Hadith/Sunnah

Wealth, class, beauty or piety — the Prophet ﷺ named four reasons a woman is married, permitted all four, and then singled out one. Part One of Shaykh Al-'Uthaymeen's explanation of Bulugh al-Maram works through why.

A corrupt oppressor will have iniquitous followers and advisors and will instill the same characteristics in the masses, while a God-fearing, just ruler ensures a morally sound society. This collection of forty hadiths shows what a true Muslim leader looks like, drawn from the Rightly-Guided Caliphs.

This commentary was delivered by Shaykh Dr. Salih bin Fawzan Al-Fawzan in lectures after the Fajr prayer at the Hammad As-Salamah Mosque in Riyadh in 1426 AH, then painstakingly transcribed and edited into the present work.

Shaykh Siddiq Hasan Khan described this work as leaving out opinions that amount to mere hearsay, since "the truth alone deserves to be followed". 798 pages, hardcover, translated from the Dar Ibn Hazm edition.

Among those who rejected the Sunnah's authority in the past were the Shi'a and the Mu'tazilah; today it's mainly Orientalists and those influenced by them. Dr. Mustafa as-Siba'ee's groundbreaking work traces the Sunnah's historical development while refuting its critics directly, argument by argument.

Islamic finance can feel like a maze of terminology and conflicting fatwas to the average Muslim trying simply to earn and spend halal. AbdulShaheed Drew's collection of 40 hadiths untangles the intricacies with clear explanations tied to contemporary financial circumstances.

A hadith left as a bare quotation rarely sticks. This one builds fifty selected hadiths into full lessons instead — Arabic vocabulary explained term by term, then the meaning and the lesson each hadith establishes, spanning belief, fiqh, social conduct and business.

Sharh Riyadus-Saliheen in six volumes — Shaykh Muhammad bin Salih Al-'Uthaymeen's detailed explanation of every hadith in the collection. Arabic text, English translation and commentary, in crisp two-color printing.

A full-color edition collecting the most important hadith from the two-volume Riyad-us-Saliheen — with Arabic text, English translation and commentary beneath each, by Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf.

Forty hadith, memorized by students for seven centuries, have never had a complete English commentary built around them until now — each one expanded into a full study of its authenticity, its Arabic, and the legal and spiritual lessons scholars have drawn from it.

Lying, greed, corruption, smoking and gambling erode a community from the inside long before anyone names them as the cause. Following the tradition Imam An-Nawawi made famous, this collection names each habit through forty hadiths and explains exactly what it costs socially.

How do Muslims actually know a hadith is authentic? This textbook, built for a Bachelor of Islamic Studies program and accessible well beyond it, explains how scholars graded a narration’s reliability and answers the objections most often raised against hadith literature.

Sunan Abu Dawud in three volumes — English translation with explanatory notes by Professor Ahmad Hasan. English only; this edition does not include the Arabic text. Published by Sh. Muhammad Ashraf.

The Muwatta of Imam Malik is one of the earliest and most influential compilations of Islamic jurisprudence, and the foundational text of the Maliki school. Two volumes, Arabic-English, valued for its authentic Hadith narrations and legal insight.

200 short but important hadith — sayings, actions and approvals of the Prophet ﷺ — chosen specifically because they can be easily memorized and passed on to others.

The thulaathiyyaat from the Musnad — Ahadith with only three narrators between the reporter and the Prophet ﷺ. Imam Ahmad reported more than three hundred such narrations, more than any other compiler.

Sunan An-Nasa'i complete in six volumes — available in English for the first time. This is Al-Mujtaba (as-Sunan as-Sughra), the synopsis of a larger collection, and it carries the fewest weak Ahadith after the two Sahihs.

Sahih Muslim complete in seven volumes, containing 7,563 Ahadith — the most authentic book of hadith after Sahih Al-Bukhari. The scholars have agreed that every narration in it is authentic.

Al-Hafiz Al-Mundhiri's summarized version of Sahih Muslim in English — 2,179 hadith across 70 categories, in two volumes totaling 1,208 pages with index. Rendered into clear, simple modern English.

A collection of 110 Ahadith Qudsi — the sacred narrations whose authority is attributed to Allah through the Prophet ﷺ — relating to the important aspects of daily life.

Bulugh Al-Maram — Attainment of the Objective — compiled by Al-Hafiz Ibn Hajar Al-Asqalani (777–853 AH), with brief notes from Subul-us-Salam by Muhammad bin Isma'il As-San'ani. Simple and easy to read.

Imam An-Nawawi's celebrated compilation — about 2,000 hadith selected from the six major collections, covering every aspect of belief and moral conduct. Arabic text with English translation, in a two-volume hardback set.

A two-volume collection of the Ahadith agreed upon by both Al-Bukhari and Muslim — titled Pearls and Corals for their value and authenticity. Translated into very simple English for every kind of reader.

Sahih Al-Bukhari condensed into about 1,000 pages covering 2,220 hadith, selected from the nine-volume original of roughly 4,000 pages. Arabic text with English translation side by side, in simple language any reader can follow.