Al-Jami' as-Saghir ( ar-at, الجامع الصغير , lit=The little collection, ') is a
Sunni
Sunni Islam () is the largest branch of Islam, followed by 85–90% of the world's Muslims. Its name comes from the word '' Sunnah'', referring to the tradition of Muhammad. The differences between Sunni and Shia Muslims arose from a disagr ...
hadith collection authored by the
Islamic scholar
In Islam, the ''ulama'' (; ar, علماء ', singular ', "scholar", literally "the learned ones", also spelled ''ulema''; feminine: ''alimah'' ingularand ''aalimath'' lural are the guardians, transmitters, and interpreters of reli ...
Jalaluddin al-Suyuti
Jalal al-Din al-Suyuti ( ar, جلال الدين السيوطي, Jalāl al-Dīn al-Suyūṭī) ( 1445–1505 CE),; ( Brill 2nd) or Al-Suyuti, was an Arab Egyptian polymath, Islamic scholar, historian, Sufi, and jurist. From a family of Persian ...
(1445 – 1505 CE/ 849 - 911 H).
Description
Al-Jami' al-Kabir
As-Saghir is an abridgement of
al-Suyuti
Jalal al-Din al-Suyuti ( ar, جلال الدين السيوطي, Jalāl al-Dīn al-Suyūṭī) ( 1445–1505 CE),; (Brill 2nd) or Al-Suyuti, was an Arab Egyptian polymath, Islamic scholar, historian, Sufi, and jurist. From a family of Persian or ...
's larger work al-Jami' al-Kabir, which in turn was further ordered and arranged in
al-Mutaqqi al-Hindi's work
Kanz al-Ummal
Kanz al-Ummal Fee Sunan al-Aqwal wa al-Af'al ( ar-at, كنز العمال في سنن الأقوال والأفعال, '), known in English as Treasures of the Doers of Good Deeds, is a Sunni hadith collection, collected by the Islamic scholar ...
.
Contents
As-Saghir is a non-primary
hadith work which contains 10,031 hadith.
See also
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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 Meaning of the Glorio ...
References
External links
Jami' al-Saghir- Online library page where one can access digitised scans of a hand written manuscript, translations, authentication works and the original arabic printed in 11 volumes.
Sunni literature
Sunni hadith collections
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