Kutub al-Sittah

The six major Hadith collections ( ) are collections of hadith by Islamic scholars who, approximately 200 years after Muhammad's death and by their own initiative, collected hadith attributed to Muhammad. They are sometimes (erroneously) referred to as Al-Sihah al-Sittah , which translates to "The Authentic Six".

Shia Ibadi Jami Sahih Tartib al-Musnad - Books also revered by Ahmadiyya Related topics Ahl al-Hadith Criticism Sheikh al-Hadith Islam portal • Category v t e The Kutub al-Sittah ( ) are six (originally five) books containing collections of hadith (sayings or acts of the prophet Muhammad ) compiled by six Sunni Muslim scholars in the ninth century CE . They are sometimes referred to as Al-Sihah al-Sittah , which translates as "The Authentic Six". They were first formally grouped and defined by Ibn al-Qaisarani in the 11th century, who added Sunan ibn Majah to the list. Since then, they have enjoyed near-universal acceptance as part of the official canon of Sunni Islam. Not all Sunni Muslim jurisprudence scholars agree on the addition of Ibn Majah. In particular, The Malikis and Ibn al-Athir consider al-Mawatta' to be the sixth book. The reason for the addition of Ibn Majjah's Sunan is that it contains many Hadiths which do not figure in the other five, whereas all the Hadiths in the Muwatta' figure in the other Sahih books. Ignác Goldziher , Muslim Studies , vol. 2, pg. 240. Lucas, Constructive Critics, Ḥadīth Literature, and the Articulation of Sunnī Islam , pg. 106. Ibn Khallikan 's Biographical Dictionary, translated by William McGuckin de Slane .

Shia Ibadi Jami Sahih Tartib al-Musnad - Books also revered by Ahmadiyya Related topics Ahl al-Hadith Criticism Sheikh al-Hadith Islam portal • Category v t e The Kutub al-Sittah ( ) are six (originally five) books containing collections of hadith (sayings or acts of the Islamic prophet Muhammad ) compiled by six Sunni Muslim scholars in the ninth century CE , approximately two centuries after the death of Muhammad. They are sometimes referred to as al-Sihah al-Sittah , which translates as "The Authentic Six". They were first formally grouped and defined by Ibn al-Qaisarani in the 11th century, who add Sunan ibn Majah to the list. Since then, they have enjoyed near-universal acceptance as part of the official canon of Sunni Islam. Not all Sunni Muslim jurisprudence scholars agree on the addition of Ibn Majah. In particular, the Malikis and Ibn al-Athir consider al-Mawatta' to be the sixth book. The reason for the addition of Ibn Majah's Sunan is that it contains many Hadiths which do not figure in the other five, whereas all the Hadiths in the Muwatta' figure in the other Sahih books. Constructive Critics, Ḥadīth Literature, and the Articulation of Sunnī Islam . Translated by William McGuckin de Slane .

Canonical hadith collections in Sunni Islam "Six Books" redirects here; not to be confused with Six Arts . Shia Ibadi Jami Sahih Tartib al-Musnad - Books also revered by Ahmadiyya Related topics Ahl al-Hadith Criticism Sheikh al-Hadith Islam portal • Category v t e Kutub al-Sittah ( Arabic : ٱلْكُتُب ٱلسِّتَّة , romanized : al-Kutub al-Sitta , lit. ' the Six Books ' ), also known as al-Sihah al-Sitta ( Arabic : الصحاح الستة , romanized : al-Ṣiḥāḥ al-Sitta , lit. ' the Authentic Six ' ) are the six canonical hadith collections of Sunni Islam . They were all compiled in the 9th and early 10th centuries, roughly from 840 to 912 CE and are thought to embody the Sunnah of Muhammad. The books are the Sahih of al-Bukhari ( d. 870 ), the Sahih of Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj ( d. 875 ), the Sunan of Abu Dawud ( d. 889 ), the Sunan of al-Tirmidhi ( d. 892 ), the Sunan of al-Nasa'i ( d. 915 ), and the Sunan of Ibn Majah ( d. 887 or 889 ) as the sixth book, though some (particularly the Malikis and Ibn al-Athir ) instead listed the Muwatta of Malik ibn Anas ( d. 795 ) as the sixth book, and other scholars list Sunan of al-Daraqutni ( d. 995 ) as the sixth book. Sunan ibn Majah largely won out as the sixth canonical book because its content has less overlap with the other five compared with its two contenders. The two pre-eminent works among the Six, the collections of al-Bukhari and Muslim (also the only two compilations which aimed to only include ' authenticated ' hadith), are known as the Sahihayn . They were the first to be canonized over the course of the tenth century. Outside of them, little research has been done in modern hadith studies on the other books of the Six. Quote: "We can discern three strata of the Sunni hadith canon. The perennial core has been the Sahihayn. Beyond these two foundational classics, some fourth/tenth-century scholars refer to a four-book selection that adds the two Sunans of Abu Dawud (d. 275/889) and al-Nasa'i (d. 303/915). The Five Book canon, which is first noted in the sixth/twelfth century, incorporates the Jami' of al-Tirmidhi (d. 279/892). Finally the Six Book canon, which hails from the same period, adds either the Sunan of Ibn Majah (d. 273/887), the Sunan of al-Daraqutni (d. 385/995) or the Muwatta' of Malik b.