Will you write the names of the reliable hadith resources/books?
Dear Brother / Sister,
The Degrees of Hadiths Books:
Hadith books are divided into the following degrees based on the reliability of the hadiths they include:
First Degree: Mutawatir, mashhur, sahih and hasan hadiths. "Sahih" books of Bukhari and Müslim and "Muwatta" of Imam Malik. We can act based on the hadiths in those books.
Second Degree: The books that cannot attain the same level as the books in the first level but whose writers included the hadiths by applying some conditions meticulously. They have also been adopted as hadith resources and used for centuries. Jami' of Tirmidhi, Sunan of Abu Dawud, Musnad of Ahmad b. Hanbal and Sunan (Mujtaba) of Nasai are among this group.
Third Degree: The books in this degree includes weak hadiths along with sahih hadiths; there are also some hadiths whose narrators are unknown. They are "Musannaf" of Abdurrazzaq, hadith books of Bayhaqi, Tabarani and Tahawi... Only experts of hadiths can make use of the hadiths in those books.
Questions on Islam
- What does "Sunan" related to hadith books mean?
- Would you please through light on who Tirmidhi, Bukhari, Muslim and Ibn Khuzayma were and did they come after the four Imams (Abu Hanifa, Shaafi, Malik and Hanbal)?
- Are hadiths about medicine, astronomy and other sciences reliable?
- Considering that hadiths reached us through many narrators, why should we trust hadiths and why should we not deny hadiths?
- Can you provide me the ahadees regarding Prophet Jesus coming back to earth again issue?
- Why were weak hadiths narrated though they were known to be weak?
- Is there a hadith about Hz. Ali saying, "I am the city of knowledge and Ali is its gate"?
- Do we have to act in compliance with every hadith? We read and hear many hadiths as the statements of the Prophet. Are they really his statements?
- Will you please explain the verses that order us to obey the messenger of Allah?
- Why do Shiite scholars not accept hadiths reported from Abu Hurayra?

