h - D h ah abi ▁ranks ▁him ▁among ▁those ▁ 3 ▁books ▁that ▁have ▁most ▁im pressed ▁him ▁( with ▁Mu hal la ▁of ▁ibn ▁Haz m ▁and ▁Tam h id ▁of ▁ibn ▁Abd ▁al - B arr ). ▁ ▁Al - N aw aw i ▁said ▁in ▁al - T a q rib ▁that ▁one ▁should ▁be ▁devoted ▁to ▁it , ▁as ▁nothing ▁has ▁been ▁written ▁like ▁it , ▁and ▁al - Su y uti , ▁comment ing ▁on ▁this ▁statement ▁in ▁T ad rib ▁al - Raw i , ▁agreed . ▁Al - S akh aw i ▁said ▁in ▁F ath ▁al - M ugh ith ▁that ▁one ▁must ▁not ▁limit ▁ones elf ▁from ▁it ▁( by ▁su ffic ing ▁with ▁the ▁other ▁sun an ▁works ▁of ▁Ab u ▁Daw ud , ▁al - N asa ’ i , ▁and ▁al - T irm id hi ) ▁due ▁to ▁its ▁compreh ens iveness ▁in ▁most ▁of ▁the ▁ah ad ith ▁al - ah k am . ▁Al - S akh aw i ▁further ▁added ▁that ▁its ▁true ▁rank ▁is ▁only ▁after ▁the ▁Sah ih ay n ▁of ▁al - B uk h ari ▁and ▁Muslim , ▁coming ▁before ▁the ▁sun an ▁of ▁Ab u ▁Daw ud , ▁al - N asa ' i , ▁and ▁al - T irm id hi , ▁which ▁take ▁preced ence ▁only ▁by ▁mer it ▁of ▁being ▁earlier ▁and ▁thus ▁with ▁shorter ▁ch ains . ▁ ▁Al - D h ah abi ▁said ▁there ▁is