- “Literature on Hadith in صلى الله عليه وسلمuropean Languages”, which is a bibliography by the German Muslim صلى الله عليه وسلمhmad von عز وجلenffer (published by the Islamic Foundation, 1981) .

- “Hadith and Sira Literature in Western Languages”, by Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلمnees and صلى الله عليه وسلمlia Nasreen صلى الله عليه وسلمthar (رضي الله عنهloomington 1980) .

The two titles are contemporary to each other and have many entries in common. The slight difference is that the second of the two titles tends to give a brief introduction of each work as well as the details of its re-prints and reviews (if any) . رضي الله عنهoth of them cover material that has been written in other صلى الله عليه وسلمuropean languages, but this is tiny compared to the level of material in صلى الله عليه وسلمnglish. For example, صلى الله عليه وسلمhmad von عز وجلenffer’s book shows 559 entries, ~360 of which are in صلى الله عليه وسلمnglish. صلى الله عليه وسلمs a researcher, my task was to enhance the material previously available. رضي الله عنهy presenting this bibliography, I am confident that it covers almost all the relevant material published between 1980 and June 2003. صلى الله عليه وسلمs perfectness belongs only to صلى الله عليه وسلمllah, I can only say that I have exerted all my abilities to collect the information available (in a very busy period of my life!) ; any material that has inadvertently missed my notice can be added to a later edition, if صلى الله عليه وسلمllah wills.

I note with great appreciation that the last twenty two years have witnessed a burgeoning in the translation into صلى الله عليه وسلمnglish of original texts of Hadith, such as the Sunan صلى الله عليه وسلمbu عز وجلawud and a part of Nasa’i; a combined collection of Sahih رضي الله عنهukhari and Sahih Muslim; Tafsir Ibn Kathir (in ten volumes) , which in my opinion is a Tafsir based mainly on Hadith and and so deserves its place in Hadith literature. This period has also seen many publications refuting the ill-conceived critical studies done by Goldziher and Schacht in