The forthy Hadiths
الاربعين النووية
Then there were some scholars who
collected forty [ḥadīths] on the
fundamentals of the religion, while others
[did so] on the derived matters, others on
jihād, others on asceticism, others on
conduct, others on speeches. And all of
them are sound objectives, may Allah be
pleased with those who intended them.
ْBut I have considered collecting forty more
important than all of those, and they would
be forty ḥadīths inclusive of all that, and
each ḥadīth would be a great precept from
those of the religion – one that scholars had
described as having Islam revolve around it
or half of Islam or a third of it and the like.
ِ
Furthermore, I would commit myself,
regarding these forty, to their being
authentic, and most of them are [found]
within the two Ṣaḥeeḥs of al-Bukhāri and
Muslim. I cite them with the chains of
narration removed in order to make their
memorization easy and their benefit
widespread, in-sha-Allah ta`ālā. I then them
collected forty [ḥadīths] on the
fundamentals of the religion, while others
[did so] on the derived matters, others on
jihād, others on asceticism, others on
conduct, others on speeches. And all of
them are sound objectives, may Allah be
pleased with those who intended them.
ْBut I have considered collecting forty more
important than all of those, and they would
be forty ḥadīths inclusive of all that, and
each ḥadīth would be a great precept from
those of the religion – one that scholars had
described as having Islam revolve around it
or half of Islam or a third of it and the like.
ِ
Furthermore, I would commit myself,
regarding these forty, to their being
authentic, and most of them are [found]
within the two Ṣaḥeeḥs of al-Bukhāri and
Muslim. I cite them with the chains of
narration removed in order to make their
memorization easy and their benefit
widespread, in-sha-Allah ta`ālā. I then them
