The Best Editions of Arabic Books

Updated 26th January 2024

One familiar with the Arabic publishing world knows that editions of texts can vary considerably in their accuracy and quality. See here:

http://attahawi.com/2009/05/12/understanding-arabic-book-publications-an-enlightening-conversation-with-shaykh-husain-kadodia/

One thus needs to know the best available edition of each text. As a rule, one generally avoids commercial publishers such as Dar al-Kutub al-Ilmiyah (DKI), Dar al-Fikr, and Dar Ihya Turath al-Arab unless they have the only edition available. The best publishers are generally (in no order and with the caveat that each book depends on the editor more than the publisher, with good publishers having bad editions sometimes):

• Mu’assasah al-Risalah, aka al-Risalah, and its offshoots: al-Risalah al-‘Alamiyyah and Mu’assasah al-Risalah Nashirun (all based in Damascus) with the former somewhat a direct successor with the same core research team led by shaykh Shu’ayb al-Arna’ut and the latter more commercially focused with less voluminous works
• Dar Ibn al-Jawzi (Riyadh)
• Dar al-Minhaj (Jeddah)
• Dar ‘Alam al-Kutub (Riyadh)
• Dar Ibn Hazm (Beirut)
• Dar al-Basha’ir al-Islamiyyah (Beirut)
• Dar al-Gharb al-Islami (Tunis)
• Dar al-Hadith (Cairo)
• Dar al-Diya’ (Kuwait)
• Dar al-Ta’sil (Cairo)
• Dar al-Nafa’is (Amman)

Good editors are rare, but if you find a book edited by any of the following then usually it will be one of the best, if not the the best, available:

• ‘Abd al-Fattah Abu Ghuddah
• Abd Allah al-Turki
• Muhammad ‘Awwamah
• Bashar ‘Awad Ma’ruf
• Shu’ayb al-Arna’ut

Here are what we have managed to find so far, having consulted various scholars, students, and booksellers alike.

Qur’anic and Related Sciences

Tafsir

• Tafsir al-Tabari (Dar Ibn al-Jawzi ed. al-Wakil is the best, then Dar ‘Alam al-Kutub ed. al-Turki in 26 vols. The first edition was Dar al-Hijr, the second edition is this one, which is the first edition for Dar ‘Alam al-Kutub, but the second edition for the book)
• Tafsir al-Qurtubi (Mu’asasat al-Risalah ed. al-Turki)
• al-Kashaf by al-Zamakhshari (Dar al-Lubab/Maktabat al-Irshad, Tukey in 10 vols. is the critical edition)
• al-Bahr al-Muhit by Ab Hayyan ed. al-Turki for Dar al-Hijr in 27 vols. or al-Risalah ed. in 22 vols.
• Ruh al-Ma’ani by al-Alusi (Dar al-Risalah al-Alamiyyah in 30 volumes [2010])
• Tafsir al-Razi (ed. Sayyid ‘Umran for Dar al-Hadith in 16 vols. is the best so far but wait as a critical edition is being made in Istanbul in sha Allah)
• Tafsir Abu al-Su’ud – the critical edition is published by Dar al-Rayhan and the waqf al-diyyanah in Turkey in 9 vols.
• al-Muharrar al-Wajiz by Ibn ‘Atiyyah (Wazarat al-Awqaf fi Qatar)
• al-Tahrir wa al-Tanwir by Ibn ‘Ashur (Dar Ibn Hazm)
• Tafsir al-Baghawi (Dar al-Taybah in 4 vols.)
• Tafsir al-Jalalayn (ed. Fakhr al-Din Qbawah with the title al-Mufassal)
• Tafsir al-Baydawi (Dar al-Lubab is the closest to a critical edition)
• Tafsir Ibn Kathir (Dar Ibn al-Jawzi 2nd ed. in 8 vols. is the best) 
• al-Durr al-Ma’thur by al-Suyuti (Dar al-Hajr/’Alam al-Kutub ed. al-Turki)
• Zad al-Masir by Ibn al-Jawzi (al-Maktab al-Islami)
• al-Tashil li-‘Ulum al-Tanzil by Ibn al-Juzayy (ed. ‘Ali b. Hamad al-Salihi in 4 volumes)
• al-Jami’ li-Ahkam by Ibn al’-Arabi (Dar al-Jil)
• Fath al-Qadir by al-Shawkani (Dar Ibn Hazm)
• Tafsir al-Nasafi (Dar al-Nafa’is)

Ulum al-Qur’an

• al-Itqan fi Ulum al-Qur’an by al-Suyuti  (Mujamma’ al-Malik Fahd in 7 volumes)
• Manahil al-‘Irfan by al-Zarqani edited by Khalid al-Sibt 
• al-Burhan by al-Zarkashi ed. al-Mur’ashali [المرعشلي] et al. or Muhammad Abu al-Fadl Ibrahim
• al-Tibyan by al-Nawawi (Dar al-Minhaj)

Sunnah and Related Sciences

Primary Sources

• Sahih al-Bukhari finally got a worthy modern edition by Bayt al-Sunnah in Makkah! I haven’t personally reviewed it but some scholars in Saudia whom I respect and trust have reviewed it favourably over all others. Previously the Sultaniyah reprint by Dar al-Minhaj ed. Muhammad Zuhayr Nasr al-Nasr was the critical edition, even after all these years! Dar al-Ta’sil came very close, and basically copied it footnotes and all, but inexplicably omits at least one hadith in their first edition, which they amended by their third edition! Their third edition also has some valuable footnotes missing that are in the first edition! Their mistakes with their first editions makes recommending newer editions tricky, because they need to be completely reviewed and checked by our scholars. Dar al-Qalam have a nice 6 volume edition which includes the hashiyah of Ahmad Ali Saharanpuri. Shu’ayb al-Arna’ut’s edition is also very good and matches the Sultaniyyah edition number for number, unlike the Dar al-Ta’sil.
• Sahih Muslim (Dar al-Ta’sil came very close to improving on the critical old al-‘Amirah Turkish edition, reprinted by Dar al-Minhaj ed. Muhammad Zuhayr al-Nasr, but strangely places some hadiths in the footnotes when they are attested to by figures such as al-Bayhaqi, al-Nawawi, al-Dhahabi, al-Mizzi, Ibn al-Jawzi, al-Humaydi, Ibn Taymiyyah, and others!) Get the old Amirah one if you can. Bayt al-Sunnah are working on a critical edition which I’m excited about.
• al-Muwatta’ by Malik in Yahya b. Yahya’s recension (al-Maknaz al-Islami 2nd edition 2018 ed. Ahmad Ma’bad Abd al-Karim, thereafter al-Majlis al-‘Ilmi al-A’la, second edition, 1440/2019: Casablanca). The Moroccans had to amend after al-Maknaz published an exceptional edition. al-Maknaz have been doing an outstanding job since their publication of Musnad Ahmad. There are two phases for this publisher. The first phase was late 90s/early 2000s when they improved upon the old publications of the six books, with some mistakes. Since publishing Musnad Ahmad around late 2009, they have produced second editions as well as first editions of other books which are all outstanding efforts. 
• Sunan Abi Dawud (Dar al-Ta’sil with al-Lu’lu’i recension is the outstanding edition, far superior to all previous editions whilst the Muhammad ‘Awwamah edition for Dar al-Minhaj 3rd edition is good)
• Sunan al-Nasa’i al-Mujtaba (al-Risalah Nashirun ed. Yasir Hasan, et al.) – This book is yet to get a proper critical edition despite some good efforts! Still waiting.
• Jami’ al-Tirmidhi (al-Risalah Nashirun ed. Yasir Hasan, et al. but there is a new third edition from Dar al-Ta’sil that looks very promising but I haven’t yet seen it. I have their second edition)
• Sunan Ibn Majah (ed. Dr. Ahmad ‘Abd al-Karim for al-Maknaz al-Islami’s second edition (2016), published via Dar al-Minhaj in 2 vols. or Dar al-Ta’sil second edition, or al-Risalah Nashirun one vol.)
• Musnad Ahmad (Dar al-Minhaj print of al-Maknaz al-Islami is the critical edition and the best tahqiq we have seen of any hadith book since Ottoman times, but Shu’ayb al-Arna’ut’s edition has decent gradings)
• Sahih Ibn Hibban (Dar al-Ta’sil but use Shu’ayb al-Arna’ut for Mu’assasat al-Risalah for takhrij)
• Sunan al-Darimi (al-Maknaz al-Islami then Dar al-Ta’sil)
• Sunan al-Daraqutni (al-Maknaz al-Islami)
• Sahih Ibn Khuzaymah (Dar al-Ta’sil)
• al-Musannaf by Abd al-Razaq (Dar al-Ta’sil, 2nd edition in 12 vols. should be the best. I have the first edition, which is better than all previous editions)
• al-Musannaf by Ibn Abi Shaybah (The Dar Kunuz Ishbiliya of Riyadh ed. by Sa’d b. Nasir al-Shathri in 25 volumes has finally replaced Muhammad ‘Awwamah’s edition, though still contains mistakes)
• al-Mustadrak ‘ala al-Sahihayn by al-Hakim (Dar Minhaj al-Qawim of Damascus, corrects the deficiencies in all previous editions, including Dar al-Ta’sil and Dar al-Mayman)
• al-Sunan al-Kubra by al-Bayhaqi (Dar Hajr is easily the best but not a critical edition)
• Sharh Mushkil al-Athar by al-Tahawi (Mu’assasat al-Risalah)
• al-Mu’jam al-Saghir by al-Tabarani (al-Maknaz al-Islami)
• Musnad al-Humaydi (al-Maknaz)

Abridgements and Compilations

• Majma’ al-Zawa’id by al-Haythami edited by Husayn Saleem Asad al-Darani over 25 years in 23 vols! (Dar al-Minhaj)
• Mawarid al-Zaman (Zawa’id Ibn Hibban) by al-Haythami ed. by Husayn Saleem Asad al-Darani
• Sharh al-Sunnah by al-Baghawi ed. by Shu’ayb al-Arna’ut
• Riyadh al-Salihin (Dar al-Minhaj) 
• al-Tajrid al-Sarih Mukhtasar Sahih al-Bukhari (Mu’assasat al-Risalah) or (Dar al-Minhaj) or Tariq ‘Awad Allah (Dar Ibn al-Jawzi)
• Mukhtasar Sahih Muslim by al-Nawawi, which is better than al-Mundhiri in preserving content and arrangement (Dar al-Nawadir)
• Bulugh al-Maram (Abdullah al-Sa’d)
• ‘Umdat al-Ahkam (Dar al-Taybah) ed. Nazr al-Fariyabi or Samir al-Zuhayri
• al-Adhkar li al-Nawawi (Dar al-Minhaj) fourth edition
• al-Targhib wa al-Tarhib edited by al-Albani, or Mistu, al-‘Attar, and al-Badawi
• al-Adab al-Mufrad by al-Bukhari ed. ‘Isam Musa Hadi (Dar al-Sadiq)
• al-Shama’il (Dar al-Qalam) edited by Mahir al-Fahl and supervised by Bashar ‘Awad Ma’ruf (best version according to both, better than both of their previous efforts)

Commentaries

• Fath al-Bari (al-Risalah al-Alamiyyah) – Dar al-Ta’sil were working on it but have gone silent for years now
• ‘Umdat al-Qari by al-‘Ayni (al-Muniriyah)
• Irshad al-Sari (ed. Muhammad Zuhayr Nasr al-Nasr based on al-Bulaq 7th ed.)
• al-Minhaj li Sharh Sahih Muslim by al-Nawawi  – 2nd ed. by Mazin al-Sarsawi for Dar al-Minhaj al-Qawim of Damascus in a critical edition by a promising young shaykh
• Fath al-Mulhim + Takmila (Dar al-Qalam – otherwise go for Dar al-Salam)
• al-Tamhid by Ibn Abd al-Barr ed. Bashar ‘Awad Ma’ruf for al-Furqan in London in 17 vols. 2nd edition (2018) is the critical edition, but the rearranged ed. of al-Turki is easier for some to navigate
• al-Istidhkar by Ibn Abd al-Barr ed. by Abd al-Mu’ti Qal’aji in 30 volumes but I’ve heard good things about the al-Furqan edition
• Hashiyat al-Suyuti/al-Sindi ‘ala Sunan al-Nasa’i (Dar al-Ma’rifah) in 5 volumes
• ‘Awn al-Ma’bud (Dar al-Fayha/Dar al-Salam)
• Tuhfat al-Ahwadhi (Dar al-Fayha/Dar al-Salam)
• Badhl al-Majhud (Dar al-Basha’ir al-Islamiyah)
• Ma’alim al-Sunan (Mu’assasat al-Risalah)
• Sabul al-Salam (Dar Ibn al-Jawzi) edited by Muhammad Subhi Hallaq 
• Ihkam al-Ahkam li Ibn Daqiq al-Id published by Markaz Asfar in 4 vols. is now the critical edition
• Jami’ al-‘Ulum wa al-Hikam edited by Shu’ayb al-Arna’ut or Tariq ‘Awad Allah 
• Nayl al-Awtar (Dar Ibn al-Jawzi) edited by Subhi Hallaq in 16 vols. 

Ulum al-Hadith

• Nuzhat al-Nazar by Ibn Hajar edited by Nur al-Din ‘Itr
• al-Muwqizah by al-Dhahabi edited by ‘Abd al-Fattah Abu Ghuddah
• Muqaddimah Ibn al-Salah edited by Nur al-Din ‘Itr or Tariq b. Awad Allah
• Tadrib al-Rawi ed. Muhammad ‘Awwamah
• Fath al-Mughith (Maktabah Dar al-Minhaj) ed. Abd al-Karim al-Khudayr 6 vol.
• Ma’rifah ‘Ulum al-Hadith by Hakim al-Naysaburi (Maktabah al-Ma’arif, 2nd ed. Ahmad al-Salum)
• al-Kifayah fi ‘Ilm al-Riwayah by al-Khatib al-Baghdadi (Dar Ibn al-Jawzi, 2nd ed. by Mahir al-Fahal in 2 vols.)
• Qawa’id al-Tahdith (Mu’assasat al-Risalah)
• al-Ba’ith al-Hathith (Maktabat al-Ma’arif)
• Sharh ‘Ilal al-Tirmidhi by Ibn Rajab, ed. Nur al-Din ‘Itr
• Talkhis al-Habir by Ibn Hajar ed. Muhammad Umar Musa
• Nasb al-Rayah by al-Zayla’i ed. Muhammad ‘Awwamah
• Tawdih al-Afkar by al-San’ani ed. by Muhammad Abu Zayd for Maktabat al-Rushd

Ilm al-Rijal/Tarikh

• Tabaqat al-Kabir (a.k.a. al-Kubra) by Ibn Sa’d (ed. Muhammad Ali Umar for Maktabat al-Khaniji first ed. in 11 vols. with 5,554 entries [1,358 more than previous editions such as Ihsan Abbas] is the critical edition
• Tuhfat al-Ashraf by al-Mizzi ed. Bashar Awad Ma’ruf (Dar al-Gharb al-Islami)
• Tahdhib al-Kamal by al-Mizzi ed. by Bashar Awad (Mu’assasah al-Risalah)
• Tahdhib al-Tahdhib by Ibn Hajar (ed. Muhammad Nu’man Jad al-Rabb in 16 volumes)
• Taqrib al-Tahdhib by Ibn Hajar edited by Muhammad ‘Awwamah for dabt or Tahrir by al-Arna’ut/Ma’ruf
• Mizan al-I’tidal by al-Dhahabi published by Dar al-Risalah al-Alamiyah
• Lisan al-Mizan by Ibn Hajar edited by Abd al-Fattah Abu Ghuddah
• Tadhkirat al-Huffaz by al-Dhahabi edited by Abd al-Rahman al-Mu’allami
• al-Du’fa by al-‘Uqayli published by Dar al-Ta’sil 
• Tarikh al-Tabari (Dar Ibn Kathir) edited by Muhammad Subhi Hallaq[محمد صبحي حلاق]
• al-Bidayat wa al-Nihayah edited by Bashar Awad Ma’ruf and Abd al-Qardir al-Arna’ut (Dar Ibn Kathir 4th ed. 11 vols.) then al-Turki, which is rare to find these days
• Siyar ‘A’lam al-Nubala (Mu’asasat al-Risalah)
• al-Kamil by Ibn al-Athir (Dar Sadir ed. Ihsan Abbas)
• al-Muqaddimah Ibn Khaldun (al-Wafi)
• Sifat al-Safwah (Dar al-Nafa’is)
• Zad al-Ma’ad (al-Risalah) edited by al-Arna’ut 
• Tarikh al-Islam li al-Dhahabi edited by Bashar Awad/Shu’ayb al-Arna’ut
• Tabaqat al-Shafi’iyyah al-Kubra by Ibn al-Subki (Dar Hajr)
• Tarikh Madinat al-Salam by Khatib al-Baghdadi (ed. Bashar Awad in 17 vols. for Dar al-Gharb al-Islami)

Fiqh and Related Sciences

Usul al-Fiqh

• al-Risalah by al-Shafi’i edited by Ahmad Shakir (Dar al-Minhaj 2013) or volume 1 of Abd al-Muttalib
• al-Shirazi – al-Tabsirah (Dar al-Fikr) edited by Muhammad Hasan Hitu
• al-Shirazi – al-Lum’a (Dar Ibn Kathir) edited by Muhyi al-Din Mistu and Yusuf al-Badawi
• al-Shirazi – Sharh al-Lum’a (Dar al-Gharb al-Islami) edited by Abd al-Majid Turki
• al-Juwayni – al-Burhan (Dar al-Wafa) edited by Abd al-Azim al-Dib in 2 volumes
• al-Juwayni – al-Talkhis (Dar al-Basha’ir) edited by Abdullah al-Naybali
• al-Ghazali – al-Mankhul (Dar al-Fikr) edited by Muhammad Hasan Hitu
• al-Ghazali – al-Mustasfa (Mu’assasat al-Risalah) edited by Muhammad b. Sulayman al-Ashqar
• al-Razi – al-Mahsul (Mu’assasat al-Risalah) by Taha Jabir al-Alwani in 6 volumes
• al-Amidi – al-Ihkam (DKI)
• al-Subki – al-Ibhaj fi Sharh al-Minhaj li’l-Baydawi (Al-Azhar) ed. by Sha’ban Muhammad Isma’il
• al-Isnawi – Nihayat al-Sul fi Sharh Minhaj al-Wusul (Dar Alam al-Kutub) ed. Muhammad al-Muti’i
• al-Zarkashi – al-Bahr al-Muhit (Kuwait: Wazarat al-Awqaf) in 6 volumes edited by Abd al-Qadir b. Abdullah al-‘Ani, Abd al-Sattar Abu Ghudda, and Umar b. Sulayman al-Ashqar
• al-Zarkashi – Tashnif al-Musami’ (Maktab Qurtuba) edited by Sayyid Abd al-Aziz and Abdullah Rabi’
• al-Suyuti – al-Kawkab al-Sati (Dar Ibn al-Jawzi or Dar Ibn Taymiyah) ed. al-Itiyubi
• al-Sam’ani – Qawati’ al-Adillah (Riyadh: Maktabah al-Tawbah) in 5 volumes edited by Ali b. Abbas al-Hakami and Abdullah b. Hafiz al-Hakami
• Ibn al-Qayyim – I’lam al-Muwaqiin (Dar al-Taybah) or Mashur Hasan Al Salman
• al-Shatibi – al-Muwafaqat published by Mu’assasah al-Risalah in 2 volumes in four parts edited by Muhammad Murabi or (Dar al-Ma’rifah) edited by Ibrahim Ramadan or Mashur Hasan Al Salman

Hanafi

• al-Hidayah by al-Marghiyani, ed. Saa’id Bakdash (سائد بكداش) in 7 volumes for Dar al-Siraj
• Maraqi al-Falah (Dar al-Nu’man li ‘Ulum) a.k.a. al-Khayr al-Baqi edited by Abd al-Jalil Ata in 3 volumes, or (Dar al-Quba) edited by Bakri Arrabi
• Mukhtasar al-Quduri with Al-Lubab edited by Saa’id Bakdash in 6 volumes
• Kanz al-Daqa’iq (Dar al-Basha’ir al-Islamiyah/Dar al-Siraj) edited by Saa’id Bakdash (سائد بكداش)
• Nur al-Idah (Dar al-Basha’ir al-Islamiyah/Dar al-Siraj) ed. by Saa’id Bakdash (سائد بكداش)
• al-Mukhtar (Dar al-Basha’ir al-Islamiyah) ed. by Saa’id Bakdash (سائد بكداش)
• al-Ikhtiyar li Ta’lil al-Mukhtar (Mu’asasat al-Risalah) edited by Shu’ayb al-Arna’ut in 4 volumes; or (Dar al-Quba) edited by Bakri Arrabi in 2 volumes
• Bada’i al-Sana’i li al-Kasani (Dar al-Hadith Cairo) 
• Usul al-Shashi edited by Akram al-Nadwi for Dar al-Gharb al-Islami

Maliki

• Ibn ‘Arafah – al-Madkhal al-Fiqhi (Dar Ibn Hazm in 16 vols.)
• Ibn Abi Zayd al-Qayrawani – al-Risalat al-Fiqhiyah (Dar al-Gharb al-Islami) edited by Hamu al-Hadi and Muhammad Abu al-Ajfan
• al-Qarafi – al-Dhakirah (Dar al-Gharb al-Islami)
• al-Qarafi – al-Furuq (Dar al-Salam)
• Sharh al-Saghir with Hashiyat al-Sawi (Dar al-Ma’arif)
• Fiqh al-Maliki wa Adilatihi (Dar Ibn Hazm)
• Mawahib al-Jalil (Dar ‘Alam al-Kutub)
• al-I’tisam by al-Shatibi (Dar Ibn al-Jawzi)

Shafi’i

• al-Umm (Dar al-Wafa/Dar Ibn Hazm) fourth edition by Rif’at Fawzi ‘Abd al-Muttalib
• al-Muhadhab (ed. Muhammad al-Zuhayli for Dar al-Qalam)
• Nihayat al-Matlab (edited by ‘Abd al-‘Azim al-Dib for Dar al-Minhaj)
• al-Hawi al-Kabir ed. ‘Ali Muhammad Mu’awwad and ‘Adil Ahmad ‘Abd al-Mawjud
• Minhaj al-Talibin (Dar al-Basha’ir) in 3 volumes by Ahmad b. Abd al-Aziz al-Haddad (highly recommended by al-Qawasimi); then the Dar al-Minhaj edition
• al-Isnawi – al-Muhimmat (Dar Ibn Hazm, 2009, in 10 volumes)
• al-Anwar li’A’mal al-Abrar (ed. Khalaf Mustafa al-Mutlaq)
• Tuhfat al-Muhtaj (Dar al-Diya’) in 10 volumes (finally a critical edition!) although Dar al-Hadith’s edition is very good also, esp. for takhrij
• Nihayat al-Muhtaj (DKI) in 6 volumes without hashiya
• Nihayat al-Muhtaj with Hashiyat al-Shabramallisi (Mustafa al-Babi al-Halabi reprinted by DKI in 8 volumes)
• Mughni al-Muhtaj (Dar al-Hadith or Dar al-Fayha) both in 6 volumes
• al-Majmu’ Sharh al-Muhadhab (Dar al-Muqtabas ed. Nizam Ya’qubi, is a facsimile copy of Taqi al-Subki’s own handwritten manuscript copy, based on al-Nawawi’s original handwritten copy – though I still prefer Maktabat al-Irshad’s edition for ease of use
• al-Bayan (Dar al-Minhaj)
• Tashih al-Tanbih (Mu’asasat al-Risalah) edited by Muhammad Ibrahim
• Rawdat al-Talibin (Dar ‘Alam al-Kutub) ed. ‘Ali Muhammad Mu’awwad and ‘Adil Ahmad ‘Abd al-Mawjud in 8 volumes
• al-Ghayat wa al-Taqrib by Abi Shuja’ ed. Majid al-Hamawi (Dar Ibn Hazm)
• Fath al-Qarib (Dar al-Minhaj or Dar al-Diya)
• Hashiyat al-Bajuri (Dar al-Minhaj, 2016)
• Kifayat al-Akhyar (Dar al-Minhaj)
• Tuhfat al-Labib by Ibn Daqiq al-‘Id (Dar Ibn Hazm in 2 volumes)
• Umdat al-Salik (Dar al-Minhaj)
• Fath al-Mu’in (Dar Ibn Hazm)
• I’anat al-Talibin (Dar al-Hadith of Cairo or Dar al-Fayha’)
• al-Manhaj al-Qawim (Dar al-Minhaj)
• Bushra al-Karim (ed. Mustafa b. Hamid b. Sumayt for Dar al-Diya’ of Kuwait)

Hanbali

• al-‘Uddah Sharh al-‘Umdah (Mu’asasat al-Risalah) edited by al-Turki or Shu’ayb al-Arna’ut
• al-Muqni’ by Ibn Qudamah ed. Muhammad al-Arna’ut
• al-Kafi by Ibn Qudamah ed. al-Turki
• Zad al-Mustaqni’ (Dar al-Watan ed. by ‘Abd al-Rahman al-‘Askar)
• al-Rawd al-Murbi’ (Dar al-Watan)
• Kashaf al-Qina’ by al-Bahuti published by Wazarat al-‘Adl or Dar Alam al-Kutub
• Sharh al-Mumti’ li Ibn ‘Uthaymin (Dar Ibn al-Jawzi)
• al-Mughni by Ibn Qudamah (Dar ‘Alam al-Kutub) edited by al-Turki
• al-Furu’ by Ibn al-Muflih ed. al-Turki
• Manar al-Sabil (al-Maktab al-Islami) or (Dar al-Jil al-Jadid)
• Akhsar al-Mukhtasarat ed. Muhammad al-‘Ajami
• al-Adab al-Shar’iyyah by Ibn al-Muflih, ed. Shu’ayb al-Arna’ut

Other

• al-Muhalla by Ibn Hazm ed. Khalid al-Ribat (Dar Ibn Hazm in 19 volumes!)
• Bidayat al-Mujtahid (Dar Ibn al-Jawzi)

Aqidah

• Sharh Aqidah al-Tahawiyah by Ibn Abi al-‘izz (Mu’asasat al-Risalah) edited by Abdullah al-Turki and Shu’ayb al-Arna’ut [الأرنؤوط] in 2 volumes
• al-I’tiqad by al-Bayhaqi (Dar al-Fayha’/Dar al-Hadi al-Nabawi)
• al-Asma wa al-Sifat by al-Bayhaqi ed. Muhammad Abu Zayd
• al-Shari’ah by al-Ajuri ed. Abdullah al-Dumayji
• al-Ibana by al-Ash’ari published by Jami’at al-Imam Muhammad b. Saud
• al-Tawhid by Ibn Khuzaymah ed. Sameer al-Zuhayr
• Shu’ab al-Imam by al-Bayhaqi (al-Rushd)
• Sharh Usul al-I’tiqad by al-Lalika’i (al-Maktabat al-Islamiyyah) then (Dar al-Taybah)
• al-Aqidah al-Wasitiyah by Ibn Taymiyah ed. Ahmad Shakir
• Iljam al-‘Awwam by al-Ghazali (Dar al-Minhaj)
• al-Iqtisad fi al-I’tiqad by al-Ghazali (Dar al-Minhaj)

Arabic Studies

• Lisan al-Arab by Ibn Manzur (Dar al-Ma’arif)
• al-Qamus al-Muhit by al-Fayruzabadi (Mu’assasat al-Risalah)
• Mukhtar al-Sihah by al-Razi (Dar al-Hadith)
• al-Nihayah fi Gharib al-Hadith by Ibn al-Athir (al-Awqaf al-Qatariyah) or (Dar Ibn al-Jawzi) or (Mu’assasat al-Risalah)
• Sharh Qatr al-Nada ed. Muhammad Muhyi al-Din Abd al-Hamid
• Sharh Shudhur al-Dhahab ed. Muhammad Muhyi al-Din Abd al-Hamid
• Sharh Ibn ‘Aqil ed. Muhammad Muhyi al-Din Abd al-Hamid

Tazkiyah

• Ihya Ulum al-Din published in 2011 by Dar al-Minhaj in a wonderful 10 volume set, republished in 4 vols. or the more scholarly 2010 Dar al-Fayha’/Dar al-Manhal Nashirun ed. by Ali al-Mahasini 
• Mukhtasar Minhaj al-Qasidin (Dar al-Bayan) edited by al-Arna’ut  [الأرنؤوط], or Zuhayr al-Shawish [زهير الشاويش]
• Minhaj al-Abidin (Dar al-Minhaj)
• Bidayat al-Hidayah (Dar al-Minhaj)
• al-Wabi al-Sayyib by ibn al-Qayyim (Dar Alam al-Fawa’id)

 

Source:

Al Asiri (Updated Jan 26th, 2024) The Best Editions of Arabic Books

Blog (WordPress). https://islamclass.wordpress.com/2012/04/20/the-best-editions-of-arabic-books/