al-Arba'un al-Nawawiyya (Nawawi's Forty)
الأربعون النووية
The famous collection of concise hadiths that Imam Abu Zakariyya Yahya al-Nawawi took from Ibn al-Salah's 'al-Ahadith al-Kulliyya' (twenty-six hadiths) and expanded to forty-two, naming it 'al-Arba'un'; widely memorised and much commented upon.
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- Imam al-Nawawi
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- al-Ahadith al-Kulliyya
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- Jami' al-Ulum wal-Hikam
People and things also explored
Ibn al-Salah· Ibn Rajab al-Hanbali· Imam al-Nawawi· al-Ahadith al-Kulliyya· Jami' al-Ulum wal-Hikam· Command, prohibition and capacity· Bid'a (religious innovation)· Sacred hadith (hadith qudsi)
Sources
- Jami' al-Ulum wal-Hikam — Ibn Rajab al-Hanbali
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islam.museum contributors. “al-Arba'un al-Nawawiyya (Nawawi's Forty)”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/work/arbaun-nawawi/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-12.