Mishkat al-Masabih

It contains between 4434 and 5945 hadith, divided into 29 books and is considered by Sunni scholars an important writing. Al-Tabrizi added 1511 hadith to the hadith contained in the collection Masabih al-Sunnah. Al-Baghawi classified many hadith as authentic when at times Al-Tabrizi did not agree. Al-Tabrizi expounded on the labels he placed on the hadith and re-classified many of them. He added a third section to Masabih al-Sunnah, which was already divided in two parts by Al-Baghawi. Al-Baghawi did not mention the isnad of the hadith he collected, Al-Tabrizi mentions the source from where the hadith is originally found making the text more reliable. An example of a hadith from Mishkat al-Masabih is as follows: "He is not a perfect believer, who goes to bed full and knows that his neighbour is hungry."[2]

Many commentaries of the book has been written and published worldwide.

• the commentary of Husayn ibn `Abd Allah ibn Muhammad al-Tibi
• Mirqat al Mafatih Sharh Mishkat al-masabih' is a multi-volume work, authored by 17th century Islamic scholar Mulla Ali al-Qari
• "Mirat ul Manajih Sharh Mishkat al-Masabih", is an Urdu explanation authored by 'Hakeem ul ummat Mufti Ahmad Yaar Khan Naeemi'

19 various books on explanation of Mishkat Al-Masabih are available in English, Urdu, Arabic and Bangla at Australian Islamic Library[3]

• Mishkat-Ul-Masabih, Published : Kitab Bhavan (1994)[4]
• Midrajul Fawatih Sharh Miskhat al-Masabih in Bahasa Malaysia, authored by Maulana Hasnul Hizam Hamzah

• List of Sunni books
• Kutub al-Sittah
• Sahih Muslim
• Sunan Abu Dawood
• Jami' at-Tirmidhi
• Either: Sunan ibn Majah, Muwatta Malik

• The Book of Hadith: Sayings of the Prophet Muhammad from the Mishkat Al Masabih