Malik's Muwatta ("the well-trodden path") is a collection of two items: the sayings and deeds of Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) (also known as the sunnah). The reports of the Prophet's sayings and deeds are called ahadith. And the legal opinions and decisions of the Prophet's Companions, their successors, and some later authorities. Malik (full name Malik bin Anas bin Malik bin Abu Amir Al-Asbahi) was born in 93 A.H. and died in 179 A.H. He lived most of his life in Madinah, the city in which ... [Continue Reading]

Riyad us Saliheen By Imam An Nawawi The famous 5th Century Hijri, hadith compilation by Imam Al-Nawawi, The ahadith are predominantly from Sahih Bukhari and Sahih Muslim (Other ahadith are from the reliable Books such as Tirmidhi, Ibn Majah and Muwatta Imam Malik). Considered by Many as the most important book after the Qur’an simply because it is a summary of authentic traditions of the Prophet Muhammad (upon him be peace). Comprising of 1900 hadiths in 372 Chapters and 19 ... [Continue Reading]

Sahih Bukhari is a collection of sayings and deeds of Prophet Muhammad (pbuh), also known as the Sunnah. The reports of the Prophet's (pbuh) sayings and deeds are called ahadeeth. Imam Bukhari lived a couple of centuries after the Prophet's (pbuh) death and worked extremely hard to collect his ahadeeth. Each report in his collection was checked for compatibility with the Qur'an, and the veracity of the chain of reporters had to be painstakingly established. Bukhari's collection is ... [Continue Reading]

Sahih Muslim is one of the Kutub al-Sittah (six major ahadith) of the hadith in Islam.It is the second most authentic hadith collection after Sahih al-Bukhari, and is highly acclaimed by all Muslims. It was collected by Ibn al-Hajjaj, also known as Imam Muslim The collector of the Sahih Muslim, Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj, was born into a Persian family in 204 AH (817/18 CE) in Nishapur (in modern-day Iran) and died in 261AH (874/75 CE) in the city of his birth. He travelled widely to gather his ... [Continue Reading]

Author/Translator: Shaykh Abdul Ghaffar Hassan Rehmaanee In this treatise Shaykh Abdul Ghaffar Hassan deals with the topic of the compilation of hadeeth. He explains various issues related to the preservation and compilation of hadeeth, including the method of preservation, the periods of compilation of hadeeth and the first books of hadeeth. The Shaykh goes onto explain the different sciences of hadeeth that were developed to preserve and explain the ahaadeeth and other books written on ... [Continue Reading]