• The Nine Hadith books that are indexed in the world renowned Hadith concordance (
Al-Mu’jamul Mufahras li Alfadhil Hadithin Nabawi) that includes
al-Sihah al-Sittah (The Authentic Six),
Muwatta Imam Malik,
Sunan al-Darimi, and
Musnad Ahmad. :#
Sahih al-Bukhari (9th century) :#
Sahih Muslim (9th century) :#
Sunan Abu Dawood (9th century) :#
Sunan al-Tirmidhi (9th century) :#
Sunan al-Nasa'i (9-10th century) :#
Sunan ibn Majah (9th century) :#
Muwatta Imam Malik (8th century) :#
Sunan al-Darimi (9th century) :#
Musnad Ahmad bin Hanbal (9th century) • Among the other Authentic Hadith books that follow
Ṣaḥīḥayn (Sahih Bukhari and Sahih Muslim) are: •
Sahih ibn Khuzaymah. (9-10th century) •
Sahih ibn Hibban (9th-10th century) •
Al-Mustadrak alaa al-Sahihain (11th century) • Other Primary/Major Collections (Primary
Hadith books are those books which are collected and written by author or their students themselves). Most of the following list has been given in Preface (Muqadamah) of the book
Al-Jami al-Kamil (published in 2019) by
Ziya-ur-Rahman Azmi, but the 1st century AH collections are not readily accessible: :# Majmoah
Saʽd ibn ʽUbadah (d. 16 AH) :# Majmoah
Abd Allah ibn Mas'ud (d. 32 AH) :# Nuskha lil Imam
Ali (d. 40 AH) :# Maktobat lil Amr ibn Hazm (d. 51 AH) :# Risaalah
Samura ibn Jundab (d. 54 AH) :#
Sahifah al-Sadiqah lil
Abd Allah ibn Amr ibn al-As (d. 65 AH) :# Sahifah
Jabir ibn Abd Allah (d. 74 AH) :# Majmoah Bashir Ibn Nahik (d. 91 AH) :# Sahifah
Anas ibn Malik (d. 93 AH) :# Riwayaat ul
Aisha lil
Urwa ibn al-Zubayr (d. 94 AH) :# Riwayaat ul
Ibn Abbas from
Sa'id ibn Jubayr (d. 96 AH) :#
Sahifah Hammam ibn Munabbih (d. 130 A.H.) :#
Kitab al-Maghazi by
Musa ibn ʿUqba (d. 141 A.H.) :#
Musnad Abu Hanifa (d. 150 AH) :#
Musannaf ibn Jurayj (d. 150 AH) :# Al-Jami lil
Ma'mar ibn Rashid (d. 154 AH) :# Al-Jami
Abd al-Rahman al-Awza'i (d. 158 AH) :# Al-Jami lil Imam Sufyan Suri (d. 161 AH) :#
Muwatta Imam Malik (d. 179 AH) :#
Kitab al-Zuhd wa al-Raqaiq by
Abd Allah ibn al-Mubarak (181 AH) :#
Kitab al-Kharaj by
Abu Yusuf (d. 182 AH) :#
Kitab-ul-Aathaar -
al Shaybani (d. 189 AH) :# Al-Muwattah lil
Muhammad al-Shaybani (d. 189 AH) :# Kitab ul Zuhd lil
Waki' ibn al-Jarrah (d. 197 AH) :# Al-Jami
Ibn Wahb al-Masri (d. 197 AH) :# Al-Kharaj lil Yahya bin Adam (d. 203 AH) :#
Kitab al-Umm (d. 204 AH) :#
Musnad al-Shafi'i (d. 204 AH) :#
Al-Risala (d. 204 AH) :#
Musnad al Tayalisi (d. 204 AH) :# Al-Mughazi lil imam
Al-Waqidi (d. 207 AH) :#
Musannaf of Abd al-Razzaq (d. 211 AH) :#
Musnad Humaidi Imam
Al-Humaydi (d. 219 AH) :# Fazail e Qur'an lil
Abu Ubaid al-Qasim bin Salam (d. 224 AH) :# Al-Amwaal lil
Abu Ubaid al-Qasim bin Salam (d. 224 AH) :# Al-Tahur lil
Abu Ubaid al-Qasim bin Salam (d. 224 AH) :# Gharib Hadith lil
Abu Ubaid al-Qasim bin Salam(d. 224 AH) :#
Sunan Sa'id ibn Mansur (d. 227 AH) :# Musnad Musadad bin Masarhad (d. 228 AH)) :# Musnad Abd al-Rahman bin Awf lil Imam Ahmad bin Muhammad al-Barti (d. 228 AH) :# Musnad Ibn al-Ja'd (230 AH) :# Kitab Al-ilm lil Abi Khaytmah Zuhair bin Harb (d. 234 AH) :#
Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah (d. 235 AH) :# Al-Musnad lil
Ibn Abi Shaybah (d. 235 AH) :#
Musnad Ishaq Ibn Rahwayh (d. 238 AH) :#
Musnad Ahmad ibn Hanbal (d. 241 AH) :# Kitab Al-Zuhd lil
Ahmad ibn Hanbal (d. 241 AH) :# Fazail e Sahaba lil
Ahmad ibn Hanbal (d. 241 AH) :# Al-Ashrabah lil
Ahmad ibn Hanbal (d. 241 AH) :# Al-Zuhd lil ibn Al-Sari (d. 243 AH) :# Musnad Ibn Abi Umar al-Adni (d. 243 AH) :# Musnad Ahmad bin Muni (d. 244 AH) :# Al-Amwal lil ibn Zanjuyah (d. 248 AH) :# Al-Munthakhab min Musnad Abd bin Hameed (d. 249 AH) :#
Sunan ad-Darimi (d. 255 AH) :#
Sahih al-Bukhari (d. 256 AH) :#
Al-Adab al-Mufrad (d. 256 AH) :#
Al-Tarikh al-Kabir (d. 256 AH) :# Juz Qira Khalaf al-Imam (d. 256 AH) :# Juz Rifa al-Ideen lil imam
Muhammad al-Bukhari (d. 256 AH) :# Khalqul Afwal ul Ibad lil imam
Muhammad al-Bukhari (d. 256 AH) :#
Sahih Muslim (d. 261 AH) :#
Sunan ibn Majah (d. 273 AH) :# Musnad Abdullah bin Umar lil Imam Muhammad bin Ibrahim Tarsusi (d. 273 AH) :#
Sunan Abu Dawood (d. 275 AH) :# Al-Murasil lil imam
Muhammad al-Bukhari (d. 256 AH) :# Musnad lil Imam Baqi bin Mukhlid al-Andalusi (d. 276 AH) :# Al-Marefa wal Tarikh lil Imam al-Faswi (d. 277 AH). :# Shamail Muhammadiah lil Imam
Muhammad al-Bukhari (d. 256 AH) :# Al-ilal lil Imam
Muhammad al-Bukhari (d. 256 AH) :#
Sunan al-Tirmidhi (d. 279 AH) :#
Shamaail Tirmidhi (
Shama'il Muhammadiyah (d. 279 AH) :# Makarim al-Akhlaq lil
Ibn Abi al-Dunya (d. 281 AH) :# Musnad al-Harith (d. 282 AH) :# Gharib Hadith lil ibn Ishaq al-Harbi (d. 285 AH) :# Kitabul Sunnah lil
Ibn Abi Asim (d. 287 AH) :# Al-Ahaad wal Al-Muthani lil
Ibn Abi Asim (d. 287 AH) :# Al-Jihad lil
Ibn Abi Asim (d. 287 AH) :# Al-Diyat lil
Ibn Abi Asim (d. 287 AH) :# Al-Zuhd lil
Ibn Abi Asim (d. 287 AH) :#
Musnad al-Bazzar (d. 292 AH) :# Sunnah lil Muhammad Bin Nasr Al Maruzi (d. 294 AH) :# Tazeem Qadr al-Salaat lil Muhammad Bin Nasr Al Maruzi (d. 294 AH) :# Qiyaam al-Layl lil Muhammad Bin Nasr Al Maruzi (d. 294 AH) :# Fazail e Qur'an lil Ibn Al-Dharis (d. 294 AH) :#
Sunan al-Nasa'i (d. 303 AH) :#
Sunan al-Kubra lil
Nasa'i (d. 303 AH) :#
Khasais of Amir Al Momenin (d. 303 AH) :# Amal ul Yomul Laila lil Imam
Nasa'i (d. 303 AH) :#
Musnad Abu Ya'la (d. 307 AH) :# Kitab Al-Muntaqi lil ibn Al-Jarod (d. 307 AH) :# Musnad al-Rowayani (d. 307 AH) :#
Tahdhib al-Athar lil
al-Tabari (d. 310 AH) :# Al-Kani wal Asma lil Imam Dulaabi (d. 310 A.H.) :#
Sahih Ibn Khuzaymah (d. 311 AH) :# Al-Tawhid lil Imam
Nasa'i (d. 303 AH) :# Al-ilal lil
Abu Bakr al-Khallal (d. 311 AH) :#
Musnad al-Siraj (d. 313 AH) :#
Musnad Abu Awaanah (d. 316 AH) :# Al-Masahif lil Ibn Abi Dawud (d. 316 AH) :# Al-Awsat lil imam
Ibn al-Mundhir (d. 321 AH) :#
Sharh Mushkil al-Athar (d. 321 AH). :# ''
Sharh Ma'ani al-Athar'' (d. 321 AH). :# Al-Zuafa lil Imam Al-Uqaili (d. 322 AH) :# Al-ilal lil Imam ibne Abi Hatim (d. 327 AH) :# Al-Marasil lil imam ibne Abi Hatim (d. 327 AH) :# Makaram al-Akhlaq lil al-Kharati (d. 327 AH) :# Masawi al-Akhlaq lil al-Kharati (d. 327 AH) :# Musnad al-Haytham bin Kalib al-Shashi (d. 335 AH) :# Al Mujam us Sahaba lil ibn Qanee (d. 351 AH) :#
Sahih Ibn Hibban (d. 354 AH) :# Al-Fawadi (Al-Ghilaniyat) lil Abi Bakr Muhammad bin Abdullah bin Ibrahim al-Shafi’i (354 AH) :#
Al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (d. 360 AH) :#
Al-Mu'jam al-Awsat (d. 360 AH) :#
Al-Mu'jam as-Saghir (d. 360 AH) :# Al-Mu'ajm Al-Shamayin lil
Al-Tabarani (d. 360 AH) :# Al-Dua lil
Al-Tabarani (d. 360 AH) :# Al-Shariah lil
Al-Tabarani (d. 360 AH) :# Amal Youm ul Laila lil Ibn Al-Sunni (d. 364 AH) :# Al-Kamil fi Zuafa al-rijal lil Imam Ibn Adi (d. 365 AH) :# Al-Azmah lil Abu Shaykh al-Asbahani (d. 369 AH) :# Akhlaq un Nabih lil Abu Shaykh al-Asbahani (d. 369 AH) :#
Sunan Dar Al-Qutni (d. 385 AH) :# Al-Nuzul lil Imam
Al-Daraqutni (d. 385 AH) :# Al-ilal lil Imam
Al-Daraqutni (d. 385 AH) :# Al-ilzamat lil Imam
Al-Daraqutni (d. 385 AH) :# Al-Tattabay lil Imam
Al-Daraqutni (d. 385 AH) :# Al-Turgheeb fi Fazayl al-Amaal lil Imam
Al-Daraqutni (385 AH) :# Al-Ibanah lil Imam
Ibn Battah (d. 387 AH) :# Ghareeb al-Hadith lil Imam
Al-Khattabi (d. 388 AH) :# Al-iman lil Imam
Ibn Manda (d. 395 AH) :# Marifat us Sahaba lil Imam
Ibn Manda (d. 395 AH) :#
Al-Mustadrak ala al-Sahihayn by
Imam Al-Hakim al-Nishapuri (d. 405 AH) :# Al-Fawaid lil Imam Muhammad bin Tammam al-Razi (d. 414 AH) :# Sharah Usul ul iteqad lil Imam Lal al-Ka'i (d. 418 AH) :#
Hilyat al-Awliya lil
Abu Nu'aym al-Isfahani (d. 430 AH) :# Marifat us Sahaba lil
Abu Nu'aym al-Isfahani (d. 430 AH) :# Akhbar al-Isbahan lil
Abu Nu'aym al-Isfahani (d. 430 AH) :#
Dalail al-Nubuwwa by
Abu Nu'aym al-Isfahani (d. 430 AH) :# Amali lil Ibn Bushran (d. 430 AH) :# Al-Ibanah un Usul ul Diyanah lil Imam Sajzi (d. 444 AH) :# Fazail al-Sham lil Abi al-Hasan Ali ibn Muhammad al-Rabi (d. 444 AH) :# Musnad al-Shahab lil Imam Al-Qadhai (d. 454 AH) :#
Al-Muhalla (d. 456 AH) :# Hajjatul Wida lil Imam
Ibn Hazm(d. 456 AH) :#
Sunan al-Kubra lil
Al-Bayhaqi (d. 458 AH) :#
Al-Sunan al-Sughra lil
Al-Bayhaqi (d. 458 AH) :#
Al-Sunan al-Wusta lil Imam
Al-Bayhaqi (d. 458 AH) :#
Dalail al-Nubuwwa by
Al-Bayhaqi (d. 458 AH) :#
Shu'ab al-Iman lil Imam
Al-Bayhaqi (d. 458 AH) :# Al-Baathe wan Nushur lil Imam
Al-Bayhaqi (d. 458 AH) :# Al-Dawaat al-Kabir lil Imam
Al-Bayhaqi (d. 458 AH) :# Al-Qadr lil Imam
Al-Bayhaqi (d. 458 AH) :# Al-Khilafiyat lil Imam
Al-Bayhaqi (d. 458 AH) :# Azabul Qabr lil Imam
Al-Bayhaqi (d. 458 AH) :# Al-Mudkhal al-Sunan al-Kubra lil Imam
Al-Bayhaqi (d. 458 AH) :# Al-Ithiqad lil Imam
Al-Bayhaqi (d. 458 AH) :# Al-Adaab lil Imam
Al-Bayhaqi (d. 458 AH) :# Hayat ul Anbia lil Imam
Al-Bayhaqi (d. 458 AH) :# Al-Tamhid lil Imam
Ibn 'Abd al-Barr (d. 463 AH :# Jami' Bayan al-'Ilm wa Fadlihi lil Imam
Ibn 'Abd al-Barr (d. 463 A.H.) :# Al-Rahla fi Talb al-Hadith lil
Al-Khatib al-Baghdadi (d. 463 AH) :# Al-Iqtiza ul ilm lil
Al-Khatib al-Baghdadi (d. 463 A.H.) :# Asbabul Nuzul lil Imam Abul Hasan Ali Al-Wahidi (d. 468 AH) :# Dhimm-e-Kalam wa Ahlaho lil Abu Isma'il Al-Harawi (d. 481 AH) :# Sharah us Sunnah lil Imam
Al-Baghawi (d. 516 AH) :# Al-Abatil wal Manakir lil Imam al-Jawzjani (d. 543 AH) :#
Musnad al-Firdous (d. 558 AH) :# Salat and Tahajjud lil imam Ashabili (d. 582 AH) :# Al-itebar fil Nasikh wal Mansookh minal Akhbar lil Imam Al-Haazmi (d. 584 AH) :# Al-Ahadith al-Mukhtarah lil
Diya' al-Din al-Maqdisi (d. 643 AH) :# Al-Durra al-Thamaina fi Fazayl al-Madinah lil
Ibn al-Najjar (d. 643 AH) • Secondary books of Hadiths (Secondary
Hadith books are those books that have been selected, compiled, and collated from the Primary Hadith books and are not original collections.) :#
Mishkat al-Masabih :#
Riyadh al-Saaliheen (
The Meadows of the Righteous) :#
Bulugh al-Maram (
Achievement of the Goal) :#
Al-Jami' al-Saghir of
Jalal al-Din al-Suyuti :#
At-Targhib wat-Tarhib :#
Masabih al-Sunnah :#
Majma al-Zawa'id :#
Kanz al-Ummal :#
Zujajat al-Masabih :#
Al-Mawdū'āt Al-Kubrā (
A Great Collection of Fabricated Traditions) :#
Silsalat al-Hadith as-Sahiha of
Al-Albani :#
Silsilat al-Ahadith al-Daifa wa al-Mawduwa by Al-Albani :#
Al-Jami al-Kamil (The Authentic Hadith Encyclopaedia) of
Ziya-ur-Rahman Azmi ==Shia collections==