Why is Sahih Bukhari cited more than Sahih Muslim?

Question

There are several hadith collections, of which:

Sunan Abu Dawood

Sahih Bukhari

Sahih Muslim

40 Hadith Qudsi

Tirmidhi

Maliks Muwatta

are cited. Are there any other collections (with a good chain of isnad, which are cited as references)

And, are all these collections cited as accurate (or are they inaccurate as some say)

Answer 1

As-Sunan as-Sughra (by Imam Nasai) is also one of the six major Hadith collections

Shahih Al-Buhari is considered as the most authentic hadith collection.

Shahih al-Muslim is second only to Shahih Al-Buhari.

Answer 2

Each collection of hadith have numerous hadith that are not saheeh.  Bukhari is also a larger collection. So with all that, bukhari comes to use more often.

Answer 3

What you listed here are generally the group of the most reliable books of hadeeth.  That does not mean they are perfect, as they have a few inauthentic hadeeth.  But they are the best.

Bukhaaree and Muslim are generally considered the most reliable, the biggest, and with the largest numbers of authentic hadeeth.  Sometimes because of this they are referred to as the Saheehayn.  Bukhaaree is generally considered number one and Muslim is number two, so that is why they are like that.

There are good places online to study hadeeth, I can put some down there.

Answer 4

because Bukhari was very strict in accepting Ahadith and took on himself collecting the Ahadith with very restricted conditions,,

Answer 5

The six major collections which are labeled "Sunni collections" are:

Sahih Bukhari

Sahih Muslim

Sunan-as-Sughra (An-Nasa'i)

Sunan Abu Dawud

Sunan At-Tirmidhi

And this last one is disputed as to whether it be Malik's Muwatta' or Sunan Ibn Majah

The Ahadith Qudsi are actually found in Sahih Bukhari and Sahih Muslim mainly but they are different in nature.

As for the authenticity of the Ahadith in those collections, not every single Hadith in all of them are 100% authentic and further examination of the chain of narrators are sometimes followed on some Ahadith. Anyways, Imam Muslim was a student of Imam Bukhari and but they had strict methods of accepting a Hadith from any person who claimed to have one.

Answer 6

Sahih Bukhari is more reliable than Sahih Muslim because Bukhari's condition is stricter than muslim's one .

You know isnad , Muslim conditioned that there could be a probability of meeting between them , but Bukhari conditioned that the hearing between them had happened    .

For Bukhari and Muslim Hadith they are considered correct , and all scholars agreed on that .

The other sources contain correct ( Sahih) ones , and incorrect (daeef) ones , but the scholars know the condition of every hadith ,is it correct or ( or strong ) or incorrect ( or week ) ?

And there many sources for hadith , and they are known , but some of books you mentioned are not sources , yes they are hadith books .

for example ,Fath AL Bari is the explanation of Sahih AL Bukhari ,Riyad as saliheen contained hadithes from the sources of hadith , Al Nawawe ( the author) collected them under sections to talk about something like praying ,fasting , patience ,Ihsan , so it doesn't contain anything new , and so is  AT TARGHIB WAT TARHIB .

Tadrib Al Rawe is a ( mutalah hadith ) book , not a hadith book ,Mustalah Al Hadith studies the strength and the weekness of the hadith , when  can we take the hadith and when not ?

Hope I helped