List of Sunni books

This is a list of the significant books of Islamic Sunni's doctrine.

Hadith

Al-Kutub Al-Sittah

• Sahih Bukhari of Muhammad al-Bukhari
• Sahih Muslim of Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj
• Sunan al-Sughra of Al-Nasa'i
• Sunan Abu Dawud of Abu Dawood
• Sunan al-Tirmidhi of Al-Tirmidhi
• Sunan Ibn Majah of Ibn Majah

Primary sources

• Sunan al-Darimi of al-Darimi
• Al-Muwatta of Malik ibn Anas
• Musnad Ahmad ibn Hanbal of Ahmad ibn Hanbal

Secondary sources

• Masabih al-Sunnah of Al-Baghawi
• Mishkat al-Masabih by Muhammad ibn Abd Allah Khatib Al-Tabrizi
• Riyadh as-Saaliheen of Yahya ibn Sharaf al-Nawawi
• Bulugh al-Maram by Ibn Hajar Asqalani
• Talkhis al-Mustadrak by al-Dhahabi
• Majma al-Zawa'id Ali ibn Abu Bakr al-Haythami
• Kanz al-Ummal of Ali ibn Abd-al-Malik al-Hindi
• Sahifah Hammam ibn Munabbih of Hammam ibn Munabbih
• Musannaf of Abd al-Razzaq of ‘Abd ar-Razzaq as-San‘ani
• Musannaf ibn Jurayj of Ibn Jurayj
• Al-Mu'jam al-Kabeer by al-Tabarani
• Al-Mustadrak alaa al-Sahihain of Hakim al-Nishaburi
• Tahdhib al-Athar of Muhammad ibn Jarir al-Tabari
• Sahih Ibn Khuzaimah of Ibn Khuzaymah
• Sahih Ibn Hibbaan of Ibn Hibban al-Busti
• Zujajat al-Masabih of Abdullah Shah Naqshbandi

Hadith studies

• Introduction to the Science of Hadith by Ibn al-Salah.

Commentaries of Hadith collections

• Fath al-Bari of Ibn Hajar Asqalani
• Umdat al-Qari of Badr al-Din al-Ayni
• Irshad al-Sari of al-Qastallani
• Tayseer al Bari of Waheed uz-Zaman
• Al Minhaj Be Sharh Sahih Muslim of Yahya ibn Sharaf al-Nawawi
• Nayl al-Awtar by Muhammad ash-Shawkani
• Mirqat Sharh Mishkat al-masabih by Ali al-Qari

Tafsir

See also: List of translations of the Quran

• Tafsir al-Qurtubi by Al-Qurtubi
• Tafsir ibn Kathir by Ibn Kathir
• Tanwir al-Miqbas by `Abd Allah ibn `Abbas
• Tafsir al-Baghawi by Al-Baghawi
• Al-Tafsir Al-Kabir by Fakhr al-Din al-Razi
• Tafsir al-Jalalayn by Al-Mahalli and Suyuti
• Tafsir-e-Naeemi by Maulana Mufti Ahmed Yaar Naeemi.
• Dur al-Manthur by Suyuti
• Ruh al-Ma'ani by Mahmud al-Alusi
• Tafsir al-Tabari by Muhammad ibn Jarir al-Tabari
• Al-Kashshaf by al-Zamakhshari
• Fath al-Qadir by Muhammad ash-Shawkani
• Tibyanul Qur'an by Maulana Mufti Ghulam Rasool Saeedi.
• Zia ul Qur'an by Peer Syed Karam Ali Shah Al-Azhri.
• Al-Khazanul Irfan by Maulna Mufti Naeemuddin Muraadabadi.
• Tafseer-e-Siddiqui by Bahr-ul-Uloom Muhammad Abdul Qadeer Siddiqi Qadri Hasrat
• Al-Mufradat fi Gharib al-Quran by al-Raghib al-Isfahani
• Fi Zilal al-Qur'an by Sayyid Qutb
• The Holy Qur'an: Text, Translation and Commentary by Abdullah Yusuf Ali.
• Tafsir-e-Usmani by Shabbir Ahmad Usmani.
• Ma'ariful Qur'an by Muhammad Shafi Usmani.
• Sayyid Abul Ala Maududi, Tafheem-ul-Quran (6 Vols)
• Tafseer e Sirat ul Jinaan by Mufti Qasim Attari
• Tafsir al-Karimir Rahman fii Tafsir Kalam al-Mannan by Abd ar-Rahman ibn Nasir as-Sa'di

Aqeedah

Ashari

• Kitab Al-Irshad Ila Qawati Al-Adilla Fi Usul Ati Tiqad by Al-Juwayni

Ahl us-Sunnah

(aka. Orthodox Islam or Athari)

• "Fiqh al-Akbar" by Imam Abu Hanifa (d.150H)
• Letters and quotes by Imam Malik (d.179H)
• "ar-Risala" (the Introduction) by Imam Shafi'i (d.204H)
• "Kitab al-Iman" by Abu 'Ubayd al-Qaasim ibn Salaam (d.224H)
• "Kitab al-Iman" by Ibn Abi Shayba (d.235H)
• "Usool us-Sunnah" by Imam Ahmed ibn Hanbal (d.241H)
• "Ar-Radd 'alal Jahmiyyah waz-Zanaadaqah" by Imam Ahmed ibn Hanbal (d.241H)
• "Kitab al-Iman" by Imam Bukhari (d.256H)
• "Kitab at-Tawheed" by Imam Bukhari (d.256H)
• "Khalq Afaalul-Ibaad" by Imam Bukhari (d.256H)
• "As-Sunnah" by Abu Bakr al-Athram (d.273H)
• "Kitab as-Sunnah" by Ibn Abu Dawood as Sijistaanee (d.275H)
• "Al-Ikhtilaaf fee Ladfh war-Radd 'alal-Jahmiyyah" by Ibn Qutaybah (d.276H)
• "Ahl us-Sunnah" by Abu Haatim ar-Raazee (d.277H)
• "Ar-Radd 'alal Jayhmiyyah" by Imam ad-Darimee (d.280H)
• "As-Sunnah" by Ibn Abee 'Aasim (d.287H)
• "As-Sunnah" by Abdullah ibn Imam Ahmed ibn Hanbal (d.290H)
• "As-Sunnah" by Abu Bakr al-Maruzi (d.292H)
• "As-Sunnah" by al-Marwazi (d.292H)
• "Sharh us-Sunnah" by ibn Jareer at-Tabari (d.310H)
• "Kitab at-Tawheed" by ibn Khuzayma al-Shafi'i (d.311H)
• Al-Aqidah al-Tahawiyyah by Imam Tahawi (d.321H)
• "Al-Maqaalatul-Islamiyeen by Imam Abdul-Hasan al-Ashari (d.324H)
• "Ar-Risaalah ilaa Ahlth-Thaghr by Imam Abdul-Hasan al-Ashari (d.324H)
• "Al-Ibaanah 'an Usoolid-Diyaanah by Imam Abdul-Hasan al-Ashari (d.324H)
• "Sharh us-Sunnah" by Imam Barbahari (d.329H)
• "Kitaab us-Sunnah by Abu Ahmad al-Asaal (d.349H)
• "Ash-Shareeah by Abu Bakr al-Aajuri (d.360H)
• "Itiqaad Aimmatul-Hadeeth by Abu Bakr al-Ismaili (d.371H)
• "Kitaabus-Sifaat by Imam ad-Daraqutni (d.385H)
• "Kitaabun-Nuzool by Imam ad-Daraqutni (d.385H)
• "Al-Ibaanah 'an Sharee'atil Firqatin -Naajiyah by Imam Battah al-Akbaree (d.387H)
• "Sharhul-Ibaanah 'an Usoolis-Sunnah wad-Diyaanah by Imam Battah al-Akbaree (d.387H)
• "Kitaabut-Tawheed by Ibn Mandah (d.395H)
• "ar-Radd'alal-Jahmiyyah by Ibn Mandah (d.395H)
• "Sharh Usool Itiqaad Ahlus-Sunnah Wal Jamaah by Imam al-Laalilka'i (d.428H)
• "Al-Wusool ilaa Maarifatil-Istiwaa by Imam Abu 'Amr at-Talamankee al-Andalusee (d.429H)
• "Al-Itiqaad by Abu Nuaym al-Ashbaanee (d.430H)
• "Risaalah fee Ithbaatil-Istiwaa by Imaam Abu Muhammad al-Juwaynee (d.438H)
• "Aqeedatus-Salaf Ashaabul-Hadeeth by Imam Abu Uthmaan as-Saboonee (d.449H)
• "Al-I'tqaad alaa Madhabis-Salaf Ahlus-Sunnah wal-Jamaah by Imam al-Bayhaqi (d.457H)
• "Dhammul-Kalaam by Shaykh ul-Islaam Abu Ismaeel al-Harawee (d.481H)
• Al-Aqidah Al-Wasitiyyah by Ibn Taymiya (d.728H)
• Al-Aqidah Al-Hamawiyyah by Ibn Taymiya (d.728H)
• "Kitab at-Tawheed" by Muhammad ibn Abdulwahhab (d.1206H)
• "Usool al-Thalatha" by Muhammad ibn Abdulwahhab (d.1206H)
• "Qawa'id al-Arba" by Muhammad ibn Abdulwahhab (d.1206H)

Seerah

See also List of biographies of Muhammad.

• Seeratul Mustafa by Hazrat Maulna Abdul Mustafa Azami.
• Shan-e-Habib e Rahman by Mufti Ahmed Yaar Naeemi.
• Kitab al-Miraj by Abu'l-Qasim al-Nisaburi (alleged)
• Ar-Raheeq Al-Makhtum by Safi-ur-Rehman Mubarakpuri

Islamic jurisprudence

Hanafi

• Hidayah by Burhan al-Din al-Marghinani.
• Radd al-Muhtar ala al-Dur al-Mukhtar by Ibn Abidin.

Shafi'i

• Al-Maqasid by Yahya Ibn Sharaf an-Nawawi
• Umdat al-Salik wa Uddat al-Nasik by Ahmad ibn Naqib al-Misri

Maliki

• Al Mudawanna by Imam Malik ibn Anas
• Al Risala by Imam Abu Zayd Al Qayrawani
• Al Mukhtasar by Imam Khalil ibn Ishaq al-Jundi

Hanbali

• Al-Kaafi fi fiqh al-Imaam Ahmad bin Hanbal by Ibn Qudamah.

General

• The Lawful and the Prohibited in Islam by Yusuf al-Qaradawi
• Nayl al-Awtar by Muhammad ash-Shawkani

History books

• Raud al-Unuf by Al Suhayli, a commentary of Ibn Hisham's The Life of the Prophet
• Muqaddimah by Ibn Khaldun
• Genealogies of the Nobles by Ahmad Ibn Yahya al-Baladhuri
• The Comprehensive Compilation of the Names of the Prophet's Companions by Ibn Abd-al-Barr
• History of the Prophets and Kings by Muhammad ibn Jarir al-Tabari
• The Complete History by Ali ibn al-Athir
• al-Bidayah wa al-Nihayah by Ibn Kathir
• History of the Caliphs by Suyuti
• The Caliphs who Took the Right Way by Suyuti
• History of Baghdad by Al-Khatib al-Baghdadi
• Al-Farooq by Shibli Nomani
• Ma'alim fi al-Tariq by Sayyid Qutb
• Al-Imama wa al-Siyasa by Ibn Qutaybah
• Hassamul Haramain by Imam Ahmed Rada Khan Mohadis Barelvi.
• Al-Fitna Al-Kubra by Taha Hussein
• Sirat al-Halbiya by Burhan al-Din al-Marghinani
• Fath al-Buldan by Ahmad ibn Yahya al-Baladhuri
• Nobider Kahini by Dr. Muhammad Asadullah Al-Ghalib

Biographical evaluation

• Tahdhib al-Tahdhib by Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani
• The Great History by Muhammad al-Bukhari
• Al-Kamal fi Asma' al-Rijal by Abd al-Ghani al-Maqdisi

Critique

Shi'a

• Minhaj as-Sunnah an-Nabawiyyah by Ibn Taymiya
• Taufa Ithna Ashari by Shah Abdul Aziz
• Al-Sawa'iq al-Muhriqah by Ibn Hajar al-Haytami
• Mawaddat al-Qurba by Mir Sayyid Ali Hamadani (alleged)
• Yanabi al-Muwadda by Sulayman al-Qunduzi (alleged)

Ikhtilaf

• Habib al-Siyar by Muhammad Khwandamir

Avicenna

• The Incoherence of the Philosophers by Al-Ghazali

Tazkiah

Dhikr

• al-Wabil al-Sayyib by Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyya
• Dala'il al-Khayrat by Muhammad al-Jazuli
• Hisnul Muslim by Sa'id bin Ali bin Wahf Al-Qahtani

General

• Kimiya-yi sa'ādat by Al-Ghazali.

Adab

• Minhaj ul Muslimeen by Syed Masood Ahmad

Political Islam

• Hujjat al-Balagha by Shah Waliullah
• The Economic System In Islam by Taqiuddin al-Nabhani

Miscellaneous books

• Chach Nama by Kazí Ismail
• Sharh al-Mawahib al-Ladunniyyah by Muhammad al-Zurqani
• Sirush Shahadhathayn Shah Abdul Aziz
• Mu'jam Al-Buldan by Yaqut al-Hamawi
• Wafa al-Wafa by Ali ibn Ahmad al-Samhudi
• Ma'arij-ul-Nabuwwah by Abdul-Haqq Dehlavi
• Kitab Akhbar as-Sifat by Ibn Jawzi

See also

• List of Shia books
• List of Islamic texts
• List of Muslim educational institutions