Sunan Al Tirmidhi: The True Collection
By Imam al Tirmidhi
Translator: Haytham Kreidley
Hardback 4 Volumes Set
Volume 1=455 pages
Volume 2=495 pages
volume 3=535 pages
volume 4=591 pages
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In summary of the benefit of Sunan At-Tirmidhi, Al-Qadi Ibn Al-`Arabi mentioned the famous collections of Ahadith and he said: 'And there is none among them like the book of Abu `Eisa...' And he said: 'In it are fourteen (categories) of knowledge, and that makes it easier and safer to act upon...'

He listed them as:

1. Chains of narration (Asnad);
2. Authenticity (Sahhah);
3. Weakness (Da`afa);
4. Multiple routes of transmission (Turuq);
5. Disparaging remarks regarding narrators (Jarh):
6. Endorsing remarks regarding narrators (Addal);
7. Names of narrators;
8. Kuuyah (surnames) of narrators:
9. Connected narrations (Wasal);
10. Disconnected narrations (Qata');
11. The clearest of what is to be acted upon;
12. What is abandoned of narrations:
13. Clarification of the differences of the scholars in rejecting and accepting narrations;
14. Mention their differences in interpretation of the narrations.

By these, he indicated that this collection of Imam At-Tirmidhi includes each of these types of knowledge in it.