| Six Major Hadith Collections. Sahih Bukhari Sahih Muslim Sunan al-Sughra Sunan Abu Dawood Jami al-Tirmidhi Sunan ibn Majah Home | The Six Major Hadith Collections
(Arabic: الكتب السته; al-Kutub al-Sittah) are collections of hadith by
Islamic scholars who, approximately 200 years after Rasulullah's death
and by their own initiative, collected "hadith" attributed to Muhammad
s.a.w. They are sometimes referred to as Al-Sihah al-Sittah, which
translates to "The Authentic Six". Sunni Muslims view the Six major Hadith collections as their most important. They are, in order of authenticity:
The first two, commonly referred to as the Two Sahihs as an indication of their authenticity, contain approximately seven thousand ahadith altogether if repetitions are not counted, according to Ibn Hajar. |