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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)

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

Hadith

Six Canonical Books of Hadith Collection

  1. Sahih Bukhari of Muhammad al-Bukhari (d. 870 A.D. / 256 AH)
  2. Sahih Muslim of Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj (d. 875 A.D. / 261 AH)
  3. Sunan Ibn Majah of Ibn Majah (d. 887 A.D. / 273 AH)
  4. Sunan Abu Dawud of Abu Dawood (d. 889 A.D. / 275 AH)
  5. Jami` at-Tirmidhi of Al-Tirmidhi (d. 892 A.D. / 279 AH)
  6. Al-Sunan al-Sughra of Al-Nasa'i (d. 915 A.D. / 303 AH)

Primary Sources of Hadith Collections (Original Collections)

  1. Al-Muwatta of Imam Malik ibn Anas (d. 795 A.D.)
  2. Kitab al-Athar of Imam Muhammad al-Shaybani (d. 805 A.D.)
  3. Musnad of Imam Shafi‘i (d. 820 A.D.)
  4. Musannaf of ‘Abd ar-Razzaq as-San‘ani (d. 826 A.D.)
  5. Musannaf of Ibn Abi Shaybah (d. 849 A.D.)
  6. Musnad of Ishaq Ibn Rahwayh (d. 853 A.D.)
  7. Musnad of Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal (d. 855 A.D.) (Sahifah Ibn Munabbih of Hammam ibn Munabbih (d. 719 A.D.) is included in it)
  8. Sunan of al-Darimi (d. 869 A.D.)
  9. Al-Adab al-Mufrad of Muhammad al-Bukhari (d. 870 A.D.)
  10. Musnad of Abu Bakr Ahmad al-Bazzar (d. 905 A.D.)
  11. Musnad of Abu Ya'la al-Mawsili (d. 919 A.D.)
  12. Tahdhib al-Athar of Muhammad ibn Jarir al-Tabari (d. 923 A.D.)
  13. Sahih of Ibn Khuzaymah (d. 924 A.D.)
  14. Sahih of Ibn Hibban (d. 965 A.D.)
  15. Al-Mu'jam al-Kabeer by al-Tabarani (d. 970 A.D.)
  16. Sunan of Al-Daraqutni (d. 995 A.D.)
  17. Al-Mustadrak ala al-Sahihayn of Al-Hakim al-Nishapuri (d. 1002 A.D)
  18. Sunan al-Kubra of Al-Bayhaqi (d. 1066 A.D.)
  19. Shu'ab al-Iman of Al-Bayhaqi (d. 1066 A.D.)
  20. Al-Sunan al-Wusta of Al-Bayhaqi (d. 1066 A.D.)

Secondary Hadith Collections (Compilations made from Original Collections)

  1. Musnad al-Firdous of Abu Mansur Al-Dailami (d. 1162 A.D.) (An improved version of Firdous al-Akhbar of Abu Shuja` Shiruyah Al-Dailami (d. 1115 A.D.))
  2. At-Targhib wat-Tarhib of Al-Mundhiri (d. 1258 A.D.)
  3. Riyadh as-Saaliheen of Imam al-Nawawi (d. 1277 A.D.)
  4. Mishkat al-Masabih by Khatib Al-Tabrizi (d. 1340 A.D.) (An improved version of Masabih al-Sunnah of Al-Baghawi (d. 1122 A.D.))
  5. Talkhis al-Mustadrak by al-Dhahabi (d. 1348 A.D.) (An abridged version of Al-Mustadrak alaa al-Sahihain of Hakim al-Nishaburi (d. 1014 A.D.))
  6. Majma al-Zawa'id by Ali ibn Abu Bakr al-Haythami (d. 1404 A.D.)
  7. Bulugh al-Maram by Ibn Hajar Asqalani (d. 1448 A.D.)
  8. Jami’ Jawami’ by Al-Suyuti
  9. Kanz al-Ummal by Ali ibn Abd-al-Malik al-Hindi (d. 1567 A.D.)

Commentaries (Sharh) & Revision of Hadith Collections

  1. Sharh Sunan Abi Dawood by Al-Khattabi[9]
  2. Aridat al-Ahwadhi bi-Sharh Sahih al-Tirmidhi by Abu Bakr ibn al-Arabi[10]
  3. Kitab al-Qabas fi Sharh Muwatta Malik by Abu Bakr ibn al-Arabi[11]
  4. al-Ishraf of Awn ad-Din ibn Hubayra
  5. Al Minhaj bi Sharh Sahih Muslim of Al-Nawawi
  6. Commentary on Al-Nawawi's Forty Hadith by Ibn Daqiq al-'Id
  7. Jami al-Masanid Wa al-Sunan by Ibn Kathir
  8. Jami al-Ulum wal-Hikam of Ibn Rajab
  9. Fath al-Bari of Ibn Hajar Asqalani
  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[12]
  14. Annotations Sunan Abi Dawood of Al-Suyuti[13]
  15. Fayd al-Qadir by Al-Munawi
  16. Silsalat al-Hadith ad-Da'ifah by Muhammad Nasiruddin al-Albani

Collections of Fabricated Narrations

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

Hadith studies & Terminologies

  1. Some of the works of al-Madini
  2. Tawil Mukhtalif al-Hadith by Ibn Qutaybah
  3. Gharib al-Hadith by Al-Khattabi
  4. al-Kifaya fi ma'rifat usul 'ilm al-riwaya by Al-Khatib al-Baghdadi[14]
  5. al-Ilma ila Maʿrifa Usul al-Riwaya wa Taqyid al-Samaʿ by Qadi Ayyad
  6. Muqaddimah fi Ulum al-Ḥadith by Ibn al-Salah
  7. Al-Muqizah fi 'Ilm Mustalah al-Hadith by Al-Dhahabi
  8. Alfiyatu Iraaqee by Zain al-Din al-'Iraqi[15]
  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[16]
  12. Alfiyyah al-Hadit by Al-Suyuti[17]
  13. Tadrib al-Rawi by Al-Suyuti[18]

Tafsir (Exegesis of the Qur'an)

See also: List of tafsir works

See also: List of translations of the Quran

Authentic Classical Tafsir

  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[19]
  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[20]
  8. Zad al-Masir fi Ilm al-Tafsir by Ibn al-Jawzi[21]
  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

  1. Kanzul Iman by Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi
  2. Al-Bahr al-Madid by Ahmad ibn Ajiba
  3. Ruh al-Ma'ani by Mahmud al-Alusi
  4. Bayan Ul Quran by Maulana Ashraf Ali Thanwi
  5. Maariful Quran by Mufti Muhammad Shafi
  6. Tafsir Tibyan-ul-Qur'an by Ghulam Rasool Saeedi
  7. Tafsir-ul-Qur’an (also known as: Tafsir-e-Majidi) by Maulana Abdul Majid Daryabadi
  8. Tafhim-ul-Quran by Syed Abul A'la Maududi
  9. Anwar Ul Bayan by Mufti Muhammad Ashiq Ilahi Bulandshahri
  10. A Thematic Commentary on the Qur'an by Muhammad al-Ghazali[22]
  11. Zubdat al-itqān fī ‘ulūm al-Qur’ān by Muhammad 'Alawi al-Maliki
  12. The Meanings of the Noble Qur’an (with Explanatory Notes) by Mufti Muhammad Taqi Usmani

Aqidah (Theology)

  1. Al-Fiqh al-Akbar by Abu Hanifa (d. 150 AH)
  2. Al-Risala by Al-Shafi'i (d. 204 AH)
  3. Kitab al-Iman by Abu Bakr Ibn Abi Shaybah (d. 235 AH)
  4. Usul al-Sunnah by Ahmad Ibn Hanbal (d. 241 AH)
  5. Al-Radd 'ala al-Jahmiyyah wa al-Zanadaqah by Ahmad Ibn Hanbal (d. 241 AH)
  6. Nawadir al-Usul by Al-Hakim al-Tirmidhi (d. 255 AH)
  7. Khalq Afal al-Ibad by al-Bukhari (d. 256 AH)
  8. al-Ikhtilāf fī al-Lafz wa al-Radd ‘alā al-Jahmiyyah wal-Mushabbiha by Ibn Qutaybah (d. 276 AH)
  9. Kitab al-Sunnah by Harb Ibn Ismail al-Kirmani (d. 280 AH)
  10. Kitab al-Sunnah by Abdullah Ibn Ahmad Ibn Hanbal (d. 290 AH)
  11. Kitab at-Tawheed by Ibn Khuzaymah (d. 311 AH)
  12. Al-Ha'iyah by Ibn Abi Dawud (d. 316 AH)
  13. Kitab al-Shariah by Abu Bakr al-Ajurri (d. 320 AH)
  14. Al-Aqidah al-Tahawiyyah by Al-Tahawi (d. 321 AH)
  15. Al-Maqālat al-Islamiyyīn by Abu al-Hasan al-Ash'ari (d. 324 AH)
  16. Al-Ibanah an Usul al-Diyanah by Al-Ash'ari
  17. Kitab al-Tawhid by Abu Mansur al-Maturidi (d. 333 AH)
  18. Al-Sawad al-A'zam by Al-Hakim al-Samarqandi (d. 342 AH)
  19. Kitab al-Thiqat by Ibn Hibban (d. 354 AH)
  20. Al-Sunnah by Al-Tabarani (d. 360 AH)
  21. Al-Shari'ah by Abu Bakr Al-Ajurri (d. 360 AH)
  22. Al-Mutalif wa al-Mukhtalif by Al-Daraqutni (d. 385 AH)
  23. Al-Risala al-Qayrawaniyya by Ibn Abi Zayd al-Qayrawani (d. 386 AH)
  24. Al-Ibaanah by Ibn Battah (d. 387 AH)
  25. Al-Sunnah by Ibn Manda (d. 395 AH)
  26. Al-Iman by Ibn Manda (d. 395 AH)
  27. I'tiqad Ahl al-Sunnah wa al-Jama'ah by Abu al-Qasim Hibat Allah al-Lalakai (d. 418 AH)
  28. Al-Farq bayn al-Firaq by Abu Mansur Al-Baghdadi (d. 429 AH)
  29. Hilyat al-awliya by Abu Nu`aym (d. 430 AH)
  30. Al-Arba`in ala Madhhab al-Mutahaqqiqin min al-Sufiyya by Abu Nu`aym (d. 430 AH)
  31. Aqidah al-Salafi Ahl al-Hadith by Al-Sabuni (d. 449 AH)
  32. Al-Asma' wa al-Sifat by Al-Bayhaqi (d. 458 AH)
  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 (d. 458 AH)
  35. Hayat ul Anbiya fi Quboor by Al-Bayhaqi (d. 458 AH)
  36. Al-Ishara ila Madhhab Ahl al-Haqq by Abu Ishaq al-Shirazi[23]
  37. Kashf ul Mahjoob by Ali Hujwiri (d. 465 AH)
  38. Al-Irshad 'ila Qawati' al-Adilla fi Usul al-I'tiqad by Al-Juwayni (d. 478 AH)
  39. Al-Aqida al-Nizamiyya by Al-Juwayni (d. 478 AH)
  40. Ihya' Ulum al-Din by Al-Ghazali (d. 505 AH)
  41. Al-Iqtisad fi al-I'tiqad by Al-Ghazali (d. 505 AH)
  42. Iljam al-Awwam fi Ilm al-Kalam by Al-Ghazali (d. 505 AH)
  43. Tabsirat al-Adilla by Abu al-Mu'in al-Nasafi (d. 508 AH)
  44. Talkhis al-Adilla li-Qawa'id al-Tawhid by Abu Ishaq al-Saffar al-Bukhari (d. 534/1139)
  45. Al-Aqaid al-Nasafiyya by Umar Ibn Muhammad al-Nasafi (d. 537 AH)
  46. Al-Milal wa al-Nihal by Al-Shahrastani (d. 548 AH)
  47. Tartib al-Madarik wa takrib al-Masalik by Qadi Ayyad (d. 554 AH)
  48. al-I`lam bi Hudud Qawa'id al-Islam by Qadi Ayyad (d. 554 AH)
  49. Daqa`iq al-akhbar fi dhikr al-janna wa-l-nar by Qadi Ayyad (d. 554 AH)
  50. Al-Ghunya li-Talibi Tariq al-Haqq by Shaykh Abdul Qadir Gilani (d. 561 AH)
  51. Al-Fath ar-Rabbani by Shaykh Abdul Qadir Gilani (d. 561 AH)
  52. Al-Baz al-Ashhab by Ibn al-Jawzi (d. 597 AH)
  53. Lum'ah al-I'tiqad by Ibn Qudama al-Maqdisi (d. 620 AH)
  54. Al-Aqīdah Al-Wasitiyyah by Ibn Taymiyyah (d. 728 AH)
  55. Kitab al-Iman by Ibn Taymiyya (d. 728 AH)
  56. Nur al-Mubin by Ibn Jazayy al-Kalbi al-Gharnati al-Maliki
  57. Kitab ar-Ruh by Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya (d. 751 AH)
  58. Sharh al-Aqaid al-Nasafiyya by al-Taftazani (d. 791 AH)
  59. Sharh Al-Aqīdah At-Tahawiyyah by Ibn Abi al-Izz al-Hanafi (d. 792 AH)
  60. Al-Aqidah al-Sanusiyya by Al-Sanusi (d. 795 AH)
  61. Kitab al-Tawhid by Ibn Rajab al-Hanbali (d. 795 AH)
  62. Sharh Fiqh al-Akbar by Mulla Ali Al-Qari al-Hanafi (d. 1014 AH)
  63. Maktubat Imam Rabbani by Shaykh Ahmad Sirhindi (Mujaddid Alf-e-Saani) (d. 1034 AH)
  64. Akhbar al-Akhyar by Shaykh Abdul-Haqq Muhaddith Dehlavi (d. 1052 AH)
  65. Takmīl al-Iman by Shaykh Abdul-Haqq Muhaddith Dehlavi (d. 1052 AH)
  66. Hujjat Allah al-Baligha by Shah Waliullah Dehlawi (d. 117
  68. Al-Kharida al-Bahia by Ahmad al-Dardir (d. 1201 AH)
  69. Nayl al-Awtar by Al-Shawkani (d. 1250 AH)
  70. Risale-i Nur by Bediüzzaman Said Nursi (d. 1379 AH)
  71. Maut Ka Manzar by Khawaja Muhammad Islam (d. 2020)

Fiqh (Jurisprudential Theory)

Hanafi

  1. Usul al-fiqh by Abu Yusuf (d. 182 AH)
  2. Ẓāhir al-Riwāyah of Abu Hanifa, Abu Yusuf and Muhammad al-Shaybani
  3. Uṣūl ash-Shashi by Nizham ad-Din ash-Shashi
  4. Al-Hidayah by Burhan al-Din al-Marghinani (d. 593 AH)
  5. Kanz ul-Daqaiq by Abu al-Barakat al-Nasafi (d. 710 AH)[24]
  6. Multaqa al-Abḥur by Ibrāhīm al-Ḥalabī (d. 956 AH)
  7. Al-Bahr al-Raiq Sharh Kanz ul-Daqaiq[25] by Ibn Nujaim al-Hanafi (d. 969 AH)[26]
  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)

  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

  1. Kitab al-Umm by ash-Shafi'i
  2. Mukhtaṣar al-Muzanī[27] by Al-Muzani
  3. Mukhtaṣar al-Buwayṭi by Al-Buwayti
  4. Al-Ikhtiyarat al-Fiqhiya by Al-Khattabi[28]
  5. Al-Mabsūṭ by Al-Bayhaqi
  6. Al-Tanbih fi al-Fiqh al-Shafi'i by Abu Ishaq al-Shirazi[29]
  7. Al-Muhadhdhab fi Fiqh al-Imam al-Shafi'i by Abu Ishaq al-Shirazi[30]
  8. Al-Luma' fi Usul al-Fiqh by Abu Ishaq al-Shirazi[31]
  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[32]
  14. Al-Ghayah fi Ikhtisar al-Nihayah by Izz al-Din ibn 'Abd al-Salam[33]
  15. Al Qawa'id al-Kubra by Izz al-Din ibn 'Abd al-Salam[34]
  16. Al-Maqāṣid by Al-Nawawi
  17. Minhāj aṭ-Ṭalibīn by Al-Nawawi
  18. Tabaqat ash-Shafi'iyah by Taj al-Din al-Subki[35]
  19. Tashih al-Minhaj by Siraj al-Din al-Bulqini[36]
  20. Umdat ul-Muhtaj ila Sharh al-Minhaj by Ibn al-Mulaqqin[37]
  21. Kanz al-Raghibin by Al-Mahalli[38]
  22. Al-Ashbaahu Wan-Nadhaair by Al-Suyuti[39]
  23. Tuhfah AL-Muhtaj Bi Sharh Al-Minhaj by Ibn Hajar al-Haytami[40]
  24. Al-Manhaj al-Qawim bi Sharh Masa-il at-Ta'lim by Ibn Hajar al-Haytami[41]
  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

  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

  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)

See also: List of biographies of Muhammad
  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

Proofs of Prophethood

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

Shama'il

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

History

  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. Al-Imama wa al-Siyasa by Ibn Qutaybah (d.889 AD)
  8. Fath al-Buldan by Ahmad ibn Yahya al-Baladhuri (d.892 AD)
  9. Genealogies of the Nobles (book) by Ahmad Ibn Yahya al-Baladhuri (d.892 AD)
  10. Tarikh at-Tabari by Muhammad ibn Jarir al-Tabari (d.923 AD)
  11. Tarikh E Masoodi by Al-Masudi (d.956 AD)
  12. Works of Ahmad ibn Fadlan (d.960 AD)
  13. Al-Kāmil fi Ḍuʿafāʾ ar-Rijāl[42] by Ibn 'Adi al-Jurjani (d.976 AD)
  14. History of Nishapur by Al-Hakim al-Nishapuri (d.1014 AD)
  15. Hilyat al-Awliya by Abu Nu'aym al-Isfahani (d.1038 AD)
  16. Tabaqat al-Hanabilah by Al-Qadi Abu Ya'la (d.1066 AD) and Ibn Rajab al-Hanbali (d.1393 AD)
  17. History of Baghdad by Al-Khatib al-Baghdadi (d.1071 AD)
  18. Al-Istiʿāb by Ibn Abd-al-Barr (d.1071 AD)
  19. History of Damascus by Ibn `Asakir (d.1176 AD)
  20. Al-Kamal fi Asma' al-Rijal by Abd al-Ghani al-Maqdisi (d.1203 AD)
  21. Chach Nama by Kazi Ismail al-Thakafi & Ali bin Ḥamid Kufi (written in 1226 AD)
  22. Mu'jam Al-Buldan by Yaqut al-Hamawi (d.1229 AD)
  23. The Complete History by Ali ibn al-Athir (d.1233 AD)
  24. Usd al-ghabah fi marifat al-Saḥabah by Ali ibn al-Athir (d.1233 AD)
  25. Tabaqat-i Nasiri by Minhaj-i-Siraj (written in 1260 AD)
  26. Deaths of Eminent Men and the Sons of the Epoch by Ibn Khallikan (d.1282 AD)
  27. Ar Riyadh un Nadhra[43] by Muhibuddin Tabri (d.1295 AD)
  28. Minah al-madh by Fatḥ al-Din Ibn Sayyid al-Nās (d.1334 AD)
  29. Mizan al-Itidal by al-Dhahabi (d.1348 AD)
  30. al-Bidayah wan-Nihayah by Ibn Kathir (d.1373 AD)
  31. Qisas Al-Anbiya by Ibn Kathir (d.1373 AD)
  32. Muqaddimah by Ibn Khaldun (d.1406 AD)
  33. Tahdhib al-Tahdhib by Ibn Hajar al-'Asqalani (d.1449 AD)
  34. History of the Caliphs by Al-Suyuti (d.1505 AD)
  35. Wafa al-Wafa by Ali ibn Ahmad al-Samhudi (d.1533 AD)
  36. Habib al-Siyar by Ghiyās̲ ad-Dīn Khvāndamīr (d. 1534-37 AD)
  37. Tarikh Khamis by Husayn ibn Muhammad Diyarbakri (d.1559 AD)
  38. Tarikh-i Firishta by Muhammad Qasim Firishta (d.1620 AD)
  39. Sirat al-Halbiya by Ali Ibn Burhan-ud-din Halbi (d.1635 AD)
  40. Tariqh-e Haqqi by Abdul-Haqq Dehlavi (d.1642 AD)
  41. Al Insaf fi Bayan Asbab Al Iktikaaf by Shah Waliullah Dehlawi (d.1762 AD)
  42. Sirush Shahadhathayn by Shah Abdul Aziz Dehlavi (d.1824 AD)

Biographies

  1. Hilyat al-awliya by Abu Nu`aym (d. 430 AH)
  2. Ṣifat al-Ṣafwah by Ibn al-Jawzi (d. 597 AH)
  3. Siyar A`lam al-Nubala. by Al-Dhahabi (d.748 AH)

Tazkiyyah (Purification of Heart)

Basics

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

Spiritual Diseases and their Cures

  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

  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)

  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)

  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

  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

  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)

Islamic Economics

  1. The Economic System In Islam by Taqiuddin al-Nabhani
  2. An Introduction to Islamic Finance by Muhammad Taqi Usmani
  3. Our Socio-Economic Order by Muhammad Taqi Usmani
  4. Present Financial Crisis Causes & Remedies by Muhammad Taqi Usmani
  5. The Historic Judgment on Interest by Muhammad Taqi Usmani

Islamic Politics

  1. Kitab al-Kharaj by Imam Abu Yusuf
  2. Al-Ahkam as-Sultaniyyah by Al-Mawardi
  3. Qanun al-Wazarah by Al-Mawardi
  4. Kitab Nasihat al-Muluk by Al-Mawardi
  5. Nasihat-al-Muluk by Imam Al-Ghazali
  6. Al-Muqaddimah by Ibn-Khaldun
  7. Zakhirat al-Muluk by Mir Sayyid Ali Hamadani

Critique

Qadiani

  1. Saife Chishtiyai[44] by Meher Ali Shah
  2. Signs of Qiyamah and the Arrival of Maseeh by Muhammad Shafi
  3. Finality of the Prophethood by Muhammad Shafi
  4. Mirza And Yalesh by Fuad Al-Attar

Shi'a

  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

Others

  1. Kitab al-Miraj by Abu'l-Qasim al-Nisapuri (alleged); A Muslim book concerned with Muhammad's ascension into Heavens (known as the Miraj).

See also

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