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Revision as of 16:01, 12 March 2006 by Striver (talk | contribs)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)The Six major Hadith collections are the works of some individuals Islamic scholars who by their own initiative started collecting sayings that people attributed to Muhammad approximately 200 years after his death.
Incidentally, all the collectors of these ahadith were Iranian — none of them was Arab.
Muslim view
Sunni view
Sunni Muslims view the Six major Hadith collections as their most improtant, refering to them as the "Six Authentic" (Arabic: "sihah sitah").
The "Six Authentic" are, in order of strength :
- Sahih Bukhari, collected by al-Bukhari (d. 870), included 7275 hadiths
- Sahih Muslim, collected by Muslim b. al-Hajjaj (d. 875), included 9200
- Sunan al-Sughra, collected by al-Nasa'i (d. 915)
- Sunan Abi Da'ud, collected by Abu Da'ud (d. 888)
- Sunan al-Tirmidhi, collected by al-Tirmidhi (d. 892)
- Sunan Ibn Maja, collected by Ibn Maja (d. 886).
The two first are refered to as the Two Sahihs.
Shi'a view
Shia’s have their own collections and reject the six Sunni collections .