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To understand & benefit from advanced works of hadith such as the Kutub Sittah, one must master requisite sciences in `ulum al-hadith & in the arabic language.
However, shorter works written by the experts can & should be regularly engaged with by the general public.
To understand & benefit from advanced works of hadith such as the Kutub Sittah, one must master requisite sciences in `ulum al-hadith & in the arabic language.
However, shorter works written by the experts can & should be regularly engaged with by the general public.
I have compiled lists of books in English from recommendations by own teachers, & the blogs of Bilal Ali Ansari & Abu Ihsan to help people engage with the blessed hadith of the noble messenger and beloved of Allah.
عليه أفضل الصلوات والتسليم
عليه أفضل الصلوات والتسليم
Short Collections:
- A Treasury of Hadith: A Commentary on Nawawi’s Selection of Prophetic Traditions, Mokrane Guezzou
- Selections from Fath Al-Bari, Abdal Hakim Murad
- Sacrifice: The Legacy of Our Beloved Prophet ﷺ, Tameem Ahmadi
- A Treasury of Hadith: A Commentary on Nawawi’s Selection of Prophetic Traditions, Mokrane Guezzou
- Selections from Fath Al-Bari, Abdal Hakim Murad
- Sacrifice: The Legacy of Our Beloved Prophet ﷺ, Tameem Ahmadi
- 40 Hadith on the Virtues of the Testament to Faith, Derrick Ahmad Peat
- Al Arba'in forty hadith that illustrate the extraordinary capacity of the Prophet, Safaruk Zaman Chaudhary
- The Content of Character, Hamza Yusuf
- Al Arba'in forty hadith that illustrate the extraordinary capacity of the Prophet, Safaruk Zaman Chaudhary
- The Content of Character, Hamza Yusuf
Hadith Studies and Terminology:
- Hadith Nomenclature Primers, Musa Furber
- Introduction to Ḥadīth Studies, Furhan Zuberi
- An Explanation of The Bayquni Poem In Hadith Terminology, Abdassamad Clarke
- Hadith Nomenclature Primers, Musa Furber
- Introduction to Ḥadīth Studies, Furhan Zuberi
- An Explanation of The Bayquni Poem In Hadith Terminology, Abdassamad Clarke
- An Introduction to the Science of the Hadith, Eerick Dickinson
- Qawa'id fi `Ulum al-Hadith :Underlying Principles of the Sciences of Hadith, Turath Publishing
- Qawa'id fi `Ulum al-Hadith :Underlying Principles of the Sciences of Hadith, Turath Publishing
Longer Compilations:
- Shama’il al-Muhammadiyyah of Tirmidhi, any translation (Abdul Aziz Suraqah & Mohammed Aslam or Muhtar Holland or Dar al-Arqam)
- The Book Of Remembrances [Kitab Al-Adhkar], Muhammad Isa Waley
- Shama’il al-Muhammadiyyah of Tirmidhi, any translation (Abdul Aziz Suraqah & Mohammed Aslam or Muhtar Holland or Dar al-Arqam)
- The Book Of Remembrances [Kitab Al-Adhkar], Muhammad Isa Waley
- Riyad as-Salihin: The Meadows of The Righteous - Abridged And Annotated, Turath Publishing
- al-Adab al-Mufrad, Adil Salahi
- The Compendium of Knowledge and Wisdom, Abdassamad Clarke
- Provisions for the Seekers, Abdur-Rahman ibn Yusuf
- al-Adab al-Mufrad, Adil Salahi
- The Compendium of Knowledge and Wisdom, Abdassamad Clarke
- Provisions for the Seekers, Abdur-Rahman ibn Yusuf
Academic works:
- Hadith Literature: Its Origin, Development, and Special Features, M. Zubayr Siddiqi
- Studies in Hadith Methodology and Literature, M.M. Azami
- Studies in Early Hadith Literature, M.M. Azami
- Jonathan Browns books
Feel free to add to these.
- Hadith Literature: Its Origin, Development, and Special Features, M. Zubayr Siddiqi
- Studies in Hadith Methodology and Literature, M.M. Azami
- Studies in Early Hadith Literature, M.M. Azami
- Jonathan Browns books
Feel free to add to these.
These should be enough to get one started and keep em occupied for a while. As they read through these, they should work on their arabic.
