40 Hadith Collection:

40 hadith collections have been compiled by various classical and contemporary scholars. Little has been written to present an overall picture of how these works are related to each other and where they sit in the bigger picture.

Following description from Scott Lucas (2016) presents an excellent overview of compilations of 40 hadith collections in Sunni and Shia traditions.

40 Traditions - by Scott Lucas (made available with author's permission)

A similar article, which provides reasonable elaboration to this concept, has also been written in Urdu by Maulana Rasheed Ahmed Fareedi (Read / Download)
English
Commentary on 40 Hadith of Imam Nawawi
Jamaal Din Zarabozo
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Commentary by Dr. Jamal Ahmed Badi
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Translation only:
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English
40 Hadith by Shah Waliullah
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Arabic / Urdu:
Chahal ahadees by Shah Wali Ullah Muhaddis Dehelvi
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Arbaeen Wali Ullah
Ba riwayat e Ali ul Murtaza
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English:
40 hadith on good character
By Abu Amina Elias (Br. Justin Parrott)
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English
Kunooz min turath
Commentary on 40 hadith of An-Nawawi by Ibn Daqiq Al-Id
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English:
40 Hadith on Divine Mercy
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English
40 hadith regarding sending Durood and Salam
Shaykh M. Shakur al-Mayadini
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Urdu:
Aqd ul Jawahair - Imam Al-Ajluni
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English:
40 Hadith on Masjid Al-Aqsa

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Urdu:
Arbaeen e Sanaee
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Urdu:
Kitab ul Arbaeen
(Translation only)​
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Urdu
Arbaeen e Nabawi (Sharh)
Prof. Saeed Mujtaba Saeedi
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Urdu
Arbaeen e Nabawi
Prof. Abdullah Shaheen
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Urdu
Al Arbaeen Minal Bukhari By Shaykh Professor Muhammad Ashraf Khan Sulaimani
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French:
Kitab ul Arbaeen
of Imam Nawawi

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Urdu
Sila Rahmi se Mutaliq 40 Ahadith
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English:
40 hadith on Islamic personality

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English /Arabic:
40 Hadith about Marriage

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English:
40 Hadith Qudsi
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Alternate Version:
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English:
40 Hadith on Social Media

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Urdu:
اربعین للنساء من احادیث المصطفیٰ ﷺ

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Urdu:
بستان الاربعین
محمد صادق سیالکوٹی
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Urdu:
شرح اربعین نووی
عبد المجید سوہدروی
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Urdu:
(کتاب الاربعین ( ابن تیمیہ 
امام احمد بن عبد الحلیم ابن تیمیہ​
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Urdu:
حجیت حدیث، اہمیت حدیث اور حفاظت حدیث پر مشتمل مجموعہ​
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Urdu:
Jawamay Al-Kalum Yani Chahal Ahadith
Mufti Muhammad Shafi
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Arabic / Urdu:
Al Arbaeen Fi Huqooqil Walidain (by Akbar Hussain AL Hanafi)​
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Arabic:
الاربعين في مناقب أمهات المؤمنين


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Arabic:
​الأربعون نوويّة مع تتمّتها للحافظ ابن رجب تحقيق علي الرّازحيّ

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Urdu:
Chahal e Hadith
Syed Ibraheem Nahri
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Urdu
Arbaeen Nawawi
Dr. Israr Ahmed
Part1, Part2
Urdu:
Khatm e Nabuwwat Chahal Hadith - Ansar ul Qasmi
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Urdu:
Ziya E Arbaeen By Molana Abdur Rahim Misbahi​
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Urdu:
Al-Arbaeen
Risala e Tameer e Seerat
Dr. Khawar Hussain Gondal
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Urdu:
Chahal Hadith
Khurram Murad
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Bangla
Arbaeen
Imam An-Nawawi
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Urdu:
Parda e Shar'i ki 40 ahadith
​Maulana Noor Muhammad

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English:
40 Hadith on the Quran

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Urdu:
Arabaeen e Ibrahimi

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English:
40 Ahadith on Virtues of Women
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Arabic:
Al-ahadith Al-Arbaeen fi Fadhail Sayid al Mursaleen
Sheikh Yusuf bin Ismail Nabhani (a scholar from the times of Ottomon Caliphate)
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Arabic:
Al-ahadith Al-Arbaeen fi Wujoob Ta'a Ameer il Momineen - by
Sheikh Yusuf bin Ismail Nabhani (a Palestinian scholar who lived near the end of Ottomon Caliphate)
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English:
Sacred Scrolls: 40 hadith An-Nawawri (Lecture Notes) - Course taught by Sheikh Yasir Qadhi and Suhaib Webb
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Urdu:
متن اربعینِ حسین رضی اللہ عنہ
Arbaeen Hussain
تالیف : فضیلۃ الشیخ عبداللہ دانش
ترتیب و تخریج : میاں طاہر
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Bangla
Arbaeen An-Nawawi
40 hadith of Imam Nawawi
চল্লিশ হাদীস
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More:

  • English - AL ARBAEEN THE VIRTUES OF SHAAM AND ITS PEOPLE - by Mufti Shabbir Ahamd (DB) - Read / Download
  • English - Commentary on the 40 hadith of Imam Nawawi - Dr. Jamal Badi - Download
  • English - The Principle of Bay'ah: Explained through 40 ahadith - Muhammad Nabeel Musharraf - Read / Download
  • English - 40 ahadith on Virtues and and etiquette of knowledge - Justin Parott (Abu Amina Elias) - Read / Download
  • English - 40 Hadith Seeking Knowledge - Mufti Muhammadibn Muneer - Read / Download
  • English - 40 haidht on virtues of the four rightly-guided caliphs - Mufti Maujul I. Chaudhary - Read / Download
  • Turkish - İMAM NEVEVİ 40 HADİ S Ş ERHİ - Read / Download​
  • Urdu - Ae Ibn Adam (collection of ahadith calling the humanity) - Download
  • Urdu - Arbaeen Shareef - Abdul Khaliq Tawakali - Read / Download
  • Urdu - Arbaeen Alehissalam Lequrbat Rasool Allah Sallallho Alehe Wasalam Fi Sahi Al Bukhari By Abdul Danish/ اربعین علیہ السلام لقرابۃ رسول اللہ ﷺ فی صحیح البخاری - Read / Download
  • Urdu - Al-Arbaeen (with the explanation of Imam Nawawi himself) - Read / Download (Recommended)
  • Urdu - Al-Arbaeen Min Ahadith Syed Al-Mursileen - Maulvi Syed Mumtaz Ali (1937) - Read / Download
  • Urdu - Arbaeen Khatam e Nabuwat - Prof Abid Butt Qadri - Read / Download
  • Urdu - Arbaeen Malik Bin Dinaar / اربعین مالک بن دینار - by مولانا محمد افروز قادری چریاکوٹی - Read / Download
  • Urdu - Arbaeenat - Dr Sayed Mahmood Quadri - Read / Download
  • Urdu - Arbaeen Imam Hussain By Afroz Qadri/اربعین امام حسین از مولانا افروز قادری چریا کوٹی (Maslak Brelviyyah) - Read / Download
  • Urdu - Chahal e Hadith Manzoom - Syed Wajid Al-hussain (Sunni) - Read / ​Download
  • Urdu - Chahal Hadith - Sheikh Ahmed Sir Hindi - Mujaddad Alf Sani - ​Read / Download
  • Urdu - Chahal Hadith by Mufti Aziz Ahmed Lahori - Read / Download​
  • Urdu - Chalees Ahadees E Tayyaba (About Masajid) By Allama Muhammad Younus Madani چالیس احادیث طیبہ - Read / Download
  • Urdu - Sharh Arbaeen Nawawi - Maulana Nasir ud Din Nasir (Maslak Brelviyyah) - Read / Download
  • Urdu - Sharh Arbaeen An-Nawawi - Mufti Muhammad Ashiq Ilahi Madani - Read / Download