Sunan al-Darimi (Arabic: سنن الدارمي) or Musnad al-Darimi (Arabic: مسند الدارمي) by al-Darimi is a hadith collection considered by Sunni Muslims to be among the prominent nine collections: the Al-Kutub al-Sittah, Muwatta Malik, and Musnad Ahmad.
[1] Despite its title as a Musnad, it is not arranged by narrator in the manner of other Musnads, such as that of Tayalisi or Ibn Hanbal.
It is arranged by subject matter in the manner of a book of Sunan, like the Sunan Ibn Majah.
It contains approximately 3,833 hadith according to Al-Maktaba Al-Shamela,[2] which are arranged by subject matter.
[3][4] Darimi transmitted these hadiths to `Isa ibn `Umar al-Samarqandi; date of death unknown, but presumably after 293 AH.