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Sahi Muslim (Arabic: صحيح مسلم‎) is one of the Kutub al-Sittah (six major hadith collections) in Sunni Islam. It is of high importance among Sunni muslims and considered the second most authentic hadith collection after Sahi al-Bukhari. It was collected by Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj (815-875), also known as Imam Muslim. Sahih Muslim, together with Sahih al-Bukhari is termed as Sahihayn.

Collection

Imam Muslim collected almost 300,000 hadith. Out of these, 4000 were included in the collection. According to Munthiri, there are a total of 2,200 hadiths (without repetition) in Sahih Muslim. According to Muhammad Amin, there are 1,400 authentic hadiths that are reported in other books, mainly the six major hadith collections.

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