil al-Sayyib by Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyya
• Dala'il al-Khayrat by Muhammad al-Jazuli
• Hisnul Muslim by Sa'id bin Ali bin Wahf Al-Qahtani

Adab

• Tanbih al-Mughtarin by Al-Sha'rani
• Minhaj ul Muslimeen by Syed Masood Ahmad
• ADABUL MUSLIM by Sayed Ismaeel Shihabudheen Pookoya Thangal

Islamic ethics and philosophy

• Kimiya-yi sa'ādat by Al-Ghazali

Critique

Shi'a

• Al-Sawa'iq al-Muhriqah by Ibn Hajar al-Haytami
• Taufa Ithna Ashari by Shah Abdul Aziz
• Ayat-e-Bayyinat by Mohsin-ul-Mulk

Ahmadiyya

• Saif e Chishtiyai^[5] by Peer Meher Ali Shah
• Aqaʼid-i Mirza (Beliefs of Mirza) by Sanaullah Amritsari
• Finality of the Prophethood by Muhammad Shafi Deobandi
• Mirza And Yalesh^[6] by Fuad Al-Attar^[7]

Ikhtilaf

• Habib al-Siyar by Muhammad Khwandamir

Avicenna

• The Incoherence of the Philosophers by Al-Ghazali

Islamic economics

• An Introduction to Islamic Finance — Mufti Muhammad Taqi Usmani^[8]
• Our Socio-Economic Order — Mufti Muhammad Taqi Usmani^[9]
• Present Financial Crisis Causes & Remedies — Mufti Muhammad Taqi Usmani^[10]
• The Historic Judgment on Interest — Mufti Muhammad Taqi Usmani^[11]

Political Islam

• Kitab al-Kharaj by Imam Abu Yusuf
• Siyasat E sharaiya by Ibn Taymiyyah
• Hujjat al-Balagha by Shah Waliullah Dehlawi
• Fi Zilal Al-Quran by Sayyid Qutb
• The Economic System In Islam by Taqiuddin al-Nabhani
• Caliphate Hejaz and Saudi State by Ghulam Rasool Dehlvi

See also

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

Notes