Kutub al-Sittah
The Kutub al-Sitta (Arabic: الكُتُب ٱلسِّتَّة, romanized: al-Kutub as-Sitta, lit. 'the six books') are six books containing collections of hadith (sayings or acts of the Islamic prophet Muhammad) compiled by six Sunni Muslim scholars in the ninth century CE, approximately two centuries after the death of Prophet Muhammad. They are sometimes referred to as al-Sihah al-Sittah, which translates as "The Authentic Six". Since then, they have enjoyed near-universal acceptance as part of the official canon of Sunni Islam.
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The sixth book is disputed in Sunni Muslim jurisprudence. They were first formally grouped and defined by Ibn al-Qaisarani in the 11th century, who added Sunan ibn Majah to the list. In particular, the Malikis and Ibn al-Athir consider al-Muwatta' to be the sixth book. Some scholars considered Sunan al-Daraqutni to be the sixth book.
The reason for the addition of Ibn Majah's Sunan is that it contains many Hadiths which do not figure in the other five, whereas all the Hadiths in the Muwatta' figure in the other Sahih books.