Introduction

Commentary on the Forty Hadith of al-Nawawi Volume 2 By Jamaal al-Din M. Zarabozo Introduction by Dr. J aafar Sheikh Idris Table of Contents Table of Contents TABLE OF CONTENTS ................................................................................................... 1 INTRODUCTION BY DR. JAAFAR SHEIKH IDRIS ............................................................ 1 AUTHOR'S INTRODUCTION ......................................................................................... 5 IMAM AL-NAWAWl'S LIFE .......................................................................................... 9 THE LIFE OF AL-NAWAWI ....... .................................................................................... ....... 9 BACKGROUND TO AL-NAWAWl'S LIFE: ISLAM IN THE SEVENTH CENTURY OF THE HIJRAH ............. 10 AL-NAWAWl'S BIRTH AND UPBRINGING ...................... ....... ......... ....................................... 10 AL-NAWAWl'S PERSONAL LIFE ......................................................................... ................ 12 AL-NAWAWl'S BELIEFS AND CREED (AQEEDAH) .................................................................. 17 HIS SCHOOL OF FIQH ...................................................................................................... 26 HIS WRITINGS ............................................................................................................... 28 HIS BRAVERY AND SACRIFICE FOR THE SAKE OF ALLAH .......................................................... 33 HIS DEATH ...............................................•........•.....................•............•....................•.• 46 CONCLUSION •••.•..•.•.•....•.•.........••.•...•••••....••••.....•••....•••••....•••...•.••••....••••.....•.•................ 47 COMMENTARY ON AL-NAWAWl'S INTRODUCTION .................................................. 49 IMAM AL-NAWAWl'S INTRODUCTION TO HIS FORTY HAD/TH ........................................... ....... 49 COMMENTARY ON AL-NAWAWl'S INTRODUCTION ............................................................... 54 DEALING WITH WEAK (DHAEEF) HADITH ............................................................................ 69 HADITH #1: "SURELY, ALL ACTIONS ARE BUT BY INTENTIONS ... " .............................. 91 SELECTED VOCABULARY .................................................................................................. 92 TAKHREEJ .................................................................................................................... 93 GENERAL COMMENTS ON THIS HADITH ............... .......... ...... ................ .............................. 98 THE CIRCUMSTANCES BEHIND THE HADITH ............................................ ............................. 99 ABOUT THE NARRATOR: UMAR IBN AL-KHATTAAB ............................................................... 99 "SURELY, ACTIONS ARE BUT DRIVEN BY INTENTION AND EVERY MAN SHALL HAVE BUT THAT WHICH HE INTENDED." .......................... .............................................. ........................................ 101 "ALL ACTIONS" (Jl...c. ൏I) ............................................................................................. 102 THE LETTER BA (Y) ..................................................................................................... 103 THE MEANING OF AL-NIYYAH (¥!1) ....... .................................. ...................................... 104 Is SOMETHING LEFT Our OF THE SENTENCE? .................................................................... 107 "EVERY MAN SHALL HAVE BUT THAT WHICH HE INTENDED." ................................................. 112 SUMMARY OF, "SURELY, ALL ACTIONS ARE BUT DRIVEN BY INTENTIONS AND, VERILY, EVERY MAN SHALL HAVE BUT THAT WHICH HE INTENDED." ................................................................... 115 Commentary on the 40 Hadith of al-Nawawi OTHER IMPORTANT POINTS RELATED TO THIS PORTION OF THE HADITH .......................... ...... 117 "THUS HE WHOSE MIGRATION WAS FOR ALLAH AND HIS MESSENGER, HIS MIGRATION WAS FOR ALLAH AND HIS MESSENGER" ............................................................. ..................... ...... 135 "HE WHOSE MIGRATION WAS TO ACHIEVE SOME WORLDLY BENEFIT OR TO TAKE SOME WOMAN IN MARRIAGE, HIS MIGRATION WAS FOR THAT FOR WHICH HE MIGRATED." ................................. 140 "THIS WAS RELATED BY THE TWO IMAMS OF THE SCHOLARS OF HADITH, ABU ABDULLAH MUHAMMAD IBN ISMAAEEL IBN IBRAAHEEM IBN AL-MUGHEERAH IBN BARDIZBAH AL-BUKHARI AND MUSLIM IBN AL-HAJJAAJ IBN MUSLIM AL-QUSHAIRI AL-NAISABOORI IN THEIR COLLECTIONS OF AUTHENTIC HADITH WHICH ARE THE MOST AUTHENTIC WORKS COMPILED." ........................ .... 143 OTHER POINTS RELATED TO THIS HADITH ......................................................................... 145 SUMMARY OF THE HADITH ........................................ ................................... ........ ......... 148 HADITH #2: THE HADITH OF ANGEL JIBREEL. ........................................................... 151 SELECTED VOCABULARY ................................................................................................ 153 TAKHREEJ ...................... ...................... ....................................................................... 154 GENERAL COMMENTS ON THIS HADITH ................................................. .......................... 159 THE CIRCUMSTANCES BEHIND THE HADITH ....................................................................... 160 ABOUT THE NARRATOR: UMAR IBN AL-KHATTAAB ........ .............................. .............. ...... ... 160 "ONE DAY WHILE WE WERE SITTING WITH THE MESSENGER OF ALLAH (PEACE BE UPON HIM) ... PUT HIS HANDS ON HIS THIGHS. HE SAID, '0 MUHAMMAD ... "' ................................................... 161 "THE MESSENGER OF ALLAH (PEACE BE UPON HIM) SAID, 'ISLAM IS TO ... PILGRIMAGE TO THE HOUSE IF YOU HAVE THE MEANS TO DO so."' .............................................................................. 164 "HE SAID, 'You HAVE SPOKEN TRUTHFULLY [OR CORRECTLY].' WE WERE AMAZED THAT HE ASKS THE QUESTION AND THEN HE SAYS THAT HE HAD SPOKEN TRUTHFULLY." ....................................... 165 "HE SAID, 'TELL ME ABOUT /MAAN (FAITH)."' ................................................................... 165 THE CONCEPT OF IMAAN ............................................................................................... 165 "HE [THE MESSENGER OF ALLAH (PEACE BE UPON HIM)] SAID, 'IT IS TO BELIEVE IN ALLAH"' ...... 202 "HIS ANGELS" ................................. ................................. ..... ................. ........... .......... 228 "HIS BOOKS" .............................................................................................................. 231 "HIS MESSENGERS" ......................................................... ....... ...................................... 235 "THE LAST DAY" .......................................................................................................... 239 "AND TO BELIEVE IN THE DIVINE DECREE (AL-QADAR), (BOTH] THE GOOD AND THE EVIL THEREOF." ................................................................................................................................ 246 SOME CONCLUSIONS ABOUT THE I SLAM IC BELIEFS .............................................................. 256 HE SAID, ''TELL ME ABOUT AL-/HSAAN (GOODNESS).'' ......................................................... 257 HE ANSWERED, "IT IS THAT YOU WORSHIP ALLAH AS IF YOU SEE HIM. AND EVEN THOUGH YOU DO NOT SEE HIM, HE SEES YOU." ......................................................................................... 259 HE SAID, ''TELL ME ABOUT [THE TIME OF] THE HOUR." HE ANSWERED, ''THE ONE BEING ASKED DOES NOT KNOW MORE THAN THE ONE ASKING." ....................................................................... 265 HE SAID, ''TELL ME ABOUT ITS SIGNS." HE ANSWERED ......................................................... 267 THEN HE [THE PROPHET (PEACE BE UPON HIM)] SAID, "0 UMAR, DO YOU KNOW WHO THE QUESTIONER WAS .. .'' .................................................................................................... 273 ADDITIONAL POINTS RELATED TO THIS HADITH ........................................................... ...... 276 ii Table of Contents SUMMARY OF THE HADITH ...........•..••........•••••••••••..•.••••••••.•••••••••••.......•••••...•.......•.•..••... 277 HADITH #3: ISLAM HAS BEEN BUILT ON FIVE [PILLARS] .......................................... 279 SELECTED VOCABULARY ....•.........•••••••.•••••••.......•.•.••••................................................•... 279 TAKHREEJ ••......••••.•.................•........•........•..•.••....•.•...••.•••.•.•.•....•••••••...•.•••.••••••••••••.•••• 280 GENERAL COMMENTS ON THIS HADITH .......................•.............................•.•................. 280 ABOUT THE NARRATOR: ABDULLAH IBN UMAR IBN AL-KHATTAAB ....•...........•...............•••....•. 280 "ISLAM IS BUILT UPON FIVE (PILLARS]" ...•••.•.....•......••.••..........•..••.•..........•••••.•...•....•••••••.•• 281 "TESTIFYING THAT THERE IS NONE WORTHY OF WORSHIP EXCEPT ALLAH" •..•••...........•..•....•.•.•.• 282 MUHAMMAD IS THE MESSENGER OF ALLAH .....•.....•........•..•..••.....•......••.•......•.•.......•......... 290 "ESTABLISHING THE PRAYERS" •..••••.....•.•••••••••...•...•••••••.••.•.•..•••••••.........••••••.•••.•••••••...•.•.• 295 "GIVING THE zakah" ••••••••••.••••••••••.•.•.••••••.•........•.•.•....•.•.......••...•.........•.••...........••••..•.• 306 "MAKING THE PILGRIMAGE TO THE House" .•.....................•...•..•...............•.•...........•••..•.•.. 312 "FASTING THE MONTH OF RAMADHAAN" .....•.•••.••.••..•....•••.••.•.•.•.••••••••.•••.......•..•.••••.....•..• 317 WHAT ABOUT JIHAD? ••.•••..•.••••................•.....................•............................................ 320 SUMMARY OF THE HADITH ••.•....•••••••.••••••.••••••••.•••••••••••••..•••••••••••••.....••••••••••.•......••••••••• 321 HADITH #4: CREATION IN THE MOTHER'S WOMB ...................................................