Explanation

• Author: Ibn Ishaq
• Title: Sirat Rasul Ullah (Life of the Messenger of God)
• Written: 767 CE (150 AH)
• Original manuscript: Lost
• Preserved by: Ibn Hisham and Muhammad ibn Jarir al-Tabari

Last verified on 03-07-2026

Explanation

• Imam Bukhari (RA) was a great Islamic scholar and hadith compiler.
• His full name was Abu Abdullah Muhammad ibn Ismail al-Bukhari.

Additional information:

• Born: 20 July 810 AD in Bukhara (present-day Uzbekistan).
• Died: 1 September 870 AD (buried in Xoʻja Ismoil, Uzbekistan)
• Hadith memorized: Around 70,000+ Hadiths
• Famous book: Sahih al-Bukhari
• Era: 9th Century (Abbasid period)

Last updated question by NA on 07 May 2026

Explanation

The Sahahe Sitta (Six Authentic Books) are:

1. Sahih Bukhari
2. Sahih Muslim
3. Sunnan Tirmizi
4. Sunnan Abu Dawud
5. Jami' at-Tirmidhi (Sunnan Tirmizi)
6. Sunnan Ibne Maja

Sahih Bukhari, Shamail Tirmizi is not among the Sahahe Sitta, as it is a different book written by Imam Tirmidhi.

Last verified on 28-04-2026

Explanation

ؒList of Siha-e-Sita Books

1. Sahih al Bukhari, collected by Imam Bukhari (d. 870), includes 7275 ahadith

2. Sahih Muslim, collected by Muslim b. al-Hajjaj (d. 875), includes 9200 ahadith

3. Sunan Nasai, collected by an-Nasa'i (d. 915) includes 5270 ahadith

4. Sunan Abu Dawood, collected by Abu Dawood (d. 888)  includes 4800 ahadith

5. Jami at-Tirmidhi, collected by al-Tirmidhi (d. 892)  includes 3956 ahadith

6. Sunan ibn Majah, collected by Ibn Majah (d. 887)  includes 4000 ahadith

Last verified on 26-04-2026

Explanation

• A Hadith collection in which the narrations are categorized and compiled under the name of each Companion (Sahabi) is called a Musnad
• A famous collection of this type is the Musnad of Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal
• contains approximately twenty-seven thousand Hadiths