40 Hadith Nawawi with the addtional 8 of Ibn Rajab – Al-Arba’in An-Nawawiyah (Reference Edition)

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Publishers ForewordThe translations of the well-known al-Arba’īn an-Nawawīyah in English are numerous, and each publication has its own focus and usefulness. Before you is the second edition of al-Arba’īn an-Nawawīyah by Maktabah Takhrīj al-Ḥadīth, with which we have tried to benefit to the reader in several ways:1. The matn (Arabic text) is based on one of the most accurate publications of al-Arba’īn an-Nawawīyah.The matn in this publication was prepared under the care of Shaykh Niẓām bin Muḥammad Ṣāliḥ Ya’qūbī. It was based on five manuscripts, all of which have a high status and importance among researchers. The manuscript that was taken as the basis for this research is attributed to none other than ‘Ala’ ad-Dīn ‘Alī bin Ibrāhīm al-‘Aṭṭār ad-Dimashqī [d. 724H], who is also known as an-Nawawī as-Ṣagḥīr [the little Nawawī], and he is among the well-known students of Imām an-Nawawī.Shaykh Dr. Maḥbūb Abū ‘Āṣim reviewed the matn in our publication. He holds a PhD in ḥadīth from Qaṣīm University and is one of the students of Shaykh Muḥammad bin Ṣāliḥ al-‘Uthaymīn (may Allāh have mercy upon him). He is also the main advisor for the Maktabah Takhrīj al-Ḥadīth, may Allāh protect him and preserve him upon goodness, ameen.2. The Introduction of Imām an-Nawawī has been added.3. We have included the eight narrations that Imām ibn Rajab added to al-Arba’īn an-Nawawīyah.4. Takhrīj (references) for kutub as-sittah [i.e., Bukhārī, Muslim, Abū Dawūd, Tirmidhī, Nasā’ī and ibn Mājah], as well as from Mishkāt al-Maṣābīḥ and Riyāḍuṣ Ṣāliḥīn have been added wherever applicable.This has the advantage that students of knowledge can refer back to these references to see how the ḥadīth scholars used these narrations in their respective books. In addition, references to Mishkāt al-Maṣābīḥ and Riyāḍuṣ Ṣāliḥīn have been added because, along with the kutub as-sittah, many explanations of the narrations in these books are available in Arabic as well as in various other languages. Along with the broadening of possible sources to find explanations for these narrations that speak about fundamental aspects of our religion, the list of sources for classifications and additional research regarding the chains and matn of the narrations is also being broadened.5. References to research of the narrations were added.All narrations without an asterisk (*) are authentic according to all ḥadīth scholars that we have listed as muḥaqqiqīn, i.e., Shaykh Muḥammad Nāṣir ud-Dīn al-Albānī [d. 1420H], Shaykh Shu’ayb al-Arna’ūṭ [d. 1438H], Shaykh Aḥmad Muḥammad Shākir [d. 1377H], and Ḥāfiẓ Abū Ṭāhir Zubayr ‘Alī Za’ī [d. 1435H], may Allāh have mercy upon all of them. For those that have an asterisk, there are different views regarding their authenticity. Since the meaning of all the narrations is considered to be correct and in order not to confuse the general reader, the different classifications of the different scholars have not been mentioned. But the sources where one can look up their research on the narrations have been added. The interested student can access these sources as the books are easily available online.([1])6. The translation in the English language was added.We ask Allāh to accept these efforts of the editor and all the scholars from whom he has benefited to make this work possible, and we ask Allāh that it become a ṣadaqah jāriyah for all of them. Āmīn.’Imrān Ḥussain5th Ṣafar 1444H – 1st September 2022