There are numerous

hadith Ḥadīth ( or ; ar, حديث, , , , , , , literally "talk" or "discourse") or Athar ( ar, أثر, , literally "remnant"/"effect") refers to what the majority of Muslims believe to be a record of the words, actions, and the silent approval ...

manuscripts from the first four century after the death of Prophet

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(632-1032CE). The number increases drastically in the following two centuries (1032-1232).

632-1032CE

MS. Leiden Or. 298

This is a book titled Gharib Al-Hadith. It was written by an early Islamic scholar,

Abu Ubaid al-Qasim bin Salam Abu Ubaid al-Qasim ibn Sallam al-Khurasani al-Harawi ( ar, أبو عبيد القاسم بن سلاّم الخراساني الهروي, Abū ‘Ubayd al-Qāsim ibn Sallām al-Khurāsānī al-Harawī; c. 770–838) was an Arab philologist and the ...

(770-838). There's an incomplete manuscript of this book dated back to 252 AH (866CE). It is now kept at the Library of the University of Leiden.

Jami' of Ma'mar ibn Rashid

This is one of the earliest collection of hadith that was compiled by Imam Ma'mar ibn Rashid. Two manuscripts of this book have been found in Turkey. One of them is from Ankara and dating back to 364 AH (974CE). Another one is in Istanbul.

Ar-Risalah

This book was written by the early Islamic scholar,

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. Even though this is not a book written specifically in the field of hadith, it still contains dozens of hadiths. There are two manuscripts of this book at the National Library in Cairo. The first known as the manuscript of Ibn Jama'ah and the second one is the manuscript of Ar-Rabi'. Bernhard Moritz, the German orientalist dates the Ar-Rabi's manuscript to the middle of fourth century AH while

Ahmad Muhammad Shakir Ahmad Muhammad Shakir ( ar, أحمد محمد شاكر, Aḥmad Muḥammad Shākir) (January 29, 1892, Cairo – June 14, 1958) was an Egyptian Islamic scholar of hadith. He is the son of Muḥammad Shākir ibn Aḥmad, an Islamic scholar of A ...

dated it to shortly before 270 AH (883CE).

Abridged Sahih Bukhari

This is the oldest arabic manuscript kept at the

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. It was dated to 407 AH (1017CE). It contains books 65 through 69 of Sahih Bukhari but book 65 is incomplete. It can be viewed online at

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official website.

1033-1232CE

Al-Assad National Library no. 9388

This is a manuscript of Sahih Muslim of

Imam Muslim Abū al-Ḥusayn ‘Asākir ad-Dīn Muslim ibn al-Ḥajjāj ibn Muslim ibn Ward ibn Kawshādh al-Qushayrī an-Naysābūrī ( ar, أبو الحسين عساكر الدين مسلم بن الحجاج بن مسلم بن وَرْد بن كوشاذ ...

. It was kept at the Al-Assad National Library in Damascus,Syria and was dated to the fifth century AH/11th century CE.

Or. 101

This is a manuscript of Jami' At-Tirmidhi of Imam Muhammad bin Isa At-Tirmidhi. It was dated to 540 AH and is now preserved at the Library of the University of Leiden.

1233-1432CE

Dublin copy of Sahih Bukhari

This is a manuscript of Sahih Bukhari kept at

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in Dublin Ireland (no. 4176). It was copied by Ahmad bin Ali bin Abdul Wahhab in the fine calligraphic naskh script and was dated to 8 Muharram 694/ 28 November 1294.

References

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