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 First and Last Name, Title of Hadith Book, ed. Editor’s First and Last Name (Place of Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication), “Name of Chapter (Kitāb)”, Bāb Number (no.Hadith Number). |
| Example | Muḥammad b. Ismāʿīl al-Bukhārī, al-Jāmiʿ al-ṣaḥīḥ, ed. Muḥammad Zuhayr b. Nasr (s.l.: Dār Tawq al-Najāt, 1422/2001), “Manāqib”, 24 (no.3437). |
| Subsequent References | Author’s Last Name, “Name of Chapter (Kitāb)”, Bāb Number (no. Hadith Number). |
| Example | al-Bukhārī, “Manāqib”, 24 (no.3437). |
| 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. |
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Example: Last Name, First Name al-Bukhārī, Muḥammad b. Ismāʿīl Ibn Māja, Muḥammad b. Yazīd |
