The Forty Hadith of Imam an-Nawawi
The collection of Imam an-Nawawi — the foundations of the religion in forty-two hadith, with the Arabic text, audio, word-by-word Russian and English translation, and the source reference.
42 chapters
The collection was compiled by Imam Yahya ibn Sharaf an-Nawawi (631–676 AH), who named it al-Arba'un — “The Forty”. It is known by that name still, though it holds forty-two hadith: the imam added the last of them as he completed the work.
The hadith cover the foundations of the religion: intention, the pillars of Islam and of faith, the lawful and the forbidden, the remembrance of Allah, and how a person treats others and himself. Each is short and meant to be memorised — for centuries the study of hadith has begun here.
Each hadith is given with the vocalised Arabic text, word-by-word Russian and English translation, the name of the companion who narrated it, and the collection and number it comes from.
- Actions are judged by intentions
- The hadith of Jibril: islam, iman and ihsan
- Islam is built upon five pillars
- The creation of man and the decree
- An innovation in the religion is rejected
- The lawful is clear and the unlawful is clear
- The religion is sincere counsel
- The inviolability of the Muslim
- Do what you are able to do
- Allah is pure and accepts only what is pure
- Leave what makes you doubt
- Leaving what does not concern you
- Loving for your brother what you love for yourself
- The blood of a Muslim is lawful only in three cases
- Let him speak good or keep silent
- Do not become angry
- Allah has prescribed excellence in everything
- Fear Allah wherever you are
- Be mindful of Allah and He will protect you
- If you feel no shame, do as you wish
- Say “I believe in Allah”, then be steadfast
- The obligatory suffices for Paradise
- Purity is half of faith
- O My servants, I have forbidden injustice
- Every remembrance of Allah is charity
- Every joint of a person owes charity
- Righteousness is good character
- Hold fast to my sunnah
- The deed that admits to Paradise
- The limits Allah has set
- Renounce the world and Allah will love you
- There is no harm and no reciprocating harm
- The proof is upon the claimant, the oath upon the denier
- Changing what is wrong
- The Muslim is the brother of the Muslim
- Whoever relieves a believer of distress
- How good and bad deeds are recorded
- Drawing near to Allah by the obligatory and the voluntary
- Mistake, forgetfulness and coercion are pardoned
- Be in this world as a stranger
- Until his desire follows what I have brought
- O son of Adam, so long as you call upon Me