List of Sunni books

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This is a list of significant books in the doctrines of Sunni Islam. A classical example of an index of Islamic books can be found in Kitāb al-Fihrist of Ibn Al-Nadim.

The Qur'an and its translations (in English)[edit]

  1. The Noble Qur'an by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan and Shaykh Taqi ud din al Hilali[1]
  2. The Meaning of the Glorious Koran by Marmaduke Pickthall
  3. The Holy Qur'an: Text, Translation and Commentary by Abdullah Yusuf Ali
  4. The Qur'an: A New Translation by Muhammad A. S. Abdel Haleem[2][3]
  5. The Clear Quran: A Thematic English Translation by Dr. Mustafa Khattab[4][5]
  6. The Holy Qur'án (The treasure of faith) by Professor Shah Faridul Haque[6][7]
  7. Bridges' Translation of the Ten Qira'at of the Noble Qur'an by Fadel Soliman[8][9]

Hadith[edit]

Kutub al-Sittah (The Six Books)[edit]

The most authoritative collections of Hadith are called The Six Books. However, the sixth place is disputed with some scholars preferring the Al-Muwatta, hence there are seven books listed here.

  1. Sahih al-Bukhari - compiled by Muhammad al-Bukhari
  2. Sahih Muslim - compiled by Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj
  3. Sunan ibn Majah - compiled by Ibn Majah
  4. Sunan Abi Dawud - compiled by Abu Dawood
  5. Sunan al-Tirmidhi - compiled by Al-Tirmidhi
  6. Al-Sunan al-Sughra - compiled by Al-Nasa'i
  7. Al-Muwatta of Imam Malik ibn Anas

Other primary Hadith collections[edit]

  1. Kitab al-Athar of Imam Muhammad al-Shaybani
  2. Musnad of Imam Shafi‘i
  3. Musannaf of ‘Abd ar-Razzaq as-San‘ani
  4. Musannaf of Ibn Abi Shaybah
  5. Musnad of Ishaq Ibn Rahwayh
  6. Musnad[10] of Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal
  7. Sunan of al-Darimi
  8. Al-Adab al-Mufrad of Muhammad al-Bukhari
  9. Musnad of Abu Bakr Ahmad al-Bazzar
  10. Musnad of Abu Ya'la al-Mawsili
  11. Tahdhib al-Athar of Muhammad ibn Jarir al-Tabari
  12. Sahih of Ibn Khuzaymah
  13. Sahih of Ibn Hibban
  14. Al-Mu'jam al-Kabeer by al-Tabarani
  15. Sunan of Al-Daraqutni
  16. Al-Mustadrak ala al-Sahihayn of Al-Hakim al-Nishapuri
  17. Sunan al-Kubra of Al-Bayhaqi
  18. Shu'ab al-Iman of Al-Bayhaqi
  19. Al-Sunan al-Wusta of Al-Bayhaqi

Secondary Hadith collections[edit]

These were compiled from the primary collections.

  1. Musnad al-Firdous[11] of Abu Mansur Al-Dailami
  2. At-Targhib wat-Tarhib of Al-Mundhiri
  3. Riyadh as-Saaliheen of Imam al-Nawawi
  4. Mishkat al-Masabih[12] by Khatib Al-Tabrizi
  5. Talkhis al-Mustadrak[13] by al-Dhahabi
  6. Majma al-Zawa'id by Ali ibn Abu Bakr al-Haythami
  7. Bulugh al-Maram by Ibn Hajar Asqalani
  8. Jami’ Jawami’ by Al-Suyuti
  9. Kanz al-Ummal by Ali ibn Abd-al-Malik al-Hindi

Hadith collection commentaries (Sharh)[edit]

  1. Fath al-Bari of Ibn Hajar Asqalani (the most authoritative commentary)
  2. Sharh Sunan Abi Dawood by Al-Khattabi[14]
  3. Aridat al-Ahwadhi bi-Sharh Sahih al-Tirmidhi by Abu Bakr ibn al-Arabi[15]
  4. Kitab al-Qabas fi Sharh Muwatta Malik by Abu Bakr ibn al-Arabi[16]
  5. al-Ishraf of Awn ad-Din ibn Hubayra
  6. Al Minhaj bi Sharh Sahih Muslim of Al-Nawawi
  7. Commentary on Al-Nawawi's Forty Hadith by Ibn Daqiq al-'Id
  8. Jami al-Masanid Wa al-Sunan by Ibn Kathir
  9. Jami al-Ulum wal-Hikam of Ibn Rajab
  10. Umdat al-Qari of Badr al-Din al-Ayni
  11. Irshad al-Sari of al-Qastallani
  12. Mirqat al-Mafatih Sharh Mishkat al-masabih by Ali al-Qari
  13. Sharh Sunan An-Nasaai of Al-Suyuti and As-Sindi[17]
  14. Annotations Sunan Abi Dawood of Al-Suyuti[18]
  15. Fayd al-Qadir by Al-Munawi
  16. Silsalat al-Hadith ad-Da'ifah by Muhammad Nasiruddin al-Albani

Collections of Fabricated Narrations[edit]

  1. Al-Mawduʿat al-Kubra by Ibn al-Jawzi

Hadith studies[edit]

  1. Introduction to the Science of Hadith (Muqaddimah fi Ulum al-Ḥadith) by Ibn al-Salah
  2. Some of the works of al-Madini
  3. Tawil Mukhtalif al-Hadith by Ibn Qutaybah
  4. Gharib al-Hadith by Al-Khattabi
  5. al-Kifaya fi ma'rifat usul 'ilm al-riwaya by Al-Khatib al-Baghdadi[19]
  6. al-Ilma ila Maʿrifa Usul al-Riwaya wa Taqyid al-Samaʿ by Qadi Ayyad
  7. Al-Muqizah fi 'Ilm Mustalah al-Hadith by Al-Dhahabi
  8. Alfiyatu Iraaqee by Zain al-Din al-'Iraqi[20]
  9. Muqaddimah al-Badr al-Munir by Ibn al-Mulaqqin
  10. Nukhbat al-Fikar by Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani
  11. Al-Maqasid al-Hasanah by Al-Sakhawi[21]
  12. Alfiyyah al-Hadit by Al-Suyuti[22]
  13. Tadrib al-Rawi by Al-Suyuti[23]

Tafsir (Exegesis of the Qur'an)[edit]

Authentic Classical Tafsir[edit]

  1. Tafsir al-Tabari by Al-Tabari
  2. Tafsir al-Maturidi by Abu Mansur al-Maturidi
  3. Tafsir al-Thalabi by Al-Tha'labi
  4. Kashf al-Asrār wa ʿUddat al-Abrār by Rashīd al-Dīn Maybudī[24]
  5. Tafsir al-Baghawi by Al-Baghawi
  6. Ahkam al-Qur'an by Abu Bakr ibn al-Arabi
  7. Al-Muharrar al-Wajiz by Ibn Atiyyah[25]
  8. Zad al-Masir fi Ilm al-Tafsir by Ibn al-Jawzi[26]
  9. Al-Tafsir al-Kabir (also known as: Mafatih al-Ghayb) by Fakhr al-Din al-Razi
  10. Al-Taysir fi al-Tafsir by Abu Hafs Umar an-Nasafi
  11. Al-Jami' li-Ahkam al-Qur'an by Al-Qurtubi
  12. Tafsir al-Baydawi by Al-Baydawi
  13. Al-Bahr al-Muhit by Abu Hayyan al-Gharnati
  14. Tafsir ibn Kathir by Ibn Kathir
  15. Tafsir al-Jalalayn by Al-Mahalli and Al-Suyuti
  16. Dur al-Manthur by Al-Suyuti

Authentic Modern-age Tafsir[edit]

  1. Tafsir as Sadi by Abdur Rahman Nasir as Sadi
  2. Kanzul Iman by Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi
  3. Al-Bahr al-Madid by Ahmad ibn Ajiba
  4. Ruh al-Ma'ani by Mahmud al-Alusi
  5. Bayan Ul Quran by Maulana Ashraf Ali Thanwi
  6. Maariful Quran by Mufti Muhammad Shafi
  7. Tafsir Tibyan-ul-Qur'an by Ghulam Rasool Saeedi
  8. Tafsir-ul-Qur’an (also known as: Tafsir-e-Majidi) by Maulana Abdul Majid Daryabadi
  9. Tafhim-ul-Quran by Syed Abul A'la Maududi
  10. Anwar Ul Bayan by Mufti Muhammad Ashiq Ilahi Bulandshahri
  11. A Thematic Commentary on the Qur'an by Muhammad al-Ghazali[27]
  12. Zubdat al-itqān fī ‘ulūm al-Qur’ān by Muhammad 'Alawi al-Maliki
  13. The Meanings of the Noble Qur’an (with Explanatory Notes) by Mufti Muhammad Taqi Usmani

Aqidah (Theology)[edit]

  1. Al-Fiqh al-Akbar by Abu Hanifa
  2. Al-Risala by Al-Shafi'i
  3. Kitab al-Iman by Abu Bakr Ibn Abi Shaybah
  4. Usul al-Sunnah by Ahmad Ibn Hanbal
  5. Al-Radd 'ala al-Jahmiyyah wa al-Zanadaqah by Ahmad Ibn Hanbal
  6. Nawadir al-Usul by Al-Hakim al-Tirmidhi
  7. Khalq Afal al-Ibad by al-Bukhari
  8. al-Ikhtilāf fī al-Lafz wa al-Radd ‘alā al-Jahmiyyah wal-Mushabbiha by Ibn Qutaybah
  9. Kitab al-Sunnah by Harb Ibn Ismail al-Kirmani
  10. Kitab al-Sunnah by Abdullah Ibn Ahmad Ibn Hanbal
  11. Kitab at-Tawheed by Ibn Khuzaymah
  12. Al-Ha'iyah by Ibn Abi Dawud
  13. Kitab al-Shariah by Abu Bakr al-Ajurri
  14. Al-Aqidah al-Tahawiyyah by Al-Tahawi
  15. Al-Maqālat al-Islamiyyīn by Abu al-Hasan al-Ash'ari
  16. Al-Ibanah an Usul al-Diyanah by Al-Ash'ari
  17. Kitab al-Tawhid by Abu Mansur al-Maturidi
  18. Al-Sawad al-A'zam by Al-Hakim al-Samarqandi
  19. Kitab al-Thiqat by Ibn Hibban
  20. Al-Sunnah by Al-Tabarani
  21. Al-Shari'ah by Abu Bakr Al-Ajurri
  22. Al-Mutalif wa al-Mukhtalif by Al-Daraqutni
  23. Al-Risala al-Qayrawaniyya by Ibn Abi Zayd al-Qayrawani
  24. Al-Ibaanah by Ibn Battah
  25. Al-Sunnah by Ibn Manda
  26. Al-Iman by Ibn Manda
  27. I'tiqad Ahl al-Sunnah wa al-Jama'ah by Abu al-Qasim Hibat Allah al-Lalakai
  28. Al-Farq bayn al-Firaq by Abu Mansur Al-Baghdadi
  29. Hilyat al-awliya by Abu Nu`aym
  30. Al-Arba`in ala Madhhab al-Mutahaqqiqin min al-Sufiyya by Abu Nu`aym
  31. Aqidah al-Salafi Ahl al-Hadith by Al-Sabuni
  32. Al-Asma' wa al-Sifat by Al-Bayhaqi
  33. Al-Durrah fi ma Yazibu Itiqaduhu by Ibn Hazm al-Andalusi
  34. Al-I'tqaad alaa Madhabis-Salaf Ahlus-Sunnah wal-Jamaah by Al-Bayhaqi
  35. Hayat ul Anbiya fi Quboor by Al-Bayhaqi
  36. Al-Ishara ila Madhhab Ahl al-Haqq by Abu Ishaq al-Shirazi[28]
  37. Kashf ul Mahjoob by Ali Hujwiri
  38. Al-Irshad 'ila Qawati' al-Adilla fi Usul al-I'tiqad by Al-Juwayni
  39. Al-Aqida al-Nizamiyya by Al-Juwayni
  40. Ihya' Ulum al-Din by Al-Ghazali
  41. Al-Iqtisad fi al-I'tiqad by Al-Ghazali
  42. Iljam al-Awwam fi Ilm al-Kalam by Al-Ghazali
  43. Tabsirat al-Adilla by Abu al-Mu'in al-Nasafi
  44. Talkhis al-Adilla li-Qawa'id al-Tawhid by Abu Ishaq al-Saffar al-Bukhari
  45. Al-Aqaid al-Nasafiyya by Umar Ibn Muhammad al-Nasafi
  46. Al-Milal wa al-Nihal by Al-Shahrastani
  47. Tartib al-Madarik wa takrib al-Masalik by Qadi Ayyad
  48. al-I`lam bi Hudud Qawa'id al-Islam by Qadi Ayyad
  49. Daqa`iq al-akhbar fi dhikr al-janna wa-l-nar by Qadi Ayyad
  50. Al-Ghunya li-Talibi Tariq al-Haqq by Shaykh Abdul Qadir Gilani
  51. Al-Fath ar-Rabbani by Shaykh Abdul Qadir Gilani
  52. Al-Baz al-Ashhab by Ibn al-Jawzi
  53. Lum'ah al-I'tiqad by Ibn Qudama al-Maqdisi
  54. Al-Aqīdah Al-Wasitiyyah by Ibn Taymiyyah
  55. Kitab al-Iman by Ibn Taymiyya
  56. Nur al-Mubin by Ibn Jazayy al-Kalbi al-Gharnati al-Maliki
  57. Kitab ar-Ruh by Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya
  58. Sharh al-Aqaid al-Nasafiyya by al-Taftazani
  59. Sharh Al-Aqīdah At-Tahawiyyah by Ibn Abi al-Izz al-Hanafi
  60. Al-Aqidah al-Sanusiyya by Al-Sanusi
  61. Kitab al-Tawhid by Ibn Rajab al-Hanbali
  62. Sharh Fiqh al-Akbar by Mulla Ali Al-Qari al-Hanafi
  63. Maktubat Imam Rabbani by Shaykh Ahmad Sirhindi (Mujaddid Alf-e-Saani)
  64. Akhbar al-Akhyar by Shaykh Abdul-Haqq Muhaddith Dehlavi
  65. Takmīl al-Iman by Shaykh Abdul-Haqq Muhaddith Dehlavi
  66. Hujjat Allah al-Baligha by Shah Waliullah Dehlawi
  67. Al-Kharida al-Bahia by Ahmad al-Dardir
  68. Nayl al-Awtar by Al-Shawkani
  69. Risale-i Nur by Bediüzzaman Said Nursi
  70. Maut Ka Manzar by Khawaja Muhammad Islam

Fiqh (Jurisprudential Theory)[edit]

Hanafi[edit]

  1. Usul al-fiqh by Abu Yusuf (d. 182 AH)
  2. Ẓāhir al-Riwāyah of Abu Hanifa, Abu Yusuf and Muhammad al-Shaybani
  3. Mukhtasar Al Quduri by Aḥmad Ibn-Muḥammad al-Qudūrī (d. 428 AH)
  4. Al-Hidayah by Burhan al-Din al-Marghinani (d. 593 AH)
  5. Al Mabsut by Al-Sarakhsi (d. 483 AH)
  6. Multaqa al-Abḥur by Ibrāhīm al-Ḥalabī (d. 956 AH)
  7. Al-Bahr al-Raiq Sharh Kanz ul-Daqaiq[29] by Ibn Nujaim al-Hanafi (d. 969 AH)[30]
  8. Tuḥfat al-Mubtadī by Ibrāhīm bin Ḥasan al-Mullā al-Aḥsāʿī (d. 1048 AH)
  9. Fath Ar-Rahman Fi Isbat-e-Madhhab an-Nu'man by Abdul-Haqq Dehlavi (d. 1052 AH)
  10. Nur al-Idah by Abul-Ikhlāṣ Ḥasan ash-Shurunbulālī (d. 1069 AH)
  11. Marāqī as-Saʿādāt by Abul-Ikhlāṣ Ḥasan ash-Shurunbulālī
  12. Durr ul-Mukhtar by Muhammad Ala ad-Din Haskafi (d. 1088 AH)
  13. Radd al-Muhtar ala al-Dur al-Mukhtar by Ibn Abidin (d. 1252 AH)
  14. Iṣlāḥ ʿIlm al-Ḥāl by Amīn Jundī
  15. Majallah al-Aḥkām al-ʿAdlīyah
  16. Hukuki İslamiye ve Istılahı Fıkhiyye Kamus by Ömer Nasuhi Bilmen

Compilation of Fatwa (Edicts)[edit]

  1. Fatawa Aziz by Shah Abdul Aziz Dehlavi
  2. Fatawa-e-Alamgiri commissioned by the Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb
  3. Fatawa-e-Razvia by Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi

Shafi'i[edit]

  1. Kitab al-Umm by ash-Shafi'i
  2. Mukhtaṣar al-Muzanī[31] by Al-Muzani
  3. Mukhtaṣar al-Buwayṭi by Al-Buwayti
  4. Al-Ikhtiyarat al-Fiqhiya by Al-Khattabi[32]
  5. Al-Mabsūṭ by Al-Bayhaqi
  6. Al-Tanbih fi al-Fiqh al-Shafi'i by Abu Ishaq al-Shirazi[33]
  7. Al-Muhadhdhab fi Fiqh al-Imam al-Shafi'i by Abu Ishaq al-Shirazi[34]
  8. Al-Luma' fi Usul al-Fiqh by Abu Ishaq al-Shirazi[35]
  9. Nihayat al-Matlab fi Dirayat al-Madhhab by Al-Juwayni
  10. Al-Burhan Fi Usul al-Fiqh by Al Juwayni
  11. Al-wajiz fi fiqh al-imam al-shafi’i by Al-Ghazali
  12. Al-mustasfa min 'ilm al-usul by Al-Ghazali
  13. Al Muntakhab Mina al-Mahsul fi Usul-al-Fiqh by Fakhr al-Din al-Razi[36]
  14. Al-Ghayah fi Ikhtisar al-Nihayah by Izz al-Din ibn 'Abd al-Salam[37]
  15. Al Qawa'id al-Kubra by Izz al-Din ibn 'Abd al-Salam[38]
  16. Al-Maqāṣid by Al-Nawawi
  17. Minhāj aṭ-Ṭalibīn by Al-Nawawi
  18. Tabaqat ash-Shafi'iyah by Taj al-Din al-Subki[39]
  19. Tashih al-Minhaj by Siraj al-Din al-Bulqini[40]
  20. Umdat ul-Muhtaj ila Sharh al-Minhaj by Ibn al-Mulaqqin[41]
  21. Kanz al-Raghibin by Al-Mahalli[42]
  22. Al-Ashbaahu Wan-Nadhaair by Al-Suyuti[43]
  23. Tuhfah AL-Muhtaj Bi Sharh Al-Minhaj by Ibn Hajar al-Haytami[44]
  24. Al-Manhaj al-Qawim bi Sharh Masa-il at-Ta'lim by Ibn Hajar al-Haytami[45]
  25. Umdat al-Salik wa Uddat al-Nasik by Ahmad ibn Naqib al-Misri
  26. Fatḥ al-Muʿīn by Zayn ad-Din Ahmed al-Malibari

Maliki[edit]

  1. Al Mudawanna by Sahnun
  2. Al Risalah by Ibn Abi Zayd Al-Qayrawani
  3. Works of Ibn 'Abd al-Barr
  4. Works of Qadi Ayyad
  5. Bidayat al-Mujtahid wa Nihayat al-Muqtaṣid by Ibn Rushd
  6. Works of Shihab al-Din al-Qarafi
  7. Al-Madkhal by Ibn al-Hajj al-Abdari
  8. Mukhtasar by Khalil ibn Ishaq al-Jundi
  9. Al-Muwafaqaat fi Usool al-Sharia by Al-Shatibi

Hanbali[edit]

  1. Masāʾil of Ahmad ibn Hanbal (d. 241 AH)
  2. Wadih fi Uṣūl al-Fiqh by Ibn Aqil (d. 513 AH)
  3. Futūh al-Ghayb by Abdul-Qadir Gilani (d. 561 AH)
  4. Muthīr al-Gharām al-Sākin ilā Ashraf al-Amākin by Ibn al-Jawzi (d. 597 AH)
  5. ʿUmdat al-Fiqh by Ibn Qudamah (d. 620 AH)
  6. al-Muqniʿ by Ibn Qudamah
  7. Al-Mughnī by Ibn Qudamah
  8. Al-Kaafi by Ibn Qudamah
  9. Kitab al-Furu by Ibn Muflih (d. 763 AH)
  10. Zād al-Mustaqniʿ by Al-Hajjawi (d. 968 AH)
  11. Dalīl al-Ṭālib by Marʿī bin Yūsuf al-Karmī (d. 1033 AH)
  12. Muntahā al-Irādāt by al-Bahūtī (d. 1051 AH)
  13. ʿUmdat al-Ṭālib by al-Bahūtī
  14. Kashshāf al-Qināʿ by al-Bahūtī
  15. Akhṣar al-Mukhtaṣarāt by Ibn Balban (d. 1083 AH)
  16. Bidāyat al-ʿĀbid by ʿAbd ar-Raḥmān al-Ba’lī (d. 1110 AH)
  17. Al-Ajwibat al-Jaliyyah by Mūsā al-Qaddumi (d. 1265 AH)

Sirah (Prophetic biography)[edit]

  1. Sīrat Rasūl Allāh Sallalahu 'alaihi Wa Salam by Ibn Ishaq
  2. Al-Sirah Al-Nabawiyyah by Ibn Hisham
  3. Ash-Shifa by Qadi Ayyad
  4. Al-Rawḍ al-unuf by Al-Suhayli (a commentary of Al-Sirah Al-Nabawiyyah)
  5. Al-Wafa bi Ahwal al-Mustafa Sallallahu 'alaihi Wa Salam by Ibn al-Jawzi
  6. Zad al-Ma'ad by Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyya
  7. Al-Sīrah al-Nabawīyyah Sallallahu 'alaihi Wa Salam (4 Volume Set) by Ibn Kathir
  8. Al-Khasa'is al-Kubra by Al-Suyuti
  9. Al-Muwahib al-Ladunniyyah by Al-Qastallani
  10. Al-Naimat-ul-Kubra Ala al-Alam by Ibn Hajar al-Haytami
  11. Sharh al-Shifa by Ali al-Qari (a commentary of Ash-Shifa Sallallahu 'alaihi Wa Salam)
  12. Madarij an-Nabuwwat by 'Abd al-Haqq al-Dehlawi
  13. Seerat E Rasool Sallallahu 'alaihi Wa Salam by Shah Waliullah Dehlawi
  14. Seeratul Mustafa Sallallahu 'alaihi Wa Salam by Muhammad Idris Kandhlawi
  15. Ar-Raheeq Al-Makhtum by Safiur Rahman Mubarakpuri
  16. Seerat Khatam al-Anbiya by Shafi Usmani

Proofs of Prophethood[edit]

  1. Dala'il al-Nubuwwah by Al-Bayhaqi

Shama'il[edit]

  1. Al-Shama'il al-Muhammadiyya by Al-Tirmidhi

History[edit]

  1. Jamharah Ansāb al-ʿArab by Hisham ibn al-Kalbi (d.819 AD)
  2. Book of Idols by Hisham ibn al-Kalbi (d.819 AD)
  3. Kitāb al-Ṭabaqāt al-Kabīr by Ibn Sa'd (d.845 AD)
  4. Kitab Ma'rifat al-Sahaba by Al-Madini (d.849 AD)
  5. Kitab al-Fada'il Sahaba by Ahmad ibn Hanbal (d.855 AD)
  6. The Great History by Muhammad al-Bukhari (d.870 AD)
  7. Fath al-Buldan by Ahmad ibn Yahya al-Baladhuri (d.892 AD)
  8. Genealogies of the Nobles (book) by Ahmad Ibn Yahya al-Baladhuri (d.892 AD)
  9. Tarikh at-Tabari by Muhammad ibn Jarir al-Tabari (d.923 AD)
  10. Tarikh E Masoodi by Al-Masudi (d.956 AD)
  11. Works of Ahmad ibn Fadlan (d.960 AD)
  12. Al-Kāmil fi Ḍuʿafāʾ ar-Rijāl[46] by Ibn 'Adi al-Jurjani (d.976 AD)
  13. History of Nishapur by Al-Hakim al-Nishapuri (d.1014 AD)
  14. Hilyat al-Awliya by Abu Nu'aym al-Isfahani (d.1038 AD)
  15. Tabaqat al-Hanabilah by Al-Qadi Abu Ya'la (d.1066 AD) and Ibn Rajab al-Hanbali (d.1393 AD)
  16. History of Baghdad by Al-Khatib al-Baghdadi (d.1071 AD)
  17. Al-Istiʿāb by Ibn Abd-al-Barr (d.1071 AD)
  18. History of Damascus by Ibn `Asakir (d.1176 AD)
  19. Al-Kamal fi Asma' al-Rijal by Abd al-Ghani al-Maqdisi (d.1203 AD)
  20. Chach Nama by Kazi Ismail al-Thakafi & Ali bin Ḥamid Kufi (written in 1226 AD)
  21. Mu'jam Al-Buldan by Yaqut al-Hamawi (d.1229 AD)
  22. The Complete History by Ali ibn al-Athir (d.1233 AD)
  23. Usd al-ghabah fi marifat al-Saḥabah by Ali ibn al-Athir (d.1233 AD)
  24. Tabaqat-i Nasiri by Minhaj-i-Siraj (written in 1260 AD)
  25. Deaths of Eminent Men and the Sons of the Epoch by Ibn Khallikan (d.1282 AD)
  26. Ar Riyadh un Nadhra[47] by Muhibuddin Tabri (d.1295 AD)
  27. Minah al-madh by Fatḥ al-Din Ibn Sayyid al-Nās (d.1334 AD)
  28. Mizan al-Itidal by al-Dhahabi (d.1348 AD)
  29. al-Bidayah wan-Nihayah by Ibn Kathir (d.1373 AD)
  30. Qisas Al-Anbiya by Ibn Kathir (d.1373 AD)
  31. Muqaddimah by Ibn Khaldun (d.1406 AD)
  32. Tahdhib al-Tahdhib by Ibn Hajar al-'Asqalani (d.1449 AD)
  33. History of the Caliphs by Al-Suyuti (d.1505 AD)
  34. Wafa al-Wafa by Ali ibn Ahmad al-Samhudi (d.1533 AD)
  35. Habib al-Siyar by Ghiyās̲ ad-Dīn Khvāndamīr (d. 1534-37 AD)
  36. Tarikh Khamis by Husayn ibn Muhammad Diyarbakri (d.1559 AD)
  37. Tarikh-i Firishta by Muhammad Qasim Firishta (d.1620 AD)
  38. Sirat al-Halbiya by Ali Ibn Burhan-ud-din Halbi (d.1635 AD)
  39. Tariqh-e Haqqi by Abdul-Haqq Dehlavi (d.1642 AD)
  40. Al Insaf fi Bayan Asbab Al Iktikaaf by Shah Waliullah Dehlawi (d.1762 AD)
  41. Sirush Shahadhathayn by Shah Abdul Aziz Dehlavi (d.1824 AD)

Biographies[edit]

Tazkiyyah (Purification of Heart)[edit]

Basics[edit]

  1. Risalah al-Mustarshidin (Treatise for the Seekers of Guidance) by Harith al-Muhasibi (d. 243 AH)

Spiritual Diseases and their Cures[edit]

  1. ʿUyūb al-nafs wa adwiyātuhā (Infamies of The Soul And Their Treatments) by Abū ʿAbd al-Raḥmān Muḥammad al-Sulamī al-Nīshāpūri (d. 412 AH)
  2. Ṭibb al-Rūḥāni by Ibn al-Jawzi (d. 597 AH)
  3. Tanbih al-Mughtarin by Al-Sha'rani (d. 973 AH)
  4. Maṭharat al-Qulūb by Muḥammad al-Mawlūd (d. 1323 AH)

Dhikr[edit]

  1. Al-Da'awat al-Kabir by Al-Bayhaqi
  2. Hizb al-Bahr by Abul Hasan ash-Shadhili
  3. Kitab al-Adhkar by Al-Nawawi
  4. Al-Wabil al-Sayyib by Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyya
  5. Dala'il al-Khayrat by Muhammad al-Jazuli
  6. Al-Hizb ul-Azam by Ali al-Qari

Adab (Manners)[edit]

  1. Al-Adab al-Mufrad of Muhammad al-Bukhari (d. 256 AH)
  2. Al-Akhlāq wa al-Siyar by Ibn Hazm (d. 456 AH)
  3. Fuṣul al-Adab wa Makarim al-Akhlaq al-Mashruʿah by Ibn Aqil (d. 513 AH)

Zuhd (Asceticism)[edit]

  1. Kitab az-Zuhd wa al-Raqa'iq by Ibn al-Mubarak (d. 189 AH)
  2. Kitab al-Zuhd by Ahmad ibn Hanbal
  3. Al-Zuhd al-Kabir by Al-Bayhaqi

Sufism[edit]

  1. al-Arba'in fi 'l-tasawwuf by Abū ʿAbd al-Raḥmān Muḥammad al-Sulamī al-Nīshāpūri
  2. Qut al-qulub (Sustenance of the Hearts) by Abu Talib al-Makki (d. 386 AH)
  3. Al-Arba`in ala Madhhab al-Mutahaqqiqin min al-Sufiyya by Abu Nu`aym (d. 430 AH)
  4. Al-Risala al-Qushayriyya by Abu al-Qasim al-Qushayri (d. 465 AH)
  5. Kashf ul Mahjoob by Ali Hujwiri (d. 465 AH)
  6. Tazkirat al-Awliya by Attar of Nishapur (d. 617 AH)
  7. Maktubat Imam Rabbani by Mujaddid Alf-e-Saani Ahmad Sirhindi (d. 1034 AH)

Islamic Ethics and Philosophy[edit]

  1. Hayat ul Anbiya fi Quboor by Al-Bayhaqi (d. 458 AH)
  2. Ihya Ulum al-Din by Al-Ghazali (d. 505 AH)
  3. Kimiya-yi sa'ādat by Al-Ghazali (d. 505 AH)
  4. Al-Fath ar-Rabbani by Shaykh Abdul-Qadir Gilani (d. 561 AH)
  5. Al-Futūḥāt al-Makkiyya by Ibn Arabi (d. 638 AH)

Critique[edit]

  1. Saife Chishtiyai[48] by Meher Ali Shah
  2. Signs of Qiyamah and the Arrival of Maseeh by Muhammad Shafi
  3. Finality of the Prophethood by Muhammad Shafi

Shi'a[edit]

  1. Al-Awasim min al-Qawasim by Abu Bakr ibn al-Arabi
  2. Al-Sawa'iq al-Muhriqah by Ibn Hajar al-Haytami
  3. Taufa Ithna Ashari by Shah Abdul Aziz Dehlavi

See also[edit]

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