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Kutub al-Sittah
A dime a dozen Scriptures |
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Divine scribblings |
The Kutub al-Sittah (the six books) are the primary ahadith collections in Sunni Islam. They consist of Sahih Bukhari, Sahih Muslim
, Sunan al-Sughra
, Sunan Abu Dawood
, Jami al-Tirmidhi
and Sunan ibn Majah
.[1] The collections total tens of thousands of ahadith.
The first two collections, Sahih Bukhari and Sahih Muslim, are considered the most authentic; the word Sahih itself means "authentic." Authenticity decreases for each collection thereafter, although Islamic maddhabs (schools of religious law or fiqh) have differed on which of the non-Sahih collections are more or less trustworthy.[2]
Some Muslims, notably Quranists, consider all ahadith to be bid'ah (prohibited religious innovation), fabricated, or otherwise unacceptable.[3]