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This is a list of significant books of Sunni Islam doctrine.

Hadith

Al-Kutub Al-Sittah

• Sahih Bukhari of Muhammad al-Bukhari
• Sahih Muslim of Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj
• Sunan al-Sughra of Al-Nasa'i
• Sunan Abu Dawud of Abu Dawood
• Sunan al-Tirmidhi of Al-Tirmidhi
• Sunan Ibn Majah of Ibn Majah

Primary sources

• Sunan al-Darimi of al-Darimi^[1]
• Al-Muwatta of Malik ibn Anas

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• Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah of Abu Bakr ibn Abi Shaybah
• Musnad Ahmad ibn Hanbal of Ahmad ibn Hanbal^[3]

Secondary sources

• Masabih al-Sunnah of Al-Baghawi
• Mishkat al-Masabih by Muhammad ibn Abd Allah Khatib Al-Tabrizi
• Riyadh as-Saaliheen of Yahya ibn Sharaf al-Nawawi
• Bulugh al-Maram by Ibn Hajar Asqalani
• Talkhis al-Mustadrak by al-Dhahabi
• Majma al-Zawa'id by Ali ibn Abu Bakr al-Haythami
• Kanz al-Ummal of Ali ibn Abd-al-Malik al-Hindi
• Sahifah Hammam ibn Munabbih of Hammam ibn Munabbih
• Musannaf of Abd al-Razzaq of ‘Abd ar-Razzaq as-San‘ani
• Musannaf ibn Jurayj of Ibn Jurayj
• Al-Mu'jam al-Kabeer by al-Tabarani
• Al-Mustadrak alaa al-Sahihain of Hakim al-Nishaburi
• Tahdhib al-Athar of Muhammad ibn Jarir al-Tabari
• Sahih Ibn Khuzaimah of Ibn Khuzaymah
• Sahih Ibn Hibbaan of Ibn Hibban al-Busti
• Zujajat al-Masabih of Abdullah Shah Naqshbandi

Hadith studies

• Introduction to the Science of Hadith by Ibn al-Salah
• Usool As Sunnah by Imam Ahmed Bin Hanbal
• Tareekh Tadween e Hadith^[4] by Molana Abdur Rasheed Nomani
• Mustalah Al Hadith by Ibn Uthaymeen
• Taiseer Al Hadith by Dr. Mehmood At-tahan
• Nukhabtul Fikr by Imam Ibn Al-Hajr Al-Asqalani
• Khair ul Usool Fi Hadith ir Rasool by Molana Khair Muhammad Jalandhari
• Importance of Hadith by Molana Khalil ur Rehman Chishti
• Thameen Ad-dari by Molana Abdul Baqi
• Funn-e-Asma-Ar-Rijal by Dr. Taqi-ud-Din Nadvi
• Hasnat Ul Akhbar (Tareekh Ul Hadith) by Kazi Abuddusamad Sarram
• Tabyan Ul Rasikh (Tareekh Ut Tafseer) by Kazi Abdussamad Sarram

Commentaries of Hadith collections

• Fath al-Bari of Ibn Hajar Asqalani
• Umdat al-Qari of Badr al-Din al-Ayni
• Irshad al-Sari of al-Qastallani
• Tayseer al Bari of Waheed uz-Zaman
• Al Minhaj Be Sharh Sahih Muslim of Yahya ibn Sharaf al-Nawawi
• Nayl al-Awtar by Muhammad ash-Shawkani
• Mirqat Sharh Mishkat al-masabih by Ali al-Qari
• Anwar Ul Bari- Sharah Sahih Bukhari by sayyid Ahmed Raza Bijanauri
• Anwar Us Sunan - Sharah Tirmiji by Maulana Abdul Gani Tariq Ludhyanavi
• Faiz Ul Bari- Tarjuma Fathul Bari by Maualan Muhhmad Abul Hasn Siyalkoti
• Fatah Ul Mulhim - Sharh Sahih Muslim by Maulana shabbir Ahmed Usmani Sahab
• Khair Us Saleheen - Sharah Riyaz Us Saleheen by maulana muhammad idrees merthi
• Mazahir E Haq- Sharh Mishqwat by Allama Kutubuddin Khan Dehlvi
• Bazlul Majhood Fi Halli Abi Dawood by Hazrat Maulana Khalil Ahmed Saharanpuri

Tafsir

• Kanzul Iman by Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi
• Tanwir al-Miqbas by `Abd Allah ibn `Abbas
• Tafsir al-Qurtubi by Al-Qurtubi
• Tafsir ibn Kathir by Ibn Kathir
• Tafsir al-Baghawi by Al-Baghawi
• Al-Tafsir Al-Kabir by Fakhr al-Din al-Razi
• Tafsir al-Jalalayn by Al-Mahalli and Suyuti
• Tafsir-e-Naeemi by Maulana Mufti Ahmed Yaar Naeemi
• Dur al-Manthur by Suyuti
• Ruh al-Ma'ani by Mahmud al-Alusi
• Tafsir al-Tabari by Muhammad ibn Jarir al-Tabari
• Al-Kashshaf by al-Zamakhshari
• Fath al-Qadir by Muhammad ash-Shawkani
• Tibyanul Qur'an by Maulana Mufti Ghulam Rasool Saeedi
• Zia ul Qur'an by Peer Syed Karam Ali Shah Al-Azhri
• Al-Khazanul Irfan by Maulna Mufti Naeemuddin Muraadabadi
• Tafseer-e-Siddiqui by Bahr-ul-Uloom Muhammad Abdul Qadeer Siddiqi Qadri
• Al-Mufradat fi Gharib al-Quran by al-Raghib al-Isfahani
• Fi Zilal al-Qur'an by Sayyid Qutb
• The Holy Qur'an: Text, Translation and Commentary by Abdullah Yusuf Ali
• Tafsir-e-Usmani by Shabbir Ahmad Usmani
• Ma'ariful Qur'an by Muhammad Shafi Usmani
• Tafheem-ul-Quran (6 vols) by Sayyid Abul Ala Maududi
• Tafseer e Sirat ul Jinaan by Mufti Qasim Attari
• Tafsir al-Karimir Rahman fii Tafsir Kalam al-Mannan by Abd ar-Rahman ibn Nasir as-Sa'di
• Tafsir al Quran, 4 vols, Malayalam, by Muhammed amani moulavi
• Bayan al Quran by Ashraf Ali Thanwi
• Bayan Us Subhaan by Syyed Dayam Al Bukhari
• Tafseer E Ahmedi by Mulla Jeevan (17th Centuray)
• Tafseer E Mazhari by Kazi Sanaullah Panipati RA
• Tafsir Zia ul Quran by Muhammad Karam Shah al-Azhari
• Tafseer E Yaqub Charkhi by Khwaja Yaqub Charkhi
• Tafseer E Mehmood by Ubaidullah Sindhi
• Tafseer Mazahir ul Quran by Mazharullah Dehlavi
• Anwar Ul Bayan by Aashiq Ilahi Madani
• Ahsan Ul Qasas Comentry & Tafseer surah Yusuf' by Abdur Rahim Limbada
• Tafseer e Majidi by Abdul Majeed Daryabadi
• Maalim Ul Irfan Fi Duroos il Quran by Sufi Abdul Hamid Sawati
• Tafseer Jawahir ul Quran by Ghulamullah Khan
• Tafseer Ala HAMISHI THAFASEER by Sayed Ismaeel Shihabudheen Pookoya Thangal

Quranic studies

• Studying The Glorious Quran by Sayyed Abul Hasan Ali Nadvi RA
• Muhazirate Qurani by Sheikh Dr. Mehmood Ahmed Gazi RA
• Vocablury Of the Holy Quran Arabic - English by Shaykh abdullah Abbas NAdvi
• Tarikh Arzul Quran by shaikh Sayyed Sulaiman Nadvi RA
• An Approach To The Quranic Science by Mufti Taqi Usmani Sahab
• Jamal Ul Quran by Hakimul Ummat Maulana Ashraf Ai Thanvi RA
• Uloom AL Quran by Mufti Taqi Usmani Sahab
• Qasas MArif Ul Quran by Mufti hai Usmani Sahab RA
• Al Fawazul Kabeer Fi Usool At Tafseer by Shah Waliullah Muhaddis Dehlavi RA
• Tarikh Tafseer O Mufassareen by Ghulam Ahmed Hariri RA
• Quran ki Char Bunyadi Istilahain (Four Basic Quranic Terms) by Syed Abul Ala Maududi

Aqeedah

Sunni

• Kitab Al-Irshad Ila Qawati Al-Adilla Fi Usul Ati Tiqad by Al-Juwayni
• "Fiqh al-Akbar" by Imam Abu Hanifa (d.150H)
• Letters and quotes by Imam Malik (d.179H)
• "ar-Risala" (the Introduction) by Imam Shafi'i (d.204H)
• "Kitab al-Iman" by Abu 'Ubayd al-Qaasim ibn Salaam (d.224H)
• "Kitab al-Iman" by Ibn Abi Shayba (d.235H)
• "Usool us-Sunnah" by Imam Ahmed ibn Hanbal (d.241H)
• "Ar-Radd 'alal Jahmiyyah waz-Zanaadaqah" by Imam Ahmed ibn Hanbal (d.241H)
• "Kitab al-Iman" by Imam Bukhari (d.256H)
• "Kitab at-Tawheed" by Imam Bukhari (d.256H)
• "Khalq Afaalul-Ibaad" by Imam Bukhari (d.256H)
• "As-Sunnah" by Abu Bakr al-Athram (d.273H)
• "Kitab as-Sunnah" by Ibn Abu Dawood as Sijistaanee (d.275H)
• "Al-Ikhtilaaf fee Ladfh war-Radd 'alal-Jahmiyyah" by Ibn Qutaybah (d.276H)
• "Ahl us-Sunnah" by Abu Haatim ar-Raazee (d.277H)
• "Ar-Radd 'alal Jayhmiyyah" by Imam ad-Darimee (d.280H)
• "As-Sunnah" by Ibn Abee 'Aasim (d.287H)
• "As-Sunnah" by Abdullah ibn Imam Ahmed ibn Hanbal (d.290H)
• "As-Sunnah" by Abu Bakr al-Maruzi (d.292H)
• "As-Sunnah" by al-Marwazi (d.292H)
• "Sharh us-Sunnah" by ibn Jareer at-Tabari (d.310H)
• "Kitab at-Tawheed" by ibn Khuzayma al-Shafi'i (d.311H)
• Al-Aqidah al-Tahawiyyah by Imam Tahawi (d.321H)
• "Al-Maqaalatul-Islamiyeen" by Imam Abdul-Hasan al-Ashari (d.324H)
• "Ar-Risaalah ilaa Ahlth-Thaghr" by Imam Abdul-Hasan al-Ashari (d.324H)
• "Al-Ibaanah 'an Usoolid-Diyaanah" by Imam Abdul-Hasan al-Ashari (d.324H)
• "Sharh us-Sunnah" by Imam Barbahari (d.329H)
• "Kitaab us-Sunnah" by Abu Ahmad al-Asaal (d.349H)
• "Ash-Shareeah" by Abu Bakr al-Aajuri (d.360H)
• "Itiqaad Aimmatul-Hadeeth" by Abu Bakr al-Ismaili (d.371H)
• "Kitaabus-Sifaat" by Imam ad-Daraqutni (d.385H)
• "Kitaabun-Nuzool" by Imam ad-Daraqutni (d.385H)
• "Al-Ibaanah 'an Sharee'atil Firqatin -Naajiyah" by Imam Battah al-Akbaree (d.387H)
• "Sharhul-Ibaanah 'an Usoolis-Sunnah wad-Diyaanah" by Imam Battah al-Akbaree (d.387H)
• "Kitaabut-Tawheed" by Ibn Mandah (d.395H)
• "ar-Radd'alal-Jahmiyyah" by Ibn Mandah (d.395H)
• "Sharh Usool Itiqaad Ahlus-Sunnah Wal Jamaah" by Imam al-Laalilka'i (d.428H)
• "Al-Wusool ilaa Maarifatil-Istiwaa" by Imam Abu 'Amr at-Talamankee al-Andalusee (d.429H)
• "Al-Itiqaad" by Abu Nuaym al-Ashbaanee (d.430H)
• "Risaalah fee Ithbaatil-Istiwaa" by Imaam Abu Muhammad al-Juwaynee (d.438H)
• "Aqeedatus-Salaf Ashaabul-Hadeeth" by Imam Abu Uthmaan as-Saboonee (d.449H)
• "Al-I'tqaad alaa Madhabis-Salaf Ahlus-Sunnah wal-Jamaah" by Imam al-Bayhaqi (d.457H)
• "Fitna e Wahbiat Ahaadees Ki Raushni Me" By Shaikh ul Islam Imam Anwar Ullah Farooqi Rahmatullahialaih (d.1336H)
• "Dhammul-Kalaam" by Shaykh ul-Islaam Abu Ismaeel al-Harawee (d.481H)
• "Ad Daulat Ul Makkiya" by Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi (d.1340H)
• "Jaa Ul Haq" by Ahmad Yaar Khan Naeemi
• "AL-MIRQATH" by Sayed Ismaeel Shihabudheen Pookoya Thangal
• "Al-Farq bayn al-Firaq" by Abu Mansur Al-Baghdadi

Seerah

See also List of biographies of Muhammad.

• Anwaar e Ahmadi by Shaikhulislam Imam Anwaar Ullah Farooqi Rahmatullahialaih
• Seerat Un Nabi Sallallahualaihiwasallam by Fakhr e Hindustan Zia e Millat Mufti Syed Ziauddin Naqshbandi Sahab Shaikh ul Fiqh Jamia Nizamia Hyderabad
• Seeratul Mustafa by Hazrat Maulna Abdul Mustafa Azami
• Shan-e-Habib e Rahman by Mufti Ahmed Yaar Naeemi
• Kitab al-Miraj by Abu'l-Qasim al-Nisaburi (alleged)
• Ar-Raheeq Al-Makhtum by Safi-ur-Rehman Mubarakpuri
• An Nabi Ul Khaatim by sayyed manazar ahasan Gilani
• Seerat Khateem Ul Ambiya by Muhammad Shafi Deobandi
• Seerat Un Nabi SAW. by Allama Shibli Naumani
• seerah tur Rasool s a w 12 volume by Shaykh ul Islam Dr. Muhammad Tahir ul Qadri
• seerat E Rasool SAW. by Shah Waliullah RA
• Hayat-un-Nabi s a w by Shaykh ul Islam Dr. Muhammad Tahir ul Qadri
• Meelad-un-Nabi s a w by Shaykh ul Islam Dr. Muhammad Tahir ul Qadri
• Khasais-e-Mustafa s a w by Shaykh ul Islam Dr. Muhammad Tahir ul Qadri
• Shamail-e-Mustafa s a w by Shaykh ul Islam Dr. Muhammad Tahir ul Qadri
• Noor-e-Muhammadi s a w by Shaykh ul Islam Dr. Muhammad Tahir ul Qadri
• Barkat-e-Mustafa s a w by Shaykh ul Islam Dr. Muhammad Tahir ul Qadri

Islamic jurisprudence

Hanafi

• Hidayah by Burhan al-Din al-Marghinani
• "Mukhtasar al-Quduri" by Imam al-Quduri
• Radd al-Muhtar ala al-Dur al-Mukhtar by Allama Sayyid Muhammad Ameen ibn `Aabideen ash-Shaami
• "Nur al-Idah" – The Light of Clarification by Abu al-Ikhlas al-Hasan b. `Ammar b. `Ali b. Yusuf Shurunbulali
• "Maraqi al Sa`adat" by Abu al-Ikhlas al-Hasan b. `Ammar b. `Ali b. Yusuf Shurunbulali
• "Imdad al Fatah Sharh Nur al Idah" by Abu al-Ikhlas al-Hasan b. `Ammar b. `Ali b. Yusuf Shurunbulali
• "Maraqi al Falah Sharh Nur al Idah" by Abu al-Ikhlas al-Hasan b. `Ammar b. `Ali b. Yusuf Shurunbulali
• Fatawa-e-Alamgiri commissioned by sixth Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb

Shafi'i

• Al-Maqasid by Yahya Ibn Sharaf an-Nawawi
• Umdat al-Salik wa Uddat al-Nasik by Ahmad ibn Naqib al-Misri
• Bulugh Al Maram Min Ad Dillat AL Ahkam by Hafiz Ibne Hajar Al Asqlani Ra
• Minhaj Ut Talibeen By Abu Zakariya Yahya ibn Sharif an Nawawi
• Umdat Us Salik by Shaikh Ahmed Ibn Naqeeb Al Misri RA
• AL-MADARIJ by Sayed Ismaeel Shihabudheen Pookoya Thangal

Maliki

• Al Mudawanna by Imam Malik ibn Anas
• Al Risala by Imam Abu Zayd Al Qayrawani
• Al Mukhtasar by Imam Khalil ibn Ishaq al-Jundi
• Al-Murshid al-Mu’īn ‘ala al-Darûri min ‘Ulûm il-Dīn by ‘Abd ul-Waḥid ibn ‘Āshir (d. 1040 A.H.)

Hanbali

• Al-Kaafi fi fiqh al-Imaam Ahmad bin Hanbal by Ibn Qudamah

General

• The Lawful and the Prohibited in Islam by Yusuf al-Qaradawi
• Nayl al-Awtar by Muhammad ash-Shawkani

History books

• Raud al-Unuf by Al Suhayli, a commentary of Ibn Hisham's The Life of the Prophet
• Muqaddimah by Ibn Khaldun
• Genealogies of the Nobles by Ahmad Ibn Yahya al-Baladhuri
• The Comprehensive Compilation of the Names of the Prophet's Companions by Ibn Abd-al-Barr
• History of the Prophets and Kings by Muhammad ibn Jarir al-Tabari
• The Complete History by Ali ibn al-Athir
• al-Bidayah wa al-Nihayah or Tarikh ibn Kathir by Ibn Kathir
• History of the Caliphs by Suyuti
• The Caliphs who Took the Right Way by Suyuti
• History of Baghdad by Al-Khatib al-Baghdadi
• Al-Farooq by Shibli Nomani
• Ma'alim fi al-Tariq by Sayyid Qutb
• Al-Imama wa al-Siyasa by Ibn Qutaybah
• Al-Fitna Al-Kubra by Taha Hussein
• Sirat al-Halbiya by Burhan al-Din al-Marghinani
• Fath al-Buldan by Ahmad ibn Yahya al-Baladhuri
• Tabaqat al-Hanabilah by Ibn Abi Ya'la and Ibn Rajab al-Hanbali
• Nobider Kahini by Dr. Muhammad Asadullah Al-Ghalib
• Tarikh E Tabri by Muhammad ibn Jarir al-Tabari
• Tarikh E Islam by Maulana akbar Shah najibabadi
• Tabqat Ibn Saad by Muhammad bin Saad
• Tabqat E Kabeer by Muhammad bin Saad
• Tarikh E Masoodi by Abul Hasan Bin Husain Bin Ali Al Masoodi
• Tarikh E Farshita by Muhammad Qasim Farishta
• Ehad e Risalat ke Mufassareen E Kiram by Shaikh Ruhullah Naqshbandi
• Tabqat E nasiri by Maulana Mirhajuddin
• Kitab Fuh Ul Buldan by Imam Abul Abbas Ahmed Ibn jabir Al Baladhuri
• Maasir E Alamgiri by SAqi Mustaid Khan
• Futuh Us Shaam by Imam Al Waqeedi RA
• Al Insaf fi Bayan Asbab Al Iktikaaf by Shah Waliullah RA
• Usdul Gabbah Fi Marifat Us Sahaba by Ibn Asir
• Tarikh Dawat O Azimat by Sayyed Abul Hasan Ali Nadvi RA
• NIQATHUN-MIN-THAREEQIL ISLAM by Sayed Ismaeel Shihabudheen Pookoya Thangal

Travelogue

• Ambiya A.s. Ki Sarzameen Me by Mufti Rafi UsmaniDB
• Jahan E Deeda by Mufti Taqi Usmani DB
• Duniya Mere Aage by Mufti Taqi Usmani DB
• Dariya E Kabul Se Darya E yarmuk Taq by Sayyed Abul Hasan Ali Nadvi RA
• Lahore se Ta Khak E Bukhara O SamaraQand by Shaikh Zulfiqar Sahab Naqshbandi
• Safar Nama Aseerane Malta by Shaikh Husain Ahmed Madni RA

Biographical evaluation

• Tahdhib al-Tahdhib by Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani
• The Great History by Muhammad al-Bukhari
• Al-Kamal fi Asma' al-Rijal by Abd al-Ghani al-Maqdisi
• Tarikh Tafsir O Mufassareen by Ghulam Ahmed Harari
• Hadees e Rasool SAW ka Qurani Meyar by Maulana Tayyab Sahab
• Hasnat Ul Akhbar- Tarikh Ul Hadees by Abdussamad sarni

Critique

Shi'a

• Taufa Ithna Ashari by Shah Abdul Aziz
• Al-Sawa'iq al-Muhriqah by Ibn Hajar al-Haytami
• Ayat-e-Bayyinat by Nawab Moshin ul Mulk

Ikhtilaf

• Habib al-Siyar by Muhammad Khwandamir

Avicenna

• The Incoherence of the Philosophers by Al-Ghazali

Refutation of Qadiyaniyat

• AL Khilaf Tul Mahadi by Sayyed Husain Ahmed Madani Ra
• Aaina E Qadiyaniyat by Maulana Allah Wasaya Khan
• Al Sarim AL Maslool by Imam Ibn Taimiya RA
• Khatim un Nabiyeen by Allama Anwar shah Kashmiri RA

Tazkiah

Dhikr

• al-Wabil al-Sayyib by Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyya
• Dala'il al-Khayrat by Muhammad al-Jazuli
• Hisnul Muslim by Sa'id bin Ali bin Wahf Al-Qahtani

General

• Kimiya-yi sa'ādat by Al-Ghazali

Adab

• Minhaj ul Muslimeen by Syed Masood Ahmad
• Tambeeh Ul Mugtareen by
• ADABUL MUSLIM by Syed Sayed Ismaeel Shihabudheen Pookoya Thangal

Political Islam

• Hujjat al-Balagha by Shah Waliullah
• The Economic System In Islam by Taqiuddin al-Nabhani
• Siyasat E sharaiya by Ibn Taymiyyah
• Kitab Ul Khiraj by Imam Abu Yusuf ra
• Fi Zilal Al-Quran by Sayyid Qutb

Miscellaneous books

• Chach Nama by Kazí Ismail
• Sharh al-Mawahib al-Ladunniyyah by Muhammad al-Zurqani
• Sirush Shahadhathayn by Shah Abdul Aziz
• Mu'jam Al-Buldan by Yaqut al-Hamawi
• Wafa al-Wafa by Ali ibn Ahmad al-Samhudi
• Ma'arij-ul-Nabuwwah by Abdul-Haqq Dehlavi
• Kitab Akhbar as-Sifat by Ibn Jawzi

See also

• List of Shia books
• List of Islamic texts
• List of Muslim educational institutions

Notes