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Abu Zakariyya Yahiya Ibn Sharaf al-Nawawi أبو زكريا يحيى بن شرف النووي, (1233 - 1278), popularly known as al-Nawawi or Imam Nawawi, was a Sunni Muslim author on Fiqh and Hadith. He was born at Nawa near Damascus in present-day Syria. His position on legal matters is considered the authoritative one in the Shafi'i Madhab.
He studied in Damascus from the age of 18 and after making the Hajj in 1253 he settled there as a private scholar. In 1267 he succeeded Abu Shama as professor of hadith at the Ashrafiyya school in the city. He died at Nawa at a relatively young age, having never married.
Views
Shi'a view
Shi'a Muslims have a sympathetic view of him. They regard some of his works favourably and have translated some into Persian.Works
- al-Majmou' sharh al-Muhathab المجموع شرح المهذب is a comprehensive manual of Islamic law according to the Shafi'ite school has been edited with French translation by van den Bergh, 2 vols., Batavia (1882-1884), and published at Cairo (1888).
- Minhaj al-Talibin منهاج الطالبين وعمدة المفتين في فقه الإمام الشافعي, another Shafii fiqh work
- Tahdhib al-Asma wal-Sifaat تهذيب الأسماء has been edited as the Biographical Dictionary of Illustrious Men chiefly at the Beginning of Islam by F. Wüstenfeld (Göttingen, 1842-1847).
- Taqrib al-Taisir التقريب والتيسير لمعرفة سنن البشير النذير, an introduction to the study of hadith, was published at Cairo, 1890, with Suyuti's commentary. It has been in part translated into French by W. Marçais in the Journal asiatique, series ix., vols. 16-18 (1900-1901).
- Forty Hadiths الأربعين النووية collection of the forty (actually forty-two ) chief traditions has been frequently published with commentaries in Cairo. For other works see C. Brockelmann's Geschichte der arabischen Litteratur, vol. i. (Weimar, 1898), pp. 395-397.
- Commentary on the Sahih of Muslim b. al-Hajjaj شرح صحيح مسلم, making use of others before him, and is considered one of the best commentaries on that book. It is available online *.
- Ma Tamas ilayhi hajat al-Qari ما تمس إليه حاجة القاري لصـحيح البـخاري
- Riyadh al-Salihin رياض الصالحين is a collection of hadith on ethics, manners, conduct, and is still quite popular in the Muslim world today.
- Tahrir al-Tanbih تحرير التنبيه
- Kitab al-Athkar الأذكار المنتخبة من كلام سيد الأبرار is a collection of supplications of prophet Muhammad.
- al-Tibyan fi adab Hamalat al-Quran التبيان في آداب حملة القرآن
- Adab al-fatwa wa al-Mufti wa al-Mustafti آداب الفتوى والمفتي والمستفتي
- al-Tarkhis fi al-Qiyam الترخيص بالقيام لذوي الفضل والمزية من أهل الإسلام
- Manasik متن الإيضاح في المناسك on Hajj rituals.
- Taqreeb fee Ilm al-Hadith wal-Irshaad Feehee
- Sharh Sunan Abu Dawood
- Sharh Sahih al-Bukhari
- Mukhtasar at-Tirmidhi
- Tabaqat ash-Shaf'iyah
- Bustan al-Arifeen
Recent English language editions
Al-Nawawi's Forty Hadith, Translated by Ezzeddin Ibrahim, Islamic Texts Society; New edition (1997) ISBN: 0946621659
The forty Hadith of al-Imam al-Nawawi, Abul-Qasim Publishing House (1999) ISBN: 9960792765
An-Nawawi's Forty Hadith, Dar-us-Salam Publications (2001) ISBN: 9960740277
Commentary on the Forty Hadith of Al-Nawawi (3 Vols.) by Jamaal Al-Din M. Zarabozo , Al-Basheer (1999) ISBN: 1891540041
Forty Hadith Qudsi, Translated by Ezzedin Ibrahim, Islamic Texts Society (1997) ISBN: 0946621667
The Complete Forty Hadith, Ta-Ha Publishers (2000) ISBN: 1842000136
Al-Maqasid: Nawawi's Manual of Islam, edited by Nuh Ha Mim Keller, Amana Publications; 2nd edition (2003) ISBN: 1590080114
Al-Maqasid: Imam Nawawi's Manual of Islam, Sunna Books (1994) ISBN: 0963834215
Gardens of the righteous: Riyadh as-Salihin of Imam Nawawi, Rowman and Littlefield (1975) ISBN: 0874716500
Riyad-us-Saliheen (2 Volumes), Dar-us-Salam Publications (1999) ISBN: 159144053X
Minhaj et talibin: A manual of Muhammadan law ; according to the school of Shafi, Law Publishing Co (1977) ASIN: B0006D2W9I
Reference
- This entry incorporates public domain text originally from the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica.
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