Explanatory Notes On Imam An - Nawawees Forty Hadeeth

Subsequently, you have from the scholars those who have compiled forty Hadeeth concerning the fundamentals of the religion; others concerning the subsidiary branches, others concerning Jihad, others concerning Zuhd, others concerning manners, and others concerning admonishments. All of them are righteous intentions and may Allah be pleased with those who had these righteous intentions. I deemed it appropriate to compile forty (Hadeeth) more important than all of these entirely, and it is forty hadeeth that encompasses all of that. Every hadeeth has in it a grand principle from the principles of the religion. The scholars have described it as Islam orbits and revolves around it, or that it is half of Islam, or a third of it, or similar to these (statements). Thereafter, I was devoted to making these forty (Hadeeth) authentic. Most of it is in Bukhari and Muslim. I mentioned them without the chains of narration to promote its memorization and to make its benefit universal, by the will of Allah, The Exalted. Then I trailed it with chapter headings that are precise in their wording. It is appropriate for every person who is striving for the hereafter to have knowledge of these ahaadeeth on account of what they incorporate of important affairs and as a result of what they contain of exhortation and directing to all of the obedient acts. In other words apparent to anyone who reflects.