HADITH COLLECTION

:''This is a sub-article of hadith.
According to Muslims tradition, the collection of ahadith or sayings by or about the Prophet Muhammad was a meticulous and thorough process that began right at the time of Muhammad. 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 Muhammad 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.

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Early Hadith

Bibliography

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Early Hadith

List of what are allegedly the earliest collections of Ahadeeth, in chronological order:

★ Al-Zuhri

★ Al-Hazm

★ Musannaf of Ibn Jurayj — ?-? CE

★ Musannaf of Ma`mar bin Rashid — ?-? CE

★ Sahifa Of Hammam bin Munabbih — 670-720 CE

★ The Book of Sulaym ibn Qays —

★ Musannaf of `Abd al-Razzaq al-San`ani — 700ish CE

★ Muwatta' of Malik bin Anas — 760-795 CE

★ Al-Thawri

★ Ibn Basheer

Bibliography

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

See also

★ Science of hadith

★ Six major Hadith collections

★ Chains of Authority

★ The Four Books

★ Islam

External links

★ http://members.cox.net/arshad/hadithcol.html