Hadith collection

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Most famous
Sunni six major collections (Al-Kutub al-Sittah): Sahih al-Bukhari Sahih Muslim al-Sunan al-Sughra Sunan Abu Da'ud Sunan al-Tirmidhi Sunan Ibn Maja/Al-Muwatta Shi'a collections: Nahj al-Balagha "The Four Books" (Al-Kutub Al-Arb'ah) Usul al-Kafi and Furu al-Kafi of Kulayni Man la Yahduruhu' l-Faqih of Shaikh Saduq Tahdhibu 'l-Ahkam by al-Tusi al-Istibsar by al-Tusi Ibadi collections: al-Jami' as-Sahih by al-Rabi' ibn Habib Tartib al-Musnad by al-Warijlani
Sunni collections
Musnad Ahmad ibn Hanbal — 780-855 Sahih Ibn Khuzaymah — 923 Sahih Ibn Hibbaan — 965 Al-Mustadrak alaa al-Sahihain — 1014 Mawdu'at al-Kubra— 1128-1217 Riyadh as-Saaliheen — 1233 - 1278 Talkhis al-Mustadrak — 1274-1348 Majma al-Zawa'id — 1335-1405 Bulugh al-Maram — 1372-1449 Kanz al-Ummal — 1500th Da'if al-Tirmidhi — 20th century Sahih al-Tirmidhi — 20th century
Shi'a collections
The book of Sulaym ibn Qays — 600th Sahifa al-Sajjadiyya — 678-713 Bihar al-Anwar — 1600s Haqq al-Yaqeen — 1600s Sharh Usul al-Kafi — ?-1081 Jesus through Shiite Narrations — ?
Mu'tazili collections
Nahj with comments — ?-1258

This is a sub-article of hadith.

Hadith collection was a meticulous and thorough process that began right at the time of the Prophet (peace be upon him). Of the many companions, Abu Hurayrah taught ahadith (plural of hadith) to students, one of whom was Hammam ibn Munabbih. Ibn Munabbih wrote down these ahadith. The original manuscripts are present even to this day in the Libraries of Berlin, Beirut and Damascus. Needless to say ahadith collection (even in the written form) began very early on - from the time of the prophet Muhammad (pbuh) and right through the centuries that followed. The Collections, however, of Imam Bukhari and Muslim stand out because of their painstaking and thorough method employed in ascertaining the authenticity of ahadith. Thus muslims reject 'collections' that are not robust in withstanding the tests of authenticity.

References: An introduction to the Conservation of Hadith - In the light of the Sahifah of Hammam ibn munabbih by Dr Muhammad Hamidullah, IBT publishers, 2003