The texts included are as follows:

1. Sahih al-Bukhari.Three volumes. Our edition has been prepared on the basis of the following textual traditions:

• The Sultaniyya edition (Cairo) which was in turn drawn from the celebrated and authoritative copy of Imam al-Yunini.
• Fath al-Bari, the commentary by Ibn Hajar al-'Asqalani (Cairo, 1319 AH).  
• Al-Kawakib al-Darari, commentary by al-Kirmani (Cairo, 1356 AH).
• The Hashiya (gloss) of al-Sindi (Cairo, 1343 AH).
  
• Irshad al-Sari, the commentary by al-Qastallani (Cairo, 1285 AH).

1a. Sahih al-Bukhari. Three volumes. This is a facsimile reprint of the Sultaniyya edition upon which every subsequent edition of Sahih al-Bukhari has been based. The Turkish Sultan ‘Abdul Hamid II commissioned the publication of the all important and authoritative over 700 year old al-Yunini manuscript and distributed it to 1000 of Islam’s greatest scholars.

2. Sahih Muslim. Two volumes. A new numeration has been adopted for the Foundation’s edition, based on isnad rather than matn number. The following texts have been used to create our edition:

• The Tahrir edition of 1384 AH, which is based on the Sultaniyya edition of 1329.
• The edition of Muhammad Fu’ad ‘Abd al-Baqi (Cairo, 1374/1955).
• Al-Minhaj, the commentary of al-Nawawi (Cairo, 1347 AH).
• Fath al-Mulhim, the commentary of Shabbir Ahmad Osmani (1979).
• The commentaries of al-Ubbi , al-Qadi 'Iyad, and al-Sanusi (printed together in Beirut, n.d.).