The Complete Forty Hadith - Imam an-Nawawi

The Complete Forty Hadith

Imam an-Nawawi

Translated by Abdassamad Clarke
pages 182 Paperback A5 ISBN 978 184200 115 8.

Imam an-Nawawi compiled his collection of forty hadith with the minimum of fiqh and commentary necessary so that they would not be misunderstood by people. Ibn 'Unaynah said, 'Ahadith are misleading except to those who have fiqh'. This collection of ahadith contains essentially useful knowledge.

 

About Imam an- Nawawi

Muhyid-Din Abu Zakariyya Yahya ibn Sharaf an-Nawawi was born in Muharram of the year 631AH / October 1233 CE. He was one of the principle scholars of hadith in his day, and an important fiqh in the Shafi’I madhhab. Apart from his great learning, he was known for his fearless counseling of the leaders of his time and his doing without in the world. He died in his father’s house on Wednesday, 24th Rajab 676 AH / Dec.22, 1277CE