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Is there a term to describe narrations from Sahaba?
The terminology used differs by region.
The majority of scholars use the term hadith to describe any such narration that either quotes a speech, describes an action, or documents an approval by ...
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Is it possible to compile the Quran chronologically, are there books about this?
There are indeed a few modern attempts to compile tafssir books where the mufassirin have tried to comment the verses according the order of their revelation.
The most detailed and maybe the only one ...
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Why is Musnad Ahmad not like other Sahih Books?
The answer is simple as the title says it is a musnad المسند which is classified by the sanad the first narrator (the narrator -Sahabi()- on whom's authority a hadith was transmitted).
A distinction ...
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Can anybody provide me Ibn Taymiyyah's book al-Aqidah al-Waasitiyyah as PDF, please?
Asalaam alaikum
The book is widely available on .pdf format and since you requested for it here is a link you can download it from, in Sha Allah.
https://darpdfs.org/aqeedah-manhaj/
https://archive....
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Original Copies of Muhammad al-Bukhari's Books?
None of the answers given so far seems satisfactory to me. As none of the answers shows a date of compilation of the copy presented as the original.
An original manuscript of Sahih al-Bukhari in ...
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What was the earliest Hadith Book / Collection to be recorded?
The point is what do you define as a hadith book or hadith collection?
Records of hadith in the early days of Islam
As hadith was in first place (the same as Quran) memorized and spread through oral ...
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Who is the person of trust in Muwatta' Malik?
I do not know that in any specific chain of narration that it can be said with a high degree of certainty who Imam Malik was referring to.
Worth noting is that it was not only Imam Malik who used the ...
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Collection of ahadith arranged according to sahabi from whom the hadith is narrated
About any hadith collection that has been entitled al-Musnad المسند or al-Mo'jam المعجم meets the desired conditions.
As Musnad means a book arranged in chapters or sections that quote ahadith of the ...
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What is the mainstream Islamic view of Tasis (incorporation)?
I guess you are referring to Naqd Assāss at-Taqdīs, rather than Naqd at-Ta'sīs. I do not have an account on this site, so I cannot vouch for the authenticity of the copy posted there.
Note that:
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Is there a term to describe narrations from Sahaba?
They are generally called Athar [أثر].
Hadith: this term is used for any report of the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) like his saying, action, tacit approval, manners, physical attributes etc....
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Authenticity of Book
This doesn't answer your 3 questions sufficiently,, but addresses all of them:
On Abdul Qadir al-Jilani and one of his works
Abdul Qadir al-jili, al-Jilani or al-Kilani عبد القادر الجيلي أو الجيلاني ...
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What books other than his sahih imam Muslim has written?
I am not sure if there is a comprehensive list documented, or even if the full manuscript of any of the books below is available:
Al-Kuna wa al-Asmā' is organized alphabetically, with each letter ...
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Am I allowed to study and read Ibn Qayyim's books without an Ustadh?
Gaining knowledge has many venues, including learning through a teacher (sheikh, Arabic: شيخ) or from books without a teacher. The common point of any method is to ensure that the source (let that be ...
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Are there any transmitted books written by female scholars?
There is this book titled Al-Muhaddithat: The Women Scholars in Islam by Mohammad Akram Nadwi that provides details of several women narrators, transmitters and scholars of hadith as well as jurists ...
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Which are the scholars that are most known and proficient in the field of "Dreams" in Islam, and what are the most popular islamic books for this?
Asalaam alaikum
Dreams have always fascinated human beings from the earliest of times. Regardless of culture and religion, it holds much significance in people's lives. Interpreting and understanding ...
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Is there an english translation of Ibn al Jawzi's Minhaj al qaṣidin
There is no English translation of Minhaj al-Qasidin wa Mufid al-Sadiqin (Arabic: منهاج القاصدين ومفيد الصادقين) as the Arabic version is not available in the first place. This book was lost long time ...
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Did Muhammad write a book about a camel going to heaven?
The story in question is described in Saint John of Damascus' writings, which I will quote here:
Then there is the book of The Camel of God. About this camel [Muhammad] says that there was a camel ...
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Did Muhammad write a book about a camel going to heaven?
As St. John of Damascus was calling Islam and Muslims heretics or a heresy and he considered Muhammad () a false Prophet and his book (meaning the Quran) etc. a lie and made fun of him. I must assume ...
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Is Tafseer Ibn Katheer at archives.org Authentic?
This seems to be a digitized version of the translation published by Dar us Salam, a scanned copy of which is present at archive.org here and here.
This translation is abridged, the translators fully ...
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Book with only unique Sahih ahadith
Salih Ahmad Ash-Shami mentioned in the introduction to Jami Usul At-Tis'ah that the Hadith Bukhari and Muslim agree on are 1,873. Bukhari has 801 not reported in Muslim and Muslim has 1,222 not ...
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What are the names of Shia hadeeth books?
What are the names of Shia hadeeth books?
In a nutshell:
As much as I know, there are four books which are considered as the most reliable ahadith (hadiths) books from the viewpoint of Shia Islam; ...
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What is the mainstream Islamic view of Tasis (incorporation)?
In fact the book title as presented creates some confusion ibn Qayyim al-Jawziya listed about 350 works of his teacher ibn Taymiyyah many of them -as usual in the Arabic literature- are known by parts ...
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Collection of ahadith arranged according to sahabi from whom the hadith is narrated
The Musnad of Imam Ahmad Ibn Hanbal is organised like that, each sahabi has his own division and all hadith from one sahabi are together.
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Is there any english translation of Al Tarikh Al Kabir available?
It is a book on Ilm ar-rijal and Jarh Wa at-Ta'dil. It is very specialized book meant for use by scholars so it is no surprise if you can't find an english translation. Translating is a very laborious ...
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Is there any english translation of Al Tarikh Al Kabir available?
Imam al-Bukhari was among the greatest hadith scholars and had a big knowledge in all the hadith sciences.
He was 18 when he started writing his famous book on hadith narrators which he called at-...
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Who is the first person in the Muwatta?
The one who related from Malik in al-Muwatta is Yahya ibn Yahya al-Laithi يحيى بن يحيى الليثي when the Muwatta' is quoted without referring to a narrator. Yahya was the last known student of imam ...
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Is there a Translation of the Quran in English that contains meanings and historical context that is relatively concise and objective?
Well , you could try tafsir of other scholars on YouTube like :
Noumal Ali Khan (Bayiinah Institute)
Dr.Yasir Qadhi
Advocate Faiz Syed (Urdu Speaker)
In books I would recommend The Noble Qur'an of Dr ...
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Are there any books similar to The Devils Deceptions (Talbis Iblis) by Ibn al-Jawzi
There's the book of ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyyah ابن قيم الجوزبة:
إغاثة اللهفان من مصايد الشيطان
Ighathat-u al-Lahfaan min massaayidi a-Shaytan
But you'd better point at the topic you are looking for ...
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What are the Extant Manuscripts of the Hadith collection: Sahifah Hammam?
The sahifah and the author
Hammam ibn Munabbih was a tabi'y and a narrator of abu Hurairah.
In his sahifah he has collected 138 ahadith on the authority of this single narrator (the sahabi abu ...
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Is Proverbs an accepted book
Sulaiman is accepted as a prophet and revered in Islam, but the Qur'an doesn't mention any scriptures written by him. This doesn't mean that the Book of Proverbs isn't valid, but it does mean that ...
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