Table of Contents
- 1 What are the names of the six collectors of hadith?
- 2 Who are the collector of hadith?
- 3 How many Hadith are there in total?
- 4 How many hadith books are there?
- 5 How many hadith books are there in Islam?
- 6 How many Hadith are there?
- 7 Where can I find the 6 authentic hadith books?
- 8 How many hadith are there in the Kutub al-Sittah?
- 9 Which books form part of the Authentic Six collection of ahadith?
What are the names of the six collectors of hadith?
Sunni collections
- Sahih al-Bukhari.
- Sahih Muslim.
- Sunan Abu Dawood.
- Sunan al-Tirmidhi.
- Sunan al-Nasa’i aka. al-Mujtaba.
- Sunan ibn Majah.
Who are the collector of hadith?
There are six canonical hadith collections that are widely accepted by Sunni Muslims; the two most famous are those of Muhammad ibn Isma’il al-Bukhari (810–870) and Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj (817–875), both of which have the same title al-Sahih (The Authentic).
Who are the narrators and collectors of this hadith?
Among the leading companions who narrated the most ahadith are Abu Hurayrah, Abdullah Ibn Abbas, Abdullah Ibn Amr Ibn Al-Aas, Abu Bakr, Ibn Umar, etc.
How many Hadith are there in total?
2,200 hadiths
According to Munthiri, there are a total of 2,200 hadiths (without repetition) in Sahih Muslim. According to Muhammad Amin, there are 1,400 authentic hadiths that are reported in other books, mainly the six major hadith collections.
How many hadith books are there?
six books
In the Sunni branch of Islam, the canonical hadith collections are the six books, of which Sahih al-Bukhari and Sahih Muslim generally have the highest status. The other books of hadith are Sunan Abu Dawood, Jami’ al-Tirmidhi, Al-Sunan al-Sughra and Sunan ibn Majah.
How many total Hadith are there?
How many hadith books are there in Islam?
How many Hadith are there?
According to Munthiri, there are a total of 2,200 hadiths (without repetition) in Sahih Muslim. According to Muhammad Amin, there are 1,400 authentic hadiths that are reported in other books, mainly the six major hadith collections.
How many original hadith books are there?
‘The six books’) 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.
Where can I find the 6 authentic hadith books?
— Sihah Sitta – The Six Authentic Hadith Books HilalPlaza.com carries both the Arabic and English versions of the major Ahadith books. (You can find all the relevant links at the end of this note.) These books include all the 6 authentic collection of Ahadith referred to in Arabic as “Al-Kutub Al-Sittah”, which translates as”The Authentic Six”.
How many hadith are there in the Kutub al-Sittah?
The Kutub al-Sittah (Arabic: الكتب الستة, romanized: Al-Kutub as-Sittah, lit. ‘The six books’) 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.
How many hadith are there in the Qur`an?
Hence, each Hadith from the remaining four books is tested based on its own merit and not as a Hadith quoted from one of the authentic six books. This book is generally considered the most authentic: second only to The Glorious Qur`an.
Which books form part of the Authentic Six collection of ahadith?
Books that form part of the authentic six collection are the following: Sahih Bukhari, collected by Imam Bukhari (d. 870), includes 7000+ ahadith Sahih Muslim, collected by Muslim b. al-Hajjaj (d. 875), includes 9000+ ahadith Sunan al-Nasa’i, collected by al-Nasa’i (d. 915) Sunan Abu Dawood, collected by Abu Dawood (d. 888)