 | An Introduction to the Science of Hadith: Kitab Mar'rifat Anwa' 'Ilm Al-Hadith (Great Books of Islamic Civilization) by Ibn al-Salah al-Shahrazuri
Buy new: £13.99 / Used from: £13.88 A classic introduction to hadith studies which is still used as a work of reference today.
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 | A Textbook of Hadith Studies: Authenticity, Compilation, Classification and Criticism of Hadith by Mohammad Hashim Kamali
Buy new: £11.13 / Used from: £9.33 The most comprehensive work on hadith studies in English - Excellent!
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 | Hadith Literature: Its Origin, Development and Special Features (Islamic Texts Society) by Muhammad Zubayr Siddiqi
Buy used from: £74.21 An historical approach to hadith literature - also very good. Includes interesting appendices on women scholars of hadith and orientalist approaches to hadith studies.
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 | The Origins of Muhammadan Jurisprudence by Joseph Schacht
Buy new: £33.57 / Used from: £41.26 An orientalist approach to hadith studies - widely criticised! Schacht argued that hadith literature was for the most part fraudulent - the creation of later Muslims.
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 | On Schacht's "Origins of Muhammadan Jurisprudence" (Islamic Texts Society) by Muhammed Al-Azami
Buy new: £16.14 / Used from: £18.36 An in-depth refutation of Schacht's work which seeks to defend traditional Islamic hadith studies. Interesting and very detailed.
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 | Studies in Early Hadith Literature by Muhammad Mustafa Azami
Buy new: £28.00 / Used from: £5.00 Azami's magnum opus - one of the best books on hadith studies in English
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| Studies in Hadith Methodology and Literature by Muhammad Mustafa Azami
Buy used from: £26.96 A good introduction to Hadith studies - but some supplementary reading will be needed to grasp some of the points.
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| Studies in Arabic Literary Papyri: Koranic Commentary and Tradition v. 2 (Oriental Institute Publications) by Nabia Abbott
The final nail in the coffin of the Oreintalists? Nabia Abbott examined early papyri of hadith and found very little variation in isnaad or matn from those in the canonical hadith collections.
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 | Rijal by Abd-al- Hayy
Buy new: £4.00 A useful work in the field of asmaa' al-rijaal - biography and criticism of hadith narrators. Includes many of the most important narrators for Malik, Bukhaari and Muslim.
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 | Encyclopedia of Muhammad's Women Companions and the Traditions They Related by Shaykh Muhammad
Buy new: £19.83 / Used from: £19.99 A great guide to the female narrators and the ahaadith they narrated.
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 | An-Nawawi's Forty Hadith by Abu Zakariya Yahya ibn Sharaf Nawawi
Buy new: £7.49 / Used from: £5.00 A famous collection of 42 ahaadith which embody the fundamental concepts of Islam which every Muslim should be aware of.
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 | Forty Hadith Qudsi (Islamic Texts Society)
Buy new: £9.99 / Used from: £7.20 A great collection of hadith qudsii - those hadith in which the speaker is Allah, rather than Muhammad (PBUH).
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| Al-Muwatta of Imam Malik Ibn Anas: The First Formulation of Islamic Law by Imam Malik
Buy new: £20.00 The first formulation of Islamic law. Although it is not strictly speaking a hadith collections, it contains a large number of authoritative ahaadith al-ahkaam (legal traditions). Essential reading!
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 | Bukhari (Makers of Islamic Civilization) by Ahmad Mujtaba Hasan
Buy new: £9.89 / Used from: £3.56 An interesting introduction to the life, travels and ideas of the compiler of the most revered collection of hadith - The Sahih of Al-Bukhari.
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| Sahih Al Bukhari ( 9 vol set ) by Abi Abdullah Bin Al-Bukhari
Buy new: £75.65 / Used from: £71.94 The most important of all hadith collections - considered an authority second only to the Qur'an by many Muslims.
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| Sahih Muslim by Imam Muslim
Buy new: £37.99 / Used from: £24.80 Another highly regarded Sahih work - but not considered to be a comprehensive collection (Jaami') like that of Imaam Bukhari.
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 | Ahmad Ibn Hanbal (Makers Muslim World) by Christopher Melchert
Buy new: £28.50 / Used from: £24.70 A good introduction to the life and ideas of the champion of ahl al-hadith.
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| Musnad Imam Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Hanbal: Codification According to the Subject Heading - Vol 1 by Abdul M. Omar
Buy new: £12.18 / Used from: £22.33 Ahmad's greatest work and the most important and exhaustive of all the musnad works. Original was organised by narrator - this edition by subject, which makes for easier reference.
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| Musnad Imam Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Hanbal: Codification According to the Subject Heading - Volume 2 by Abdul M. Omar
Buy new: £12.21 / Used from: £19.14 Ahmad's greatest work and the most important and exhaustive of all the musnad works. Original was organised by narrator - this edition by subject, which makes for easier reference.
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| Musnad Imam Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Hanbal: Codification According to the Subject Heading - Volume 3 by Abdul M. Omar
Buy new: £12.21 / Used from: £23.04 Ahmad's greatest work and the most important and exhaustive of all the musnad works. Original was organised by narrator - this edition by subject, which makes for easier reference.
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 | Introduction to Hadith by Al-Shahid al-Thani
Buy new: £16.10 / Used from: £9.00 A good introduction to hadith studies from a Shi'a perspective. Includes a translation of the oldest Shi'a Ithna 'Ashari text written on the science and contextual study of Hadith "Dirayat al-Hadith".
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 | The Formative Period of Twelver Shi'ism: Hadith as Discourse Between Qum and Baghdad (Culture and Civilization in the Middle East) by Andrew J. Newman
Buy new: £90.25 / Used from: £111.21 A comprehensive study of the first two compilations of the Imam's sayings - Kitab Al-Kafi and Man la Yahdhuruhu'l Faqih (the other two famous collections being Tahdhibu'l Ahkam and Al-Istibsar).
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| Shi'ite Anthology
Buy used from: £13.95 An interesting collection of the sayings of the Imams.
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