Exegesis Books

1. The Holy Qur’ān.

2. Tafir al-Tabari.

3. Tafsir Ibn Kathir.

4. Tafsir al-Qurtubi.

5. Tafsir al-Jalālayn.

6. Al-Tafsir al-Kabir, of al-Fakhr al-Rāzi.

7. Tafsir al-Manār, of Muhammad ‘Abduh.

8. Tafsir al-Nasfi.

9. Tafsir al-Khāzin.

10. Tafsir al-Kashshāf, of al-Zamakhshari.

11. Tafsir al-Hākim al-Hasakāni.

12. Tafsir al-Naysāburi.

13. Al-Durr al-manthur fi al-tafsir bi al-ma’thur, of al-Suyuti.

14. Zād al-masir fi ‘ilm al-tafsir, of Ibn al-Jawzi.

15. Shawāhid al-tanzil, of al-Hākim al-Hasakāni.

16. Tafsir al-Fath al-Qadir, of al-Shawkāni.

17. Al-Tashil li-’ulum al-tanzil, of al-Kalbi.

18. Asbāb al-nuzul, of al-’Imām al-Wāhidi.

19. Ahkām al-Qur’ān, of al-Jassās.

20. Al-Tafsir al-kabir, of al-Tha‘labi.

21. Nuzul al-Qur’ān, of al-Hafiî Abu Nu‘aym.

22. Mā Nazala min al-Qur’ān fi ‘Ali, of Abu Nu‘aym al-’Isbahāni.

23. Muqaddimat usul al-tafsir, of Ibn Taymiyyah.

24. Tafsir al-Mizān, of al-‘Allāmah al-Tabātabā’i.

Hadith Books

1. Sahih al-Bukhāri.

2. Sahih Muslim.

3. Sahih al-Tirmidhi.

4. Sahih Ibn Mājah.

5. Sunan Abi Dāwud.

6. Sunan al-Nasā’i.

7. Musnad al-’Imām Ahmad.

8. Muwatta’ al-’Imām Mālik.

9. Mustadrak al-Hākim.

10. Kanz al-‘ummāl.

11. Sunan al-Dārimi.

12. Sunan al-Bayhaqi.

13. Al-Jam‘ bayna al-Sihāh al-Sittah.

14. Sunan al-Dāraqutni.

15. Jam‘ al-jawāmi‘, of al-Suyuti.

16. Minhāj al-Sunnah, of Ibn Taymiyyah.

17. Majma‘ al-zawā’id, of al-Haythami.

18. Kunuz al-haqā’iq, of al-Manāwi.

19. Jāmi‘ al-’usul, of Ibn al-’Athir.

20. Fath al-Bāri fi Sharh al-Bukhāri.

History Books

1. Ta’rikh al-’umam wa al-muluk, of al-Tabari.

2. Ta’rikh al-khulafā’, of al-Suyuti.

3. Ta’rikh al-Kāmil, of Ibn al-’Athir.

4. Ta’rikh Dimashq, of Ibn ‘Asākir.

5. Ta’rikh al-Mas‘udi (Muruj al-dhahab).

6. Ta’rikh al-Ya‘qubi.

7. Ta’rikh Baghdād, of al-Khatib al-Baghdādi.

8. Ta’rikh Abi al-Fidā’.

9. Ta’rikh Ibn al-Shahnah.

10. Ta’rikh Ibn Kathir.

11. Al-Ta’rikh al-Kabir, of Muhammad al-Bukhāri.

12. Al-’Imāmh wa al-siyāsah, of Ibn Qutaybah.

13. Al-‘Iqd al-farid, of Ibn ‘Abd Rabbih.

14. Al-Tabaqāt al-Kubrā, of Ibn Sa‘d.

15. Ta’rikh Ibn Khaldun.

16. Sharh Nahj al-balāghah, of Ibn Abi al-Hadid.

Sirah (Biography) Books

1. Sirat Ibn Hisham.

2. Al-’Isābah fi tamyiz al-Sahābah.

3. Al-Sirah al-Halabiyyah.

4. Usd al-ghābah fi ma`rifat al-Sahābah.

5. Al-Sirah al-Dahlāniyyah.

6. Al-Riyād al-nādirah, of al-Tabari.

7. Al-’Isti‘āb.

8. Hayat Muhammad, of Muhammad Hasanayn Haykal.

9. Al-Ma‘ārif, of Ibn Qutaybah.

10. Ansāb al-’Ashrāf, of al-Balādhuri.

11. Hilyat al-’awliyā’, of Abu Nu‘aym.

12. Al-Fitnah al-Kubrā, of Tāhā Husayn.

Other References

1. Al-Sawā‘iq al-muhriqah, of Ibn Hajar.

2. Al-Futuhāt al-Makkiyyah, of Ibn ‘Arabi.

3. Al-Silah bayn al-tasawwuf wa al-tashayyu‘, of al-Shibibi.

4. ‘Aqā’id al-’akābir, of al-Sha‘wāni.

5. Khasā’is Amir al-Mu'minin, of al-Nasā’i.

6. Tawārikh mawālid al-’A’immah, of Ibn al-Khashshāb.

7. Al-Milal wa al-nihal, of al-Shahristāni.

8. Fasl al-khitāb, of Muhammad al-Bukhāri.

9. Dalā’il al-’Imāmah, of al-Tabari.

10. Al-Hadith al-mutasalsil, of al-Balādhuri.

11. Balāghāt al-nisā’, of Ibn Tayfur.

12. Mir’āt al-’asrār, of al-‘Arif ‘Abd al-Rahmān.

13. A‘lām al-nisā’, of ‘Umar Ridā Kahhālah.

14. Ihqāq al-haqq, of al-Tustari.

15. Kifāyat al-tālib, of al-Kanji al-Shāfi‘i.

16. Sharh al-Mawāhib, of al-Zarqāni.

17. Al-’Izdihār fimā ‘aqadahu al-shu‘arā’ min al-’ash‘ār, of al-Suyuti.

18. Siyar a‘lām al-nubalā’, of al-Dhahabi.

19. Al-Wilāyah, of Ibn Jarir al-Tabari.

20. Sirr al-‘alāmin, of Abu Hāmid al-Ghazāli.

21. Tadhkirat al-Khawāss, of Ibn al-Jawzi.

22. Ihyā’ ‘ulum al-Din, of al-Ghazāli.

23. Tadhkirat al-Sibt, of Ibn al-Jawzi.

24. Matālib al-sa’ul, of Ibn Talhah al-Shāfi‘i.

25. Irshād al-sāri, of al-Qastalāni.

26. Yanābi‘ al-mawaddah, of al-Qunduzi al-Hanafi.

27. Nur al-’absār, of al-Shablanji.

28. Fadā’il al-Khamsah min al-Sihāh al-Sittah.

29. Rabi‘ al-’abrār, of al-Zamakhshari.

30. Al-Fusul al-muhimmah, of Ibn al-Sabbāgh.

31. Sharh Nahj al-balāghah, of al-Shaykh Muhammad ‘Abduh.

32. Al-Talkhis, of al-Dhahabi.

33. Al-Mu‘jam al-kabir & al-Mu‘jam al-saghir, of al-Tabarāni.

34. Al-Jāmi‘ al-kabir & al-Jāmi‘ al-saghir, of al-Suyuti.

35. Al-Bidāyah wal-nihāyah, of Ibn Kathir.

36. Is‘āf al-rāghibin.

37. Manāqib ‘Ali ibn Abi Tālib.