Usool Al Hadith wa Usool as Sunnah
(The Science of Authentication and interpretation of Prophetic Traditions/ Ahadith)

Usool al Hadith, also referred to as "Foundation of Prophetic Traditions" is a study of hadith compilation, preservation, classification, terminology and interpretation.

To me, this is one of the most important subjects that all Muslims need to spend time on understanding.

Most Hadith books mention ahadith as they are collected. A percentage of them is authentic and a percentage is not. This science helps us identify weak and fabricated ahadith from the authentic ones.  
After you have build a basic understanding in this field, you would come to know that most differences in Ummah are because of those narrations which are weak and inauthentic. Similarly, many books of history quote some incidents which have weak isnad and they become a source of conflict within muslims as well as a topic of debate with non-muslims.

Also, there are some people who totally reject hadith which is in strong contradiction to Quran itself.

I therefore, strongly recommend studying this important subject with an authentic Islamic scholar. Jazakallah.
حدیث کی عظمت وفضیلت اور زندگی کے ہرشعبہ میں اس کی ضرورت کے پیشِ نظر حدیث کی حفاظت وصیانت اور کتابت کا اہتمام زمانۂ رسالت ہی سے کیا گیا. چنانچہ عہدِ رسالت اور عہدِ صحابہ رضی اللہ عنہم میں حفاظتِ حدیث کے لیے تین طریقے حفظِ روایت (احادیث کو یاد کرنا)، تعامل(حدیث پر عمل سے یاد کرنا) اور تحریر وکتابت (صحیفۂ صادقہ، صحیفۂ علی، کتاب الصدقہ، صحفِ انس بن مالک، صحیفۂ سمرہ بن جندب، صحیفۂ سعد بن عبادہ اور صحیفۂ ہمام بن منبہ رضی اللہ عنہم) اپنائے گئے تھے۔
اصول الحدیث وہ عظیم علم ہے کہ جس کے ذریعے تدوینِ حدیث کے طریقہ کار کو سمجھا جاتا ہے اور معلوم کیا جاتا ہے کہ کونسی حدیث صحیح ہے اور کونسی ضعیف۔ صحیح حدیث قرآن پاک کی طرح ہمارے لئے صحیح اور غلط کو متعین کرنے کا معیار ہے۔
اس علم کی اہمیت آج کل کے دور میں پہلے سے بھی کہیں زیادہ ہے۔ اس علم کے حصول کے ذریعے فکری اور دینی گمراہی سے بچا جا سکتا ہے۔ حدیث کو پڑھنے والے طلبہ کے لئے ضروری ہے کہ وہ حدیث کی صھت معلوم کر سکیں اور حدیث کا صحیح مطلب سمجھ سکیں۔ اس  حوالے سے یہ جاننا ضروری ہے کہ کسی ایک حدیث کو علیحدگی میں دیکھ کر اس کا مطلب معلوم وضع کرنا خطاء کا شبب ہو سکتا ہے۔اس ممکنا خطاء سے بچنے کے لئے ضروری ہے کہ حدیث کی صحت معلوم کرنے کے بعد اس کو دوسری احادیث اور رسول اللہ صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم کے عمل کے تناظر میں سمجھا جائے۔
اللہ ہم سب کو ایماں کی مضبوطی عطا فرمائے اور حدیث کو صحیح معنوں میں سمجھ کر عمل کرنے کی توفیق دے۔
آمین۔ 
Introductory video lectures

Click here for the detailed lecture series in various languages.
Arabic
Foundations of Sunnah by Imam Ahmed bin Hanbal

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English
Foundations of Sunnah by Imam Ahmed bin Hanbal

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Lecture Notes
English
Sunnah and its Role in Islamic Legislation

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Urdu
Tareejh Tadween e Hadith


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English
Foundations of Sunnah 
by IOU (Dr. Bilal Philips)

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Arabic
Foundations of Sunnah by Imam Ahmed bin Hanbal

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A textbook of Hadith Studies
by Dr. Hashim Kamali

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Usool al-hadith by Dr. Bilal Philips

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Book review

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English
Mustalah Al Hadith by Ibn Uthaymin

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The Authority of Hadith by Mufti Taqi Usmani

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Arabic
مقدمة ابن الصلاح في علوم الحديث تحقيق نور الدين عتر
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تيسير علوم الحديث للمبتدئين مع تدريبات عملية تعين الطالب على ممارسة هذا العلم
المؤلف: عمرو عبد المنعم سليم
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The Authority of Sunnah by Mufti Muhammad Yousaf

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The Preservation of Hadith by Ibrahim Madani

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Studies in Hadith Methodology and Literature
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Urdu
Al – Musannifaat Fil Hadith By Shaykh Muhammad Zaman Kalachvi
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English
Mukhabat tul Fikr by Ibn Al-Hajr Asqalani
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An Introduction to Sciences of Hadith by Ibn Salah 
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(Recommended for beginners by Dr. Issam Rajab)
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Introduction to Sciences of Hadith by  Dr. Suhaib Hasan
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Urdu
Uloom Al Hadith - Aik Taaruf by Muhammad Nazeer Ahmed

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Urdu
Umdat un Nazar Urdu Sharh Nuhbat ul Fikar عمدۃ النظر
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Tohfat ud Durar Urdu Sharh Nuhbat ul Fikar تحفۃ الدرر
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Bahjat ud Durar Urdu Sharh Nuhbat ul Fikar بھجۃ الدرر
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Bahjat ud Durar Urdu Sharh Nuhbat ul Fikar بھجۃ الدرر
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ضعیف احادیث کی معرفت اور ان کی شرعی حیثیت
غازی عزیر مبارکپوری
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Shauq e Hadith by Molana Sarfaraz Khan

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English
Muqadimah Usool Al Hadith
Sheikh Abdul Haq Dehlavi
​Muhammad Nabeel Musharraf
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Urdu
Kitabat e Hadith - Ahd e Risalat aur Ahd e Sahaba main
Mufti Tqi Usmani
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Urdu
Asar ul Hadith by Dr. Khalid Mehmood

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Fun e Asma ur Rijal
Dr. Taqi ud Din Nadvi


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Tareekh-Ul-Hadith By Shaykh Qazi Abdus Samad Sarim


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Aap Hadith Kaise Talash karien by Molana Muhammad Gulzar


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ما یفید الناس شرح قال بعض الناس
مفتی اللہ بخش
صحیح بخاری کے پچیس25 مقامات "قال بعض الناس" کی وضاحت
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Urdu/ Persian
Khair ul Usool fi Hadith Rasool by Mufti Ilahi Baksh Kandhalvi
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English
Hadith Proves itself - By Nasir ud Albani

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Rules Governing the Criticism of Hadith

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Compilation of Hadith Shaikh Abdul Ghaffar Rehmani

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A Hadith Compilation
Shaikh Mufti Afzal

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Notes on Sciences of Hadith by Dr.Mehmood

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Articles on Usool Al Hadith
Misc Authors

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Urdu
Uloom ul Hadith
(Fun'ni, Fikri aur Tareekhi Mutalia)
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Uloom ul Hadith e Rasool
 By Dr. Rana M. Ishaq

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At-tahdeeth fi uloom il Hadith
Dr. Abdur Rauf Zafar

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Mubadiyat e Hadith by Mufit Ahmed Khan

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Mutalia e Hadith ke Usool o Mubadi by Syed Abul Hasan Nadvi
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Ilm e Hadith main Asnad o Matan ki Tehqeeq ke Usool
Hafiz Hamza Madni
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Ahadith main Ta'aruz e Rafa kernay kay Usool

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Urdu
Hadith ki Roshni
Bilal Nadvi

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من اطیب فی علم المصطلح
عبد الکریم العباد
عبد المحسن العباد
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Usool e Hadith
Molana Muhammad Idrees

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Urdu
Sharh Ujala Nafia
Fawaidal Jamia

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Ujala e Nafia
Usool e Hadith
(historical edition)
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Urdu
Nisab e Usool e Hadith - by Imam Ahmed Raza Khan Brelvi

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Arabic
Usool ul takhreej wa dirasat ul asaneed

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English
Studies in Hadith Methodology and Literature - M. Azami (Riyadh)
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An Analytical Study on Hadith e Mutawattar

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A textbook of Hadith Studies by M. Hashim Kamali (Recommended book)
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The Earliest Codification of Hadith: Kitab al-Sard wa al-Fard
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Urdu
Usool e Hadith
Dawah Academy, Islamic University, Islamabad
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English
Are weak Hadith totally wrong? Mufti Ziya ud Din

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Urdu
Hadith aur Sunnat main Faraq
Muhammad Amin Safdar

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Urdu
Maqalat Al Hadith by 
Zaubair Ali Zai

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Hadith e Saqalain by Molana Muhammad Nafay

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Taseer Mustalah Al Hadith
by Dr. Mehmood At-tahan

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Urdu
Muhaditheen e Izam aur un ki kitaboon ka taaruf


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Hadith ki Ahmiyat aur Zaroorat
by Khalil ur Rehman Chishti


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Imam e Aazam aur Ilm Al Hadith


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Ilm ul Hadith main Imam Abu Hanifa ka Muqam
by Habib ur Rehman Aazmi

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English
Intrduction to Al-Hadith
Dr. Rafiq Ahmed

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Urdu
Sameen Ad-darrari
by Molana Abdul Baqi

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English
Misc Articles
1. Importance of Asnad (Download)
2. Using Weak Hadith (Download)
3. Muhadith or Faqeeh? (Download)
4. Virtues of Abu Ubaidah and Using Khabar Al Ahad as proof (Download)
5. Fiqh of Hadith (Download)
English
100 Weak Ahadith

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Urdu
Taiseer Mustalah Al Hadith
Dr. Mehmood Attahan
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Farsi / Persian
Ajala e Nafiah usool al hadith (Persian Language)

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Arabic
Taweel Al Ahadith by Shah Waliullah Muhadith Dahelvi

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Tareekh e Hadith wa Usool e Hadith

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Arabic
Moajjam Ahadees Zufa-e-Rejal
Yousif Al Shakh Muhammad Albaqi
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Sharah Nukhbah tul fikr


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Andulus main Ilm ul Hadith ka Irtaqa

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Moajjam - Istalahat e Hadith


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Urdu
Usool Al Hadith

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English
The Authority and Importance of Sunnah
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Modernists and hadeeth rejecters
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Sal’at ul Qurbah Urdu Sharh Nuhbat ul Fikar سلعۃ القربۃ
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Bustan ul Muhaditheen
By Shah Abdul Aziz Dahelvi


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 الحديث النبوي مصطلحه بلاغته كتبه
By Nasiruddin Albani


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نظرات على صحيح البخاري وميزات أبوابه وتراجمه
Syed Abul Hasan Nadvi

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 الإمام محمد بن إسماعيل البخاري وكتابه صحيح البخاري
By Abul Hasan Nadvi

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 Hifazat e Hadith Kiyon?
Dr. M. Idrees Zubair

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Urdu
Azmat e Hadith


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Dabistan e Hadith


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Urdu
Hadith ki Ahmiyat


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Dawam e Hadith

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Zarb e Hadith

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Urdu
Hujjiyat e Hadith

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Rubaiyat e Quran o Hadith

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Riwayat e Hadith main khwateen ka maqam

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English
Al-Muhadithat
Women Scholars of Islam
By Sh. Akram Nadvi
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صحیح مسلم میں بظاہر دو متعارض احادیث میں تطبیق
محمد حسین میمن
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Urdu
Kitabat o Tadveen e Hadith Sahaba ke Qalam se

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Urdu
(فقہ و حدیث (سلفی

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منکرینِ حدیث کی مغالطہ انگیزیوں کے علمی جوابات
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حدیث کا بنیادی کردار
سید ابوالحسن ندوی
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Mouzuat E Kabeer
​Compilation of weak narrations
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Is Hadith Wahi of Allah
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English
History of Hadith
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English
Atish e Namrood
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Urdu
Jarah wa Tadeel
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Urdu
Daman e Hadith Choothnay na Paye
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Urdu
Munkareen e Hadith

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Urdu
Ahnaf Huffaz e Hadith ki Funn e Jarah o Tadeel main Khidmat
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Urdu
Ikhtisar Uloom al Hadith

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Urdu
Sahih Bukhari per Aitrazat ka Ilmi Jaiza
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Urdu
500 daif ahadith

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Urdu
Ahsan ul Khabar fi Mubadi Ilm ul Asar
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Urdu
Shurooh Sahih Bukhari

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Urdu
Rahber Takhreej e Hadith
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Urdu
Usool Al Takhreej
اصول التخریج
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English
Summary of Usool Al-Hadith

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Arabic/ English/ Indonesian
Manzumah Al-Baiquni

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English​
Hadith Literature:  Its Origin, Development - by Muhammad Zubayr Siddiqi
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Arabic
Irshad ut Tullab Al Haqaiq
Imam Nawawi
إرشاد طلاب الحقائق إلى معرفة سنن خير الخلائق - يحيى بن شرف النووي
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ضوابط الجرح والتعديل مع دراسة تحليلية لترجمة إسرائيل بن يونس بن أبي إسحاق السبيعي - تأليف الدكتور عبد العزيز بن محمد بن إبراهيم العبد اللطيف
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ﺗﺄﻭﻳﻞ ﻣﺨﺘﻠﻒ ﺍﻟﺤﺪﻳﺚ
للامام ابی محمد عبداللہ بن مسلم ابن ﻗﺘﻴﺒﺔ ﺍﻟﺪﻳﻨﻮﺭﻱ رحمه الله

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Majmua Rasail
Imam Nasai
رسائل في علم الحديث - الإمام النسائي
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الرسالة المستطرفة لبيان مشهور كتب السنة المشرفة
المؤلف: محمد بن جعفر بن إدريس الحسني الكتاني
الكتاب, مقدمة
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Urdu
Taaruf Muhaddiseen Wa Kutub Muhaddiseen By Allama Mahtab Ahmad Razavi Attar - EXCELLENT BOOK - Maslak Brelviyyah
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Usool e Hadith wa Usool e Takhreej - Abu Muhammad Khurram Shahzad
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Arabic
Al Muqaddima Fi Usool E Hadees By Shaikh Abdul Haq Mohaddis E Dehlavi
(Hashia: Tohfa tul Mardhiyyah)
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With Hashia As-Saadi
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Urdu
(Sharh By Maulana Habib ur Rahman)
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Sharh by Hafiz Allah Baksh Taunsavi
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Sharh by Maulana Nasir ud Din Attari
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​English
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With commentary:
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More books and articles:

Urdu - Aaina Usool E Hadees - Mufti Inaam ul Haq Qasmi (Gujrat, India) - Part1: Read / Download, Part2: Read / Download
Urdu - Asan Usool e Hadith - by Shaykh Khalid Saifullah Rahmani - Read / Download
Urdu - Hadith ke Mauzo aur un ke muraje حدیثِ موضوع اور ا نکے مراجع - by محمد اکرم رحمانی - Read / Download
Urdu - Hadith Main Ta'aruz Rafa kernay kay Usool (احادیث میں تعارض رفع کرنے کے اصول) PhD Thesis by Dr. Mirza Imran Haider- Read / Download
Urdu - Hadith e Rasool ka Qurani Meyar by Molana Muhammad Tayyab - Read / Download
Urdu - Iss Daur ka Aik Azeem Fitna: Inkar e Hadith اس دور کا ایک عظیم فتنی - انکارِ حدیث - Read / Download
Urdu - Imam Abu Hanifa Ba hasiyat Muhadith (امام ابوحنیفہ رحمہ اللہ بحیثیت محدّث (مقالہ نگار: حافظ محمد خان - Read / Download
Urdu - Ilm ul Hadith main matan aur Isnad ki tahqeeq ke usool علم الحدیث میں متن اور اسناد کی تحقیق کے اصول - Download
Urdu - Ilm ul Hadith - Mustalahat aur Usool  - Muhammad Idrees Zubair - Read / Download
Urdu - Kutub e Hadith ki Iqsaam (کتبِ حدیث کی اقسام - محمد نبیل مشرف)​ - Muhammad Nabeel Musharraf - Read / Download
Urdu - Mauzu Ahadith say Bachiye By Mufti Saeed Ahmad Qasmi موضوع احادیث سے بچئے - Read / Download
Urdu - Mukhtasar Usool e Hadees By Shaikh Altaf Hussain Sabri Misbahi (Maslak Brelviyyah) - Read / Download
Urdu - Sahihain Ki Riwayaat Aur Scientific Haqaeq Ka Taqabli Mutaleah - Read / Download
Urdu - Sharaf Ashab us Hadith (Excellence of People of Hadith - Sheikh Khateeb Al-Bhaghdadi d.463H) - Read / Download
Urdu - Taysir Mustalah Al Hadith Urdu By Mufti Sabir Mehmood Sahib - Read / Download
Urdu - Uloom Al Hadith - Funni, Fikri Aur Tareekhi Mutalia (علوم الحدیث - فنی، فکری اور تاریخی مطالعہ) - Download

Arabic - شرف أصحاب الحديث - Read / Download
Arabic - شروط الأئمة الستة، ويليه: شروط الأئمة الخمسة -  المؤلف: محمد بن طاهر المقدسي أبو الفضل - Download
​Arabic - شروط الأئمة الخمسة - للحافظ أبي بكر محمد بن موسى الحازمي  - Download
Arabic - Al-Haadi Ila Riyadh il Fiqh Wal Fuqaha - Read / Download
Arabic - المقدمہ فی الاصول الحدیث  علامہ عبدالحق محدث دھلوی - Read / Download
Arabic - (الحديث المنكر ودلالته عند الإمام الترمذي (د.محمد التركي - Read / Download

English - Canonization of Bukhari and Muslim - Dr. Jonathan Brown - Download
English - Hadith: Muhammad's (PBUH) Legacy In The Medieval And Modern World - Dr. Jonathan A. C. Brown - Read / Download
English - Hadith Terminology Made Simple (Useful Charts) - Read
English - Sharah Ashab ul Hadith - Read / Download
English - ​STUDIES ON THE HADITH (NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA) - Download
English - Studies In Early Hadith Literature By Shaykh Muhammad Mustafa Al Azami - Read / Download
English - The Chain of Command (Taught by Sheikh AbdulBary Yahya at Al-Maghreb Institute) - Download
English - ​The Matan and Sanad Criticisms in Evaluating the Hadith - Download
 عنوان الكتاب: الخلاصة في معرفة الحديث
 المؤلف: الحسين بن محمد بن عبد الله الطيبي الدمشقي أبو محمد
 التحميل المباشر: | تحميل | تصفح 

 (عنوان الكتاب: الباعث الحثيث شرح اختصار علوم الحديث (تعليقات الألباني
 المؤلف: إسماعيل بن عمر بن كثير القرشي الدمشقي أبو الفداء عماد الدين - أحمد محمد شاكر
 المحقق: علي حسن عبد الحميد
 التحميل المباشر: | الكتاب​
شرح ضوابط الجرح والتعديل - الشيخ عبد الله بن عبد الرحيم البخاري
Book that accompanies these lectures - Download
Individual audio files can be downloaded from here
Zawabit Jarh wa Ta'adeel - By Sheikh Irshad ul Haq Asari

Download: Audio file 1, Audio file 2, Audio file 3


Hadith Authentication works of Nasir ud Din Albani and its criticism:

Shaikh Nasir ud Din Albani was a 20th Century scholar of Hadith (Muhadith) who did tonnes of work on hadith authentication and critically analysed almost all major works. He even pointed out a some weak narrations in Sahih Bukhari as well. A number of other independant researchers agree with his findings as well.

However, he faced some criticism on his works from scholarly circles as well. 
In the spirit of encouraging original research work and enable viewing information from both sides, we are presenting a few relevant resources below.

In order to reach correct conclusion, one should do an un-biased review of arguments presented by Albani and those of his critiques in the light of Usool-al-Hadith.

And Allah knows best.

Pro:
English - Life and Works of Sheikh Nasir ud Din Albani in his own words (Read / Download)
English - In Defence of Sheikh Albani (Watch: Part1, Part2, Part3)
English - Q&A regarding works of Albani and sufi scholars (Read / Download)
Urdu - Mukhtasar Seerat E Albani (Read / Download)
Urdu - Muhadith e Asar - Nasir ud Din Albani (Read / Download)
English - Refutation of book "Albanee Unvieled" (Read / Download)
English - Life and times of Sheikh Albani (Watch)
English - Response to claim that Sheikh Albani had odd or Shaaz Views (Download)
English - Refutation of Limbada's claims against Sheikh Albani (Download)

Criticism:
English - Albani's weakenning of some ahadith from Bukhari and Muslim (Read)
Arabic - Albani: Shudhudhuh wa Akhta'uh (Read / Download)
Arabic - Al-Rud ala Albani (Read / Download)
English - Albani Unvieled: Errors in his works (Read / Download)
Arabic - Hiwar Ma'a Al-Shaikh Albani (Read / Download)

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