
This is because only an expert can arrive at the benefit of the books of Al-Bukhari and Muslim, whereas in the case of the book of Abu ʿIsa, every one of the people can attain its benefit." 150-d.204 A.H.) wrote his Kitab al-Umm before Tirmidhi's Jami', the Kitab al-Umm is less comprehensive in comparison to the Jami' of Tirmidhi.Īl-Hafidh Abu'l-Fadl Al-Maqdisi said: "I heard Al-Imam Abu Ismaʿil ʿAbdullah bin Muhammad Al-Ansari in Harrah - when Abu ʿIsa At-Tirmidhi and his book was mentioned before him - saying: "To me, his book is more useful than the books of Al-Bukhari and that of Muslim. The Jami' thus bears the distinction of being one of the oldest texts dealing with the difference of opinion amongst the various jurisprudential schools. Hence this book became an important source for the different view-points of the various legal schools. Tirmidhi mostly mentioned those Ahadith which the jurists used as the basis for their legal decisions and he mentioned which school used which tradition/s. His principal aim was to discuss the legal opinions of early jurists. He also indicates if there were other narrations transmitted by other companions on the same subject. Subsequently, he mentions the opinions of the different jurists. These Ahadith are followed by his opinion as to the status of the Hadith. Tirmidhi's method was that of placing the heading first, then mentioning one or two Ahadith which were related to the heading. It is also classified as a Sunan, which implies that the book has been chapterised according to legal chapters, such as Purification, Prayer, Poor-due and Fasting, narrated on the authority of Islamic prophet Muhammad, while the opinions of the companions are usually not mentioned.

It contains about 4330 Ahadith (now roughly 4400), and has been divided into fifty chapters-disputed as 46 books.

Īl-Kattani said: " The Jamiʿ of at-Tirmidhi is also named The Sunan, contrary to those thinking them to be two separate books, and Al-Jamiʿ al-Kabir. The term Sunan within the title refers to the collection's focus and chapter arrangement based on the particular Risalah subject, ahkam (general law). The term Jami within the title indicates a complete collection covering all eight Risalah (Allah's message) subjects. He began compiling it after the year 864/5 AD (250 AH) and completed it on the 9 June 884 AD (10 Dhu-al-Hijjah 270 AH).

Among the Six Sunni Books, it was collected by Al-Tirmidhi. The Sahih al-Tirmidhi ( Arabic: صحيح الترمذي, romanized: Ṣaḥīḥ al-Tirmidhī) is a 9th-century Sunni Islamic hadith collection.
