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Sahih al-Bukhari
most famous collection of hadith in Sunni Islam
Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim
9th-century book by Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj
Al-Kutub al-Sittah
six most highly regarded collections of hadith in Sunni Islam
al-Muwaṭṭaʼ
Al-Muwaṭṭaʾ (, 'the well-trodden path') or Muwatta Imam Malik () of Imam Malik (711–795) written in the 8th-century, is one of the earliest collections of hadith texts comprising the subjects of Islamic law, compiled by the Imam, Malik ibn Anas. It is also the earliest extant example of a musannaf, referring to a genre of hadith compilation which arranges hadith topically.
Muqaddimah
The Muqaddimah ( "Introduction"), also known as the Muqaddimah of Ibn Khaldun () or '''''Ibn Khaldun's Prolegomena''' (), is a book written by the historian Ibn Khaldun in 1377 which presents a view of universal history. Some modern thinkers view it as the first work dealing with the social sciences of sociology, demography, and cultural history. The Muqaddimah'' also deals with Islamic theology, historiography, the philosophy of history, economics, political theory, and ecology.
Sunan Abu Dawood
book
Masnavi
thumb|250px| The Masnavi is an extensive Persian masnavi (a poetic form) written by Rumi, and one of the most influential works in the history of Sufism. It is a series of six books of poetry that together amount to around 25,000 verses or 50,000 lines.
Al-Sunan al-Sughra
book by Al-Nasa'i
Sunan ibn Majah
Hadith collection by Ibn Majah (died 887CE)
Jami` at-Tirmidhi
book by Muḥammad Ibn-ʿĪsā at-Tirmiḏī
Musnad Ahmad ibn Hanbal
work by Ahmad ibn Hanbal
Kutadgu Bilig
11th century work written by Yūsuf Balasaguni
Riyāḍ al-ṣāliḥīn
book by Yaḥyá ibn Sharaf al-Nawawī
History of the Prophets and Kings
Arabic-language historical chronicle by Persian historian Tabari
Qaṣīda al-Burda
thumb|right|A verse from the Qaṣīdat al-Burda, displayed on the wall of al-Busiri's shrine in Alexandria Qasīdat al-Burda (, "Ode of the Mantle"), or al-Burda for short, is a thirteenth-century ode of praise for Muhammad composed by the Shadhili mystic al-Busiri of Egypt. The poem, whose actual title is "The Celestial Lights in Praise of the Best of Creation" (), is famous mainly in the Muslim world. It is entirely in praise of Muhammad, who is said to have been praised ceaselessly by the afflicted poet, to the point that Muhammad appeared in a dream and wrapped him in a mantle or cloak; in th
The Revival of the Religious Sciences
Islamic theological work written by Al-Ghazali between 1095 and 1105 in four parts of ten chapters each
Diwan-e Shams-e Tabrizi
Large collection of poems by Rumi
The Incoherence of the Philosophers
1095 CE book by Al-Ghazali
Sahih Ibn Hibbaan
book by Ibn Hibban
al-Kāmil fī al-tārīkh
universal history written in the 13th century AD (published 1231)
Al-Bidaya wa'l-Nihaya
World history book based on Islamic themes
Al-Mustadrak ala al-Sahihayn
book by Hakim al-Nishaburi
Fath al-Bari
book by Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani
Kitab al-Umm
book by Mohammed Al-Shafi'i
Fihi Ma Fihi
Persian prose work by Rumi
Tafsir al-Qurtubi
Exegesis of the Quran by al-Qurtubi
Sunan al-Darimi
Collection of Islamic texts
Al-Risala
book by Al-Shafi'i
Sahih Ibn Khuzaymah
Sahih Ibn Khuzaymah is one of the books of Hadith of the Prophet. It is among the Hadith books of valuable consideration by Ahlu Sunnah wal Jamaa’ah. In addition to Sahih Ibn Hibban and Al-Mustadrak ‘Ala Sahihayn by Al-Hakim An-Naisaburi, it is deeme
Al-Fiqh al-Akbar
Imam Abu Hanifa's Book
Milestones
1964 book by Sayyid Qutb
Ar-Raheeq Al-Makhtum
Book by Safiur Rahman Mubarakpuri
Sahifah Hammam ibn Munabbih
one of the earliest hadith collections
Al-Aqidah al-Tahawiyyah
Islamic book of Sunni theology
Mishkāt al-Maṣābīḥ
book by Khaṭīb al-Tibrīzī, Muḥammad ibn ʻAbd Allāh
al-Fatawa al-Alamgiriyya
Islamic edict book
Dala'il al-Khayrat
book on collection of Islamic prayers and praises to Muhammad
Meher Ali Shah
Sufi scholar and a mystic Punjabi poet (1859–1937)
Al-Sirah al-Nabawiyyah (Ibn Ishaq)
biography of Muhammad by Ibn Hisham
Introduction to the Science of Hadith
book by Ibn al-Salah
Musannaf of Abd al-Razzaq
book by ‘Abd ar-Razzaq as-San‘ani
Kitab al-Miraj
book about Muhammad's ascension into Heaven
al-Muʻjam al-kabīr
book by al-Ṭabarānī
al-Iṣābah fī Tamyīz al-ṣaḥābah
book by Ibn Ḥajar al-ʻAsqalānī
Kanz al-Ummal
Sunni literature
Al-Jami' as-Saghir
Sunni hadith collection
Sunan al-Daraqutni
book by Al-Daraqutni
Musnad al-Bazzar
Al-Ahkam al-Sultaniyya w'al-Wilayat al-Diniyya
book authored by Al-Mawardi
Sirat Ibn Hisham
book by Ibn Hisham
Sunan al-Kubra lil Behaqi
largest hadith collection in Sunni Islam
Izhar ul-Haqq
Book of Maulana Rahmatullah Kairanvi
Musnad
book by Abū Yaʿlā al-Mawṣilī
al-Shifa
book by Qadi Ayyad
History of the Caliphs
book by Al-Suyuti
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Milal wa-al-niḥal
book by Abū al-Fatḥ al-Shahrastānī
Musnad al-Shafi'i
hadith book attributed Imam al-Shafi'i
Musnad Ishaq Ibn Rahwayh
book by Isḥāq Ibn-Ibrāhīm Ibn-Rāhwaih
Zad al-Ma'ad
book by Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyya