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List of Sunni books

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

Contents

Al-Kutub Al-Sittah

  • Sahih Bukhari of Muhammad al-Bukhari
  • Sahih Muslim of Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj
  • Sunan al-Sughra of Al-Nasa'i
  • Sunan Abu Dawud of Abu Dawood
  • Sunan al-Tirmidhi of Al-Tirmidhi
  • Sunan Ibn Majah of Ibn Majah

    • Primary sources

  • Sunan al-Bayhaqi of al-Bayhaqi
  • Sunan al-Darimi of al-Darimi
  • Al-Muwatta of Malik ibn Anas
  • Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah of Ibn Abi Shaybah
  • Musnad Ahmad ibn Hanbal of Ahmad ibn Hanbal

    • Secondary sources

  • Masabih al-Sunnah of Al-Baghawi
  • Mishkat al-Masabih by Muhammad ibn Abd Allah Khatib Al-Tabrizi
  • Riyadh as-Saaliheen of Yahya ibn Sharaf al-Nawawi
  • Bulugh al-Maram by Ibn Hajar Asqalani
  • Talkhis al-Mustadrak by al-Dhahabi
  • Majma al-Zawa'id by Ali ibn Abu Bakr al-Haythami
  • Kanz al-Ummal of Ali ibn Abd-al-Malik al-Hindi
  • Sahifah Hammam ibn Munabbih of Hammam ibn Munabbih
  • Musannaf of Abd al-Razzaq of ‘Abd ar-Razzaq as-San‘ani
  • Musannaf ibn Jurayj of Ibn Jurayj
  • Al-Mu'jam al-Kabeer by al-Tabarani
  • Al-Mustadrak alaa al-Sahihain of Hakim al-Nishaburi
  • Tahdhib al-Athar of Muhammad ibn Jarir al-Tabari
  • Sahih Ibn Khuzaimah of Ibn Khuzaymah
  • Sahih Ibn Hibbaan of Ibn Hibban al-Busti
  • Zujajat al-Masabih of Abdullah Shah Naqshbandi
  • I'laa As-Sunaan of Mawlana Zafar Ahmad Usmani (R'A) under the instructions of his maternal uncle Mawlana Ashraf Ali Thanwi (R'A), edited by Mufti Muhammad Taqi Usmani (DB)

    • Hadith studies

  • Introduction to the Science of Hadith by Ibn al-Salah
  • Usool As Sunnah by Imam Ahmed Bin Hanbal
  • Tareekh Tadween e Hadith by Molana Abdur Rasheed Nomani
  • Mustalah Al Hadith by Ibn Uthaymeen
  • Taiseer Al Hadith by Dr. Mehmood At-tahan
  • Nukhabtul Fikr by Imam Ibn Al-Hajr Al-Asqalani
  • Khair ul Usool Fi Hadith ir Rasool by Molana Khair Muhammad Jalandhari
  • Importance of Hadith by Molana Khalil ur Rehman Chishti
  • Thameen Ad-dari by Molana Abdul Baqi
  • Funn-e-Asma-Ar-Rijal by Dr. Taqi-ud-Din Nadvi
  • Hasnat Ul Akhbar (Tareekh Ul Hadith) by Kazi Abuddusamad Sarram
  • Tabyan Ul Rasikh (Tareekh Ut Tafseer) by Kazi Abdussamad Sarram

    • Commentaries of Hadith collections

  • Fath al-Bari of Ibn Hajar Asqalani
  • Umdat al-Qari of Badr al-Din al-Ayni
  • Irshad al-Sari of al-Qastallani
  • Tayseer al Bari of Waheed uz-Zaman
  • Al Minhaj Be Sharh Sahih Muslim of Yahya ibn Sharaf al-Nawawi
  • Nayl al-Awtar by Muhammad ash-Shawkani
  • Mirqat Sharh Mishkat al-masabih by Ali al-Qari
  • Anwar Ul Bari- Sharah Sahih Bukhari by sayyid Ahmed Raza Bijanauri
  • Anwar Us Sunan - Sharah Tirmiji by Maulana Abdul Gani Tariq Ludhyanavi
  • Faiz Ul Bari- Tarjuma Fathul Bari by Maualan Muhhmad Abul Hasn Siyalkoti
  • Fatah Ul Mulhim - Sharh Sahih Muslim by Maulana shabbir Ahmed Usmani Sahab
  • Khair Us Saleheen - Sharah Riyaz Us Saleheen by maulana muhammad idrees merthi
  • Mazahir E Haq- Sharh Mishqwat by Allama Kutubuddin Khan Dehlvi
  • Bazlul Majhood Fi Halli Abi Dawood by Hazrat Maulana Khalil Ahmed Saharanpuri

    • Tafsir

  • Kanzul Iman by Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi
  • Tanwir al-Miqbas by `Abd Allah ibn `Abbas
  • Tafsir al-Qurtubi by Al-Qurtubi
  • Tafsir ibn Kathir by Ibn Kathir
  • Tafsir al-Baghawi by Al-Baghawi
  • Al-Tafsir Al-Kabir by Fakhr al-Din al-Razi
  • Tafsir al-Jalalayn by Al-Mahalli and Suyuti
  • Tafsir-e-Naeemi by Maulana Mufti Ahmed Yaar Naeemi
  • Dur al-Manthur by Suyuti
  • Ruh al-Ma'ani by Mahmud al-Alusi
  • Tafsir al-Tabari by Muhammad ibn Jarir al-Tabari
  • Al-Kashshaf by al-Zamakhshari
  • Fath al-Qadir by Muhammad ash-Shawkani
  • Tibyanul Qur'an by Maulana Mufti Ghulam Rasool Saeedi
  • Zia ul Qur'an by Peer Syed Karam Ali Shah Al-Azhri
  • Al-Khazanul Irfan by Maulna Mufti Naeemuddin Muraadabadi
  • Tafseer-e-Siddiqui by Bahr-ul-Uloom Muhammad Abdul Qadeer Siddiqi Qadri
  • Al-Mufradat fi Gharib al-Quran by al-Raghib al-Isfahani
  • Fi Zilal al-Qur'an by Sayyid Qutb
  • The Holy Qur'an: Text, Translation and Commentary by Abdullah Yusuf Ali
  • Tafsir-e-Usmani by Shabbir Ahmad Usmani
  • Ma'ariful Qur'an by Muhammad Shafi Usmani
  • Tafheem-ul-Quran (6 vols) by Sayyid Abul Ala Maududi
  • Tafseer e Sirat ul Jinaan by Mufti Qasim Attari
  • Tafsir al-Karimir Rahman fii Tafsir Kalam al-Mannan by Abd ar-Rahman ibn Nasir as-Sa'di
  • Tafsir al Quran, 4 vols, Malayalam, by Muhammed amani moulavi
  • Bayan al Quran by Ashraf Ali Thanwi
  • Bayan Us Subhaan by Syyed Dayam Al Bukhari
  • Tafseer E Ahmedi by Mulla Jeevan (17th Centuray)
  • Tafseer E Mazhari by Kazi Sanaullah Panipati
  • Tafsir Zia ul Quran by Muhammad Karam Shah al-Azhari
  • Tafseer E Yaqub Charkhi by Khwaja Yaqub Charkhi
  • Tafseer E Mehmood by Ubaidullah Sindhi
  • Tafseer Mazahir ul Quran by Mazharullah Dehlavi
  • Anwar Ul Bayan by Aashiq Ilahi Madani
  • Ahsan Ul Qasas Comentry & Tafseer surah Yusuf' by Abdur Rahim Limbada
  • Tafseer e Majidi by Abdul Majeed Daryabadi
  • Maalim Ul Irfan Fi Duroos il Quran by Sufi Abdul Hamid Sawati
  • Tafseer Jawahir ul Quran by Ghulamullah Khan
  • Tafseer Ala HAMISHI THAFASEER by Sayed Ismaeel Shihabudheen Pookoya Thangal

    • Quranic studies

  • Studying The Glorious Quran by Sayyed Abul Hasan Ali Nadvi
  • Muhazirate Qurani by Sheikh Dr. Mehmood Ahmed Gazi
  • Vocablury Of the Holy Quran Arabic - English by Shaykh abdullah Abbas Nadvi
  • Tarikh Arzul Quran by shaikh Sayyed Sulaiman Nadvi
  • An Approach To The Quranic Science by Mufti Taqi Usmani Sahab
  • Jamal Ul Quran by Hakimul Ummat Maulana Ashraf Ai Thanvi
  • Uloom AL Quran by Mufti Taqi Usmani Sahab
  • Qasas MArif Ul Quran by Mufti hai Usmani Sahab
  • Al Fawazul Kabeer Fi Usool At Tafseer by Shah Waliullah Muhaddis Dehlavi
  • Tarikh Tafseer O Mufassareen by Ghulam Ahmed Hariri
  • Quran ki Char Bunyadi Istilahain (Four Basic Quranic Terms) by Syed Abul Ala Maududi

    • Sunni

  • Kitab Al-Irshad Ila Qawati Al-Adilla Fi Usul Ati Tiqad by Al-Juwayni
  • "Fiqh al-Akbar" by Imam Abu Hanifa (d.150H)
  • Letters and quotes by Imam Malik (d.179H)
  • "ar-Risala" (the Introduction) by Imam Shafi'i (d.204H)
  • "Kitab al-Iman" by Abu 'Ubayd al-Qaasim ibn Salaam (d.224H)
  • "Kitab al-Iman" by Ibn Abi Shayba (d.235H)
  • "Usool us-Sunnah" by Imam Ahmed ibn Hanbal (d.241H)
  • "Ar-Radd 'alal Jahmiyyah waz-Zanaadaqah" by Imam Ahmed ibn Hanbal (d.241H)
  • "Kitab al-Iman" by Imam Bukhari (d.256H)
  • "Kitab at-Tawheed" by Imam Bukhari (d.256H)
  • "Khalq Afaalul-Ibaad" by Imam Bukhari (d.256H)
  • "As-Sunnah" by Abu Bakr al-Athram (d.273H)
  • "Kitab as-Sunnah" by Ibn Abu Dawood as Sijistaanee (d.275H)
  • "Al-Ikhtilaaf fee Ladfh war-Radd 'alal-Jahmiyyah" by Ibn Qutaybah (d.276H)
  • "Ahl us-Sunnah" by Abu Haatim ar-Raazee (d.277H)
  • "Ar-Radd 'alal Jayhmiyyah" by Imam ad-Darimee (d.280H)
  • "As-Sunnah" by Ibn Abee 'Aasim (d.287H)
  • "As-Sunnah" by Abdullah ibn Imam Ahmed ibn Hanbal (d.290H)
  • "As-Sunnah" by Abu Bakr al-Maruzi (d.292H)
  • "As-Sunnah" by al-Marwazi (d.292H)
  • "Sharh us-Sunnah" by ibn Jareer at-Tabari (d.310H)
  • "Kitab at-Tawheed" by ibn Khuzayma al-Shafi'i (d.311H)
  • Al-Aqidah al-Tahawiyyah by Imam Tahawi (d.321H)
  • "Al-Maqaalatul-Islamiyeen" by Imam Abdul-Hasan al-Ashari (d.324H)
  • "Ar-Risaalah ilaa Ahlth-Thaghr" by Imam Abdul-Hasan al-Ashari (d.324H)
  • "Al-Ibaanah 'an Usoolid-Diyaanah" by Imam Abdul-Hasan al-Ashari (d.324H)
  • "Sharh us-Sunnah" by Imam Barbahari (d.329H)
  • "Kitaab us-Sunnah" by Abu Ahmad al-Asaal (d.349H)
  • "Ash-Shareeah" by Abu Bakr al-Aajuri (d.360H)
  • "Itiqaad Aimmatul-Hadeeth" by Abu Bakr al-Ismaili (d.371H)
  • "Kitaabus-Sifaat" by Imam ad-Daraqutni (d.385H)
  • "Kitaabun-Nuzool" by Imam ad-Daraqutni (d.385H)
  • "Al-Ibaanah 'an Sharee'atil Firqatin -Naajiyah" by Imam Battah al-Akbaree (d.387H)
  • "Sharhul-Ibaanah 'an Usoolis-Sunnah wad-Diyaanah" by Imam Battah al-Akbaree (d.387H)
  • "Kitaabut-Tawheed" by Ibn Mandah (d.395H)
  • "ar-Radd'alal-Jahmiyyah" by Ibn Mandah (d.395H)
  • "Sharh Usool Itiqaad Ahlus-Sunnah Wal Jamaah" by Imam al-Laalilka'i (d.428H)
  • "Al-Wusool ilaa Maarifatil-Istiwaa" by Imam Abu 'Amr at-Talamankee al-Andalusee (d.429H)
  • "Al-Itiqaad" by Abu Nuaym al-Ashbaanee (d.430H)
  • "Risaalah fee Ithbaatil-Istiwaa" by Imaam Abu Muhammad al-Juwaynee (d.438H)
  • "Aqeedatus-Salaf Ashaabul-Hadeeth" by Imam Abu Uthmaan as-Saboonee (d.449H)
  • "Al-I'tqaad alaa Madhabis-Salaf Ahlus-Sunnah wal-Jamaah" by Imam al-Bayhaqi (d.457H)
  • "Fitna e Wahbiat Ahaadees Ki Raushni Me" By Shaikh ul Islam Imam Anwar Ullah Farooqi Rahmatullahialaih (d.1336H)
  • "Dhammul-Kalaam" by Shaykh ul-Islaam Abu Ismaeel al-Harawee (d.481H)
  • "Ad Daulat Ul Makkiya" by Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi (d.1340H)
  • "Jaa Ul Haq" by Ahmad Yaar Khan Naeemi
  • "AL-MIRQATH" by Sayed Ismaeel Shihabudheen Pookoya Thangal
  • "Al-Farq bayn al-Firaq" by Abu Mansur Al-Baghdadi

    • Seerah

  • Seerat Ibn e Hisham by Ibn Hisham
  • Sirat Rasul Allah by Ibn Ishaq
  • Al-Sira Al-Nabawiyya (4 Volume Set) by Ibn Kathir
  • Fiqh Us-Seerah by Mohammed al-Ghazali
  • Ar-Raheeq Al-Makhtum by Safi-ur-Rehman Mubarakpuri
  • The Characteristics Of Prophet Muhammed (PBUH) by Imam At Tirmidhi
  • Interactions Of The Greatest Leader by Muhammad Al-Munajjid
  • Muhammad as of you can see him by A'id ibn 'abdullah al-Qarni
  • The Legacy of the Prophet by Ibn Rajab [IBN RAJAB AL-HANBALI]
  • A mercy to the Universe by Saeed Ibn Ali Bin Wahf Al-Qahtani
  • Seerat E Rasool SAW. by Shah Waliullah
  • The Life of Prophet Muhammad: Highlights and Lessons by Dr. Mustafa As-Sibaa'ie
  • Seerat Un Nabi Sallallahualaihiwasallam by Fakhr e Hindustan Zia e Millat Mufti Syed Ziauddin Naqshbandi Sahab Shaikh ul Fiqh Jamia Nizamia Hyderabad
  • Seeratul Mustafa by Hazrat Maulna Abdul Mustafa Azami
  • Shan-e-Habib e Rahman by Mufti Ahmed Yaar Naeemi
  • Kitab al-Miraj by Abu'l-Qasim al-Nisaburi (alleged)
  • An Nabi Ul Khaatim by sayyed manazar ahasan Gilani
  • Seerat Khateem Ul Ambiya by Muhammad Shafi Deobandi
  • Seerat Un Nabi SAW. by Allama Shibli Naumani
  • Seerat e Badr-Ud-Duja by Sayyed Shahabuddin Salfi Firdausi

    • Hanafi

  • Hidayah by Burhan al-Din al-Marghinani
  • "Mukhtasar al-Quduri" by Imam al-Quduri
  • Radd al-Muhtar ala al-Dur al-Mukhtar by Allama Sayyid Muhammad Ameen ibn `Aabideen ash-Shaami
  • "Nur al-Idah" – The Light of Clarification by Abu al-Ikhlas al-Hasan b. `Ammar b. `Ali b. Yusuf Shurunbulali
  • "Maraqi al Sa`adat" by Abu al-Ikhlas al-Hasan b. `Ammar b. `Ali b. Yusuf Shurunbulali
  • "Imdad al Fatah Sharh Nur al Idah" by Abu al-Ikhlas al-Hasan b. `Ammar b. `Ali b. Yusuf Shurunbulali
  • "Maraqi al Falah Sharh Nur al Idah" by Abu al-Ikhlas al-Hasan b. `Ammar b. `Ali b. Yusuf Shurunbulali
  • Fatawa-e-Alamgiri commissioned by sixth Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb

    • Shafi'i

  • Al-Maqasid by Yahya Ibn Sharaf an-Nawawi
  • Umdat al-Salik wa Uddat al-Nasik by Ahmad ibn Naqib al-Misri
  • Bulugh Al Maram Min Ad Dillat AL Ahkam by Hafiz Ibne Hajar Al Asqlani
  • Minhaj Ut Talibeen By Abu Zakariya Yahya ibn Sharif an Nawawi
  • Umdat Us Salik by Shaikh Ahmed Ibn Naqeeb Al Misri
  • AL-MADARIJ by Sayed Ismaeel Shihabudheen Pookoya Thangal

    • Maliki

  • Al Mudawanna by Imam Malik ibn Anas
  • Al Risala by Imam Abu Zayd Al Qayrawani
  • Al Mukhtasar by Imam Khalil ibn Ishaq al-Jundi
  • Al-Murshid al-Mu’īn ‘ala al-Darûri min ‘Ulûm il-Dīn by ‘Abd ul-Waḥid ibn ‘Āshir (d. 1040 A.H.) [1]

    • Hanbali

  • Al-Kaafi fi fiqh al-Imaam Ahmad bin Hanbal by Ibn Qudamah

    • General

  • The Lawful and the Prohibited in Islam by Yusuf al-Qaradawi
  • Nayl al-Awtar by Muhammad ash-Shawkani

    • History books

  • Raud al-Unuf by Al Suhayli, a commentary of Ibn Hisham's The Life of the Prophet
  • Muqaddimah by Ibn Khaldun
  • Genealogies of the Nobles by Ahmad Ibn Yahya al-Baladhuri
  • The Comprehensive Compilation of the Names of the Prophet's Companions by Ibn Abd-al-Barr
  • History of the Prophets and Kings by Muhammad ibn Jarir al-Tabari
  • The Complete History by Ali ibn al-Athir
  • al-Bidayah wa al-Nihayah or Tarikh ibn Kathir by Ibn Kathir
  • History of the Caliphs by Suyuti
  • The Caliphs who Took the Right Way by Suyuti
  • History of Baghdad by Al-Khatib al-Baghdadi
  • Al-Farooq by Shibli Nomani
  • Ma'alim fi al-Tariq by Sayyid Qutb
  • Al-Imama wa al-Siyasa by Ibn Qutaybah
  • Al-Fitna Al-Kubra by Taha Hussein
  • Sirat al-Halbiya by Burhan al-Din al-Marghinani
  • Fath al-Buldan by Ahmad ibn Yahya al-Baladhuri
  • Tabaqat al-Hanabilah by Ibn Abi Ya'la and Ibn Rajab al-Hanbali
  • Nobider Kahini by Dr. Muhammad Asadullah Al-Ghalib
  • Tarikh E Tabri by Muhammad ibn Jarir al-Tabari
  • Tarikh E Islam by Maulana akbar Shah najibabadi
  • Tabqat Ibn Saad by Muhammad bin Saad
  • Tabqat E Kabeer by Muhammad bin Saad
  • Tarikh E Masoodi by Abul Hasan Bin Husain Bin Ali Al Masoodi
  • Tarikh E Farshita by Muhammad Qasim Farishta
  • Ehad e Risalat ke Mufassareen E Kiram by Shaikh Ruhullah Naqshbandi
  • Tabqat E nasiri by Maulana Mirhajuddin
  • Kitab Fuh Ul Buldan by Imam Abul Abbas Ahmed Ibn jabir Al Baladhuri
  • Maasir E Alamgiri by SAqi Mustaid Khan
  • Futuh Us Shaam by Imam Al Waqeedi
  • Al Insaf fi Bayan Asbab Al Iktikaaf by Shah Waliullah
  • Usdul Gabbah Fi Marifat Us Sahaba by Ibn Asir
  • Tarikh Dawat O Azimat by Sayyed Abul Hasan Ali Nadvi
  • NIQATHUN-MIN-THAREEQIL ISLAM by Sayed Ismaeel Shihabudheen Pookoya Thangal

    • Travelogue

  • Ambiya A.s. Ki Sarzameen Me by Mufti Rafi Usmani DB
  • Jahan E Deeda by Mufti Taqi Usmani DB
  • Duniya Mere Aage by Mufti Taqi Usmani DB
  • Dariya E Kabul Se Darya E yarmuk Taq by Sayyed Abul Hasan Ali Nadvi
  • Lahore se Ta Khak E Bukhara O SamaraQand by Shaikh Zulfiqar Sahab Naqshbandi
  • Safar Nama Aseerane Malta by Shaikh Husain Ahmed Madni

    • Biographical evaluation

  • Tahdhib al-Tahdhib by Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani
  • The Great History by Muhammad al-Bukhari
  • Al-Kamal fi Asma' al-Rijal by Abd al-Ghani al-Maqdisi
  • Tarikh Tafsir O Mufassareen by Ghulam Ahmed Harari
  • Hadees e Rasool ka Qurani Meyar by Maulana Tayyab Sahab
  • Hasnat Ul Akhbar- Tarikh Ul Hadees by Abdussamad sarni

    • Shi'a

  • Taufa Ithna Ashari by Shah Abdul Aziz
  • Al-Sawa'iq al-Muhriqah by Ibn Hajar al-Haytami
  • Ayat-e-Bayyinat by Nawab Moshin ul Mulk

    • Ikhtilaf

  • Habib al-Siyar by Muhammad Khwandamir

    • Avicenna

  • The Incoherence of the Philosophers by Al-Ghazali

    • Dhikr

  • al-Wabil al-Sayyib by Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyya
  • Dala'il al-Khayrat by Muhammad al-Jazuli
  • Hisnul Muslim by Sa'id bin Ali bin Wahf Al-Qahtani

    • General

  • Kimiya-yi sa'ādat by Al-Ghazali

    • Adab

  • Minhaj ul Muslimeen by Syed Masood Ahmad
  • Tambeeh Ul Mugtareen by
  • ADABUL MUSLIM by Syed Sayed Ismaeel Shihabudheen Pookoya Thangal

    • Islamic economics

  • An Introduction to Islamic Finance — Mufti Muhammad Taqi Usmani
  • Present Financial Crisis Causes & Remedies — Mufti Muhammad Taqi Usmani
  • Our Socio-Economic Order — Mufti Muhammad Taqi Usmani
  • The Historic Judgment on Interest — Mufti Muhammad Taqi Usmani

    • Political Islam

  • Hujjat al-Balagha by Shah Waliullah
  • The Economic System In Islam by Taqiuddin al-Nabhani
  • Siyasat E sharaiya by Ibn Taymiyyah
  • Kitab Ul Khiraj by Imam Abu Yusuf
  • Fi Zilal Al-Quran by Sayyid Qutb
  • Caliphate Hejaz and Saudi State by Ghulam Rasool Dehlvi

    • Miscellaneous books

  • Chach Nama by Kazí Ismail
  • Sharh al-Mawahib al-Ladunniyyah by Muhammad al-Zurqani
  • Sirush Shahadhathayn by Shah Abdul Aziz
  • Mu'jam Al-Buldan by Yaqut al-Hamawi
  • Wafa al-Wafa by Ali ibn Ahmad al-Samhudi
  • Ma'arij-ul-Nabuwwah by Abdul-Haqq Dehlavi
  • Kitab Akhbar as-Sifat by Ibn Jawzi

    • References

    List of Sunni books Wikipedia
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