Hadith collection
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Sunni six major collections
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Most hadith hadith collection were collected a few centuries after hijra. The most famous Sunni collection are Sahih Muslim and Sahih Bukhari, and the most famous Shi'a collections are Nahj al-Balagha and Usul al-Kafi.
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[edit] History
Generally, Umar II is credited with having ordered the first collection of hadith material in an official manner, fearing that some of it might be lost. Abu Bakr ibn Muhammad ibn Hazm and Ibn Shihab al-Zuhri, are among those who compiled hadiths at `Umar II’s behest. [1]
[edit] Muslim view
While Sunni's believe that "the door to Ijtihad is sealed", the Shi'a do not concur in this conclusion.
[edit] Sunni view
Accordingly, Sunni Islam views the conclusions of the authors of the collections Sahih Muslim and Sahih Bukhari to be above critique per doctrine. This result in the authors conclusion of their book only containing Sahih hadith to be true.
[edit] Shi'a view
Shi'a do not consider the door to Ijtihad to be sealed, and in the contrary, they do not deem any hadith to be Sahih unless the scholar claiming it to be Sahih is alive and can formulate the reason for his conclusion.
This results in Shi'a not accepting any Hadith collection as being "all authentic", unless its author is alive, and hence, Shi'a do not have any old Hadith collection whom they hold in the same status as Sunnis hold Sahih Bukhari.
However, Shi'a do value their own collections as having been deemed to have a very high amount of Sahih narrations by many scholars through time. For example, Nahj al-Balagha is considered almost entirely authentic by all Shi'a scholars in all times, but for the sake of the principle, it is not said to contain only authentic hadith.