Sahih Muslim

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Sahih Muslim is one of the most authentic and widely respected collections of hadith in Sunni Islam, compiled by the scholar Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf Islamic religious text
Kutub al-Sittah book
hadith collection
alsoKnownAs Al-Jāmiʿ al-Ṣaḥīḥ
Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim
author Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj
circulation translated into many languages
widely studied in Sunni seminaries
compiledBy Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj
compilerFullName Abu al-Husayn Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj al-Qushayri al-Naysaburi
contains hadiths with full chains of transmission
containsNarrationsFrom Prophet Muhammad
companions of Prophet Muhammad
dateOfCompilation 9th century
field hadith sciences
focus authentic hadiths only
genre hadith
hasCommentariesBy Ibn al-Salah
al-Nawawi
al-Qurtubi
al-Suyuti
hasSubject actions of Prophet Muhammad
approvals of Prophet Muhammad
sayings of Prophet Muhammad
inFluenced Sunni Islamic jurisprudence
Sunni hadith studies
Sunni theology
language Arabic
methodology arrangement by legal and thematic chapters
strict isnad (chain of transmission) criticism
partOf Kutub al-Sittah
placeOfCompilation Nishapur
relatedWork Jami at-Tirmidhi
Sahih al-Bukhari
Sunan Abu Dawud
Sunan Ibn Majah
Sunan an-Nasa'i
relativeRank second most authentic Sunni hadith collection after Sahih al-Bukhari
religiousFunction source of Islamic ethics
source of Islamic law
source of prophetic biography details
religiousStatus canonical Sunni hadith collection
highly authentic hadith collection
religiousTradition Sunni Islam
schoolOfThought Sunni
script Arabic script
usedBy Sunni jurists
Sunni theologians
hadith scholars

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