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In the recent centuries, one of the most impressive Hadith books is the unparalleled book ''[[Bihar al-Anwar]]'' by [['Allama Majlisi]] which is known as a comprehensive Hadith book which is written in consistence with modern rationality. According to Majlisi, this book follows an unprecedented order. The author paid attention to the previous style, however, he added some new branches of Hadith such as "Kitab al-Sama' wa al-'Alam" (the book of sky and universe) which were neglected by previous Hadith scholars. Moreover, unlike al-Kulayni, al-Majlisi did not separate the history of the lives of infallibles from theological discussions of prophethood and Imamate; and he considers both theoretical and historical aspects in discussing on prophethood. Likewise, in the theological topics, he proposed some independent sections for the topics relevant to [[resurrection]] and justice.

Besides the common understanding of the subject order, there is a special order of Hadith based on the numbers mentioned in them which is possible just in numerical Hadiths (Ahadith al-'Adadiyya). Some of these books are as follow: ''Kitab al-Ashkal'' and ''al-Qara'in'' in the collection of ''al-Mahasin'' by Barqi, ''al-Khisal'' by [[Ibn Babawayh]] and ''al-Mawa'iz al-'Adadiyya'' by [[Ayatollah Mishkini]].