About The Book

This classical short commentary on Imam Nawawi's famous collection of forty-two traditions of the Prophet Muhammad, may Allah bless him and give him peace, is an authoritative introduction to key Islamic principles and teachings.

Accounted as a hadith master, in this collection Imam Nawawi collated together those traditions that he considered were axial to the entire Islamic faith.

As the first title in Kube's new Treasury Series in Islamic Thought and Civilization, this accessible translation is presented in a beautiful gift format.

About The Author

Ibn Daqiq al-`Id (d.1302) was a Shaft' mujtahid imam, who was educated in Damascus, Alexandria, and Egypt. Accounted as one of the greatest scholars in Islam in the fundamentals of law and belief, he wrote extensively in the areas of law, principles of jurisprudence, hadith, and tenets of faith. Imam Nawawi (d.1277) was accounted as an Imam of the later Shafil school and was known for his piety and knowledge. 

Imam Nawawi (1233-77), the author of the hadith selection, was an authority in the Shafi‘i legal school, hadith master, biographer, lexicologist, and Sufi.

About The Translator

Mokrane Guezzou is the author of Shaykh al-Hashimi: His Life and Works, and the well-known translator of over ten works including Qur’an commentary Wahidi’s Asbab al-Nuzul and al-Buzaydi’s The Adab of the True Seeker. He lives in Jordan.