The Great Imams
Abu Nu`aym al-Asfahani. Hilya al-Awliya’ wa Tabaqat al-Asfiya’. 12 vols. Ed. Mustafa `Abd al-Qadir `Ata. Beirut: Dar al-Kutub al-`Ilmiyya, 1997.
Ahmad ibn Hanbal. Al-Musnad. 20 vols. Ed. Ahmad Shakir and Hamza Ahmad al-Zayn. Cairo: Dar al-Hadith, 1995.
Al-Bayhaqi, Abu Bakr. Al-Asma’ wa al-Sifat. Ed. Muhammad Zahid al-Kawthari. Beirut: Dar Ihya’ al-Turath al-`Arabi, n.d. Reprint of 1358H. Cairo edition.
-------. Al-Asma’ wa al-Sifat. 2 vols. Ed. `Abd Allah al-Hashidi. Riyad: Maktaba al-Sawadi, 1993.
Al-Dhahabi, Muhammad Shams al-Din. Tadhkira al-Huffaz. Edition including a last volume entitled Dhayl Tadhkira al-Huffaz which comprises al-Husayni’s Dhayl Tadhkira al-Huffaz, Muhammad ibn Fahd al-Makki’s Lahz al-Alhaz bi Dhayl Tadhkira al-Huffaz, and al-Suyuti’s Dhayl Tabaqat al-Huffaz.
-------. Siyar A`lam al-Nubala’. 19 vols. Ed. Muhibb al-Din al-`Amrawi. Beirut: Dar al-Fikr, 1996.
Al-Ghumari, `Abd Allah. Irgham al-Mubtadi` al-Ghabi bi Jawaz al-Tawassul bi al-Nabi. Ed. Hasan `Ali al-Saqqaf. 2nd ed. Amman: Dar al-Imam al-Nawawi, 1992.
Ibn Abi `Asim. Al-Sunna. Ed. M. Nasir al-Din al-Albani. Beirut and Damascus: Al-Maktab al-Islami, 1993.
Ibn Abi Zayd al-Qayrawani. Al-Jami` fi al-Sunan wa al-Adab wa al-Maghazi wa al-Tarikh. Ed. M. Abu al-Ajfan and `Uthman Battikh. Beirut: Mu’assasa al-Risala; Tunis: al-Maktaba al-`Atiqa, 1982.
Ibn Hajar al-`Asqalani. Fath al-Bari Sharh Sahih al-Bukhari. 14 vols. Notes by `Abd al-`Aziz ibn Baz. Beirut: Dar al-Kutub al-`Ilmiyya, 1989.
-------. Ibidem. Cairo: al-Matba`a al-Bahiyya, 1348 H.
-------. Al-Isaba fi Tamyiz al-Sahaba. 8 vols. Calcutta, 1853.
-------. Tahdhib al-Tahdhib. 10 vols. 1st ed. Hyderabad: Da’ira al-Ma`arif al-Nizamiyya, 1327H.
-------. Taqrib al-Tahdhib. Ed. Muhammad `Awwama. Aleppo: Dar al-Rashid, 1997.
-------. Tawali al-Ta’sis li Ma`ali Muhammad ibn Idris. Ed. `Abd Allah al-Qadi. Beirut: Dar al-Kutub al-`Ilmiyya, 1986.
Ibn Hibban. Sahih Ibn Hibban bi Tartib Ibn Balban. 18 vols. Ed. Shu`ayb al-Arna’ut. Beirut: Mu’assasa al-Risala, 1993.
Ibn al-Jawzi. Manaqib al-Imam Ahmad. 2nd ed. Ed. Muhammad Amin al-Khanji al-Kutbi. Beirut: Khanji wa Hamdan, 1349H.
-------. Sifa al-Safwa. 2 vols. Beirut: Dar al-Kutub al-`Ilmiyya, 1989.
Ibn Kathir. Al-Bidaya wa al-Nihaya. 15 vols. Ed. Editing Board of al-Turath. Beirut: Dar Ihya’ al-Turath al-`Arabi, 1993.
Ibn Qudama. Mukhtasar Minhaj al-Qasidin li Ibn al-Jawzi. Ed. M. Ahmad Hamdan and `Abd al-Qadir al-Arna’ut. 2nd. ed. Damascus: Maktab al-Shabab al-Muslim wa al-Maktab al-Islami, 1961.
Ibn Taymiya. Dar’ Ta`arud al-`Aql wa al-Naql. Ed. Muhammad al-Sayyid Julaynid. Cairo: Mu’assasa al-Ahram, 1988.
-------. Majmu` Fatawa Ibn Taymiyya. 36 vols. Cairo, 1404H.
Al-Kawthari, Muhammad Zahid. Maqalat. Riyadh and Beirut: Dar al-Ahnaf, 1993.
Keller, Noah Ha Mim, ed. and trans. The Reliance of the Traveller. Dubai: Modern Printing Press, 1991. Translation of Ahmad ibn Naqib al-Misri’s `Umda al-Salik.
Al-Khalili. Al-Irshad fi Ma`rifa `Ulama' al-Hadith. Ed. Muhammad Sa`id ibn Umar Idris. 3 vols. Riyad : Maktaba al-Rushd, 1989.
Al-Khatib al-Baghdadi. Tarikh Baghdad. vols. Madina: al-Maktaba al-Salafiyya, n.d.
Al-Mubarakfuri. Tuhfa al-Ahwadhi bi Sharh Jami` al-Tirmidhi. 10 vols. Beirut: Dar al-Kutub al-`Ilmiyya, 1990.
Al-Nawawi. Sharh Sahih Muslim. 18 vols. Ed. Khalil al-Mays. Beirut: Dar al-Kutub al-`Ilmiyya, n.d.
-------. Tahdhib al-Asma' wa al-Lughat. Cairo: Idara al-Tiba`a al-Muniriyya, [1927?].
-------. Al-Taqrib wa al-Taysir li Ma`rifa Sunan al-Bashir al-Nadhir. Beirut: Dar al-Kutub al-`Ilmiyya, 1987.
Al-Sakhawi, Muhammad ibn `Abd al-Rahman. Al-Jawahir wa al-Durar fi Manaqib Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Hajar. Cairo: Lajna Ihya’ al-Turath al-Islami, 1986.
Al-Subki, Taj al-Din. Tabaqat al-Shafi`iyya al-Kubra. 10 vols. Ed. Mahmud M. al-Tannahi and `Abd al-Fattah M. al-Hilw. 2nd. ed. Jiza: Dar Hijr, 1992.
Al-Suyuti, Jalal al-Din. Tarikh al-Khulafa’. Ed. Rahab Khidr `Akkawi. Beirut: Mu’assasa `Izz al-Din, 1992.