The major Shia hadith collections, in Arabic and English.
The Four Books and later collections: the original Arabic with its English translation, the narrators in each chain linked to their profiles, and every report tied to the page it was printed on.
Where the library stands today—still early, and growing.
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Readable books
98,922
Digitised pages
6,732
Catalogued works
3,283
Indexed authors
Using the library
Read, search, and trace narrators.
Read a collection in full, look up a specific narration, or follow a narrator across the tradition. Each report stays linked to its source.
The collections
The Four Books and later works.
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What each record contains.
Every hadith record brings together the Arabic text, its translation, the narrators in its chain, the wider transmission, and a citation back to the printed edition.
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Arabic text
The narration as printed, with the chain, body, chapter headings, and footnotes kept distinct.
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English translation
The English alongside the Arabic, with the translator and source named on each one.
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Narrator profiles
Each name in the chain links to that narrator, with the evidence for the identification.
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Transmission
How the narrators connect across the collections, linked back to the reports that establish each link.
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Citation
A stable reference, checkable against the volume, page, and original scan.
Open access.
No account required. The full library is free to read, search, and cite.