Imam Muslim
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In the Name of Allah, the Most Compassionate, the Most Merciful. Sahih
Muslim is a collection of sayings and deeds of Prophet Muhammad (pbuh)
(also known as the sunnah). The reports of the Prophet’s sayings and
deeds are called ahadith. Muslim lived a couple of centuries after the
Prophet’s death and worked extremely hard to collect his ahadith. Each
report in his collection was checked for compatibility with the Qur’an,
and the veracity of the chain of reporters had to be painstakingly
established. Muslim’s collection is recognized by the overwhelming
majority of the Muslim world to be one of the most authentic collections
of the Sunnah of the Prophet (pbuh). Muslim (full name Abul Husain
Muslim bin al−Hajjaj al−Nisapuri) was born in 202 A. H. and died in 261
A. H. He travelled widely to gather his collection of ahadith, including
to Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Syria, and Egypt. Out of 300,000 ahadith which
he evaluated, only 4,000 approximately (including multiple hadith in a
single one i. e. multiple quotations) were extracted for inclusion into
his collection based on stringent acceptance criteria. Muslim was a
student of Bukhari. It is important to realize, however, that Muslim’s
collection is not complete: there are other scholars who worked as
Muslim did and collected other authentic reports. The translation of Sahih Muslim found here is complete!
Muslims believe that Sahih Muslim is the
most authentic book of Hadith after Sahih Al-Bukhari. The Muslim
Scholars have agreed that all of the Ahadith in Sahih Muslim are
authentic. Thus, Darussalam realized the great benefit of publishing
Al-Hafiz Al-Mundhiri’s summarized version of Sahih Muslim in the English
language. Much care has been taken in rendering these Ahadith into a
clear and simple style of modern English. May Allah accept our work.
Summarized Sahih Muslim contains 2179 Hadith with 70 categories
(referred as books). Both volumes combined contain 1208 pages with index
and appendix.
The full name of Imam Muslim is
Abul-Hussain `Asakiruddin Muslim bin Hajjaj AlQushairi An-Naisaburi. He
belonged to the Qushair tribe of the Arab clan Rabi’ah. He was born in
202 or 206 H (819 or 821 CE) in Nishapur, a town of Iran. His parents
were religious people and so he was brought up in a pious environment.
He spent all of his life as a pious and righteous person. A
distinguishing attribute of his excellent character is that he never
indulged in backbiting, which is a common human shortcoming. Imam Muslim
travelled far and wide to collect the Ahadith (traditions) in the
countries of Arabia, Egypt, Iraq and Syria, and benefited from the
prominent Hadith scholars of that time by attending the lectures and
classes of those learned persons. His teachers included Ishaq bin
Rawaih, Ahmad bin Hanbal, Ubaidullah Al-Qawariri, Qutaibah bin Said,
Abdullah bin Maslamah, Harmalah bin Yahya and others. Afterwards he
settled down at Nishapur, where he came into contact with Imam Bukhari.
Seeing the vast knowledge and deep insight of him in the Ahadith of the
Prophet (PBUH), Imam Muslim remained attached with him until the end of
his life. He also attended the lectures of another scholar of Hadith,
Muhammad bin Yahya AdhDhuhli, but when the difference of opinion arose
between Imam Bukhari and Muhammad bin Yahya on the issue of the creation
of the Noble Qur’an, Imam Muslim favored Imam Bukhari and left the
company of Muhammad bin Yahya. Imam Muslim compiled many books and
treatises on Hadith, the most important of his works is the compilation
of the Hadith collection Al-Jami `As-Sahih, which is famous by the name
of Sahih Muslim. Some scholars of Hadith opine that in some respects it
is the best and most authentic collection of Ahadith. Imam Muslim
laboriously collected 3,00,000 Ahadith, but after a critical study, he
selected only 4,000 Ahadith for this collection. Other contributions of
Imam Muslim on the subject of Hadith are: Al-Kitab Al-Musnad Al-Kabir
Alar-Rijkl, Al-Jami’Al-Kabir, Kitab-ul-Asma’ wal-Kuna, Kitab-ul’Ilal,
Kitab-ul-Wahdan, etc. Many students learned the Science of Hadith from
Imam Muslim. Those who became famous and occupied a prominent position
are: Abu Hatim Razi, Musa bin Harun, Ahmad bin Salamah, Abu `Isa
Tirmidhi, Abu Bakr bin Khuzaimah, Abu `Awanah and Hafiz Dhahbi. Imam
Muslim died at the age of fifty-seven years in 261 H (875 CE) and was
buried in the suburbs of Nishapur.
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HADITH Sahih Muslim Table of Contents
Bk 1 Faith (Kitab Al−Iman)……………………………..3
Bk 2 Purification (Kitab Al−Taharah)…………………..147
Bk 3 Menstruation (Kitab Al−Haid)……………………..177
Bk 4 Prayers (Kitab Al−Salat)…………………………211
Bk 5 Zakat (Kitab Al−Zakat)…………………………..518
Bk 6 Fasting (Kitab Al−Sawm)………………………….583
Bk 7 Pilgrimage (Kitab Al−Hajj)……………………….649
Bk 8 Marriage (Kitab Al−Nikah)………………………..802
Bk 9 Divorce (Kitab Al−Talaq)…………………………862
Bk 10 Transactions (Kitab Al−Buyu`)……………………911
Bk 11 Pertaining to the Rules of Inheritance (Kitab
Al−Farai`d)………………………………………..984
Bk 12 Gifts (Kitab Al−Hibat)………………………….993
Bk 13 Bequests (Kitab Al−Wasiyya)…………………….1002
Bk 14 Vows (Kitab Al−Nadhr)………………………….1011
HADITH Sahih Muslim Table of Contents
Bk 15 Oaths (Kitab Al−Aiman)…………………………1015
Bk 16 Pertaining to the Oath, for Establishing the
Responsibility…………………………………….1033
Bk 17 Pertaining to Punishments Prescribed by Islam
(Kitab Al−Hudud)…………………………………..1049
Bk 18 Pertaining to Judicial Decisions (Kitab
Al−Aqdiyya)……………………………………….1068
Bk 19 Jihad and Expedition (Kitab Al−Jihad wa’l−Siyar)….1080
Bk 20 Government (Kitab Al−Imara)…………………….1161
Bk 21 Games and the Animals………………………….1228
Bk 22 Sacrifices (Kitab Al−Adahi)…………………….1247
Bk 23 Drinks (Kitab Al−Ashriba)………………………1266
Bk 24 Pertaining to Clothes and Decoration…………….1318
Bk 25 General Behaviour (Kitab Al−Adab)……………….1352
Bk 26 Salutations and Greetings (Kitab As−Salam)……….1367
Bk 27 Concerning the Use of Correct Words……………..1411
Bk 28 Poetry (Kitab Al−Sh`ir)………………………..1415
Bk 29 Vision (Kitab Al−Ruya)…………………………1417
HADITH Sahih Muslim Table of Contents
Bk 30 Pertaining to the Excellent Qualities……………1426
Bk 31 Pertaining to the Merits of the Companions……….1480
Bk 32 Virtue, Good Manners…………………………..1572
Bk 33 Destiny (Kitab−ul−Qadr)………………………..1616
Bk 34 Knowledge (Kitab Al−`Ilm)………………………1633
Bk 35 Pertaining to the Remembrance of Allah,………….1639
Bk 36 Heart−Melting Traditions (Kitab Al−Riqaq)………..1670
Bk 37 Pertaining to Repentance and Exhortation to
Repentance (Kitab Al−Tauba)…………………………1674
Book 38: Pertaining To The Charateristics Of The
Hypocrites………………………………………..1706
Bk 39 Giving Description of the Day of Judgement,………1713
Bk 40 Pertaining to Paradise, Its Description,…………1732
Bk 41 Pertaining to the Turmoil and Portents of the
Last Hour…………………………………………1757
Bk 42 Pertaining to Piety and Softening of Hearts
(Kitab Al−Zuhd wa Al−Raqa’iq)……………………….1805
Bk 43 Commentary (Kitab Al−Tafsir)……………………1838
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