Umm Ibraheem

Bismillah.

This is al-Nawawi’s introduction to his 40 hadith. The explanation in Jamal Az-Zarabozo’s book is very lengthy, 30 something pages, so I’m just going to put up the stuff that stood out to me  The indented part is Al-Nawawi’s complete intro (in the beginning).

Also, the author of the book, Az-Zarabozo, goes into a SUPER lengthy discussion about dealing with weak hadith. I thought it was important, so inshaAllah I’ll do a seperate post on that.

Al-Nawawi’s Introduction

All praise is due to Allah, the Lord of the Worlds, the [One who] Sustains the Heavens and the Earth, Director of all that is created, who sent the messengers (peace and the blessings of Allah be upon them) to rational beings, to guide them and explain the religious laws to them with clear proofs and undeniable arguements. I praise Him for all of His bounties. I ask Him to increase His grace and generosity. I bear witness that there is none worhty of worship except Allah alone, who has no partner, the One Alone, the [One who] Subdues, the Generous, the Forgiving. I bear witness that our leader Muhammad is His servant and messenger, His beloved and dear one, the best of all creation. He was honored with the Glorious Quran that is the enduring miracle throughout all the years. He was also sent with his guiding sunnah that shows the way for those who seek guidance. Our leader Muhammad has been particularized with the characteristic of eloquent and pithy speech, and simplicity and ease in the religion. May the peace and blessings of Allah be uponhim, the other prophets and messengers, all of their families and the rest ofthe righteous.

To proceed:

We have narrated, through many chains of various narrations, from Ali ibn Abu Taalib, ‘Abdullah ibn Masood, Muaadh ibn Jabal, Abu al-Darda, ibn ‘Umar, ibn ‘Abbaas, Anas ibn Maalik, Abu Huraira and Abu Sa’eed al-Khudri – may Allah be pleased with all of them – that the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said:

“Whoever preserves for my Nation forty hadith related to its religion, Allah will then resurrect him in the company of the savants and scholars.”

Another narration states, (more…)