(1) Minhaj al-Talibin by Muhyi al-Din Abu Zakariya Yahya al-Hizami al Dimashqi al-Nawawi (commentary on Sahih Muslim).

(2) Fath al-Mulhim (Commentary on Sahih Muslim) by Maulana Shabbir Ahmad Uthmani.

(3) Fath ai-Bari (Commentary on Sahih Bukhari by Hafiz Ibn Hajar 'Asqalani.

(4) 'Umdat al-Qari (Commentary on Sahih Bukhari) by Badr al-Din Aini.

(5) Faid al-Bari (Commentary on Sahih Bukhari) by Maulana Anwar Shah Kashmiri.

(6) Al-Siraj al- Wahhaj by Nawab Siddiq Hasan.

(7) Mirqat al-Mafatih by 'Ali b. Sultan Muhammad Qari (popularly known as Mulla 'Ali Qari).

(8) Nail-ul Autar by Muhammad b. 'Ali b. Muhammad al-Shaukani.

(9) Zad al-Ma'dd by Hafiz Ibn Qayyim.

SOURCES FOR THE LIFE OF THE NARRATORS

(1) Tahdhib-ul-Tahdhib by Hafiz Ibn Hajar 'Asqalani.

(2) Kitab al-Tabaqat al-Kabir by Muhammad b. Sa'd.

(3) Tadhkirat al-Huffaz by Shams al-Din Abu 'Abdullah Muhammad b. Ahmad al-Dhahabi.

(4) Mizan al-I'tidal fi Naqd al-Rijal by Shams al-Din al-Dhahabi.