Jami' al-Tirmidhi
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June 15, 2026“Whenever a person came to the Prophet (ﷺ) with his alms, the Prophet (ﷺ) would say, “O Allah! Send your Blessings upon so and so.” My father went to the Prophet (ﷺ) with his alms and the Prophet (ﷺ) said, “O Allah! Send your blessings upon the offspring of Abu Aufa.””
— Narrated by Abdullah bin · Sahih al-Bukhari 1445
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About This Collection
Notable for grading each hadith and noting scholarly opinions. Part of the Kutub al-Sittah.
About the Compiler
Abu Isa Muhammad ibn Isa ibn Sawrah ibn Musa ibn al-Dahhak al-Sulami al-Tirmidhi
Abu Isa al-Tirmidhi was a prominent Sunni hadith scholar born near Termez who began serious hadith study at age 20 and traveled extensively across Khurasan, Iraq, and the Hijaz to collect narrations from over 300 teachers, including al-Bukhari himself. He compiled Jami' al-Tirmidhi after years of extensive scholarship and became blind in his final years, reportedly from weeping in reverence and fear of Allah. Highly praised by al-Bukhari for his extraordinary memory and piety, he is considered by some scholars to have reached the level of ijtihad. He passed away in his hometown of Termez, leaving behind several influential works in hadith and related sciences.
Scholarly View
Jami' al-Tirmidhi ranks among the six canonical Sunni collections and is valued especially for its unique grading commentary and fiqh insights. Al-Bukhari himself praised al-Tirmidhi's scholarship, and al-Dhahabi endorsed the collection. It is ranked 3rd to 5th among the Kutub al-Sittah depending on the scholar.
Methodology & Grading
Al-Tirmidhi organized his collection by fiqh topics in the Sunan style while covering a comprehensive range of subjects like a Jami. He includes sahih, hasan, and daif narrations with explanations, notes the opinions of jurists across different schools, and abbreviates chains for brevity. He coined or refined the technical category of hasan (good), defining it as a narration supported by other paths and free from unreliable narrators.