When citing one of those hadith books byMuḥammad b. Ismāʿīl al-Bukhārī (d. 256/870), Abū Dāwūd al-Sijistānī (d. 275/889), Muḥammad b. Yazīd Ibn Māja (d. 275/889), Muḥammad b. ʿĪsā al-Tirmidhī (d. 279/892), Aḥmad b. Shuʿayb al-Nasāʾī (d. 303/915) and al-Dārimī (d. 255/869) indicate printing information and then Name of Chapter (Kitāb) and Bāb Number in first reference. If you wish to indicatehadith number, you can write it in parentheses after bāb number.
First Reference | … (Author’s Last Name, “Name of Chapter (Kitāb)”, Bāb Number). |
Example | … (al-Bukhārī, “Manāqib”, 24 ). |
Subsequent References | … (Author’s Last Name, “Name of Chapter (Kitāb)”, Bāb Number). |
Example | … (al-Bukhārī, “Manāqib”, 24 ). |
Direct References | … (Author’s Last Name, “Name of Chapter (Kitāb)”, Bāb Number). |
Example | … (al-Bukhārī, “Manāqib”, 24 ). |
Bibliography | Author’s Last Name, First name. Title of Hadith Book. ed. Editor’s First and Last Name. x Volumes. Place of Publication: Publisher, x. Edition, Year of Publication. |
Example | al-Bukhārī, Muḥammad b. Ismāʿīl. al-Jāmiʿ al-ṣaḥīḥ. ed. Muḥammad Zuhayr b. Nasr. 8 Volumes. s.l.: Dār Tawq al-Najāt, 2. Edition, 1422/2001. |
Example: Last Name, First Name al-Bukhārī, Muḥammad b. Ismāʿīl Ibn Māja, Muḥammad b. Yazīd |