Which are the books of authentic and weak hadiths?
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Books categorized under can be divided into three main sections: books that specialize only in authentic () narrations, such as Sahih al-Bukhari and Muslim; books that combine authentic (sahih), weak (da'if), and good () narrations, like the Musnads and Sunans; and books that are limited to weak (da'if) and fabricated (mawdu') narrations, such as books on weak narrators and fabricated hadith. The questioner is referred to Al-Tahhan's book "Taysir Mustalah al-Hadith" to learn about the sources of hadith.
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