The most important and well-known books of hadith-commentary

This was taken from the sharh by shaykh Sharif Hatim al-ʿAwni hafiẓahullah on Nuzhat al-
Naẓar, the explanation by Ibn Hajar of his own text Nukhbat al-Fikar.1
1. al-Tahdhib al-Athar wa Tafsil al-Thabit ʿan Rasulillah min al-Akhbar by Muhammad b. Jarir
al-Tabari
2. Sharh Sahih al-Bukhari by Ibn Battal
3. al-Muntaqa Sharh al-Muwatta by Abu al-Walid al-Baji
4. al-Muʿlim bi Fawa’id Muslim by al-Mazari
5. ʿAriḍ al-Ahwadhi Sharh Jamiʿ al-Tirmidhi by Abu Bakr ibn al-ʿArabi al-Maliki
6. al-Qabas fi Sharh Muwatta Malik b. Anas by Abu Bakr ibn al-ʿArabi
7. Ikmal al-Muʿlim bi Fawa’id Muslim by al-Qadi ʿIyyaḍ
8. al-Shafi Sharh Musnad al-Shafiʿi by Majd al-Din ibn al-Athir
9. Sharh Musnad al-Shafiʿi by Abu al-Qasim ʿAbd al-Karim b. Muhammad al-Rafiʿi
10. al-Mufhim lima ashkala min Talkhis Kitab Muslim by Abu al-ʿAbbas al-Qurtubi
11. al-Ifsah ʿan Maʿani al-Sihah by al-Wazir ibn Hubayrah
12. al-Muyassar fi Sharh Masabih al-Sunnah by Fadlullah b. al-Hasan b. Husayn b. Yusuf al-
Hanafi
13. al-Minhaj Sharh Sahih Muslim b. al-Hajjaj by al-Nawawi
14. Tuhfah al-Abrar Sharh Masabih al-Sunnah by al-Baydawi
15. Ihkam al-Ahkam Sharh ʿUmdah al-Ahkam by Ibn Daqiq al-ʿId
16. Sharh al-Ilmam by Ibn Daqiq al-ʿId
17. al-Taʿyin fi Sharh al-Arbaʿin by Najm al-Din al-Tufi
18. al-Nafh al-Shadhi Sharh Jamiʿ al-Tirmidhi by Abu al-Fath ibn Sayyid al-Nas
19. al-ʿIlam bi Sunnatihi ʿalayhi al-salam (sharh Sunan Ibn Majah) by Mughultay b. Qilij
20. al-Kawakib al-Darari fi Sharh Sahih al-Bukhari by al-Kirmani
21. Jamiʿ ʿUlum al-Hikam by Ibn Rajab al-Hanbali
22. Fath al-Bari bi Sharh Sahih al-Bukhari by Ibn Rajab al-Hanbali
23. Tarh al-Tahtrib bi Sharh al-Taqrib by Wali al-Din Abi Zurʿah al-ʿIraqi

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24. al-Kashif ʿan Haqa’iq al-Sunan by al-Tibi
25. Fath al-Bari bi Sharh Sahih al-Bukhari by Ibn Hajar
26. Nukhab al-Afkar fi Tanqih Mabani al-Akhbar fi Sharh Maʿani al-Athar by Badr al-Din al-
ʿAyni
27. Fayḍ al-Qadir Sharh al-Jami al-Saghir by al-Munawi
28. al-Taʿliq al-Mumajjad ʿala Muwatta Muhammad by ʿAbd al-Hayy al-Lacknawi
29. al-Mukhtar min Kunuz al-Sunnah al-Nabawiyyah by Muhammad ʿAbdullah Diraz
30. al-Naẓar al-Fasih ʿinda Mada’iq al-Anẓar fi al-Jamiʿ al-Sahih by Muhammad Tahir ibn
ʿAshur
31. Kashf al-Mughatta min al-Maʿani wa’l-Alfaẓ al-Waqiʿah fi al-Muwatta by Muhammad
Tahir ibn ʿAshur