Etymograph

English

Kutub al-Sittah

Kutub al-Sittah comes from Arabic الكُتُب السِّتَّة ‘the six books’.

  1. Arabicc. 500–presentالكُتُب السِّتَّةal-kutub as-sitta‘the six books’
  2. EnglishtodayKutub al-Sittah

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Arabicc. 500–presentالكُتُب السِّتَّةal-kutub as-sitta‘the six books’
  2. EnglishtodayKutub al-Sittah

Today it means

name The group of six collections of hadiths (sayings or acts of Muhammad) which form part of the official canon of Sunni Islam.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Arabic الكُتُب السِّتَّة / Kutub al-Sittah