About At-Tirmidhi

Jāmi` al-Tirmidhi, popularly and mistakenly Sunan al-Tirmidhi , is one of the Sunni Six major Hadith collections. It was collected by Abu ‘Eesa Muhammad ibn ‘Eesa al-Tirmidhi.

Title

Al-Kattani said: “The Jaami’ of al-Tirmithi is also named The Sunan, contrary to those thinking them to be two separate books, and [it is also named] Al-Jaami’ al-Kabeer.

Praise

Al-Hafidh Abu Al-Fadl Al-Maqdisi said: “I heard Al-Imam Abu Isma’il Abdullah bin Muhammad Al-Ansari in Harrah – when Abu Isa Al-Tirmidhi and his book was mentioned before him – saying: “To me, his book is more useful than the books of Al-Bukhari and that of Muslim. This is because only an expert can arrive at the benefit of the books of Al-Bukhari and Muslim, whereas in the case of the book of Abu Isa, every one of the people can attain its benefit.

Ibn Al-Athir said: “(It) is the best of books, having the most benefit, the best organization, with the least repetition. It contain what others do not; like mention of the different views, angles of argument, and clarifying the circumstances of the hadith as being sahih, da’if, or gharib, as well as disparaging and endorsing remarks (regarding narrators).