List of Sunni books

This is a list of significant books in the doctrines of Sunni Islam. A classical example of an index of Islamic books can be found in KitÃÂb al-Fihrist of Ibn Al-Nadim.

The Qur'an

Quran

Qur'anic translations (in English)

Some notable & famous quranic translations in English language.

# The Noble Qur'an by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan and Shaykh Taqi ud din al Hilali

# The Meaning of the Glorious Koran by Marmaduke Pickthall

# by Abdullah Yusuf Ali

# The Qur'an: A New Translation by Muhammad A. S. Abdel Haleem

# The Clear Quran: A Thematic English Translation by Dr. Mustafa Khattab

# ' by Taqi Usmani

Tafsir (Exegesis of the Qur'an)

Authentic Classical Tafsirs

# Tafsir Mujahid by Mujahid ibn Jabr

# Tafsir al-Tabari (also known as: Jami' al-bayan) by Al-Tabari

# Tafsir al-Maturidi by Abu Mansur al-Maturidi

# Tafsir al-Samarqandi by Abu al-Layth al-Samarqandi

# Tafsir al-Thalabi by Al-Tha'labi

# Tafsir al-Basit by Al-Wahidi

# Tafsir al-Wasit by Al-Wahidi

# Tafsir al-Wajiz by Al-Wahidi

# Tafsir al-Baghawi by Al-Baghawi

# Ahkam al-Qur'an by Al-Kiya al-Harrasi

# Ahkam al-Qur'an by Abu Bakr ibn al-Arabi

# Tafsir Ibn Atiyya by Ibn 'Atiyya

# Zad al-Masir fi Ilm al-Tafsir by Ibn al-Jawzi

# Al-Tafsir al-Kabir (also known as: Mafatih al-Ghayb) by Fakhr al-Din al-Razi

# Al-Taysir fi al-Tafsir by Abu Hafs Umar an-Nasafi

# Al-Jami' li-Ahkam al-Qur'an by Al-Qurtubi

# Madarik al-Tanzil by Abu al-Barakat al-Nasafi

# Tafsir al-Baydawi by Al-Baydawi

# Tafsir al-Nisaburi by Nizam al-Din al-Nisaburi

# Tafsir al-Khazin by 'Ala al-Din al-Khazin

# Al-Bahr al-Muhit by Abu Hayyan al-Gharnati

# At-Tahsil li-'Ulumi al-Tanzil by Ibn Juzayy

# Tafsir ibn Kathir by Ibn Kathir

# Tafsir al-Jalalayn by Al-Mahalli and Al-Suyuti

# Dur al-Manthur by Al-Suyuti

Some Modern-age Tafsirs

# Tafsir Ibn Ajiba by Ahmad ibn Ajiba

# Ruh al-Ma'ani by Mahmud al-Alusi

# Risale-i Nur by BediÃÂ¼zzaman Said Nursi

# Tafsir Ibn Ashur by Ibn Ashur

# Safwat al-Tafasir by Muhammad Ali al-Sabuni

Modern Urdu-based Tafsirs

# Kanzul Iman by Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi

# Bayan al-Quran by Ashraf Ali Thanwi

# Maariful Quran by Muhammad Shafi

# Tafseer-e-Majidi by Abdul Majid Daryabadi

# Tafhim-ul-Quran by Abul A'la Maududi

# Anwar Ul Bayan by Ashiq Ilahi Bulandshahri

Quranic Sciences

# Al-Nasikh wa al-Mansukh by Abu Ubaid al-Qasim bin Salam

# Kitab al-SabÃÂ¿a fÃÂ« al-QraÃÂ¾at by Abu Bakr Ibn MujÃÂhid

# Asbab al-Nuzul by Al-Wahidi

# Dala'il al-I'jaz by Abd al-Qahir al-Jurjani

# Al-Mufradat fi Gharib al-Quran by Al-Raghib al-Isfahani

# Shatibiyyah by Abu al-Qasim al-Shatibi

# Muqaddimah fi Usul al-Tafsir by Ibn Taymiyyah

# Al-Burhan fi ÃÂ¿Ulum al-Qur'an by Al-Zarkashi

# Al-Itqan by Al-Suyuti

# Al-Muqaddima al-Jazariyya by Ibn al-Jazari

# Tayyibat al-Nashr by Ibn al-Jazari

# Al-Nashr fi al-Qira'at al-ÃÂ¿Ashr by Ibn al-Jazari

# Al-Tamhid fi ÃÂ¿Ilm al-Tajwid by Ibn al-Jazari

# Al-Fawz al-Kabir by Shah Waliullah Dehlawi

Hadith

Kutub al-Sittah (The Six Books)

The most authoritative collections of Hadith are called The Six Books.

# Sahih al-Bukhari - compiled by Muhammad al-Bukhari

# Sahih Muslim - compiled by Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj

# Al-Sunan al-Sughra - compiled by Al-Nasa'i

# Sunan Abi Dawud - compiled by Abu Dawood

# Sunan al-Tirmidhi - compiled by Al-Tirmidhi

# Sunan ibn Majah - compiled by Ibn Majah

Other primary Hadith collections

# Al-Muwatta of Imam Malik ibn Anas

# Kitab al-Athar of Muhammad al-Shaybani

# Musannaf of Ã¢ÂÂAbd ar-Razzaq as-SanÃ¢ÂÂani

# Musnad of Imam ShafiÃ¢ÂÂi

# Musannaf of Ibn Abi Shaybah

# Musnad of Ishaq Ibn Rahwayh

# Musnad of Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal

# Sunan of al-Darimi

# Al-Adab al-Mufrad of Muhammad al-Bukhari

# Musnad of Abu Bakr Ahmad al-Bazzar

# Musnad Abi Ya'la of Abu Ya'la al-Mawsili

# Tahdhib al-Athar of al-Tabari

# Sahih of Ibn Khuzaymah

# Sahih of Ibn Hibban

# Al-Mu'jam al-Kabeer of al-Tabarani

# Sunan of Al-Daraqutni

# Al-Mustadrak ala al-Sahihayn of Al-Hakim al-Nishapuri

# Sunan al-Kubra of Al-Bayhaqi

# Shu'ab al-Iman of Al-Bayhaqi

# Al-Sunan al-Wusta of Al-Bayhaqi

Secondary Hadith collections

These were compiled from the primary collections.

# Masabih al-Sunnah by Al-Baghawi

# Musnad al-Firdous by Abu Mansur Al-Daylami

# Jami' al-Usul fi Ahadith al-Rasul by Majd ad-DÃÂ«n Ibn Athir

# At-Targhib wat-Tarhib by Al-Mundhiri

# Riyadh as-Saaliheen by Al-Nawawi

# Al-Arba'in al-Nawawiyyah by Al-Nawawi

# Mishkat al-Masabih by Khatib Al-Tabrizi

# Talkhis al-Mustadrak by al-Dhahabi

# Majma al-Zawa'id by Ali ibn Abu Bakr al-Haythami

# Al-Jaami' al-Kabir by Al-Suyuti

# Al-Jami' as-Saghir by Al-Suyuti

# Kanz al-Ummal by Ali ibn Abd-al-Malik al-Hindi

Hadith collection commentaries (Sharh)

Commentaries on Sahih al-Bukhari

# A'lam al-Sunan by al-Khattabi

# Sharh Ibn Battal by Ibn Battal

# Al-Kawakib al-Darari by Shams al-Din al-Kirmani

# Al-Tawdhih by Ibn al-Mulaqqin

# Fath al-Bari by Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani

# Umdat al-Qari by Badr al-Din al-Ayni

# Irshad al-Sari by al-Qastallani

Commentaries on Sahih Muslim

# IkmÃÂl al-MuÃÂ¿lim bi-FawÃÂÃÂ¾id Muslim by Qadi Iyad

# Al-Minhaj bi Sharh Sahih Muslim by Al-Nawawi

Commentaries on Sunan al-Nasa'i

# Sharh Sunan Al-Nasa'ai by Al-Suyuti

Commentaries on Sunan Abi Dawud

# Ma'alim al-Sunan by Al-Khattabi

# Sharh Sunan Abi Dawud by Ibn Raslan

# Badhl al-Majhud by Khalil Ahmad Saharanpuri

Commentaries on Sunan al-Tirmidhi

# Aridat al-Ahwadhi bi-Sharh Sahih al-Tirmidhi by Abu Bakr ibn al-Arabi

Commentaries on Al-Muwatta

# Al-Tamhid by Ibn 'Abd al-Barr

# Al-Muntaqa Sharh al-Muwatta by Abu al-Walid al-Baji

# Kitab al-Qabas fi Sharh Muwatta Malik by Abu Bakr ibn al-Arabi

# Awjaz al-Masalik by Zakariyya Kandhlawi

Other commentary Hadith collections

# Commentary on Al-Nawawi's Forty Hadith by Ibn Daqiq al-'Id

# Mirqat al-Mafatih Sharh Mishkat al-masabih by Ali al-Qari

# Fayd al-Qadir by Al-Munawi

# Silsalat al-Hadith as-Sahiha by Al-Albani

Fabricated Hadith collection

# Al-MawduÃÂ¿at al-Kubra by Ibn al-Jawzi

Hadith studies

# Introduction to the Science of Hadith (Muqaddimah fi Ulum al-Ã¡Â¸Â¤adith) by Ibn al-Salah

# Some of the works of al-Madini

# Tawil Mukhtalif al-Hadith by Ibn Qutaybah

# Gharib al-Hadith by Al-Khattabi

# al-Kifaya fi ma'rifat usul 'ilm al-riwaya by Al-Khatib al-Baghdadi

# al-Ilma ila MaÃÂ¿rifa Usul al-Riwaya wa Taqyid al-SamaÃÂ¿ by Qadi Ayyad

# Al-Muqizah fi 'Ilm Mustalah al-Hadith by Al-Dhahabi

# Alfiyya of al-Iraqi by Zain al-Din al-'Iraqi

# Muqaddimah al-Badr al-Munir by Ibn al-Mulaqqin

# Nukhbat al-Fikar by Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani

# Al-Maqasid al-Hasanah by Al-Sakhawi

# Alfiyyah al-Hadit by Al-Suyuti

# Tadrib al-Rawi by Al-Suyuti

Hadith rules

# Sharh Ma'ani al-Athar by Al-Tahawi

# Sharh Mushkil al-Athar by Al-Tahawi

# Umdat al-Ahkam by Abd al-Ghani al-Maqdisi

# Muntaqa al-Akhbar by Majd ad-Din ibn Taymiyya

# Khilasat al-Ahkam min Muhimmat al-Sunan wa Qawa'id al-Islam by Al-Nawawi

# Ihkam al-Ahkam by Ibn Daqiq al-'Id

# Tarh alÃ¢ÂÂTathrib fÃÂ« Sharh alÃ¢ÂÂTaqrib by Zain al-Din al-Iraqi

# Al-I'lam bi Fawa'id Umdat al-Ahkam by Ibn al-Mulaqqin

# Bulugh al-Maram by Ibn Hajar Asqalani

# Nayl al-Awtar by Al-Shawkani

Aqidah (Creed/Theology)

# Al-Fiqh al-Akbar by Abu Hanifa

# Al-Fiqh al-Absat by Abu Hanifa

# Al-Wasiyyah by Abu Hanifa

# Nawadir al-Usul by Al-Hakim al-Tirmidhi

# Khalq Afal al-Ibad by Muhammad al-Bukhari

# al-IkhtilÃÂf fÃÂ« al-Lafz wa al-Radd Ã¢ÂÂalÃÂ al-Jahmiyyah wal-Mushabbiha by Ibn Qutaybah

# Al-Tabsir fi Ma'aalim al-Deen by Al-Tabari

# Kitab at-Tawheed by Ibn Khuzaymah

# Al-Aqidah al-Tahawiyyah by Al-Tahawi

# Maqalat al-Islamiyyin by Abu al-Hasan al-Ash'ari

# Istihsan al-Khawd fi 'Ilm al-Kalam by Abu al-Hasan al-Ash'ari

# Al-Luma by Abu al-Hasan al-Ash'ari

# Al-Ibana by Abu al-Hasan al-Ash'ari

# Kitab al-Tawhid by Abu Mansur al-Maturidi

# Al-Sawad al-A'zam by Al-Hakim al-Samarqandi

# Al-Shari'ah by Abu Bakr al-Ajurri

# Al-Mutalif wa al-Mukhtalif by Al-Daraqutni

# Al-Risala al-Qayrawaniyya by Ibn Abi Zayd al-Qayrawani

# Al-Ibaanah by Ibn Battah

# Al-Sunnah by Ibn Manda

# Al-Iman by Ibn Manda

# Al-Insaf fima Yajib I'tiqaduh by Al-Baqillani

# Al-Farq bayn al-Firaq by Abu Mansur Al-Baghdadi

# Hilyat al-Awliya wa Tabaqat al-Asfiya by Abu Nu`aym

# Al-Arba`in ala Madhhab al-Mutahaqqiqin min al-Sufiyya by Abu Nu`aym

# Aqidah al-Salafi Ahl al-Hadith by Al-Sabuni

# Al-Asma' wa al-Sifat by Al-Bayhaqi

# Al-I'tqaad alaa Madhabis-Salaf Ahlus-Sunnah wal-Jamaah by Al-Bayhaqi

# Hayat ul Anbiya fi Quboor by Al-Bayhaqi

# Al-Durrah fi ma Yazibu Itiqaduhu by Ibn Hazm al-Andalusi

# Al-Ishara ila Madhhab Ahl al-Haqq by Abu Ishaq al-Shirazi

# Kashf ul Mahjoob by Ali Hujwiri

# Al-Irshad 'ila Qawati' al-Adilla fi Usul al-I'tiqad by Al-Juwayni

# Al-Shamil fi Usul al-Din by Al-Juwani

# Al-Aqida al-Nizamiyya by Al-Juwayni

# Luma' al-Adilla fi Qawa'id 'AqÃÂ'id Ahl al-Sunna by Al-Juwayni

# Ihya' Ulum al-Din by Al-Ghazali

# Al-Iqtisad fi al-I'tiqad by Al-Ghazali

# Iljam al-Awwam fi Ilm al-Kalam by Al-Ghazali

# Tabsirat al-Adilla by Abu al-Mu'in al-Nasafi

# Talkhis al-Adilla li-Qawa'id al-Tawhid by Abu Ishaq al-Saffar al-Bukhari

# Al-Aqaid al-Nasafiyya by Abu Hafs Umar al-Nasafi

# Tartib al-Madarik wa takrib al-Masalik by Qadi Ayyad

# al-I`lam bi Hudud Qawa'id al-Islam by Qadi Ayyad

# Daqa`iq al-akhbar fi dhikr al-janna wa-l-nar by Qadi Ayyad

# Al-Milal wa al-Nihal by Al-Shahrastani

# Nihayat al-Iqdam fi 'Ilm al-Kalam by Al-Shahrastani

# Al-Ghunya li-Talibi Tariq al-Haqq by Abdul-Qadir Gilani

# Al-Fath ar-Rabbani by Abdul-Qadir Gilani

# Tabyin Kadhib al-Muftari by Ibn Asakir

# Al-Baz al-Ashhab by Ibn al-Jawzi

# Muhassal by Fakhr al-Din al-Razi

# Asas al-Taqdis by Fakhr al-Din al-Razi

# Lumat al-Itiqad by Ibn Qudama

# Abkar al-Afkar by Sayf al-Din al-Amidi

# Nihayat al-Mubtadi'in fi Usul al-Deen by Ibn Hamdan

# Al-Aqidah Al-Waasitiyyah by Ibn Taymiyyah

# Al-Aqidah al-Hamawiyyah by Ibn Taymiyya

# Kitab al-Iman by Ibn Taymiyyah

# Nur al-Mubin by Ibn Juzayy

# Al-Sayf al-Saqil fi al-Radd ala Ibn Zafil by Taqi al-Din al-Subki

# Kitab ar-Ruh by Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya

# Al-MawÃÂqif fÃÂ« 'ilm al-kalÃÂm by Adud al-Din al-Iji

# Aqaid al-Adudiyya by Adud al-Din al-Iji

# Sharh al-'Aqa'id al-Nasafiyya by al-Taftazani

# Sharh Al-AqÃÂ«dah At-Tahawiyyah by Ibn Abi al-Izz

# Al-Farq bayna an-Nasihah wat-Ta'yir by Ibn Rajab

# Lubab al-Muhassal by Ibn Khaldun

# Al-'Aqida al-Kubra by Muhammad ibn Yusuf al-Sanusi

# Al-'Aqida al-Wusta by Muhammad ibn Yusuf al-Sanusi

# Umm al-Barahin by Muhammad ibn Yusuf al-Sanusi

# Sharh Fiqh al-Akbar by Ali al-Qari

# Maktubat Imam Rabbani by Ahmad Sirhindi

# Jawharat al-Tawhid by Ibrahim al-Laqqani

# Akhbar al-Akhyar by Abdul-Haqq Dehlavi

# TakmÃÂ«l al-Iman by Abdul-Haqq Dehlavi

# Hujjat Allah al-Baligha by Shah Waliullah Dehlawi

# Kitab at-Tawhid by Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab

# RisÃÂla fÃÂ« ÃÂ¿ilm al-TawÃ¡Â¸Â¥ÃÂ«d by al-Bajuri by Ibrahim al-Bajuri

# Fitnat al-Wahhabiyya by Ahmad Zayni Dahlan

# Ilm-ul-Kalam by Shibli Nomani

# Al-Kalam by Shibli Nomani

# Al-Aqidah at-Tahawiyyah Sharh wa Ta'liq by Al-Albani

# Al-Muhannad ala al-Mufannad by Muhammad ibn Adam Al-Kawthari

# Al-Sharh al-Kabir 'ala al-'Aqida al-Tahawiyya by Sa'id Foudah

Fiqh (Jurisprudence)

Hanafi

# Ã¡ÂºÂÃÂhir al-RiwÃÂyah by Abu Hanifa, Abu Yusuf and Muhammad al-Shaybani

# Ikhtilaf Abi Hanifa wa Ibn Abi Layla by Abu Yusuf

# Al-Asl by Muhammad al-Shaybani

# Mukhtasar al-Tahawi by Al-Tahawi

# Al-Kafi by Hakim al-Shahid

# Mukhtasar al-Quduri by AÃ¡Â¸Â¥mad Ibn-MuÃ¡Â¸Â¥ammad al-QudÃÂ«rÃÂ«

# Al-Mabsut by Al-Sarakhsi

# Al-Hidayah by Burhan al-Din al-Marghinani

# Fath al-Qadir by Al-Kamal ibn al-Humam

# Multaqa al-AbÃ¡Â¸Â¥ur by IbrÃÂhÃÂ«m al-Ã¡Â¸Â¤alabÃÂ«

# Fath Ar-Rahman Fi Isbat-e-Madhhab an-Nu'man by Abdul-Haqq Dehlavi

# Durr ul-Mukhtar by Muhammad Ala ad-Din Haskafi

# Radd al-Muhtar ala al-Dur al-Mukhtar by Ibn Abidin

# Majallah al-AÃ¡Â¸Â¥kÃÂm al-ÃÂ¿AdlÃÂ«yah commissioned by the Ottoman Empire

# Hukuki ÃÂ°slamiye ve IstÃÂ±lahÃÂ± FÃÂ±khiyye Kamus by ÃÂmer Nasuhi Bilmen

Compilation of Fatwa (Edicts)

# Fatawa Aziz by Shah Abdul Aziz Dehlavi

# Fatawa-e-Alamgiri commissioned by the Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb

# Fatawa-i Razawiyya by Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi

Maliki

# Al Mudawanna by Sahnun

# Al-Risalah by Ibn Abi Zayd Al-Qayrawani

# Al-Talqin by Qadi Abd al-Wahhab

# Al-Tabsirah by Abu al-Hassan al-Lakhmi

# Sharh al-Talqin by Al-Mazari

# Bidayat al-Mujtahid wa Nihayat al-Muqtasid by Ibn Rushd

# Jami' al-Ummahat by Ibn al-Hajib

# Al-Dhakhirah by Shihab al-Din al-Qarafi

# Al-Furuq by Shihab al-Din al-Qarafi

# Al-Madkhal by Ibn al-Hajj al-Abdari

# Al-Qawanin al-Fiqhiyyah by Ibn Juzayy

# Mukhtasar by Khalil ibn Ishaq al-Jundi

# Al-Mukhtasar fi al-Fiqh by Ibn 'Arafa

# Sharh al-Kabir ÃÂ¿ala Khalil by Al-Dardir

# Al-Sharh al-Saghir ala Aqrab al-Masalik by Al-Dardir

# Al-Aqrab al-Masslik ila Madhhab al-Imam Malik by Al-Dardir

Shafi'i

# Kitab al-Umm by ash-Shafi'i

# MukhtaÃ¡Â¹Â£ar al-MuzanÃÂ« by Al-Muzani

# Sharh Mukhtasar al-Muzani by Abu al-Tayyib al-Tabari

# Al-Hawi al-Kabir fi Fiqh al-Shafi'i by Al-Mawardi

# Al-Iqna by Al-Mawardi

# Al-Tanbih by Abu Ishaq al-Shirazi

# Al-Muhadhdhab fi Fiqh al-Imam al-Shafi'i by Abu Ishaq al-Shirazi

# Nihayat al-Matlab fi Dirayat al-Madhhab by Al-Juwayni

# Al-Basit fi Fiqh al-Imam al-Shafi'i by Al-Ghazali

# Al-Wasit fi Fiqh al-Imam al-Shafi'i by Al-Ghazali

# Al-Wajiz fi Fiqh al-Imam al-Shafi'i by Al-Ghazali

# Al-'Aziz Sharh al-Wajiz by Abu al-Qasim al-Rafi'i

# Al-Muharrar by Abu al-Qasim al-Rafi'i

# Al-Majmu' Sharh al-Muhadhab by Al-Nawawi

# Rawdat al-Talibin by Al-Nawawi

# Minhaj al-Talibin by Al-Nawawi

# Umdat al-Salik wa Uddat al-Nasik by Ibn al-Naqib

# Tashih al-Minhaj by Siraj al-Din al-Bulqini

# Umdat ul-Muhtaj ila Sharh al-Minhaj by Ibn al-Mulaqqin

# Safwat al-Zubad by Ibn Raslan

# Kanz al-Raghibin by Al-Mahalli

# Asna al-Matalib fi Sharh Rawd al-Talib by Zakariyya al-Ansari

# Tuhfah AL-Muhtaj Bi Sharh Al-Minhaj by Ibn Hajar al-Haytami

# Nihayat al-Muhtaj ilÃÂ Sharh al-Minhaj by Shams al-Din al-Ramli

Hanbali

# MasÃÂÃÂ¾il by Ahmad ibn Hanbal

# MuthÃÂ«r al-GharÃÂm al-SÃÂkin ilÃÂ Ashraf al-AmÃÂkin by Ibn al-Jawzi

# ÃÂ¿Umdat al-Fiqh by Ibn Qudamah

# Al-MughnÃÂ« by Ibn Qudamah

# Al-Kaafi by Ibn Qudamah

# Kitab al-Furu by Ibn Muflih

# ZÃÂd al-MustaqniÃÂ¿ by Al-Hajjawi

# MuntahÃÂ al-IrÃÂdÃÂt by al-BahÃÂ«tÃÂ«

# ÃÂ¿Umdat al-Ã¡Â¹Â¬ÃÂlib by al-BahÃÂ«tÃÂ«

# KashshÃÂf al-QinÃÂÃÂ¿ by al-BahÃÂ«tÃÂ«

Zahiri

# Al-Muhalla by Ibn Hazm

Usul al-Fiqh (Legal Theory)

Hanafi

# Al-Fusul fi al-Usul by Al-Jassas

# Taqwim al-Adillah by Abu Zayd al-Dabusi

# Kanz al-Wusul ila Ma'refat al-Usul by Al-Bazdawi

# Usul al-Sarakhsi by Al-Sarakhsi

# Usul al-Ifta wa Adabuhu by Taqi Usmani

Maliki

# Al-Taqrib wa al-Irshad by Al-Baqillani

# Mukhtasar Ibn al-Hajib by Ibn al-Hajib

# Tanqih al-Fusul fi 'Ilm al-Usul by Shihab al-Din al-Qarafi

# Al-Muwafaqat by Abu Ishaq al-Shatibi

# Taqrib al-Wusul 'ila Ilm al-Usul by Ibn Juzayy

# Maqasid al-Shari'ah by Ibn Ashur

Shafi'i

# Al-Risala by Al-Shafi'i

# Al-Luma' fi Usul al-Fiqh by Abu Ishaq al-Shirazi

# Al-Burhan fi Usul al-Fiqh by Al-Juwayni

# Al-Talkhis fi Usul al-Fiqh by Al-Juwayni

# Al-Waraqat fi Usul al-Fiqh by Al-Juwayni

# Al-Mustasfa by Al-Ghazali

# Al Muntakhab Mina al-Mahsul fi Usul-al-Fiqh by Fakhr al-Din al-Razi

# Al-Ihkam fi Usul al-Ahkam by Sayf al-Din al-Amidi

# Minhaj al-Baydawi by Al-Baydawi

# Jam' al-Jawami' by Taj al-Din al-Subki

# Al-Bahr al-Muhit fi Usul al-Fiqh by Al-Zarkashi

# Sharh al-Mahalli 'Ala Jam' al-Jawami by Al-Mahalli

# Lubb al-Usul by Zakariyya al-Ansari

# Ghayat al-Wusul ila Sharh Lubb al-Usul by Zakariyya al-Ansari

Hanbali

# Al-ÃÂ¿Udda fÃÂ« Usul al-Fiqh by Abu Ya'la ibn al-Farra'

# Al-Wadih fi Usul al-Fiqh by Ibn Aqil

# Rawdat al-Nazir by Ibn Qudamah

# Sharh al-Kawkab al-MunÃÂ«r by Ibn Najjar al-Hanbali

Zahiri

# Al-Ihkam fi Usul al-Ahkam by Ibn Hazm

Sirah (Prophetic biography)

# Kitab al-Maghazi by Musa ibn ÃÂ¿Uqba

# Sirat Rasul Allah by Ibn Ishaq

# Al-Sirah Al-Nabawiyyah by Ibn Hisham

# Al-Shama'il al-Muhammadiyya by Al-Tirmidhi

# Dala'il al-Nubuwwah by Abu Nu'aym al-Isfahani

# Dala'il al-Nubuwwah by Al-Bayhaqi

# Ash-Shifa by Qadi Ayyad

# Al-RawÃ¡Â¸Â al-unuf by Al-Suhayli (a commentary of Al-Sirah Al-Nabawiyyah)

# Al-Wafa bi Ahwal al-Mustafa by Ibn al-Jawzi

# Zad al-Ma'ad by Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyya

# Al-SÃÂ«rah al-NabawÃÂ«yyah by Ibn Kathir

# Al-Khasa'is al-Kubra by Al-Suyuti

# Al-Muwahib al-Ladunniyyah by Al-Qastallani

# Al-Naimat-ul-Kubra Ala al-Alam by Ibn Hajar al-Haytami

# Sharh al-Shifa by Ali al-Qari (a commentary of Ash-Shifa)

# Madarij an-Nabuwwat by 'Abd al-Haqq al-Dehlawi

# Seeratul Nabi by Shibli Nomani and Suleiman Nadvi

# Seeratul Mustafa by Muhammad Idris Kandhlawi

# Ar-Raheeq Al-Makhtum by Safiur Rahman Mubarakpuri

# Seerat Khatam al-Anbiya by Muhammad Shafi

Sirah (Biography of companions (sahaba))

# KitÃÂb al-Ã¡Â¹Â¬abaqÃÂt al-KabÃÂ«r by Ibn Sa'd (d.845 AD)

# Kitab Ma'rifat al-Sahaba by Al-Madini (d.849 AD)

# Kitab al-Fada'il Sahaba by Ahmad ibn Hanbal (d.855 AD)

# Al-IstiÃÂ¿ÃÂb by Ibn Abd-al-Barr (d.1071 AD)

# Usd al-ghabah fi marifat al-SaÃ¡Â¸Â¥abah by Ali ibn al-Athir (d.1233 AD)

# Hayat al-Sahaba by Yusuf Kandhlawi (d.1959 AD)

History

# Jamharah AnsÃÂb al-ÃÂ¿Arab by Hisham ibn al-Kalbi (d.819 AD)

# Book of Idols by Hisham ibn al-Kalbi (d.819 AD)

# The Great History by Muhammad al-Bukhari (d.870 AD)

# Fath al-Buldan by Ahmad ibn Yahya al-Baladhuri (d.892 AD)

# Genealogies of the Nobles by Ahmad Ibn Yahya al-Baladhuri (d.892 AD)

# Tarikh at-Tabari by al-Tabari (d.923 AD)

# The Meadows of Gold by Al-Masudi (d.956 AD)

# Akhbar al-Zaman by Al-Masudi (d.956 AD)

# Works of Ahmad ibn Fadlan (d.960 AD)

# History of Nishapur by Al-Hakim al-Nishapuri (d.1014 AD)

# Hilyat al-Awliya by Abu Nu'aym al-Isfahani (d.1038 AD)

# Tabaqat al-Hanabilah by Al-Qadi Abu Ya'la (d.1066 AD) and Ibn Rajab al-Hanbali (d.1393 AD)

# History of Baghdad by Al-Khatib al-Baghdadi (d.1071 AD)

# History of Damascus by Ibn `Asakir (d.1176 AD)

# ' by Ibn al-Jawzi (d.1201 AD)

# Al-Kamal fi Asma' al-Rijal by Abd al-Ghani al-Maqdisi (d.1203 AD)

# Chach Nama by Kazi Ismail al-Thakafi & Ali bin Ã¡Â¸Â¤amid Kufi (written in 1226 AD)

# Mu'jam Al-Buldan by Yaqut al-Hamawi (d.1229 AD)

# The Complete History by Ali ibn al-Athir (d.1233 AD)

# Tabaqat-i Nasiri by Minhaj-i-Siraj (written in 1260 AD)

# Deaths of Eminent Men and the Sons of the Epoch by Ibn Khallikan (d.1282 AD)

# Minah al-madh by FatÃ¡Â¸Â¥ al-Din Ibn Sayyid al-NÃÂs (d.1334 AD)

# Mizan al-Itidal by al-Dhahabi (d.1348 AD)

# Siyar A'lam al-Nubala' by al-Dhahabi (d.1348 AD)

# Tabaqat al-Shafi'iyya al-Kubra by Taj al-Din al-Subki (d.1370 AD)

# al-Bidayah wan-Nihayah by Ibn Kathir (d.1373 AD)

# Qisas Al-Anbiya by Ibn Kathir (d.1373 AD)

# Muqaddimah by Ibn Khaldun (d.1406 AD)

# Tahdhib al-Tahdhib by Ibn Hajar al-'Asqalani (d.1449 AD)

# History of the Caliphs by Al-Suyuti (d.1505 AD)

# Wafa al-Wafa by Ali ibn Ahmad al-Samhudi (d.1533 AD)

# Habib al-Siyar by GhiyÃÂsÃÂ² ad-DÃÂ«n KhvÃÂndamÃÂ«r (d. 1537 AD)

# Tarikh Khamis by Husayn ibn Muhammad Diyarbakri (d.1559 AD)

# Tarikh-i Firishta by Muhammad Qasim Firishta (d.1620 AD)

# Sirat al-Halbiya by Ali Ibn Burhan-ud-din Halbi (d.1635 AD)

# Tariqh-e Haqqi by Abdul-Haqq Dehlavi (d.1642 AD)

# Al Insaf fi Bayan Asbab Al Iktikaaf by Shah Waliullah Dehlawi (d.1762 AD)

# Sirush Shahadhathayn by Shah Abdul Aziz Dehlavi (d.1824 AD)

Tazkiyyah (Purification of Heart)

Basics

# Risalah al-Mustarshidin (Treatise for the Seekers of Guidance) by Harith al-Muhasibi (d. 243 AH)

Spiritual Diseases and their Cures

# Ã¡Â¹Â¬ibb al-RÃÂ«Ã¡Â¸Â¥ÃÂni by Ibn al-Jawzi (d. 597 AH)

# Tanbih al-Mughtarin by Al-Sha'rani (d. 973 AH)

Dhikr

# Al-Da'awat al-Kabir by Al-Bayhaqi

# Hizb al-Bahr by Abul Hasan ash-Shadhili

# Kitab al-Adhkar by Al-Nawawi

# Al-Wabil al-Sayyib by Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyya

# Dala'il al-Khayrat by Muhammad al-Jazuli

# Al-Hizb ul-Azam by Ali al-Qari

# Fortress of the Muslim by Sa'id bin Ali bin Wahf Al-Qahtani

Adab (Manners)

# Al-Adab al-Mufrad of Muhammad al-Bukhari (d. 256 AH)

# Al-AkhlÃÂq wa al-Siyar by Ibn Hazm (d. 456 AH)

# FuÃ¡Â¹Â£ul al-Adab wa Makarim al-Akhlaq al-MashruÃÂ¿ah by Ibn Aqil (d. 513 AH)

Zuhd (Asceticism)

# Kitab al-Zuhd wa al-Raqaiq by Ibn al-Mubarak (d. 189 AH)

# Kitab al-Zuhd by Ahmad ibn Hanbal

# Al-Zuhd al-Kabir by Al-Bayhaqi

Sufism

# Qut al-qulub (Sustenance of the Hearts) by Abu Talib al-Makki (d. 386 AH)

# Al-Arba`in ala Madhhab al-Mutahaqqiqin min al-Sufiyya by Abu Nu`aym (d. 430 AH)

# Al-Risala al-Qushayriyya by Abu al-Qasim al-Qushayri (d. 465 AH)

# Kashf ul Mahjoob by Ali Hujwiri (d. 465 AH)

# Tazkirat al-Awliya by Attar of Nishapur (d. 617 AH)

# Maktubat Imam Rabbani by Ahmad Sirhindi (d. 1034 AH)

Islamic Ethics and Philosophy

# Hayat ul Anbiya fi Quboor by Al-Bayhaqi (d. 458 AH)

# Ihya Ulum al-Din by Al-Ghazali (d. 505 AH)

# Kimiya-yi sa'ÃÂdat by Al-Ghazali (d. 505 AH)

# Al-Fath ar-Rabbani by Shaykh Abdul-Qadir Gilani (d. 561 AH)

# Al-FutÃÂ«Ã¡Â¸Â¥ÃÂt al-Makkiyya by Ibn Arabi (d. 638 AH)

# al-Mufassal fi 'Ahkam al-Mar'ah wa Bayt al-Muslim fi al-Shari'at al-Islamiyyah by Abdul Karim Zaidan (d. 2014 CE)

Critique

Ahmadiyya (Qadiani)

# Saife Chishtiyai by Meher Ali Shah

# Signs of Qiyamah and the Arrival of Maseeh by Muhammad Shafi

# Finality of the Prophethood by Muhammad Shafi

Shi'a

# Al-Awasim min al-Qawasim by Abu Bakr ibn al-Arabi

# Al-Sawa'iq al-Muhriqah by Ibn Hajar al-Haytami

# Taufa Ithna Ashari by Shah Abdul Aziz Dehlavi

References

List of Sunni books

Qur'anic translations (in English)

Tafsir (Exegesis of the Qur'an)

Authentic Classical Tafsirs

Some Modern-age Tafsirs

Modern Urdu-based Tafsirs

Kutub al-Sittah (The Six Books)

Other primary Hadith collections

Secondary Hadith collections

Hadith collection commentaries (Sharh)

Commentaries on Sahih al-Bukhari

Commentaries on Sahih Muslim

Commentaries on Sunan al-Nasa'i

Commentaries on Sunan Abi Dawud

Commentaries on Sunan al-Tirmidhi

Commentaries on Al-Muwatta

Other commentary Hadith collections

Fabricated Hadith collection

Hadith studies

Hadith rules

Aqidah (Creed/Theology)

Fiqh (Jurisprudence)

Compilation of Fatwa (Edicts)

Usul al-Fiqh (Legal Theory)

Sirah (Prophetic biography)

Sirah (Biography of companions (sahaba))

History