The knowledge of the Sunnah has reached us via means of the hadith of the Messenger of Allaah صلى الله عليه وسلم.
The hadith refers to a combination of a text and a chain of narration (isnaad) beginning from the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم and ending at the scholar who recorded that hadith. There are a number of conditions that the hadith must meet based upon which it is divided into two broad categories saheeh (authentic) and da’eef (weak).
The authentic hadith is that hadith from which beliefs and legislation can be derived. The weak hadith does not allow us to derive beliefs or legislation from it.
The Al-Kutub as-Sittah (The Six Books of Hadith) are the fundamental six books which consists of the Ahadeeth of Ahkam (law, value, ordinance or ruling of Shari'ah)
Aside from this six, there are number of smaller hadith collections compiled by various scholars, such as Musnad Ahmad ibn Hanbal, Muwataaa Maalik, Sahih ibn Hibban etc… but these do not form the basis of the deen.
The most authentic book after the Book of Allah is Sahih Al-Bukhaari, and the two most authentic books are Sahih Al-Bukhaari and Sahih Muslim.
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