List of hadith authors and commentators

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Hadith studies Terminology Types (categories) Biographical evaluation Musannaf Israʼiliyyat
Collections Sunni1 Kutub Al-Sittah ("The Six Books") Sahih al-Bukhari صحيح البخاري Sahih Muslim صحيح مسلم Jami' al-Tirmidhi جامع الترمذي Sunan Abu Dawood سنن أبي داود Sunan al-Nasa'i سنن النسائي Sunan Ibn Majah سنن ابن ماجه Others Muwatta Imam Malik Musnad Ahmad ibn Hanbal Al-Adab al-Mufrad Al-Shama'il al-Muhammadiyya Al-Mustadrak ala al-Sahihayn Sahih Ibn Hibban Sunan al-Daraqutni Sunan al-Darimi Sunan al-Nasa'i al-Kubra Sunan al-Bayhaqi Shu'ab al-Iman Musannaf of Abd al-Razzaq Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah Sahih Ibn Khuzaymah Sahifah Hammam ibn Munabbih Al-Mu'jam al-Kabeer Al-Mu'jam al-Awsat Al-Mu'jam al-Saghir Tahdhib al-Athar Kitab al-Athar Musnad Abu Hanifa Musnad al-Shafi'i Musnad al-Siraj Musnad al-Firdous Musnad Abu Ya'la Musnad al-Tayalisi Musnad Abu Awanah Sunan Sa'id ibn Mansur Shia Al-Kutub Al-Arb'ah ("The Four Books") Kitab al-Kafi الكتاب الكافي Man La Yahduruhu al-Faqih من لا يحضره الفقيه Tahdhib al-Ahkam تهذیب الاحکام Al-Istibsar الاستبصار Others Nahj al-Balagha The Book of Sulaym ibn Qays Al-Sahifa al-Sajjadiyya Risalah al-Huquq Sahifah of al-Ridha Al-Risalah al-Dhahabiah Da'a'im al-Islam Uyoun Akhbar Al-Ridha Bihar al-Anwar Wasā'il al-Shīʿa Haqq al-Yaqeen Ain Al-Hayat Al-Ghadir Ibadi Jami Sahih Tartib al-Musnad 1 - Books also revered by Zaidi Shi'a
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List of notable compilers of hadiths collections. and authors of Hadith commentaries:

• Muhammad al-Bukhari (194-256 AH)
  • Sahih Bukhari (hadith #1/6 of Kutub al-Sittah), primarily used by Sunni.
• Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni (250-329 AH)
  • Kitab al-Kafi (hadith #1/4 of The Four Books), primarily used by Shi'a Islam.
• Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani (773-852 AH)
  • Fath al-Bari (commentary on Sahih Bukhari), primarily used by Sunni.
• Mohammad Salih al-Mazandarani (d. 1081 AH)
  • Sharh Usul al-Kafi (commentary on Usul al-Kafi, first part of Kitab al-Kafi) , primarily used by Shi'a Islam.
• Muhammad Nasiruddin al-Albani (Arabic: محمد ناصر الدين الألباني) (1914 – October 2, 1999)
  • (Volumes 1–14)
  • (Volumes 1–11)

For a full list of notable compilers of hadith collections see: List of hadith collections.