Sahih Muslim facts for kids
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| Author | Muslim ibn al-Ḥajjāj (822–875) |
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| Language | Arabic |
| Series | Kutub al-Sittah |
| Subject | Hadith |
| Genre | Sunnah |
| Published | 9th century |
Sahih Muslim (Arabic: صحيح مسلم, romanized: Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim) is a 9th-century hadith collection and a book of sunnah compiled by the Persian scholar Muslim ibn al-Ḥajjāj (815–875). It is one of the most valued books in Sunni Islam after the Quran, alongside Sahih al-Bukhari. Sahih Muslim is also one of the Kutub al-Sittah, the six major Sunni collections of hadith of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. It consists of approximately 7,500 hadith narrations across its introduction and 56 books.
Sahih Muslim contains approximately 5,500 - 7,500 hadith narrations in its introduction and 56 books. Kâtip Çelebi (d. 1657) and Siddiq Hasan Khan (d. 1890) both counted 7,275 narrations. Muhammad Fuad Abdul Baqi wrote that there are 3,033 narrations without considering repetitions. Mashhur ibn Hasan Al Salman, a student of Al-Albani (d. 1999), built upon this number, counting 7,385 total narrations, which, combined with the ten in the introduction, add up to a total of 7,395. Muslim wrote an introduction to his collection of hadith, wherein he clarified the reasoning behind choosing the hadith he chose to include in his Sahih.
Contents
Development
According to Al-Khatib al-Baghdadi, Muslim began writing the Sahih for Ahmad ibn Salamah an-Naysaburi. He was also compelled to write the Sahih for what he observed to be the poor character of his contemporary hadith scholars, and their lack of reluctance to spread daʻīf (weak) narrations. Muslim collected 12,000 narrations and chose 4,000 to be included in his book.
He divided narrators of hadith into three tiers based on their memory and character:
- those who possessed authentic memory and were of perfect character, honest and trustworthy.
- those of slightly weaker memory and perfection, trustworthy, knowledgeable and honest.
- those whose honesty was disputed or was a subject of discussion.
Muslim did not include hadith which were narrated by those who belonged to the last tier. Moreover, Muslim only recorded hadith that were narrated to him by an unbroken isnad (chain) of narrators through two reliable tabi'un, each of which had to be narrated through two companions of Muhammad.
Derived works
Commentaries
More than 60 commentaries have been written on Sahih Muslim, some of which are Siyānah Sahīh Muslim by Ibn al-Salah, of which only the beginning segment remains, Al-Mu'allim bi Fawā'id Muslim by Al-Maziri, Al Minhāj Sharḥ Sahīḥ Muslim by Al-Nawawi, Fath al-Mulhim bi-Sharh Sahih al-Imam Muslim by Shabbir Ahmad Usmani, Takmilah Fath al-Mulhim bi-Sharh Sahih al-Imam Muslim by Taqi Usmani, and Tafsir al-Gharīb mā fi al-Sahīhayn by Al-Humaydī. Translations of commentaries of Sahih Muslims are available in numerous languages.
See also
In Spanish: Sahih Muslim para niños
- Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj, author of Sahih Muslim
- Sahih al-Bukhari, another Sahih collection of hadith narrations and the other of the 'Sahihayn'
- Muhammad al-Bukhari, another hadith scholar, one of Muslim's teachers, and the author of Sahih al-Bukhari
- Kutub al-Sittah, six most highly-regarded collections of hadith in Sunni Islam, including Sahih al-Bukhari, Sahih Muslim, and:
- Sahih at-Tirmidhi, compiled by Al-Tirmidhi (824–892)
- Sunan ibn Majah, compiled by Ibn Majah (824–887)
- Sunan Abu Dawood, compiled by Abu Dawud al-Sijistani (d. 889)
- Al-Sunan al-Sughra, also known as Sunan an-Nasa'i, compiled by Al-Nasa'i (829–915)
