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To whom do the books "Sahih al-Targhib" and "Al-Silsilah al-Sahihah" belong, and to what extent are they relied upon in the field of Hadith?

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Both "Sahih al-Targhib wa al-Tarhib" and "Al-Silsilah al-Sahihah" are by Sheikh Muhammad Nasir al-Din al-Albani. "Sahih al-Targhib wa al-Tarhib" is an authentication of al-Mundhiri's book "Al-Targhib wa al-Tarhib," where al-Albani classified its hadiths as authentic or weak. In his "Sahih," he compiled 3,775 authentic or good (hasan) hadiths. As for "Al-Silsilah al-Sahihah," it is an expansive work in which al-Albani gathered authentic hadiths with detailed referencing and jurisprudential benefits. Al-Albani (1333-1420 AH) was a prominent scholar in the science of hadith, distinguished by his study and authentication of hadiths and the dissemination of the Sunnah. Both his supporters and opponents acknowledged his precedence in this field. His independent reasoning (ijtihad) in authenticating and weakening hadiths was subject to scholarly review, and like other scholars, he strove, sometimes being correct and sometimes erring.

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