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Every answer on 3arif.ai is grounded in these authenticated sources — 137 works spanning 14 centuries of Islamic scholarship. Quranic commentary, prophetic narrations, Islamic law across all major schools, history, Sufi literature, philosophy, theology, and the critical sciences of ḥadīth and Quran — from 610 CE to the present day.

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Quran114 sūrahs · 6,236 āyāt114 sūrahs

1 work

Tafsīr12 centuries of commentary · 923–2015 CE12 centuries of commentary

39 works

Ḥadīth~88,000 narrations · Sunnī & Shīʿī traditions~88,000 narrations

37 works

Fiqh & Law5 madhabs · Ḥanafī · Mālikī · Shāfiʿī · Ḥanbalī · Jaʿfarī5 madhabs

15 works

History & Sīra610–1406 CE · 13 centuries documented610–1406 CE

7 works

Islamic Sciences9,000+ narrators catalogued · ḥadīth & Quranic methodology9,000+ narrators catalogued

9 works

Theology4 schools · Ashʿarī · Māturīdī · Muʿtazilī · Jaʿfarī4 schools

5 works

Philosophy9th–14th century · Islamic golden age9th–14th century

5 works

Sufism700 years of inner tradition · 13th–20th century700 years of inner tradition

2 works

Primary TextsImam Alī ibn Abī Ṭālib · Imam Zayn al-ʿĀbidīnImam Alī ibn Abī Ṭālib

4 works

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Title ⇅	Author ⇅	Category ↑	Date ⇅	Lang ⇅	Passages ⇅
Istiftāʾāt of Grand Ayatollah Fadlallah الاستفتاءات — السيد محمد حسين فضل الله	Sayyid Muhammad Hussein Fadlallah	Fatwā	1431 AH / 2010 CE	EN	3,660
Practical Laws of Islam / Ajwibat al-Istiftāʾāt أجوبة الاستفتاءات	Āyatullāh al-Uẓmā Sayyid ʿAlī Khāmeneī	Fiqh	1416 AH / 1995 CE	EN	3,839
Tahrir al-Wasila تحرير الوسيلة	Khomeini	Fiqh	20th Century	AR	576
Sahih al-Bukhari صحيح البخاري	Al-Bukhari	Ḥadīth	256 AH / 870 CE	EN/AR	7,580
Sahih Muslim صحيح مسلم	Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj	Ḥadīth	261 AH / 875 CE	EN/AR	7,360
Sunan Abu Dawud سنن أبي داود	Abu Dawud al-Sijistani	Ḥadīth	275 AH / 889 CE	EN/AR	5,272
Sunan al-Tirmidhi سنن الترمذي	Al-Tirmidhi	Ḥadīth	279 AH / 892 CE	EN/AR	3,926
Sunan al-Nasa'i سنن النسائي	Al-Nasa'i	Ḥadīth	303 AH / 915 CE	EN/AR	5,679
Sunan Ibn Majah سنن ابن ماجه	Ibn Majah	Ḥadīth	273 AH / 887 CE	EN/AR	4,340
Al-Muwatta الموطأ	Malik ibn Anas	Ḥadīth	179 AH / 795 CE	EN/AR	1,818
Al-Kafi الكافي	Al-Kulayni	Ḥadīth	329 AH / 941 CE	EN/AR	14,245
Man La Yahduruhu al-Faqih من لا يحضره الفقيه	Al-Saduq	Ḥadīth	381 AH / 991 CE	EN/AR	6,382
Riyad as-Salihin رياض الصالحين	Imam al-Nawawi	Ḥadīth	676 AH / 1277 CE	EN	1,217
Musnad Ahmad مسند أحمد بن حنبل	Ahmad ibn Hanbal	Ḥadīth	241 AH / 855 CE	EN	1,359
Bulūgh al-Marām min Adillat al-Aḥkām بلوغ المرام من أدلة الأحكام	Ibn Ḥajar al-ʿAsqalānī	Ḥadīth	813 AH / 1410 CE	EN	1,240
Biḥār al-Anwār (Oceans of Light) — Selected Volumes (EN) بحار الأنوار	ʿAllāma Muḥammad Bāqir al-Majlisī	Ḥadīth	1110 AH / 1698 CE	EN	1,074
Mishkat al-Masabih مشكاة المصابيح	Al-Khatib al-Tabrizi	Ḥadīth	737 AH / 1337 CE	EN	4,432
Al-Adab al-Mufrad الأدب المفرد	Imam al-Bukhari	Ḥadīth	256 AH / 870 CE	EN	1,179
Sunan al-Darimi	Imam al-Darimi	Ḥadīth	255 AH / 869 CE	EN	3,406
Forty Hadith of Imam Nawawi الأربعون النووية	Imam al-Nawawi	Ḥadīth	676 AH / 1277 CE	EN	42
Forty Hadith Qudsi الأحاديث القدسية الأربعون	Various	Ḥadīth	800 AH / 1400 CE	EN	40
Shama'il Muhammadiyya الشمائل المحمدية	Imam al-Tirmidhi	Ḥadīth	279 AH / 892 CE	EN	400
Hisn al-Muslim (Fortress of the Muslim) حصن المسلم من أذكار الكتاب والسنة	Sa'id ibn Ali ibn Wahf al-Qahtani	Ḥadīth	1415 AH / 1995 CE	EN	20
ʿUyūn Akhbār al-Riḍā	Shaykh Muḥammad b. ʿAlī al-Ṣaduq	Ḥadīth	381 AH / 991 CE	EN/AR	954
Al-Amālī	Shaykh Muḥammad b. ʿAlī al-Ṣaduq	Ḥadīth	381 AH / 991 CE	EN/AR	1,082

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