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The Six major Hadith Collections are the works of some individuals Islamic Scholars who by their own initiative started collecting sayings that people attributed to Muhammad approximately 200 years after his death.

Incidentally, all the collectors of these ahadith were Iranian — none of them was Arab . [http://www.al-islam.org/guided/21.html


MUSLIM VIEW



Sunni view


Sunni Muslim s view the Six major Hadith collections as their most improtant, referring to them as the '''"Six Authentic"''' (Arabic: "''sihah sitah''").

The "Six Authentic" are, in order of strength {Link without Title} :

# Sahih Bukhari , collected by Al-Bukhari (d. 870), included 7275 hadiths
# Sahih Muslim , collected by Muslim B. Al-Hajjaj (d. 875), included 9200
# Sunan Al-Sughra , collected by Al-Nasa'i (d. 915)
# Sunan Abi Da'ud , collected by Abu Da'ud (d. 888)
# Sunan Al-Tirmidhi , collected by Al-Tirmidhi (d. 892)
# Sunan Ibn Maja , collected by Ibn Maja (d. 886).

The two first are referred to as the Two Sahihs .


Shi'a view

Shia’s have their own collections and reject the six Sunni collections {Link without Title} .