▁history ▁of ▁Had ith ▁collection , ▁containing ▁almost ▁twenty ▁two ▁thousand ▁( 2 2 , 0 0 0 ) ▁Had ith s ▁according ▁to ▁Mak tab a ▁Sh amil a . ▁A ▁book ▁with ▁similar ▁name ▁( S un an ▁al - K ub ra ) ▁is ▁also ▁written ▁by ▁ ▁Im am ▁al - N asa ' i ▁having ▁almost ▁twelve ▁thousand ▁( 1 2 , 0 0 0 ) ▁had ith s . ▁ ▁It ▁is ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁major ▁had ith ▁comp il ations ▁by ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁last ▁great ▁had ith ▁memor is ers ▁of ▁the ▁ 4 th ▁century ▁Hij ri , ▁of ▁such ▁importance ▁that ▁nothing ▁of ▁its ▁like ▁has ▁been ▁p enn ed ▁down . ▁It ▁is ▁compiled ▁in ▁order ▁of ▁issue ▁rel ating ▁to ▁fi q h . ▁The ▁author ▁takes ▁quite ▁an ▁effort ▁in ▁providing ▁narr ations ▁in ▁each ▁chapter ▁thereby ▁giving ▁the ▁r ul ings ▁of ▁such ▁transm issions ▁and ▁how ▁certain ▁sch ol ars ▁have ▁understood ▁it . ▁He ▁also ▁exp ounds ▁the ▁problem atic ▁phr ases ▁and ▁or ▁termin ologies ▁that ▁might ▁cause ▁mis inter pret ation ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁those ▁that ▁might ▁seem ingly ▁port ray ▁contradict ions . ▁Many ▁sch ol ars ▁have ▁said ▁that ▁no ▁such ▁work ▁has ▁been ▁p enn ed ▁down ▁like ▁the ▁Sun an ▁al - K ab ir . ▁ ▁View ▁of ▁other ▁Sch ol ars ▁regarding ▁the ▁book ▁It ▁is ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁most ▁famous ▁collection ▁of ▁Had ith ▁as ▁Im am ▁Ad