Kutub al-Sittah

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Kutub al-Sittah is the canonical collection of six major Sunni hadith books regarded as the most authoritative sources of the Prophet Muhammad’s sayings and traditions after the Qur’an.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Kutub al-Sittah canonical 13
al-Kutub al-Sittah 2
Kutub al-hadith 1

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Islamic religious text collection ⓘ
canonical Sunni hadith collection ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Six Books ⓘ
al-Kutub al-Sittah ⓘ
linked to: Kutub al-Sittah
authorityFor Sunni legal schools (madhhabs) ⓘ
compiledBy multiple Sunni hadith scholars ⓘ
consideredLevelOfAuthenticity high ⓘ
coreDoctrinalRole primary hadith reference for Sunni Muslims ⓘ
evaluatedBy hadith critics (muhaddithun) ⓘ
excludes Musnad Ahmad ibn Hanbal ⓘ
Muwatta Malik ⓘ
focusesOn beliefs and creed ⓘ
biographical reports of Prophet Muhammad ⓘ
ethics and manners ⓘ
legal rulings ⓘ
ritual worship ⓘ
follows Sunni hadith methodology ⓘ
geographicalContext Abbasid Caliphate ⓘ
hasCanonicalNumber 6 ⓘ
hasClassification major hadith collections ⓘ
hasImpactOn Sunni devotional practice ⓘ
hasPart Jami al-Tirmidhi ⓘ
Sahih Muslim ⓘ
Sahih al-Bukhari ⓘ
Sunan Abi Dawud ⓘ
linked to: Sunan Abu Dawud

Sunan Ibn Majah ⓘ
Sunan al-Nasa’i ⓘ
includesGenre sahih hadith ⓘ
sunans ⓘ
influenced Islamic scholarship curriculum ⓘ
Sunni creed ⓘ
Sunni jurisprudence ⓘ
language Arabic ⓘ
preservationMethod manuscript tradition ⓘ
oral transmission ⓘ
rankedAfter Qur’an ⓘ
linked to: Quran
regardedAs most authoritative hadith books after the Qur’an in Sunni Islam ⓘ
religiousStatus canonical in Sunni hadith tradition ⓘ
religiousTradition Sunni Islam ⓘ
studiedIn Islamic universities ⓘ
traditional Sunni madrasas ⓘ
subject Sunnah of Prophet Muhammad ⓘ
linked to: Sunnah

hadith ⓘ
timePeriodDocumented 3rd century AH ⓘ
9th century CE ⓘ
transmittedThrough isnad chains ⓘ
usedFor deriving Sunni Islamic law (fiqh) ⓘ
deriving Sunni Islamic theology (aqidah) ⓘ
preserving sayings and actions of Prophet Muhammad ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sahih al-Bukhari → partOf → Kutub al-Sittah ⓘ
Sahih Muslim → partOf → Kutub al-Sittah ⓘ
Sunan Abu Dawud → partOf → Kutub al-Sittah ⓘ
Jami al-Tirmidhi → partOf → Kutub al-Sittah ⓘ
Sunan al-Nasa’i → partOf → Kutub al-Sittah ⓘ
Sunan al-Nasa’i → alsoKnownAs → al-Sunan al-Sughra ⓘ
linked to: Kutub al-Sittah
Sunan Ibn Majah → partOf → Kutub al-Sittah ⓘ
Kutub al-Sittah → alsoKnownAs → al-Kutub al-Sittah ⓘ
linked to: Kutub al-Sittah
Abu Dawud al-Sijistani → contributedTo → Kutub al-Sittah ⓘ
Sunan collections → componentOf → Kutub al-Sittah ⓘ
Sunan collections → categoryWithin → Kutub al-hadith ⓘ
linked to: Kutub al-Sittah
Musnad Ahmad ibn Hanbal → distinguishedFrom → the Six Canonical Sunni Books ⓘ
linked to: Kutub al-Sittah
Six Books → alsoKnownAs → al-Kutub al-Sittah ⓘ
linked to: Kutub al-Sittah
Abu ʿIsa al-Tirmidhi → collectionGroup → Kutub al-Sittah ⓘ
Ahmad ibn Shuʿayb al-Nasaʾi → isPartOf → Kutub al-Sittah ⓘ
Ibn Majah → workIncludedIn → Kutub al-Sittah ⓘ
Sunan Ibn Majah → partOf → Kutub al-Sittah ⓘ
subject linked to: Ibn Majah