Sunan Ibn Majah (Ibn Majah's Hadith Collection)
The sixth of the canonical hadith collections in Sunni Islam with unique narrations.
Sunan Ibn Majah is the sixth and last of the canonical hadith collections (al-Kutub al-Sittah) in Sunni Islam. It was compiled by Imam Abu Abdullah Muhammad ibn Yazid ibn Majah al-Qazwini (824-887 CE) and contains approximately 4,341 hadith.
The work contains approximately 1,339 hadith not found in the other five canonical collections, giving it a unique value. Imam al-Suyuti and other scholars have commented on the work's status and authenticity.
In "Kitab Iqamat al-Salah wa al-Sunnah fiha" (Establishing the Prayer and its Sunnah), Ibn Majah contains important narrations about the virtues of prayer, including: "Prayer is a light" and "Whoever preserves the five prayers with their wudu, their times, and their ruku and sujud will have a covenant with Allah for forgiveness." Ibn Majah traveled to Iraq, Syria, Egypt, and Hijaz to collect his narrations.
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