Beginning with a biography of Imam Al-Nawawi, the author then explains each hadith in depth. Each hadith features the Arabic text, English translation, selected vocabulary in Arabic with English translation, general comments, circumstances behind the hadith, brief biography of the narrator and then a detailed commentary that explains the hadith.
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Al-Nawawi: biography 1233 – 1277 Riyadh as-Saaliheen رياض الصالحين, is a collection of hadith on ethics, manners, conduct, and is very popular in the Muslim world today. Al-Majmu’ sharh al-Muhadhdhab المجموع شرح المهذب, is a comprehensive manual of Islamic law according to the Shafi’i school has been edited with French translation by van den. An-Nawawi’s Birth and Upbringing Muhy ud-Din Abu Zakariyyah Yahya ibn Sharaf al-Hizami an-Nawawi was born in the 631H (1233CE) in the village of Nawa, south of Damascus, Syria. Coming from Nawa, he is given the descriptive name of An-Nawawi, which is also sometimes written An-Nawaawi. An-Nawawi did not come from a well-known family.
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Birth and Birth place:
The complete name of Imam Nawawi is Abu Zakaria Mohiuddin Yahya, son of Sharaf An-Nawawi, son of Murry, son of Hassan, son of Hussain, son of Muhammad, son of Juma, son of Hazam. Nawawi refers to Nawa, a place near Damascus, in the suburb of the city of Howran. One of his ancestors named Hazam had settled at this place. Imam Nawawi was born at Nawa in the year 631 A.H. His father, a virtuous and pious man, resolved to arrange for proper and befitting education as he had discovered the symptoms of heavenly intelligence and wisdom in his promising child at an early stage.
Shaikh Yasin bin Yousuf Marakashi, a saintly figure of Nawa says: “I saw Imam Nawawi at Nawa when he was a youth of ten years of age. Other boys of his age used to force him to play with them, but Imam Nawawi would always avoid the play and would remain busy with the recitation of the Noble Qur’an. When they tried to domineer and insisted on his joining their games, he bewailed and expressed his no concern over their foolish action. On observing his sagacity and profundity, a special love and affection developed in my heart for young Nawawi. I approached his teacher and urged him to take exceptional care of this lad as he was to become a great religious scholar and most pious saint of future. His teacher asked whether I was a soothsayer or an astrologer. I told him I am neither soothsayer nor an astrologer but Allah caused me to utter these words.” His teacher conveyed this incident to Imam’s father and he keeping in view the learning quest of his son, decided to dedicate the life of his son for the service and promotion of the cause of Islamic Faith.
In a short period, Nawawi learnt to read the Holy Qur’an and by that time he nearly had attained puberty. Nawa had no academic or scholarly atmosphere and there were no religious academies or institutes where one could earn excellence in religious learning, so his father took him to Damascus, which was considered the center of learning and scholarship, and the students from far and wide gathered there for schooling. During that period, there were more than three hundred institutes, colleges and universities in Damascus. Imam Nawawi joined Madrasah Rawahiyah which was affiliated with the Ummvi University. The founder and patron of this Madrasah was a trader named Zakiuddin Abul-Qassim who was known as Ibn Rawahah. Madrasah was named after him. Noted and eminent teachers of the period taught in that Madrasah. Imam Nawawi says, “I studied in this institution for two years. During my stay in Madrasah Rawahiyah, I never had complete rest and lived on the limited food supplied by the institution.” As a routine he used to sleep very little at night. When it became irresistible as a human being, he would lean and slumber for a while against the support of books. After a short duration he would again be hard at his scholastic pursuits.
His Teachers and Guides:
During his stay at Damascus, he studied from more than twenty celebrated teachers. These teachers were regarded as masters and authority of their subject field and disciplines they taught. Imam studied Hadith, Islamic Jurisprudence, its principles, syntax and Etymology from great scholars of his time. Abu Ibrahim Ishaq bin Ahmad AI-Maghribi, Abu Muhammad Abdur-Rahman bin Ibrahim Al-Fazari, Radiyuddin Abu Ishaq Ibrahim bin Abu Hafs Umar bin Mudar Al-Mudari, Abu Ishaq Ibrahim bin Isa Al-Muradi, Abul-Baqa Khalid bin Yusuf An-Nablusi, Abul-Abbas Ahmad bin Salim Al-Misri, Abu Abdullah Al-Jiyani, Abul-Fath Umar bin Bandar, Abu Muhammad At-Tanukhi, Sharafuddin Abdul-Aziz bin Muhammad Al-Ansari, Abul-Faraj Abdur-Rahman bin Muhammad bin Ahmad Al-Maqdisi, Abul-Fada’il Sallar bin Al-Hasan Al Arbali etc.
His Students:
There were hundreds of Imam’s students, among them some notables are: Alauddin bin Attar, Ibn Abbas Ahmad bin Ibrahim, Abul-Abbas Al-Ja’fari, Abul-Abbas Ahmad bin Farah, Rashid Ismail bin Mu’allim Al-Hanafi, Abu Abdullah Al-Hanbali, AbulAbbas Al-Wasti, Jamaluddin Sulaiman bin Omar Az-Zar’i, AbulFaraj Abdur-Rahman bin Muhammad bin Abdul-Hamid AlMaqdisi, Badr Muhammad bin Ibrahim, Shamsuddin Muhammad bin Abu Bakr, Ash-Shihab Muhammad bin Abdul-Khaliq, Hibatullah Al-Barizi, Abul-Hajjaj Yusuf bin Az-Zaki etc.
His Desire and Crave for Learning:
Imam Nawawi had endless thirst for knowledge, and it can be guessed from his daily practice of studies. He used to read daily twelve lessons and write explanation and commentary of every lesson and also made important additions. Whatever the book Imam Nawawi read, he put down the marginal notes and explanations on that book. His intelligence, hard work, love, devotion and absorption in his-studies amazed his teachers and they become fond of him and began to praise and admire him. According to Imam Dhahabi, Imam Nawawi’s concentration and absorption in academic love gained proverbial fame. He had devoted all his time for learning and scholarship. Other than reading and writing, he spent his time contemplating on the interacted and complex issues and in finding their solutions. Allah had also conferred upon him the gift of fast memory and depth of thought, and he who makes the right use of this boon, there remains no doubt in his sagacity and discernment. Imam Nawawi made full benefit of his God given qualities and potentialities and earned the highest degree of honor.
Imam’s Simplicity and Niceness of Manners:
The learned persons, elite of the society and the public greatly respected the Imam on account of his piety, learning and excellent character. He used simple dress and ate simple food. Devout scholars do not care about worldly chattels, they give preference to religious and academic pursuits, propagation of Faith etc. They experience more heavenly delight and joy in such activities than those who seek satisfaction in luxurious foods, precious clothes and other worldly things. Imam Nawawi had a prominent place among the erudite notables of his age. He was God-fearing person having illustrious and glorious aims regarding propagation of Faith. Celebrated Sheikh Mohiuddin expresses his impression about Imam Nawawi as thus:
“Imam Nawawi had three distinctive commendable qualities in his person. If anybody have only one out of these three, people return to him in abundance for guidance. First, having knowledge and its dissemination. Second, to evade completely from the worldly inclinations, and the third, inviting to all that is good (Islam) enjoining Al-Ma’ruf [i.e., Islamic Monotheism and all that Islam orders one to do] and forbidding Al-Munkar [polytheism and disbelief and all that Islam has forbidden]. Imam Nawawi had all three in him.”
Imam Nawawi’s works and his death
The learned Imam had a very short life but even during this short period, he had written a large number of books on different subjects. Every work of the Imam is a masterwork and a treasure of knowledge. Hundreds and thousands of people benefit from these works.
Some of the Prestigious Works of Imam Nawawi are:
Commentary on Sahih Al-Bukhari, Al-Minhaj fi Sharh Sahih Muslim, Riyad-us-Saliheen, Kitab-ur-Raudah, Commentary on Mohadhdhab, Tahdhib-ul-Asma was-Sifat, Kitab-ul-Adhkar, Arba’een, At-Taqreeb fi Ilmil-Hadith wal-Irshad fihi, Kitab-ulMubhamat, At-Tibyan, Al-Idah fi Manasikil-Hajj, Sharh Sahih AlBukhari (Naqis), Sharh Sunan Abi Dawud (Naqis), Tabaqat Ash Shafi’iyah, Muhimmatul-Ahkam, Manaqib-ush-Shafi’i, Bustan-ulArifeen, Al-Khulasatu fil-Hadith, Mukhtasar At-Tirmidhi, A1Masa’il Al-Manthurah, Al-‘Umdah fi Tashihit-Tanbih and others.
After spending 28 years of age, Imam Nawawi returned to his hometown. Soon after his arrival at Nawa, he felt ill and died. Imam Nawawi is still living in the hearts of Muslims. His works are of everlasting value. May Allah bless Imam Nawawi.
Source: Central Mosque
Imam An Nawawi (631–676 H)
He is Yahya Ibn Sharaf Ibn Hasan Ibn Husain An Nawawi Ad Dimasyqi, Abu Zakaria. He was born on the month of Muharram, year 631 Hijri, in Nawa, a village near the region of Damascus, the current capital of Syria. He was taught by his father who was famous for his piety and righteousness. He started to study sciences at katatib ( a place for kids to learn to read and write) and completed his memorization of the Qur’an before he reached the teen age.
When he was ten years old, Sheikh Yasin Ibn Yusuf Az-Zarkasyi saw him being forced to play by his friends, but he evaded them, refused, and cried because of that forcing. The sheikh said that this child is hoped to be the brightest and the most ascetic man of his time, and the one to give great benefits to muslims. Hearing that, his father and teachers paid more attention to him.
An Nawawi stayed at Nawa until he was 18 years of age. On year 649 of Hijra, he started his journey to seek for knowledge to Damascus by attending general learnings hosted by the scholars of that city. He stayed at the School of Rawahiyya, near Al-Jami’ Al-Umawi. There, seeking for knowledge became his main activity. It was said that he attended 12 lessons a day. He was very studious and he remembered many things.
Thus, he surpassed his other friends. He said, “And I wrote all things that related to it, whether it was explanation of difficult word or line on the words; and Allah has bestowed His blessings on my time.” (See: “Syadzaratudz Dzahab”, 5:355)
Among his teachers were: Abul Baqa’ An-Nablusi, Abdul Aziz Ibn Muhammad Al-Ausi, Abu Ishaq Al-Muradi, Abu al Faraj Ibn Qudama Al-Maqdisi, Ishaq Ibn Ahmad Al-Maghribi and Naqib Ash Shafi’i, also Abul ‘Abbas Al-Isybili and Ibn ‘Abdil Hadi.
On year 651 Hijri, he went to perform pilgrimage with his father, and he went to Medina and stayed there around half a month, then he returned to Damascus. On year 665 Hijri, he taught at Darul Hadits Al-Asyrafiyyah at Damascus and he refused to take his salary.
He was labelled as “Muhyiddin” (one who enliven the religion). However, he detested this title due to his humbleness. Beside that, Islam is a living and strong religion, which needs no one to enliven it as the evidence upon those who underestimate and turntheir back at it. It was said that he said, “I won’t forgive anyone who entitle me as “Muhyiddin”.
Imam An Nawawi was an ascetic man, very cautious, and pious. He was very modest, self contented, and has an authoritative bearing. He spent most of his time in piousness, often sleep deprived due to worshipping or writing. He also enjoined people to do good and prevented them from evil doing, including the authority, according to Islamic guidance. He wrote letters containing advices to the authority with a very delicate language.
One day, he was called by King Azh-Zhahir Bebris to sign a fatwa. He came, a skinny man with a very modest clothes. The King humbled him and said, “Sign this fatwa!” He read it and refused to sign it. The King got angry and said, “Why?” He replied, “Because it contains a clear oppression.” The King got even angrier, and said, “Discharged him from all his positions!” The King’s servants said, “He owns no position at all.” The King was eager to kill him but Allah prevent him from doing it. Then the King was asked, “Why didn’t you kill him, whereas he had dared to behave so impudent to you?” The King answered, “By Allah, I feel really low in front of him.”
Imam An Nawawi left plenty of well known scientific works. The number reached forty books, among them are:
1. In hadith : Arba’in, Riyadhush Shalihin, Al-Minhaj (Sharh of Shahih Muslim), At-Taqrib wat Taysir fi Ma’rifat Sunan Al-Basyirin Nadzir.
2. In jurisprudence: Minhajuth Thalibin, Raudhatuth Thalibin, Al-Majmu’.
3. In language: Tahdzibul Asma’ wal Lughat.
4. In manners and etiquette: At-Tibyan fi Adab Hamalatil Qur’an, Bustanul Arifin, Al-Adzkar.
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These books are very popular, known by even the common people, and give great benefits to mankind. It is all due to Allah’s guidance, then to his sincerity and vengeance in struggling to produce them.
In general, he was a salafy and held firmly to the path of people who follow the hadith, far from philosophy, and he tried to take example from the first generation of muslim and wrote rebuttals to the innovation makers who took different path from them. But he was not free of mistake. He fell into the similar mistakes that occurred to the scholars of his time, that is the mistakes regarding the names of Allah the Glorified. Sometimes he did a misinterpretation of those names, and sometimes he did tafwidh (leaving the meaning of the qualities to Allah, and not acknowledging the etymological meaning of it, -ed). One who pays some attention to his books will find that he was not a scientist in this field, unlike in other fields. In this field, he based many of his opinions on citations from the scholars without commented them.
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As for declaring Imam An Nawawi as an Ash’ari, is not an appropriate decision because he held different opinion from them (the Ash’aris) in creed matters, such as that faith may increase, and that the deeds of creature are creature. His works are still recommended to read and to learn, by being cautious of the mistakes in it. We should not do as the Haddadiyyun (the extrimist) who burned his books because of mistakes in it.
The General Presidency for Scientific Research and Fatwa of Saudi Arabia was asked about his creed, and they answered that, “He has some mistakes regarding the attributes of Allah.”
Imam An Nawawi died on 24th of Rajab, year 676 of Hijra. May Allah have mercy on him and forgive him.
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References:
a. Tadzkirah Al-Huffazh: volume. 4. Al-Maktabah Ash Shameela.
b. Thabaqat Asy-Syafi’iyyah Al-Kubra: volume 8. by As-Subki. Mauqi’ Al-Misykah li Al-Kutub.
c. Biography of An-Nawawi. Anas Burhanuddin. http://muslim.or.id/biografi/biografi-ringkas-imam-nawawi.html (a brief biography of Imam Nawawi)
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