List of Sunni books

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

Hadith

Al-Kutub Al-Sittah

  1. Sahih Bukhari of Muhammad al-Bukhari (d. 870 A.D. / 256 AH)
  2. Sahih Muslim of Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj (d. 875 A.D. / 261 AH)
  3. Sunan Ibn Majah of Ibn Majah (d. 887 A.D. / 273 AH)
  4. Sunan Abu Dawud of Abu Dawood (d. 889 A.D. / 275 AH)
  5. Jami` at-Tirmidhi of Al-Tirmidhi (d. 892 A.D. / 279 AH)
  6. Al-Sunan al-Sughra of Al-Nasa'i (d. 915 A.D. / 303 AH)

Primary Hadith Collections [aka. Original Collections]

  1. Kitab al-Athar of Imam Abu Hanifa (d. 767 A.D.)
  2. Al-Muwatta of Imam Malik ibn Anas (d. 795 A.D.)
  3. Musnad al-Shafi'i of Imam Shafi‘i (d. 820 A.D.)
  4. Musannaf of Abd al-Razzaq of ‘Abd ar-Razzaq as-San‘ani (d. 826 A.D.)
  5. Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah of Ibn Abi Shaybah (d. 849 A.D.)
  6. Musnad Ishaq Ibn Rahwayh of Ishaq Ibn Rahwayh (d. 853 A.D.)
  7. Musnad Ahmad ibn Hanbal of Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal (d. 855 A.D.) (Sahifah Ibn Munabbih of Hammam ibn Munabbih (d. 719 A.D.) is included in it)
  8. Sunan al-Darimi of al-Darimi (d. 869 A.D.)
  9. Al-Adab al-Mufrad of Muhammad al-Bukhari (d. 870 A.D.)
  10. Musnad al-Bazzar of Abu Bakr Ahmad al-Bazzar (d. 905 A.D.)
  11. Musnad Abu Ya'la of Abu Ya'la al-Musali (d. 919 A.D.)
  12. Tahdhib al-Athar of Muhammad ibn Jarir al-Tabari (d. 923 A.D.)
  13. Sahih Ibn Khuzaymah of Ibn Khuzaymah (d. 924 A.D.)
  14. Sahih Ibn Hibban of Ibn Hibban (d. 965 A.D.)
  15. Al-Mu'jam al-Kabeer by al-Tabarani (d. 970 A.D.)
  16. Sunan al-Daraqutni of Al-Daraqutni (d. 995 A.D.)
  17. Shuab ul Iman of Al-Bayhaqi (d. 1066 A.D.)
  18. Sunan al-Kubra of Al-Bayhaqi (d. 1066 A.D.)
  19. Sunan al-Wusta of Al-Bayhaqi (d. 1066 A.D.)

Secondary Hadith Collections [aka. Compilations from Original Collections]

  1. Musnad al-Firdous of Abu Mansur Al-Dailami (d. 1162 A.D.) (An improved version of Firdous al-Akhbar of Abu Shuja` Shiruyah Al-Dailami (d. 1115 A.D.))
  2. At-Targhib wat-Tarhib of Al-Munzhiri (d. 1258 A.D.)
  3. Riyadh as-Saaliheen of Yahya ibn Sharaf al-Nawawi (d. 1277 A.D.)
  4. Mishkat al-Masabih by Khatib Al-Tabrizi (d. 1340 A.D.) (An improved version of Masabih al-Sunnah of Al-Baghawi (d. 1122 A.D.))
  5. Talkhis al-Mustadrak by al-Dhahabi (d. 1348 A.D.) (An abridged version of Al-Mustadrak alaa al-Sahihain of Hakim al-Nishaburi (d. 1014 A.D.))
  6. Majma al-Zawa'id by Ali ibn Abu Bakr al-Haythami (d. 1404 A.D.)
  7. Bulugh al-Maram by Ibn Hajar Asqalani (d. 1448 A.D.)
  8. Kanz al-Ummal by Ali ibn Abd-al-Malik al-Hindi (d. 1567 A.D.)

Commentaries (Sharh) & Revision of Hadith Collections

  1. Fath al-Bari of Ibn Hajar Asqalani
  2. Umdat al-Qari of Badr al-Din al-Ayni
  3. Irshad al-Sari of al-Qastallani
  4. al-Ishraf of Awn ad-Din ibn Hubayra
  5. Al Minhaj bi Sharh Sahih Muslim of al-Nawawi
  6. Sharah Arbaeen of al-Nawawi
  7. Al Jami al Masaneed Wa'sunan by Ibn Kathir
  8. Jami al-Uloom wal-Hikam of Ibn Rajab
  9. Mirqat al Mafatih Sharh Mishkat al-masabih by Ali al-Qari

Hadith studies & Terminologies

  1. Works of al-Madini
  2. Usool As-Sunnah by Imam Ahmed Bin Hanbal
  3. Tawil Mukhtalif al-Hadith by Ibn Qutaybah
  4. al-Ilma` ila Ma`rifa Usul al-Riwaya wa Taqyid al-Sama` by Qadi Ayyad
  5. Al-Mawdu`at al-Kubra by Ibn al-Jawzi
  6. Muqaddimah fi Ulum al-Ḥadith by Ibn al-Salah
  7. Al-Muqizah fi 'Ilm Mustalah al-Hadith by al-Dhahabi
  8. Nukhbat al-Fikar by Ibn Hajar Asqalani
  9. Al-Maqasid al-Hasanah[1] by Al-Sakhawi
  10. Mozuat E Kabeer[2] by Ali al-Qari

Tafsir

Authentic Classic Tafsirs

  1. Tafsir al-Tabari by Muhammad ibn Jarir al-Tabari
  2. Tafsir al-Maturidi by Abu Mansur al-Maturidi
  3. Tafsir al-Thalabi by Ahmad ibn Muhammad al-Tha'labi
  4. Kashf al-Israr wa 'Eddat al-Abrar by Khwaja Abdullah Ansari
  5. Tafsir al-Baghawi by Al-Baghawi
  6. Ahkam al-Qur'an by Abu Bakr ibn al-Arabi
  7. Tafsir ibn 'Atiyyah[3] by Ibn Atiyyah
  8. Zad al-Masir fi Ilm al-Tafsir [4] by Ibn al-Jawzi
  9. Al-Tafsir al-Kabir or (Mafatih al-Ghayb) by Fakhr al-Din al-Razi
  10. Tafsir-e Nasafi by Abu Hafs Umar an-Nasafi
  11. Al-Jami' li-Ahkam al-Qur'an by Al-Qurtubi
  12. Tafsir al-Baydawi by Al-Baydawi
  13. Al-Bahr al-Muhit by Abu Hayyan al-Gharnati
  14. Tafsir ibn Kathir by Ibn Kathir
  15. Tafsir al-Jalalayn by Jalaluddin al-Mahalli and Al-Suyuti
  16. Dur al-Manthur by Al-Suyuti
  17. Ruh al-Ma'ani by Mahmud al-Alusi
  18. Ruh al-Bayan by Ismail Hakki Bursevi
  19. Al-bahr al-Madid by Ahmad ibn Ajiba
  20. Hak Dīni Kur'an Dili by Elmalılı Muhammed Hamdi Yazır

Aqeeda (creed)

  1. Al-Fiqh al-Akbar by Abu Hanifa (d. 150 AH)
  2. az-Zuhd wa al-Raqa'iq by Ibn al-Mubarak (d. 189 AH)
  3. Al-Risala by Al-Shafi'i (d. 204 AH)
  4. Ar-Radd 'alal Jahmiyyah waz-Zanaadaqah by Imam Ahmed Bin Hanbal (d. 241 AH)
  5. Nawadir al-Usul by Al-Hakim al-Tirmidhi (d. 255 AH)
  6. Khalq Afaalul-Ibaad by Muhammad al-Bukhari (d. 256 AH)
  7. al-Ikhtilāf fī al-Lafz. wa al-Radd ‘alā al-Jahmiyya wal-Mushabbiha by Ibn Qutaybah (d. 276 AH)
  8. Kitab at-Tawheed by Ibn Khuzaymah (d. 311 AH)
  9. Kitab al-Shariah by Abu Bakr al-Ajurri (d. 320 AH)
  10. Al-Aqidah al-Tahawiyyah by Al-Tahawi (d. 321 AH)
  11. Al-Maqaalatul-Islamiyeen by Abu al-Hasan al-Ash'ari (d. 324 AH)
  12. Kitab al-Tawhid by Abu Mansur al-Maturidi (d. 333 AH)
  13. Al-Sawad al-A'zam by Al-Hakim al-Samarqandi (d. 342 AH)
  14. Kitab ul-Thiqat by Ibn Hibban (d. 354 AH)
  15. Al-Mutalif wa al-Mukhtalif by Al-Daraqutni (d. 385 AH)
  16. Al-Ibaanah by Ibn Battah (d. 387 AH)
  17. Al-Farq bayn al-Firaq by Abu Mansur Al-Baghdadi (d. 429 AH)
  18. Hilyat al-awliya by Abu Nu`aym (d. 430 AH)
  19. Al-Arba`in ala Madhhab al-Mutahaqqiqin min al-Sufiyya by Abu Nu`aym (d. 430 AH)
  20. Al-Asma' wa al-Sifat by Al-Bayhaqi (d. 458 AH)
  21. Al-I'tqaad alaa Madhabis-Salaf Ahlus-Sunnah wal-Jamaah by Al-Bayhaqi (d. 458 AH)
  22. Hayat ul Anbiya fi Quboor by Al-Bayhaqi (d. 458 AH)
  23. Kashf ul Mahjoob by Ali Hujwiri (d. 465 AH)
  24. A Guide to Conclusive Proofs for the Principles of Belief by Al-Juwayni (d. 478 AH)
  25. Al-Aqida al-Nizamiyya by Al-Juwayni (d. 478 AH)
  26. Ihya' Ulum al-Din by Al-Ghazali (d. 505 AH)
  27. The Moderation in Belief by Al-Ghazali (d. 505 AH)
  28. Tabsirat al-Adilla by Abu al-Mu'in al-Nasafi (d. 508 AH)
  29. Al-Milal wa al-Nihal by Al-Shahrastani (d. 548 AH)
  30. Tartib al-Madarik wa takrib al-Masalik by Qadi Ayyad (d. 554 AH)
  31. al-I`lam bi Hudud Qawa'id al-Islam by Qadi Ayyad (d. 554 AH)
  32. Daqa`iq al-akhbar fi dhikr al-janna wa-l-nar by Qadi Ayyad (d. 554 AH)
  33. Al-Ghunya li-Talibi Tariq al-Haqq by Shaykh Abdul Qadir Gilani (d. 561 AH)
  34. Al-Fath ar-Rabbani by Shaykh Abdul Qadir Gilani (d. 561 AH)
  35. Al-Baz al-Ashhab by Ibn al-Jawzi (d. 597 AH)
  36. Kitab ul Adhkaar by Al-Nawawi (d. 676 AH)
  37. Kitab ar-Ruh by Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya (d. 751 AH)
  38. Sharh Al-Aqeedah At-Tahawiyyah by Ibn Abi al-Izz al-Hanafi (d. 792 AH)
  39. Maktubat Imam Rabbani by Shaykh Ahmad Sirhindi (Mujaddid Alf-e-Saani) (d. 1034 AH)
  40. Akhbar al Akhyar by Shaykh Abdul-Haqq Muhaddith Dehlavi (d. 1052 AH)
  41. Takmeel-ul-Iman by Shaykh Abdul-Haqq Muhaddith Dehlavi (d. 1052 AH)
  42. Nayl al-Awtar by Al-Shawkani (d. 1250 AH)
  43. Risale-i Nur by Bediüzzaman Said Nursi (d. 1379 AH)

Islamic jurisprudence

Hanafi

  1. Usul al-fiqh by Abu Yusuf
  2. Zahir al-Riwaya by Muhammad al-Shaybani
  3. Works of Al-Tahawi
  4. Al-Hidayah by Burhan al-Din al-Marghinani
  5. Works of Rumi
  6. Kanz ul-Daqaiq[5] by abi Barakat 'Abd Allah bin Ahmed al-Nasafi
  7. Works of Abd al-Ghani al-Nabulsi
  8. Multaqa al-Abḥur by Ibrahim al-Halabi
  9. Al-Bahr al-Raiq Sharh Kanz ul-Daqaiq[6] by Ibn Nujaim al-Hanafi[7]
  10. Fath Ar-Rahman Fi Isbat-e-Madhhab an-Nu'man by Shaykh Abdul-Haqq Muhaddith Dehlavi
  11. Fatawa-e-Alamgiri commissioned by the Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb
  12. Works of Shah Waliullah Dehlawi
  13. Fatawa Aziz by Shah Abdul Aziz
  14. Durr ul-Mukhtar by Muhammad Ala-ud-Din Haskafi
  15. Radd al-Muhtar ala al-Dur al-Mukhtar by Ibn Abidin ash-shami
  16. Works by Imdadullah Muhajir Makki
  17. Fatawa-e-Razvia by Ahmed Raza Khan
  18. Hukuki İslamiye ve Istılahı Fıkhiyye Kamusu by Ömer Nasuhi Bilmen

Shafi'i

  1. Kitab al-Umm by ash-Shafi'i
  2. Mukhtasar al-Muzani[8] by Al-Muzani
  3. Mukhtasar al-Buwayti by Al-Buwayti
  4. Al-Mabsut by Al-Bayhaqi
  5. Ma`arifa al-Sunan wa al-Athar by Al-Bayhaqi
  6. Al-wasit fi al-mathab by Al-Ghazali
  7. Al-Maqasid by Al-Nawawi
  8. Minhaj Ut Talibeen by Al-Nawawi
  9. Tabaqat ash-Shafi'iyah by Ibn Kathir
  10. Umdat al-Salik wa Uddat al-Nasik by Ahmad ibn Naqib al-Misri
  11. I'anat al-Talibin[9] by Zayn al-Din Ahmed bin Muhammad al-Malibari

Maliki

  1. Al Mudawanna by Sahnun
  2. Al Risalah by Ibn Abi Zayd Al-Qayrawani
  3. Works of Ibn 'Abd al-Barr
  4. Works of Qadi Ayyad
  5. Bidayat al-Mujtahid wa Nihayat al-Muqtaṣid by Ibn Rushd (Averroes)
  6. Works of Shihab al-Din al-Qarafi
  7. Al-Madkhal by Ibn al-Hajj al-Abdari
  8. Mukhtasar by Khalil ibn Ishaq al-Jundi
  9. Al-Muwafaqaat fi Usool al-Sharia by Al-Shatibi

Hanbali

  1. Kitab al-Masa`il by Ahmad ibn Hanbal
  2. Al Akhsar Al Mukhtasarat by Ibn Balban
  3. Al-Umdah by Ibn Qudamah
  4. Al-Muqni by Ibn Qudamah
  5. Al-Mughni by Ibn Qudamah
  6. Wadih fi usul al-fiqh by Ibn Aqil
  7. Futuh al-Ghaib by Shaykh Abdul Qadir Gilani
  8. Kitab Sirr al-Asrar wa Mazhar al-Anwar by Shaykh Abdul Qadir Gilani
  9. Siffat-ul As-Safwah by Ibn al-Jawzi
  10. Al-Gharam Al-Sakin Ila Ashraf Al-Amakin by Ibn al-Jawzi
  11. Al-Kaafi fi fiqh al-Imaam Ahmad bin Hanbal by Ibn Qudamah
  12. Kitab al-Furu by Ibn Muflih
  13. Al-Kashaf al-Qanna by al-Bahūtī
  14. Umdah fil Fiqh by al-Bahūtī

Seerah (Prophetic biography)

  1. Seerat Rasul Allah by Ibn Ishaq
  2. Al-Sirah Al-Nabawiyyah by Ibn Hisham
  3. Ash-Shama’il An-Nabawiyyah by Al-Tirmidhi
  4. Dala'il al-Nubuwwah by Al-Bayhaqi
  5. Ash-Shifa by Qadi Ayyad
  6. Raud al-Unuf by Al Suhayli, a commentary of As-Sirah an-Nabawiyyah
  7. Kitab al-Wafa by Ibn al-Jawzi
  8. Zad al-Ma'ad by Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyya
  9. Al-Sira Al-Nabawiyya (4 Volume Set) by Ibn Kathir
  10. Al-Khasais-ul-Kubra by Al-Suyuti
  11. Al-Muwahib al-Ladunniyyah by Al-Qastallani
  12. Al-Naimat-ul-Kubra Ala al-Alam by Ibn Hajar al-Haytami
  13. Sharh al-Shifa by Mulla Ali al-Qari, a commentary of Ash-Shifa
  14. Madarij-un-Nabuwwah by Shaykh Abdul-Haqq Muhaddith Dehlavi
  15. Seerat E Rasool by Shah Waliullah Dehlawi
  16. Ar-Raheeq Al-Makhtum by Safiur Rahman Mubarakpuri

17. Seerat e Mustafa (PEACE BE UPON HIM) by Shaikh-ul-Hadees Allama Abdul Mustafa Al-Aazami[10]

History books

  1. Djamharat al Nasab by Hisham ibn al-Kalbi (d.819 AD)
  2. Book of Idols by Hisham ibn al-Kalbi (d.819 AD)
  3. Kitab Tabaqat Al-Kubra by Ibn Sa'd (d.845 AD)
  4. Kitab Ma'rifat al-Sahaba by Al-Madini (d.849 AD)
  5. Kitab al-Fada'il Sahaba by Ahmad ibn Hanbal (d.855 AD)
  6. The Great History by Muhammad al-Bukhari (d.870 AD)
  7. Al-Imama wa al-Siyasa by Ibn Qutaybah (d.889 AD)
  8. Fath al-Buldan by Ahmad ibn Yahya al-Baladhuri (d.892 AD)
  9. Genealogies of the Nobles by Ahmad Ibn Yahya al-Baladhuri (d.892 AD)
  10. History of the Prophets and Kings or Tarikh-E-Tabari by Muhammad ibn Jarir al-Tabari (d.923 AD)
  11. Tarikh E Masoodi by Al-Masudi (d.956 AD)
  12. Works of ibn Fadlan by Ahmad ibn Fadlan (d.960 AD)
  13. Al-Kamil Fi Du'afa Al-Rijal[11] by Ibn 'Adi al-Jurjani (d.976 AD)
  14. Tabaqat al-Hanabilah by Al-Qadi Abu Ya'la (d.1066 AD) and Ibn Rajab al-Hanbali (d.1393 AD)
  15. Tarikh-e-Baghdad by Al-Khatib al-Baghdadi (d.1071 AD)
  16. The Comprehensive Compilation of the Names of the Prophet's Companions (al-Isti’ab) by Ibn Abd-al-Barr (d.1071 AD)
  17. Tareekh-e-Damishq by Ibn `Asakir (d.1176 AD)
  18. Al-Kamal fi Asma' al-Rijal by Abd al-Ghani al-Maqdisi (d.1203 AD)
  19. Chach Nama by Kazi Ismail al-Thakafi & Ali bin Ḥamid bin Abi Bakr Kufi (written in 1226 AD)
  20. Mu'jam Al-Buldan by Yaqut al-Hamawi (d.1229 AD)
  21. The Complete History by Ali ibn al-Athir (d.1233 AD)
  22. Usdul Gabbah Fi Marifat Us Sahaba by Ali ibn al-Athir (d.1233 AD)
  23. Tabaqat-i Nasiri by Minhaj-i-Siraj (written in 1260 AD)
  24. Ar Riyadh un Nadhra[12] by Muhibuddin Tabri (d.1295 AD)
  25. Minah al-madh by Fatḥ al-Din Ibn Sayyid al-Nās (d.1334 AD)
  26. Siyar a`lam al-nubala. by Al-Dhahabi (d.1348 AD)
  27. Mizan al-Itidal by al-Dhahabi (d.1348 AD)
  28. al-Bidayah wa al-Nihayah or Tarikh ibn Kathir by Ibn Kathir (d.1373 AD)
  29. Qisas Al-Anbiya by Ibn Kathir (d.1373 AD)
  30. Muqaddimah by Ibn Khaldun (d.1406 AD)
  31. Tahdhib al-Tahdhib by Ibn Hajar al-'Asqalani (d.1449 AD)
  32. History of the Caliphs by Al-Suyuti (d.1505 AD)
  33. Wafa al-Wafa by Ali ibn Ahmad al-Samhudi (d.1533 AD)
  34. Tarikh Khamis by Husayn ibn Muhammad Diyarbakri (d.1559 AD)
  35. Tarikh-i Firishta by Muhammad Qasim Firishta (d.1620 AD)
  36. Sirat al-Halbiya by Ali Ibn Burhan-ud-din Halbi (d.1635 AD)
  37. Tariqh-e Haqqi by Shaykh Abdul-Haqq Muhaddith Dehlavi (d.1642 AD)
  38. Al Insaf fi Bayan Asbab Al Iktikaaf by Shah Waliullah Dehlawi (d.1762 AD)
  39. Sirush Shahadhathayn by Shah Abdul Aziz (d.1824 AD)
  40. Al-Farooq by Shibli Nomani (d.1914 AD)
  41. Hayatus Sahaba by Muhammad Yusuf Kandhlawi (d.1965 AD)
  42. Ma'alim fi al-Tariq by Sayyid Qutb (d.1966 AD)
  43. Al-Fitna al-Kubra by Taha Hussein (d.1973 AD)
  44. Tarikh Dawat O Azimat by Abul Hasan Ali Hasani Nadwi (d.1999 AD)

Tazkiah (Purification)

Dhikr

  1. Dala'il al-Khayrat by Muhammad al-Jazuli
  2. Hizb ul-Bahr by Abul Hasan ash-Shadhili
  3. Al-Da`awat al-Kabir by Al-Bayhaqi
  4. Al-Zuhd al-Kabir by Al-Bayhaqi
  5. Al-Hizb ul-Azam by Ali al-Qari
  6. al-Wabil al-Sayyib by Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyya

Adab (Manners)

  1. Tanbih al-Mughtarin by Al-Sha'rani
  2. Minhaj ul Muslimeen by Syed Masood Ahmad

Qasida (Ode)

  1. Qasidat al-Burdah by Imam al-Busiri

Islamic ethics and philosophy

  1. Kimiya-yi sa'ādat by Al-Ghazali
  2. Dil Ki Dunya by Mufti Shafi Usmani
  3. Tazkiya-o-Ehsan ya Tasawwuf-o-Sulook by Abul Hasan Ali Nadwi
  4. Tasawwuf-e-Islam by Abdul Majid Daryabadi

Critique

Ahmadiyya

  1. Saif e Chishtiyai[13] by Peer Meher Ali Shah
  2. Aqaʼid-i Mirza (Beliefs of Mirza) by Sanaullah Amritsari
  3. Finality of the Prophethood by Muhammad Shafi
  4. Mirza And Yalesh[14] by Fuad Al-Attar[15]

Shi'a

  1. Al-Awasim min al-Qawasim by Abu Bakr ibn al-Arabi
  2. Al-Sawa'iq al-Muhriqah by Ibn Hajar al-Haytami
  3. Taufa Ithna Ashari by Shah Abdul Aziz
  4. Ayat-e-Bayyinat by Mohsin-ul-Mulk

Ikhtilaf

  1. Habib al-Siyar by Muhammad Khwandamir

Islamic economics

  1. The Economic System In Islam by Taqiuddin al-Nabhani
  2. An Introduction to Islamic FinanceMufti Muhammad Taqi Usmani[16]
  3. Our Socio-Economic OrderMufti Muhammad Taqi Usmani[17]
  4. Present Financial Crisis Causes & RemediesMufti Muhammad Taqi Usmani[18]
  5. The Historic Judgment on InterestMufti Muhammad Taqi Usmani[19]

Political Islam

  1. Kitab al-Kharaj by Imam Abu Yusuf
  2. Zakhira ul-Maluk by Sayyid Ali Hamadani
  3. Hujjat al-Balagha by Shah Waliullah Dehlawi
  4. Fi Zilal Al-Quran by Sayyid Qutb

Other

  1. Kitab al-Miraj by Abu'l-Qasim al-Nisapuri (alleged) ; A Muslim book concerned with Muhammad's ascension into Heavens (known as the Miraj).

See also

References

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