Masabih al-Sunnah - Imam al-Baghawi (4 vol.)

In the introduction of Masabih al-Sunnah, al-Baghawi outlines the aims and objectives for his compiling this work. He was particularly interested in compiling a work that would include such Ahadith that could serve as a guide for Muslims in those matters of which the Qur'an is silent upon. The reason for his omitting to mention the chain of narrators of the Ahadith may be attributed to the trust he had in the muhaddithun (scholars of Hadith) from whose works he extrapolated these selected Ahadith. Omission of the isnad meant the saving of space and that could have been another plausible factor.