The Book of the Sunnah: Sunan Ibn Majah

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Saheeh al-Bukhari is a collection of Hadees by Muhammad ibn Isma'el al-Bukhari. It is considered as the The Kutub al-Sitta ( Arabic: الكُتُب ٱلسِّتَّة, romanized: Al-Kutub as-Sitta, lit.'the six books') are six books containing collections of hadith (sayings or acts of the Islamic prophet Muhammad) compiled by six Sunni Muslim scholars in the ninth centuryCE, approximately two centuries after the death of Prophet Muhammad. They are sometimes referred to as al-Sihah al-Sittah, which translates as "The Authentic Six". Since then, they have enjoyed near-universal acceptance as part of the official canon of Sunni Islam.

Sunan Ibn Mājah ( Arabic: سُنن ابن ماجه) is one of the six major Sunni hadith collections ( Kutub al-Sittah). The Sunan was authored by Ibn Mājah (born 824 CE, died 887CE). Sunan al-Sughra, collected by al-Nasa'i (died 303 AH, 915 CE), includes 5,270 ahadith (including repetitions) [11] a b W. Adamec, Ludwig (2009). Historical Dictionary of Islam: Second Edition. Estover Road, Plymouth PL67PY, United Kingdom: Scarecrow Press. p.139. ISBN 978-0-8108-6161-9. {{ cite book}}: CS1 maint: location ( link) a b c d e f g al-Dhahabi, Muhammad ibn Ahmad (1957). al-Mu`allimi (ed.). Tadhkirat al-Huffaz (in Arabic). Vol.2. Hyderabad: Da`irat al-Ma`arif al-`Uthmaniyyah. p.636. author's description (commentary) after each Hadees which clearly highlights the benefits and juristic opinions within.According to al-Dhahabī, Ibn Mājah died on approximately February 19, 887 CE/with eight days remaining of the month of Ramadan, 273 AH, [4] or, according to al-Kattānī, in either 887/273 or 889/275. [6] He died in Qazwin. [6] most authentic Islamic book after the Holy Quran. All of its narrations are authentic. It is famous for the linking of ahadeeth to chapters.

Various Issues About Hadiths". Abc.se. Archived from the original on 2012-10-16 . Retrieved 2010-06-26.He left his hometown to travel the Islamic world visiting Iraq, Makkah, the Levant and Egypt. He studied under Ibn Abi Shaybah (through whom came over a quarter of al-Sunan), Muḥammad ibn ʻAbdillāh ibn Numayr, Jubārah ibn al-Mughallis, Ibrāhīm ibn al-Mundhir al-Ḥizāmī, ʻAbdullāh ibn Muʻāwiyah, Hishām ibn ʻAmmār, Muḥammad ibn Rumḥ, Dāwūd ibn Rashīd and others from their era. Abū Yaʻlā al-Khalīlī praised Ibn Mājah as "reliable ( thiqah), prominent, agreed upon, a religious authority, possessing knowledge and the capability to memorize." [4] Goldziher, Ignác (1889–1890). Muslim Studies. Vol.2. Halle. p.240. ISBN 0-202-30778-6. {{ cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher ( link) Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn Yazīd Ibn Mājah al-Rabʿī al-Qazwīnī [2] ( Arabic: ابو عبد الله محمد بن يزيد بن ماجه الربعي القزويني; (b. 209/824, d. 273/887) commonly known as Ibn Mājah, was a medieval scholar of hadith of Persian [3] origin. He compiled the last of Sunni Islam's six canonical hadith collections, Sunan Ibn Mājah. [4] [5] Biography [ edit ] Qazwin (red), where Ibn Mājah was born and died, on a map of modern Iran most authentic Hadith collection after Sahih al Bukhari. The wordings of the book is preffered to Bukhari Sharif and narrations on one topic can all be found in the same place. The reason for the addition of Ibn Majah's Sunan is that it contains many Hadiths which do not figure in the other five, whereas all the Hadiths in the Muwatta' figure in the other Sahih books. [4] Significance [ edit ]

Sunan Abu Dawood, collected by Abu Dawood (died 275 AH, 888 CE), includes 5,274 ahadith (including repetitions) [12]Ibn Hajar al-'Asqalani (2003). al-Nukat 'Ala Kitab ibn al-Salah. Vol.1 (2nded.). Ajman, U.A.E.: Maktabah al-Furqan. p.153. Frye, R.N., ed. (1975). The Cambridge history of Iran (Repr.ed.). London: Cambridge U.P. p.471. ISBN 978-0-521-20093-6.

Certain qualities of Sunan Ibn Mājah set it apart from the other books of Ḥadīth and made it popular among scholars of all times: a b c d al-Kattani, Muhammah ibn Ja`far (2007). Muhammad ibn Muhammad al-Kattani (ed.). al-Risalah al-Mustatrafah (in Arabic) (seventhed.). Beirut: Dar al-Bashair al-Islamiyyah. p.12. Sunan ibn Majah, collected by Ibn Majah (died 273 AH, 887 CE), includes 4,341 ahadith (including repetitions) [15]On several occasions, Ibn Mājah identified aḥādīth that are Gharīb (unfamiliar). Imām at-Tirmidhī had done this earlier, but Ibn Mājah’s classification in some special chapters are unique. Muhammad b. Isma'il al- Bukhari, the author of the Sahih Bukhari, which he composed over a period of sixteen years. Traditional sources quote Bukhari as saying that he did not record any hadith before performing ablution and praying. Bukhari died near Samarqand in 256/869–70