Bihar al-Anwar

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Sunni six major collections (Al-Kutub al-Sittah): Sahih Bukhari Sahih Muslim al-Sunan al-Sughra Sunan Abu Da'ud Sunan al-Tirmidhi Sunan Ibn Maja/Al-Muwatta Shi'a collections: Nahj al-Balagha "The Four Books" (Al-Kutub Al-Arb'ah) Usul al-Kafi and Furu al-Kafi of Kulayni Man la Yahdhuruhu' l-Faqih of Shaikh Saduq Tahdhibu 'l-Ahkam by Tusi al-Istibsar by Tusi Ibadi collections: al-Jami' as-Sahih by al-Rabi' ibn Habib Tartib al-Musnad by al-Warijlani

Sunni collections

Musnad Ahmad ibn Hanbal — 780-855 Sahih Ibn Khuzaymah — 923 Sahih Ibn Hibbaan — 965 Al-Mustadrak alaa al-Sahihain — 1014 Mawdu'at al-Kubra— 1128-1217 Riyadh as-Saaliheen — 1233 - 1278 Talkhis al-Mustadrak — 1274-1348 Majma al-Zawa'id — 1335-1405 Bulugh al-Maram — 1372-1449 Kanz al-Ummal — 1500th Da'if al-Tirmidhi — 20th century Sahih al-Tirmidhi — 20th century

Shi'a collections

The book of Sulaym ibn Qays — 600th Sahifa al-Sajjadiyya — 678-713 Bihar al-Anwar — 1600s Haqq al-Yaqeen — 1600s Shahr Usul al-Kafi — ?-1081 Jesus through Shiite Narrations — ?

Mu'tazili collections

Nahj with comments — ?-1258

Oceans of Light (Arabic: Bihar ul Anwar بحار الأنوار) is a comprehensive collection of traditions (ahadith) of Shia Islam. It is a Hadith collection, the second source of inspiration in Islam.

Written by Allama Majlesi in the 1600s, it is an encyclopedia of Ahadith, historical subjects and commentaries on many Qur'an verses.

Bihar ul Anwar has 110 volumes. Majlesis wrote it to gather all the wisdom he could find in one book. He wanted to save the knowledge for following generations. The intention was not to select the true traditions from the false ones.

Other transliterations:Bihar-ul-Anwar, Biharu-l-Anwar, Biharu al Anwar,Biharu al-Anwar

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• List of Shi'a books

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