Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah


Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah is one of the well-known compilations of Hadith of Mohammad, his predecessors and companions. These prophetic traditions, or hadith, were collected by Muslim scholar Ibn Abi Shaybah.

Description

It is one of the largest compilations of Hadiths, including more than thirty seven thousand Hadiths. The goal of these authors was to collect whatever they found, not to extract the best, nor to refine them, nor to make them more accessible for use.
Shaybah narrated reports from predecessors about each subject area, including the controversial topics of discussions between Muslims, like Battle of Siffin, battle of camel,Nehrwaan and death of 3rd Caliph Uthman. It includes Ahaadeeth classified as Saheeh, Marfoo‘, Mawqoof, and Munqaṭiʻ.
Multiple manuscripts have been preserved and some may differ.

Opinion of Shah Waliullah al-Muhaddith al-Dahlawi

claims that this book is not among the top rank books of Hadiths, falling in the second rank, because of its many unauthentic Hadiths.