It contains 4341 aḥādīth[1] in 32 books (kutub) divided into 1,500 chapters (abwāb). Some 1329 hadith are only found in it, and not in the other five canonical works. About 20 of the traditions it contains were later declared to be forged; such as those dealing with the merits of individuals, tribes or towns, including Ibn Mājah's home town of Qazwin.