KUTUB AL SITTAH URDU UNICODE WINWORD FORMAT

The  Kutub al-Sittah  ( Arabic :  ٱلْكُتُب ٱلسِّتَّة ,  romanized :  al-Kutub as-Sittah ,  lit.   'the six books') are six (originally five) books containing collections of  hadith  (sayings or acts of the  Islamic prophet   Muhammad ) compiled by six  Sunni  Muslim scholars in the ninth century  CE , approximately two centuries after the death of Muhammad. They are sometimes referred to as  al-Sihah al-Sittah , which translates as "The Authentic Six". They were first formally grouped and defined by  Ibn al-Qaisarani  in the 11th century, who added  Sunan ibn Majah  to the list. [1] [2] [3]  Since then, they have enjoyed near-universal acceptance as part of the official canon of Sunni Islam 
Significance [ edit ] Sunni Muslims  view the six major hadith collections as their most important, though the order of authenticity varies between  Madhhabs : [5]

Sahih Bukhari , collected by  Imam Bukhari  (d. 256 AH, 870 CE), includes α  7,563 ahadith (including repetitions, around 2,600 without repetitions) [6] [7] Sahih Muslim , collected by  Muslim b. al-Hajjaj  (d. 261 AH, 875 CE), includes 7,500 ahadith (including repetitions, around 3,033 without repetitions) [8] [9] Sunan al-Sughra , collected by  al-Nasa'i  (d. 303 AH, 915 CE), includes 5,270 ahadith (including repetitions) [10] Sunan Abu Dawood , collected by  Abu Dawood  (d. 275 AH, 888 CE), includes 5,274 ahadith (including repetitions) [11] Jami al-Tirmidhi , collected by  al-Tirmidhi  (d. 279 AH, 892 CE), includes 4,4