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List of Sunni books

This is a list of significant books of Sunni Islam doctrine.

Contents
Hadith
Al-Kutub Al-Sittah
Other Authentic Hadith collections
Commentaries of Hadith collections
Hadith studies
Tafsir
Authentic Classic Tafsirs
Other Modern Tafsirs
Aqeeda (creed)
Islamic jurisprudence
Hanafi
Maliki
Shafi'i
Hanbali
Seerah (Prophetic biography)
History books
Tazkiah
Dhikr
Adab
Islamic ethics and philosophy
Critique
Shi'a
Ahmadiyya
Ikhtilaf
Avicenna
Islamic economics
Political Islam
See also
References

Hadith

Al-Kutub Al-Sittah
Sahih Bukhari of Muhammad al-Bukhari(d. 870 A.D.)
Sahih Muslim of Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj (d. 875 A.D.)
Sunan Ibn Majah of Ibn Majah (d. 887 A.D.)
Sunan Abu Dawud of Abu Dawood (d. 889 A.D.)
Sunan al-Tirmidhi of Al-Tirmidhi (d. 892 A.D.)
Sunan al-Sughra of Al-Nasa'i (d. 915 A.D.)

Other Authentic Hadith collections


Al-Muwatta of Imam Malik ibn Anas (d. 795 A.D.)
Kitab ul-Aathaar narrated by Abu Yusuf (d. 798 A.D.) & Muhammad al-Shaybani(d. 805 A.D.) students ofImam Abu
Hanifa (d. 772 A.D.)
Musnad al-Shafi'i of Imam Shafi‘i (d. 820 A.D.)
Musannaf of Abd al-Razzaqof ‘Abd ar-Razzaq as-San‘ani(d. 826 A.D.)
Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybahof Ibn Abi Shaybah (d. 849 A.D.)
Musnad Ahmad ibn Hanbalof Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal(d. 855 A.D.) (Sahifah Hammam ibn Munabbihof Hammam
ibn Munabbih (d. 719 A.D.) is included in it)
Sunan al-Darimi of al-Darimi[1] (d. 869 A.D.)
Al-Adab al-Mufrad of Muhammad al-Bukhari(d. 870 A.D.)
Tahdhib al-Athar of Muhammad ibn Jarir al-Tabari (d. 923 A.D.)
Sahih Ibn Khuzaymah of Ibn Khuzaymah (d. 924 A.D.)
Sahih Ibn Hibban of Ibn Hibban (d. 965 A.D.)
Al-Mu'jam al-Kabeer by al-Tabarani (d. 970 A.D.)
Sunan al-Daraqutni of Al-Daraqutni (d. 995 A.D.)
Al-Mustadrak alaa al-Sahihainof Hakim al-Nishaburi (d. 1014 A.D.)
Sunan al-Kubra[2] of al-Bayhaqi (d. 1066 A.D.)
At-Targhib wat-Tarhib of Al-Munzhiri[3] (d. 1258 A.D.)
Riyadh as-Saaliheen of Yahya ibn Sharaf al-Nawawi(d. 1277 A.D.)
Mishkat al-Masabih by Khatib Al-Tabrizi (d. 1340 A.D.) (An improved version ofMasabih al-Sunnah of Al-Baghawi (d.
1122 A.D.))

Zujajat al-Masabih by Abdullah Shah Naqshbandi(for supports the Hanafi school of thought(p. 1960 A.D.))

Talkhis al-Mustadrak by al-Dhahabi (d. 1348 A.D.)


Majma al-Zawa'id by Ali ibn Abu Bakr al-Haythami(d. 1404 A.D.)
Bulugh al-Maram by Ibn Hajar Asqalani (d. 1449 A.D.)
Kanz al-Ummal of Ali ibn Abd-al-Malik al-Hindi(d. 1567 A.D.)

Commentaries of Hadith collections


Fath al-Bari (Sharah Sahih Bukhari)of Ibn Hajar Asqalani
Umdat al-Qari (Sharah Sahih Bukhari)of Badr al-Din al-Ayni
Irshad al-Sari (Sharah Sahih Bukhari)of al-Qastallani
al-Ishraf (Sharah Sahih Bukhari)& (Sharah Sahih Muslim)of Awn ad-Din ibn Hubayra
Al Minhaj Be Sharh Sahih Muslimof al-Nawawi
Sharah Arbaeen of al-Nawawi
Jami al-Uloom wal-Hikamof Ibn Rajab
Mirqat Sharh Mishkat al-masabihby Ali al-Qari
Nayl al-Awtar by Muhammad ash-Shawkani
Fatah Ul Mulhim - Sharah Sahih Muslimby Shabbir Ahmad Usmani
Bazlul Majhood Fi Halli Abi Dawoodby Khalil Ahmad Saharanpuri

Hadith studies
Usool As-Sunnah by Imam Ahmed Bin Hanbal
al-Ilma` ila Ma`rifa Usul al-Riwaya wa T
aqyid al-Sama` by Qadi Ayyad
Muqaddimah fi Ulum al-Ḥadith by Ibn al-Salah
Nukhbat al-Fikar by Ibn Hajar Asqalani
Sahih wa Da'if by Muhammad Nasiruddin al-Albani
Silsalat al-Hadith by Muhammad Nasiruddin al-Albani
Mustalah Al Hadith by Muhammad ibn al Uthaymeen

Tafsir

Authentic Classic Tafsirs


Tanwir al-Miqbas by `Abd Allah ibn `Abbas
Tafsir al-Tabari by Muhammad ibn Jarir al-Tabari
Tafsir al-Thalabi by Ahmad ibn Muhammad al-Tha'labi
Kashf al-Israr wa 'Eddat al-Abrarby Khwaja Abdullah Ansari
Tafsir al-Baghawi by Al-Baghawi
Al-Kashshaf by al-Zamakhshari
Ahkam al-Qur'an by Abu Bakr ibn al-Arabi
Tafsir ibn 'Atiyyah[4] by Ibn Atiyyah
Zad al-Masir fi Ilm al-Tafsir by Ibn al-Jawzi
Al-Tafsir al-Kabir or (Mafatih al-Ghayb) byFakhr al-Din al-Razi
Tafsir-e Nasafi by Abu Hafs Umar an-Nasafi
Al-Jami' li-Ahkam al-Qur'anby Al-Qurtubi
Tafsir al-Baydawi by Al-Baydawi
Al-Bahr al-Muhit by Abu Hayyan al-Gharnati
Tafsir ibn Kathir by Ibn Kathir
Tafsir al-Jalalayn by Jalaluddin al-Mahalli and Al-Suyuti
Dur al-Manthur by Al-Suyuti
Ruh al-Ma'ani by Mahmud al-Alusi
Ruh al-Bayan by Ismail Hakki Bursevi
Al-bahr al-Madid by Ahmad ibn Ajiba

Other Modern Tafsirs

Aqeeda (creed)
"Fiqh al-Akbar" by Imam Abu Hanifa (d.150H)
"Al-Risala" (the Introduction) by Imam Shafi'i (d.204H)
"Ar-Radd 'alal Jahmiyyah waz-Zanaadaqah" by Imam Ahmed ibn Hanbal(d.241H)
"Kitab at-Tawheed" by Imam Bukhari (d.256H)
"Khalq Afaalul-Ibaad" by Imam Bukhari (d.256H)
"al-Ikhtilāf fī al-Lafz. wa al-Radd ‘alā al-Jahmiyya wal-Mushabbiha" by Ibn Qutaybah (d.276H)
"Ahl us-Sunnah" by Abu Hatim Muhammad ibn Idris al-Razi(d.277H)
"Kitab at-Tawheed" by Ibn Khuzaymah (d.311H)
"Sharah As-Sunnah" by Abu Bakr al-Khallal (d.311H)
"Al-Aqidah al-Tahawiyyah" by Al-Tahawi (d.321H)
"Al-Maqaalatul-Islamiyeen" by Abu al-Hasan al-Ash'ari(d.324H)
"Sharh us-Sunnah" by Al-Hasan ibn 'Ali al-Barbahari(d.329H)
"Ash-Shareeah" by Abu Bakr al-Ajurri (d.360H)
"Al-Mutalif wa al-Mukhtalif" by Al-Daraqutni (d.385H)
"Al-Ibaanah" by Ibn Battah (d.387H)
"Al-Farq bayn al-Firaq" by Abu Mansur Al-Baghdadi(d.429H)
"Hilyat al-awliya" by Abu Nu`aym (d.430H)
"Al-Arba`in ala Madhhab al-Mutahaqqiqin min al-Sufiyya " by Abu Nu`aym (d.430H)
"Shu`ab al-Iman" by Al-Bayhaqi (d.458H)
"Al-Asma' wa al-Sifat" by Al-Bayhaqi (d.458H)
"Al-I'tqaad alaa Madhabis-Salaf Ahlus-Sunnah wal-Jamaah " by Al-Bayhaqi (d.458H)
"Al-Irshad" by Al-Juwayni (d.478H)
"Al-Aqida al-Nizamiyya" by Al-Juwayni (d.478H)
"Ihya' Ulum al-Din" by Al-Ghazali (d.505H)
"al-I`lam bi Hudud Qawa'id al-Islam" by Qadi Ayyad (d.554H)
"Daqa`iq al-akhbar fi dhikr al-janna wa-l-nar" by Qadi Ayyad (d.554H)
"Al-Ghunya li-Talibi Tariq al-Haqq" by Shaykh Abdul Qadir Gilani(d.561H)
"Al-Fath ar-Rabbani" by Shaykh Abdul Qadir Gilani(d.561H)
"Kitab Akhbar as-Sifat" by Ibn al-Jawzi (d.597H)
"Maktubat Imam-e-Rabbani" by Shaykh Ahmad Sirhindi (Mujaddid Alf-e-saani)(d.1034H)
"Akhbar al Akhyar" by Shaykh Abdul-Haqq Muhaddith Dehlavi(d.1052H)
"Takmeel-ul-Iman" by Shaykh Abdul-Haqq Muhaddith Dehlavi(d.1052H)
"Fitna e Wahbiat Ahaadees Ki Raushni Me" By Imam Muhammad Anwaarullah Farooqui(d.1336H)
"Husamul Haramain" by Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi(d.1340H)

Islamic jurisprudence

Hanafi
Usul al-fiqh by Abu Yusuf
Al-Hidayah by Burhan al-Din al-Marghinani
Multaqa al-Abḥur by Ibrahim al-Halabi
Taeed-e Mazhab-e Hanafiby Shaykh Abdul-Haqq Muhaddith Dehlavi
Fatawa-e-Alamgiri commissioned by the Mughal EmperorAurangzeb
Fatawa Aziz by Shah Abdul Aziz
Radd al-Muhtar ala al-Dur al-Mukhtarby Ibn Abidin ash-shami
Fatawa-e-Razvia by Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi
Faizan e Sunnat by Muhammad Ilyas Qadri
The Lawful and the Prohibited in Islamby Yusuf al-Qaradawi

Maliki
Al Mudawanna by Sahnun
Al Risalah by Ibn Abi Zayd Al-Qayrawani
Al Mukhtasar by Khalil ibn Ishaq al-Jundi
Works of Qadi Ayyad

Shafi'i
Kitab al-Umm by ash-Shafi'i
Al-Mabsut by Al-Bayhaqi
Ma`arifa al-Sunan wa al-Atharby Al-Bayhaqi
Al-wasit fi al-mathab by Al-Ghazali
Al-Maqasid by Al-Nawawi
Minhaj Ut Talibeen by Al-Nawawi
Umdat al-Salik wa Uddat al-Nasikby Ahmad ibn Naqib al-Misri

Hanbali
Wadih fi usul al-fiqh by Ibn Aqil
Futuh al-Ghaib by Shaykh Abdul Qadir Gilani
Kitab Sirr al-Asrar wa Mazhar al-Anwarby Shaykh Abdul Qadir Gilani
Siffat-ul As-Safwah by Ibn al-Jawzi
Al-Kaafi fi fiqh al-Imaam Ahmad bin Hanbalby Ibn Qudamah
Al-Mughni by Ibn Qudamah
Kitab al-Furu by Ibn Muflih
Umdah fil Fiqh by al-Bahūtī

Seerah (Prophetic biography)


Seerat Rasul Allah by Ibn Ishaq
As-Sirah an-Nabawiyyahby Ibn Hisham

Raud al-Unuf by Al Suhayli, a commentary of As-Sirah an-Nabawiyyah

Ash-Shama’il An-Nabawiyyah wa Al-Fada’il Al-Mustafawiyyahby Imam Al-Tirmidhi


Dala'il al-Nubuwwah by Al-Bayhaqi
Kitab al-Miraj by Abu'l-Qasim al-Nisapuri(alleged)
Ash-Shifa by Qadi Ayyad

Sharh al-Shifa` by Mulla Ali al-Qari, a commentary of Ash-Shifa

Zad al-Ma'ad by Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyya


Al-Sira Al-Nabawiyya (4 Volume Set) by Ibn Kathir
Al-Khasais-ul-Kubra by Al-Suyuti
Al-Muwahib al-Ladunniyyahby Al-Qastallani
Madarij-un-Nabuwwahby Shaykh Abdul-Haqq Muhaddith Dehlavi
Seerat E Rasool by Shah Waliullah Dehlawi
Hadaiq e Bakhshish by Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi
Seerat Un Nabi by Mufti Syed Ziauddin Naqshbandi
Seerat Un Nabi by Shibli Nomani
An Nabi Ul Khaatim by Manazir Ahsan Gilani
Seerat Khateem Ul Ambiyaby Muhammad Shafi Deobandi
Muhammad as of you can see himby Aid al-Qarni
Fiqh Us-Seerah by Mohammed al-Ghazali

History books
Futuh Ash-Shaam by Al-Waqidi (d.823 AD)
Kitab al-Tarikh wa al-Maghazi by Al-Waqidi (d.823 AD)
Kitab Ma'rifat al-Sahababy Al-Madini (d.849 AD)
The Great History by Muhammad al-Bukhari(d.870 AD)
Al-Imama wa al-Siyasaby Ibn Qutaybah (d.889 AD)
Fath al-Buldan by Ahmad ibn Yahya al-Baladhuri (d.892 AD)
Genealogies of the Noblesby Ahmad Ibn Yahya al-Baladhuri (d.892 AD)
History of the Prophets and Kingsor Tarikh-E-Tabari by Muhammad ibn Jarir al-Tabari (d.923 AD)
Tarikh E Masoodi by Al-Masudi (d.956 AD)
Tabaqat al-Hanabilah by Al-Qadi Abu Ya'la (d.1066 AD) and Ibn Rajab al-Hanbali (d.1393 AD)
Tarikh-e-Baghdad by Al-Khatib al-Baghdadi (d.1071 AD)
The Comprehensive Compilation of the Names of the Prophet's Companions by Ibn Abd-al-Barr (d.1071 AD)
Al-Kamal fi Asma' al-Rijalby Abd al-Ghani al-Maqdisi(d.1203 AD)
Chach Nama by Kazi Ismail al-Thakafi & Ali bin Ḥamid bin Abi Bakr Kufi (written in 1226 AD)
Mu'jam Al-Buldan by Yaqut al-Hamawi (d.1229 AD)
The Complete History by Ali ibn al-Athir (d.1233 AD)
Usdul Gabbah Fi Marifat Us Sahababy Ali ibn al-Athir (d.1233 AD)
Tabaqat-i Nasiri by Minhaj-i-Siraj (written in 1260 AD)
Minah al-madh by Fatḥ al-Din Ibn Sayyid al-Nās(d. 1334 AD)
al-Bidayah wa al-Nihayah or Tarikh ibn Kathir by Ibn Kathir (d.1373 AD)
Qisas Al-Anbiya by Ibn Kathir (d.1373 AD)
Muqaddimah by Ibn Khaldun (d.1406 AD)
Tahdhib al-Tahdhib by Ibn Hajar al-'Asqalani (d.1449 AD)
History of the Caliphs by Al-Suyuti (d.1505 AD)
Wafa al-Wafa by Ali ibn Ahmad al-Samhudi(d.1533 AD)
Tarikh-i Firishta by Muhammad Qasim Firishta(d.1620 AD)
Sirat al-Halbiya by Ali Ibn Burhan-ud-din Halbi(d.1635 AD)
Tariqh-e Haqqi by Shaykh Abdul-Haqq Muhaddith Dehlavi(d.1642 AD)
Al Insaf fi Bayan Asbab Al Iktikaafby Shah Waliullah Dehlawi (d.1762 AD)
Sirush Shahadhathaynby Shah Abdul Aziz (d.1824 AD)
Al-Farooq by Shibli Nomani (d.1914 AD)
Ma'alim fi al-Tariq by Sayyid Qutb (d.1966 AD)
Al-Fitna Al-Kubra by Taha Hussein (d.1973 AD)
Tarikh Dawat O Azimat by Abul Hasan Ali Hasani Nadwi(d.1999 AD)

Tazkiah

Dhikr
Al-Da`awat al-Kabir by Al-Bayhaqi
Al-Zuhd al-Kabir by Al-Bayhaqi
al-Wabil al-Sayyib by Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyya
Dala'il al-Khayrat by Muhammad al-Jazuli

Adab
Tanbih al-Mughtarin by Al-Sha'rani
Minhaj ul Muslimeen by Syed Masood Ahmad

Islamic ethics and philosophy


Kimiya-yi sa'ādat by Al-Ghazali

Critique

Shi'a
Al-Sawa'iq al-Muhriqahby Ibn Hajar al-Haytami
Taufa Ithna Ashari by Shah Abdul Aziz
Ayat-e-Bayyinat by Mohsin-ul-Mulk

Ahmadiyya
Saif e Chishtiyai[5] by Peer Meher Ali Shah
Aqaʼid-i Mirza (Beliefs of Mirza) by Sanaullah Amritsari
Finality of the Prophethoodby Muhammad Shafi Deobandi
Mirza And Yalesh[6] by Fuad Al-Attar[7]
Ikhtilaf
Habib al-Siyar by Muhammad Khwandamir

Avicenna
The Incoherence of the Philosophersby Al-Ghazali

Islamic economics
The Economic System In Islamby Taqiuddin al-Nabhani
An Introduction to Islamic Finance —Mufti Muhammad Taqi Usmani[8]
Our Socio-Economic Order —Mufti Muhammad Taqi Usmani[9]
Present Financial Crisis Causes & Remedies —Mufti Muhammad Taqi Usmani[10]
The Historic Judgment on Interest —Mufti Muhammad Taqi Usmani[11]

Political Islam
Kitab al-Kharaj by Imam Abu Yusuf
Siyasat E sharaiya by Ibn Taymiyyah
Hujjat al-Balagha by Shah Waliullah Dehlawi
Fi Zilal Al-Quran by Sayyid Qutb

See also
List of Shia books
List of Islamic texts
List of Muslim educational institutions

References
1. https://archive.org/download/FP146343/146343.pdf
2. http://www.australianislamiclibrary.org/sunan-al-kubra---bayhiqi.html
3. http://kitaabun.com/shopping3/index.php?manufacturers_id=131
4. https://www.hilalplaza.com/products/muharar-al-wajiz-tafsir-ibn-attiyah-1-6-islam-tafsir-quran-commentary
5. http://www.marfat.com/BookDetailPage.aspx?bookId=e3bb1dc0-7185-4b7a-8267-7baf51ad6588
6. http://thecult.info/blog/2008/06/02/mirza-and-yalesh/
7. http://thecult.info/blog/author/fuad/
8. http://muftitaqiusmani.com/en/?avada_portfolio=an-introduction-to-islamic-finance
9. http://muftitaqiusmani.com/en/?avada_portfolio=our-socio-economic-order
10. http://muftitaqiusmani.com/en/?avada_portfolio=present-financial-crisis-causes-remedies
11. http://muftitaqiusmani.com/en/?avada_portfolio=the-historic-judgement-on-interest

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