# 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 Kitāb al-Fihrist of Ibn Al-Nadim.

## The Qur'an and its translations (in English)

   * 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
   * The Holy Qur'an: Text, Translation and Commentary 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
   * The Holy Qur'án (The treasure of faith) by Professor Shah Faridul Haque
   * Bridges' Translation of the Ten Qira'at of the Noble Qur'an by Fadel Soliman

## 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 Imam Muhammad al-Shaybani
   * Musnad of Imam Shafi‘i
   * Musannaf of ‘Abd ar-Razzaq as-San‘ani
   * 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 of Abu Ya'la al-Mawsili
   * Tahdhib al-Athar of Muhammad ibn Jarir al-Tabari
   * Sahih of Ibn Khuzaymah
   * Sahih of Ibn Hibban
   * Al-Mu'jam al-Kabeer by 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.
   * Musnad al-Firdous of Abu Mansur Al-Dailami
   * At-Targhib wat-Tarhib of Al-Mundhiri
   * Riyadh as-Saaliheen of Imam 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
   * Bulugh al-Maram by Ibn Hajar Asqalani
   * Jami’ Jawami’ by Al-Suyuti
   * Kanz al-Ummal by Ali ibn Abd-al-Malik al-Hindi
   * Hisn al-Muslim by Sa'id bin Ali bin Wahf Al-Qahtani

### Hadith collection commentaries (Sharh)

   * Fath al-Bari of Ibn Hajar Asqalani (the most authoritative commentary)
   * Sharh Sunan Abi Dawood by Al-Khattabi
   * Aridat al-Ahwadhi bi-Sharh Sahih al-Tirmidhi by Abu Bakr ibn al-Arabi
   * Kitab al-Qabas fi Sharh Muwatta Malik by Abu Bakr ibn al-Arabi
   * al-Ishraf of Awn ad-Din ibn Hubayra
   * Al-Mawduʿat al-Kubra by Ibn al-Jawzi
   * Al Minhaj bi Sharh Sahih Muslim of Al-Nawawi
   * Commentary on Al-Nawawi's Forty Hadith by Ibn Daqiq al-'Id
   * Jami al-Masanid Wa al-Sunan by Ibn Kathir
   * Jami al-Ulum wal-Hikam of Ibn Rajab
   * Umdat al-Qari of Badr al-Din al-Ayni
   * Irshad al-Sari of al-Qastallani
   * Mirqat al-Mafatih Sharh Mishkat al-masabih by Ali al-Qari
   * Sharh Sunan An-Nasaai of Al-Suyuti and As-Sindi
   * Annotations Sunan Abi Dawood of Al-Suyuti
   * Fayd al-Qadir by Al-Munawi
   * Silsalat al-Hadith ad-Da'ifah by Al-Albani
   * Silsalat al-Hadith as-Sahiha by Al-Albani

### Hadith studies

   * Introduction to the Science of Hadith (Muqaddimah fi Ulum al-Ḥadith) 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 Maʿrifa Usul al-Riwaya wa Taqyid al-Samaʿ by Qadi Ayyad
   * Al-Muqizah fi 'Ilm Mustalah al-Hadith by Al-Dhahabi
   * Alfiyatu Iraaqee 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

## Tafsir (Exegesis of the Qur'an)
### Authentic Classical Tafsir

   * Tafsir Mujahid by Mujahid ibn Jabr
   * Tafsir al-Tabari by Al-Tabari
   * Tafsir al-Maturidi by Abu Mansur al-Maturidi
   * 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
   * Kashf al-Asrār wa ʿUddat al-Abrār by Rashīd al-Dīn Maybudī
   * Tafsir al-Baghawi by Al-Baghawi
   * Ahkam al-Qur'an by Abu Bakr ibn al-Arabi
   * Al-Muharrar al-Wajiz 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
   * Tafsir al-Baydawi by Al-Baydawi
   * 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

### Authentic Modern-age Tafsir

   * Tafsir Ahsan ul Bayan by Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf
   * Tafsir as Sadi by Abdur Rahman Nasir as Sadi
   * Kanzul Iman by Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi
   * Al-Bahr al-Madid by Ahmad ibn Ajiba
   * Ruh al-Ma'ani by Mahmud al-Alusi
   * Bayan Ul Quran by Maulana Ashraf Ali Thanwi
   * Maariful Quran by Mufti Muhammad Shafi
   * Tafsir Tibyan-ul-Qur'an by Ghulam Rasool Saeedi
   * Tafsir-ul-Qur’an (also known as: Tafsir-e-Majidi) by Maulana Abdul Majid Daryabadi
   * Tafhim-ul-Quran by Syed Abul A'la Maududi
   * Anwar Ul Bayan by Mufti Muhammad Ashiq Ilahi Bulandshahri
   * A Thematic Commentary on the Qur'an by Muhammad al-Ghazali
   * Zubdat al-itqān fī ‘ulūm al-Qur’ān by Muhammad 'Alawi al-Maliki
   * The Meanings of the Noble Qur’an (with Explanatory Notes) by Mufti Muhammad Taqi Usmani
   * Safwat al-Tafasir by Muhammad Ali al-Sabuni

## Aqidah (Theology)

   * Al-Fiqh al-Akbar by Abu Hanifa
   * Al-Risala by Al-Shafi'i
   * Kitab al-Iman by Abu Bakr Ibn Abi Shaybah
   * Usul al-Sunnah by Ahmad Ibn Hanbal
   * Al-Radd 'ala al-Jahmiyyah wa al-Zanadaqah by Ahmad Ibn Hanbal
   * Nawadir al-Usul by Al-Hakim al-Tirmidhi
   * Khalq Afal al-Ibad by al-Bukhari
   * al-Ikhtilāf fī al-Lafz wa al-Radd ‘alā al-Jahmiyyah wal-Mushabbiha by Ibn Qutaybah
   * Kitab al-Sunnah by Harb Ibn Ismail al-Kirmani
   * Kitab al-Sunnah by Abdullah Ibn Ahmad Ibn Hanbal
   * Kitab at-Tawheed by Ibn Khuzaymah
   * Al-Ha'iyah by Ibn Abi Dawud
   * Kitab al-Shariah by Abu Bakr al-Ajurri
   * Al-Aqidah al-Tahawiyyah by Al-Tahawi
   * Al-Maqālat al-Islamiyyīn by Abu al-Hasan al-Ash'ari
   * Al-Ibanah an Usul al-Diyanah by Al-Ash'ari
   * Kitab al-Tawhid by Abu Mansur al-Maturidi
   * Al-Sawad al-A'zam by Al-Hakim al-Samarqandi
   * Kitab al-Thiqat by Ibn Hibban
   * Al-Sunnah by Al-Tabarani
   * 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
   * I'tiqad Ahl al-Sunnah wa al-Jama'ah by Abu al-Qasim Hibat Allah al-Lalakai
   * Al-Farq bayn al-Firaq by Abu Mansur Al-Baghdadi
   * Hilyat al-awliya 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-Durrah fi ma Yazibu Itiqaduhu by Ibn Hazm al-Andalusi
   * Al-I'tqaad alaa Madhabis-Salaf Ahlus-Sunnah wal-Jamaah by Al-Bayhaqi
   * Hayat ul Anbiya fi Quboor by Al-Bayhaqi
   * 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-Aqida al-Nizamiyya 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 Umar Ibn Muhammad al-Nasafi
   * Al-Milal wa al-Nihal by Al-Shahrastani
   * 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-Ghunya li-Talibi Tariq al-Haqq by Shaykh Abdul Qadir Gilani
   * Al-Fath ar-Rabbani by Shaykh Abdul Qadir Gilani
   * Al-Baz al-Ashhab by Ibn al-Jawzi
   * Lum'ah al-I'tiqad by Ibn Qudama al-Maqdisi
   * Al-Aqīdah Al-Wasitiyyah by Ibn Taymiyyah
   * Kitab al-Iman by Ibn Taymiyya
   * Nur al-Mubin by Ibn Jazayy al-Kalbi al-Gharnati al-Maliki
   * Kitab ar-Ruh by Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya
   * Sharh al-Aqaid al-Nasafiyya by al-Taftazani
   * Sharh Al-Aqīdah At-Tahawiyyah by Ibn Abi al-Izz al-Hanafi
   * Al-Aqidah al-Sanusiyya by Al-Sanusi
   * Kitab al-Tawhid by Ibn Rajab al-Hanbali
   * Sharh Fiqh al-Akbar by Mulla Ali Al-Qari al-Hanafi
   * Kitab at-Tawhid by Ash-Shaykh wal Imam Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab
   * Maktubat Imam Rabbani by Shaykh Ahmad Sirhindi
   * Akhbar al-Akhyar by Shaykh Abdul-Haqq Muhaddith Dehlavi
   * Takmīl al-Iman by Shaykh Abdul-Haqq Muhaddith Dehlavi
   * Hujjat Allah al-Baligha by Shah Waliullah Dehlawi
   * Al-Kharida al-Bahia by Ahmad al-Dardir
   * Nayl al-Awtar by Al-Shawkani
   * Al-Aqidah at-Tahawiyyah Sharh wa Ta'liq by Al-Albani
   * Risale-i Nur by Bediüzzaman Said Nursi
   * Maut Ka Manzar by Khawaja Muhammad Islam

## Fiqh (Jurisprudential Theory)
### Hanafi

   * Usul al-fiqh by Abu Yusuf (d. 182 AH)
   * Ẓāhir al-Riwāyah of Abu Hanifa, Abu Yusuf and Muhammad al-Shaybani
   * Mukhtasar Al Quduri by Aḥmad Ibn-Muḥammad al-Qudūrī (d. 428 AH)
   * Al-Hidayah by Burhan al-Din al-Marghinani (d. 593 AH)
   * Al Mabsut by Al-Sarakhsi (d. 483 AH)
   * Multaqa al-Abḥur by Ibrāhīm al-Ḥalabī (d. 956 AH)
   * Al-Bahr al-Raiq Sharh Kanz ul-Daqaiq by Ibn Nujaim al-Hanafi (d. 969 AH)
   * Tuḥfat al-Mubtadī by Ibrāhīm bin Ḥasan al-Mullā al-Aḥsāʿī (d. 1048 AH)
   * Fath Ar-Rahman Fi Isbat-e-Madhhab an-Nu'man by Abdul-Haqq Dehlavi (d. 1052 AH)
   * Nur al-Idah by Abul-Ikhlāṣ Ḥasan ash-Shurunbulālī (d. 1069 AH)
   * Marāqī as-Saʿādāt by Abul-Ikhlāṣ Ḥasan ash-Shurunbulālī
   * Durr ul-Mukhtar by Muhammad Ala ad-Din Haskafi (d. 1088 AH)
   * Radd al-Muhtar ala al-Dur al-Mukhtar by Ibn Abidin (d. 1252 AH)
   * Iṣlāḥ ʿIlm al-Ḥāl by Amīn Jundī
   * Majallah al-Aḥkām al-ʿAdlīyah compiled by the Ottoman Empire
   * Hukuki İslamiye ve Istılahı Fıkhiyye Kamus by Ömer Nasuhi Bilmen

#### Compilation of Fatwa (Edicts)

   * Fatawa Aziz by Shah Abdul Aziz Dehlavi
   * Fatawa-e-Alamgiri commissioned by the Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb

### Shafi'i

   * Kitab al-Umm by ash-Shafi'i
   * Mukhtaṣar al-Muzanī by Al-Muzani
   * Mukhtaṣar al-Buwayṭi by Al-Buwayti
   * Al-Ikhtiyarat al-Fiqhiya by Al-Khattabi
   * Al-Mabsūṭ by Al-Bayhaqi
   * Al-Tanbih fi al-Fiqh al-Shafi'i by Abu Ishaq al-Shirazi
   * Al-Muhadhdhab fi Fiqh al-Imam al-Shafi'i by Abu Ishaq al-Shirazi
   * Al-Luma' fi Usul al-Fiqh by Abu Ishaq al-Shirazi
   * Nihayat al-Matlab fi Dirayat al-Madhhab by Al-Juwayni
   * Al-Burhan Fi Usul al-Fiqh by Al Juwayni
   * Al-wajiz fi fiqh al-imam al-shafi’i by Al-Ghazali
   * Al-mustasfa min 'ilm al-usul by Al-Ghazali
   * Al Muntakhab Mina al-Mahsul fi Usul-al-Fiqh by Fakhr al-Din al-Razi
   * Al-Ghayah fi Ikhtisar al-Nihayah by Izz al-Din ibn 'Abd al-Salam
   * Al Qawa'id al-Kubra by Izz al-Din ibn 'Abd al-Salam
   * Al-Maqāṣid by Al-Nawawi
   * Minhāj aṭ-Ṭalibīn by Al-Nawawi
   * Tabaqat ash-Shafi'iyah by Taj al-Din al-Subki
   * Tashih al-Minhaj by Siraj al-Din al-Bulqini
   * Umdat ul-Muhtaj ila Sharh al-Minhaj by Ibn al-Mulaqqin
   * Kanz al-Raghibin by Al-Mahalli
   * Al-Ashbaahu Wan-Nadhaair by Al-Suyuti
   * Tuhfah AL-Muhtaj Bi Sharh Al-Minhaj by Ibn Hajar al-Haytami
   * Al-Manhaj al-Qawim bi Sharh Masa-il at-Ta'lim by Ibn Hajar al-Haytami
   * Umdat al-Salik wa Uddat al-Nasik by Ahmad ibn Naqib al-Misri
   * Fatḥ al-Muʿīn by Zayn ad-Din Ahmed al-Malibari

### Maliki

   * Al Mudawanna by Sahnun
   * Al Risalah by Ibn Abi Zayd Al-Qayrawani
   * Works of Ibn 'Abd al-Barr
   * Works of Qadi Ayyad
   * Bidayat al-Mujtahid wa Nihayat al-Muqtaṣid by Ibn Rushd
   * Works of Shihab al-Din al-Qarafi
   * Al-Madkhal by Ibn al-Hajj al-Abdari
   * Mukhtasar by Khalil ibn Ishaq al-Jundi
   * Al-Muwafaqaat fi Usool al-Sharia by Al-Shatibi

### Hanbali

   * Masāʾil of Ahmad ibn Hanbal (d. 241 AH)
   * Wadih fi Uṣūl al-Fiqh by Ibn Aqil (d. 513 AH)
   * Futūh al-Ghayb by Abdul-Qadir Gilani (d. 561 AH)
   * Muthīr al-Gharām al-Sākin ilā Ashraf al-Amākin by Ibn al-Jawzi (d. 597 AH)
   * ʿUmdat al-Fiqh by Ibn Qudamah (d. 620 AH)
   * al-Muqniʿ by Ibn Qudamah
   * Al-Mughnī by Ibn Qudamah
   * Al-Kaafi by Ibn Qudamah
   * Kitab al-Furu by Ibn Muflih (d. 763 AH)
   * Zād al-Mustaqniʿ by Al-Hajjawi (d. 968 AH)
   * Dalīl al-Ṭālib by Marʿī bin Yūsuf al-Karmī (d. 1033 AH)
   * Muntahā al-Irādāt by al-Bahūtī (d. 1051 AH)
   * ʿUmdat al-Ṭālib by al-Bahūtī
   * Kashshāf al-Qināʿ by al-Bahūtī
   * Akhṣar al-Mukhtaṣarāt by Ibn Balban (d. 1083 AH)
   * Bidāyat al-ʿĀbid by ʿAbd ar-Raḥmān al-Ba’lī (d. 1110 AH)
   * Al-Ajwibat al-Jaliyyah by Mūsā al-Qaddumi (d. 1265 AH)

## Sirah (Prophetic biography)

   * Sīrat Rasūl Allāh Sallalahu 'alaihi Wa Salam by Ibn Ishaq
   * Al-Sirah Al-Nabawiyyah by Ibn Hisham
   * Ash-Shifa by Qadi Ayyad
   * Al-Rawḍ al-unuf by Al-Suhayli (a commentary of Al-Sirah Al-Nabawiyyah)
   * Al-Wafa bi Ahwal al-Mustafa Sallallahu 'alaihi Wa Salam by Ibn al-Jawzi
   * Zad al-Ma'ad by Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyya
   * Al-Sīrah al-Nabawīyyah Sallallahu 'alaihi Wa Salam (4 Volume Set) 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 Sallallahu 'alaihi Wa Salam)
   * Madarij an-Nabuwwat by 'Abd al-Haqq al-Dehlawi
   * SeeratulNabi Sallallahu 'alaihi Wa Salam by Shibli Nomani and Suleiman Nadvi
   * Seeratul Mustafa Sallallahu 'alaihi Wa Salam by Muhammad Idris Kandhlawi
   * Ar-Raheeq Al-Makhtum by Safiur Rahman Mubarakpuri
   * Seerat Khatam al-Anbiya by Shafi Usmani

### Proofs of Prophethood

   * Dala'il al-Nubuwwah by Al-Bayhaqi

### Shama'il

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

## History

   * Jamharah Ansāb al-ʿArab by Hisham ibn al-Kalbi (d.819 AD)
   * Book of Idols by Hisham ibn al-Kalbi (d.819 AD)
   * Kitāb al-Ṭabaqāt al-Kabīr 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)
   * 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 (book) by Ahmad Ibn Yahya al-Baladhuri (d.892 AD)
   * Tarikh at-Tabari by Muhammad ibn Jarir al-Tabari (d.923 AD)
   * Tarikh E Masoodi by Al-Masudi (d.956 AD)
   * Works of Ahmad ibn Fadlan (d.960 AD)
   * Al-Kāmil fi Ḍuʿafāʾ ar-Rijāl by Ibn 'Adi al-Jurjani (d.976 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)
   * Al-Istiʿāb by Ibn Abd-al-Barr (d.1071 AD)
   * History of Damascus by Ibn `Asakir (d.1176 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 Ḥamid 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)
   * Usd al-ghabah fi marifat al-Saḥabah 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)
   * Ar Riyadh un Nadhra by Muhibuddin Tabri (d.1295 AD)
   * Minah al-madh by Fatḥ al-Din Ibn Sayyid al-Nās (d.1334 AD)
   * Mizan al-Itidal by al-Dhahabi (d.1348 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 Ghiyās̲ ad-Dīn Khvāndamīr (d. 1534-37 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)

### Biographies

* Hilyat al-Awliya' by Abu Nu'aym al-Isfahani (d. 430 AH)
* Ṣifat al-Ṣafwwah [ar] by Ibn al-Jawzi (d. 597 AH)
* Siyar A'lam al-Nubala' by Al-Dhahabi (d. 748 AH)
* Tabaqat al-Shafi'iyya al-Kubra by Taj al-Din al-Subki (d. 771/1370)

## 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

   * ʿUyūb al-nafs wa adwiyātuhā (Infamies of The Soul And Their Treatments) by Abū ʿAbd al-Raḥmān Muḥammad al-Sulamī al-Nīshāpūri (d. 412 AH)
   * Ṭibb al-Rūḥāni by Ibn al-Jawzi (d. 597 AH)
   * Tanbih al-Mughtarin by Al-Sha'rani (d. 973 AH)
   * Maṭharat al-Qulūb by Muḥammad al-Mawlūd (d. 1323 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

### Adab (Manners)

   * Al-Adab al-Mufrad of Muhammad al-Bukhari (d. 256 AH)
   * Al-Akhlāq wa al-Siyar by Ibn Hazm (d. 456 AH)
   * Fuṣul al-Adab wa Makarim al-Akhlaq al-Mashruʿah by Ibn Aqil (d. 513 AH)

### Zuhd (Asceticism)

   * Kitab az-Zuhd wa al-Raqa'iq by Ibn al-Mubarak (d. 189 AH)
   * Kitab al-Zuhd by Ahmad ibn Hanbal
   * Al-Zuhd al-Kabir by Al-Bayhaqi

### Sufism

   * al-Arba'in fi 'l-tasawwuf by Abū ʿAbd al-Raḥmān Muḥammad al-Sulamī al-Nīshāpūri
   * 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 Mujaddid Alf-e-Saani 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'ādat by Al-Ghazali (d. 505 AH)
   * Al-Fath ar-Rabbani by Shaykh Abdul-Qadir Gilani (d. 561 AH)
   * Al-Futūḥāt 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