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Intro -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Transliteration Table -- Preface -- Translator's Introduction -- Imam Muslim ibn al-Ḥajjāj -- Imam Yaḥyā ibn Sharaf al-Nawawī -- Imam Muhammad ibn ʿAlī al-Māzarī -- Qāḍī ʿIyāḍ -- Imam Abū ʿAmr ibn al-Ṣalāḥ -- Imam Abū Sulaymān al-Khaṭṭābī -- Imam al-Ḥaramayn -- Imam ʿAlī ibn ʿUmar al-Dāraqụṭnī -- Commentaries on Muslim's Ṣaḥīḥ -- Before You Read -- Introduction by Imam al-Nawawī: Ḥadīth Methodology -- Importance of scholarly work -- The Chain of Transmission from Muslim to al-Nawawī -- Muslim's Ṣaḥīḥ Anthology

The Difference between Narration and Reporting -- Hadiths Missed by Ibrāhīm from Muslim -- Isnād (i.e. Chain of Transmission) is a Special Quality of the Muslim Community -- The Authenticity of the Anthologies of al-Bukhārī and Muslim -- Muslim's Condition of Authenticity in his Ṣaḥīḥ -- Seemingly Unauthentic Hadiths in the Two Ṣaḥīḥs -- The Status of the Hadiths in Muslim's Anthology -- The Number of Hadiths in al-Bukhārī's and Muslim's Ṣaḥīḥs -- Distinction between Narration, Reporting, etc. -- How Muslim Divided the Hadiths -- Muslim did not Include all Authentic Hadiths

The Inclusion of Reports by Some Weak Narrators -- Books Attached to (mukharraja ʿalā) Muslim's Ṣaḥīḥ -- Corrections of the Two Ṣaḥīḥs -- Categories of Authentic (ṣaḥīḥ), Good (ḥasan) and Poor (ḍaʿīf) Hadiths -- Hadith Terminology -- When a Companion of the Prophet Says: 'We Used to do or Say so-and-so' -- The Status of mawqūf as Evidence -- Unspecified Chain of Transmission -- On Additions [i.e. ziyādāt] -- Misleading Narration -- On Comparative Analysis (iʿtibār), Endorsement (mutābaʿah), Reconfirmation (shāhid), Single-Reporting (ifrād) and Peculiar (shādhdh and munkar)

Memory Impairment (ikhtilạ̄ṭ) -- On Abrogation -- Knowing Who is a Companion of the Prophet and Who Belongs to the Tābiʿīn -- Deletion of Certain Words -- Reporting Hadith by Meaning -- When a Second Version is Merely Stated as 'Similar' -- Stating a Part of the Text Ahead of its Place -- Copying from Someone else's Manuscript -- Reporting from 'God's Messenger' or 'the Prophet' -- Use of Symbols -- No Addition to the Description of Scholars -- Adding Attributes -- Two more Notes -- Introduction by Imam Muslim -- Chapter 1: Reporting Must be from Reliable Transmitters

Warnings Against False Attribution to God's Messenger (peace be upon him) -- Chapter 2: The Seriousness of Attributing a False Statement to God's Messenger (peace be upon him) -- Chapter 3: The Prohibition of Relating Everything One Hears -- Chapter 4: The Prohibition of Reporting from People who are Suspect and the Need to be Cautious when Learning such Reports -- Chapter 5: True Transmission is a Part of Religion -- Reporting is Acceptable only from Reliable People -- Fair Criticism of Reporters is Permissible and a Duty in Defence of the Divine Law

Chapter 6: Exposing the Flaws of Hadith Reporters.

The first volume in a new translation of of Sahih Muslim, the second most authentic collection of Prophetic traditions, with Imam Nawawi's commentary.