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Written work about jarh and ta'dil can be classified into three categories:
Written work about jarh and ta'dil can be classified into three categories:


First: books that are only concerned with reliable [[transmitters of hadith]]s, such as: ''Kitab Al-Thiqat'' of Ahmad b. Abd Allah b. Salih al-'Ijli (d. 261/875) and ''Kitab Al-Thiqat'' of Muhammad b. Ahmad b. Hibban al-Busti (d. 354/965)
First: books that are only concerned with reliable [[transmitters of hadith]]s, such as: ''Kitab Al-Thiqat'' of Ahmad b. Abd Allah b. Salih al-'Ijli (d. 261/874-5) and ''Kitab Al-Thiqat'' of Muhammad b. Ahmad b. Hibban al-Busti (d. 354/965)


Second: books that are only concerned with unreliable transmitters of hadiths, such as:  
Second: books that are only concerned with unreliable transmitters of hadiths, such as:  
*''Kitab al-du'fa' al-saghir'' of Muhammad b. Isma'il al-Bukhari (d. 256/870)
*''Kitab al-du'fa' al-saghir'' of Muhammad b. Isma'il al-Bukhari (d. 256/869-70)
*''Kitab al-du'fa' wa al-matrukin'' of Nisa'i (d. 303/916)
*''Kitab al-du'fa' wa al-matrukin'' of Nisa'i (d. 303/915-6)
*''Ma'rifat al-Majruhin min al-Muhaddithin'' of Ibn Hibban al-Busti
*''Ma'rifat al-Majruhin min al-Muhaddithin'' of Ibn Hibban al-Busti
*''Al-Kamil fi al-Du'afa' al-rijal'' of Abd Allah b. 'Uday al-Jurjani (d. 365/976)
*''Al-Kamil fi al-Du'afa' al-rijal'' of Abd Allah b. 'Uday al-Jurjani (d. 365/975-6)
*''Kitab al-du'fa''' of Muhammad b. 'Umar al-'aqili (d. 322/934)
*''Kitab al-du'fa''' of Muhammad b. 'Umar al-'aqili (d. 322/933-4)
*''Mizan al-'i'tidal fi al-naqd al-rijal'' of Shams al-Din Muhammad b. Ahmad al-Dahabi (d. 748/1348)
*''Mizan al-'i'tidal fi al-naqd al-rijal'' of Shams al-Din Muhammad b. Ahmad al-Dahabi (d. 748/1347-8)


The above books are from Sunni authors, in Shi'a books two books can be mentioned:
The above books are from Sunni authors, in Shi'a books two books can be mentioned:
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Third: books that are concerned with both reliable and unreliable transmitters of hadiths, such as:  
Third: books that are concerned with both reliable and unreliable transmitters of hadiths, such as:  
*''Al-Tarikh wa al-'ilal'' of Yahya b. Ma'in (d. 233/848)
*''Al-Tarikh wa al-'ilal'' of Yahya b. Ma'in (d. 233/847-8)
*''Al-'Ilal wa Ma'rifat al-rijal'' of Ahmad b. Hanbal (d. 241/856)
*''Al-'Ilal wa Ma'rifat al-rijal'' of Ahmad b. Hanbal (d. 241/855-6)
*''Al-Tarikh al-Kabir'' of Muhammad b. 'Isma'il al-Bukhari (d. 256/870)
*''Al-Tarikh al-Kabir'' of Muhammad b. 'Isma'il al-Bukhari (d. 256/869-70)
*''Al-Jarh wa al-Ta'dil'' of Abd al-Rahman b. Abi Hatim (d. 327/939)
*''Al-Jarh wa al-Ta'dil'' of Abd al-Rahman b. Abi Hatim (d. 327/938-9)


The above books are from Sunni authors, in Shi'a books the four following books can be mentioned:
The above books are from Sunni authors, in Shi'a books the four following books can be mentioned:
*''[[Rijal al-Najashi]]'' of Ahmad b. 'Ali al-Najashi (d. After 463/1071)  
*''[[Rijal al-Najashi]]'' of Ahmad b. 'Ali al-Najashi (d. After 463/1070-1)  
*''[[Ikhtiyar ma'rifat al-rijal]]'' of [[Al-Kashshi]] and ''[[Al-Fihrist (al-Tusi)|Al-Fihrist]]'' of [[Al-Tusi]]
*''[[Ikhtiyar ma'rifat al-rijal]]'' of [[Al-Kashshi]] and ''[[Al-Fihrist (al-Tusi)|Al-Fihrist]]'' of [[Al-Tusi]]
*''[[Rijal Ibn Dawud]]'' of [[Ibn Dawud al-Hilli]]  
*''[[Rijal Ibn Dawud]]'' of [[Ibn Dawud al-Hilli]]  
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