Description

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Imam Nawawi's collection of forty two hadith brings together some of the most important and pivotal Prophetic traditions. Each tradition encapsulates a great rule of the religion of Islam, described by Islamic religious scholars as an "axis" in Islam. The commentary of the great hadith master Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Daqiq al-'Id is simple but erudite.Mokrane Guezzou is a well-known translator of over ten works including the Qur'an commentary Wahidi's Asbab al-Nuzul.Ibn Daqiq al-'Id (d.1302) is accounted as one of Islam's great scholars in the fundamentals of Islamic law and belief.Imam Nawawi (1233-77) was an authority on hadith and a biographer, lexicologist, and Sufi.

About the Author

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Mokrane Guezzou: 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.

Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Daqiq al-'Id: Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Daqiq al-'Id (d.1302), is accounted as one of Islam's great scholars in the fundamentals of Islamic law and belief, and was an authority in the Shafi'i legal school.

Imam Nawawi: 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.