Tahdhib (Summary) Al-Bidayah wan-Nihayah by Ibn Kathir (4 volumes)

This is an abridged version of Al-Bidayah wan-Nihayah, named “Tahdheeb Al-Bidayah wan-Nihayah. It was abridged to only 4 volumes

And the work is as follows:

* Summarizing the text by substantiating the most important events, taking into account the content of the text.

* Removing weak Hadiths.

* Restriction to authentic, sound Hadiths and the ones approved with evidence.

* Listing the Hadiths’ chain of transmission with reference to the Part and Page number.

* Summarizing the chains of transmission.

* Explanation of words whose meaning or structure is ambiguous or complex.

A gorgeous summary to the original work of Ibn Kathir.