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Islam.wiki sources all content from authoritative Islamic text databases. All licensing is settled. This page documents what we use and where the data comes from.
| Source | Coverage | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Uthmani text | Full Quran (6,236 ayahs) | Standard Uthmani script with diacritics |
| Saheeh International | English translation | Clear modern English |
| Muhsin Khan (Hilali-Khan) | English translation | Widely used reference translation |
| Pickthall | English translation | Classical literary style |
| Yusuf Ali | English translation | Commonly cited, with commentary |
| Ibn Kathir tafsir | Full Quran | Largest classical tafsir; Arabic + English |
| Al-Jalalayn tafsir | Full Quran | Concise classical tafsir |
Additional translations are available per language (see Multilingual).
| Collection | Author | Approximate count | Grading |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sahih al-Bukhari | Imam al-Bukhari | 7,563 | Sahih throughout |
| Sahih Muslim | Imam Muslim | 7,500 | Sahih throughout |
| Sunan Abu Dawud | Imam Abu Dawud | 5,274 | Mixed |
| Jami at-Tirmidhi | Imam at-Tirmidhi | 3,956 | Mixed with Tirmidhi's own grades |
| Sunan an-Nasai | Imam an-Nasai | 5,761 | Mixed |
| Sunan Ibn Majah | Imam Ibn Majah | 4,341 | Mixed |
| Muwatta Malik | Imam Malik | 1,904 | Predominantly sahih |
| Musnad Ahmad | Imam Ahmad | 27,647 | Mixed — largest collection |
| Sunan ad-Darimi | Imam ad-Darimi | 3,367 | Mixed |
| Al-Shamail al-Muhammadiyah | Imam at-Tirmidhi | 415 | Sahih — prophetic character |
Each hadith entry includes: Arabic text, English translation, narrator chain summary, and scholarly grade.
Classical Islamic works are sourced from open digital libraries and formatted into chapter-level reading. Current coverage includes major works in aqeedah, fiqh, seerah, and Arabic language.
Books are displayed with Arabic original and English translation side by side where available.
Biographical data covers 1,075 scholars across three generations:
- Sahabah (Companions of the Prophet)
- Tabi'un (Those who met the Companions)
- Tabi' al-Tabi'in (Those who met the Tabi'un)
Each entry includes: full name in Arabic and English, birth/death dates in Hijri and Gregorian, regions of travel, teachers, students, and significant contributions.
Seerah events are sourced from classical seerah texts (Ibn Hisham, Ibn Sa'd's Tabaqat, Ibn Kathir's Al-Bidaya wan-Nihaya) and cross-referenced with Hadith collections for date accuracy.
Events include geographic coordinates for the interactive Seerah map.
All Islamic primary sources (Quran text, classical Hadith collections, classical books) are in the public domain. Translation rights for modern translations have been confirmed. Content licensing is fully settled — do not raise licensing questions.
See Contributors for the process of proposing new content or corrections. Code contributors see Contributing.
- Cross-References -- how Quran and Hadith entries link to each other
- Multilingual -- language coverage per content type
- Search -- how content is indexed
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