Riyadh_as-Saaliheen

<i>The Meadows of the Righteous</i>

The Meadows of the Righteous

Compilation of hadith by Al-Nawawi


Riyad as-Salihin, The Meadows of the Righteous, or The Gardens of the Righteous (Arabic: رياض الصالحين, romanized: Riyāḍ aṣ-Ṣāliḥīn), is a compilation of verses from the Quran supplemented by hadith narratives written by Al-Nawawi from Damascus (1233–1277). The hadith by al-Nawawī belongs to the category of canonical Arabic collections of Islamic morals, acts of worship, and manners, which are from the Hadith.[1]

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Description

The Meadows of the Righteous (Gardens of the Righteous) by Al-Nawawi contains a total of 1,896 hadith divided across 344 chapters, many of which are introduced by verses of the Quran.[2][3] The content of the book were studying the Hadiths in effort to translate the teaching from Quran verses into Sunnah, or practical tradition in the form of Islamic-based jurisprudence and ethics.[4] The Sunnah which covered by Nawawi includes the practice of Sahabah, which were viewed by Malik ibn Anas as "living Sunnah" who transmit the rulings directly from Muhammad.[4]

Sections

The book is organized into sections each representing a subject matter such as listed hereafter:

  1. The Book of Miscellany
  2. The Book of Good Manners
  3. The Book of the Etiquette of Eating
  4. The Book of Dress
  5. The Book of the Etiquette of Sleeping, Lying and Sitting
  6. The Book of Greetings
  7. The Book of Visiting the Sick
  8. The Book of Etiquette of Travelling
  9. The Book of Virtues
  10. The Book of I'tikaf
  11. The Book of Hajj
  12. The Book of Jihad
  13. The Book of Knowledge
  14. The Book of Praise and Gratitude to Allah
  15. The Book of Supplicating Allah to Exalt the Mention of Allah's Messenger
  16. The Book of the Remembrance of Allah
  17. The Book of Du'a (Supplications)
  18. The Book of the Prohibited Actions
  19. The Book of Miscellaneous Ahadith of Significant Values
  20. The Book of (Asking) Forgiveness

Chapters

The book is organized into 373 chapters of variable length and are listed below. Some Chapters by different publishers have been included under Chapter headings which leads to a discrepancy in the Chapter numbers. Each Chapter heading is a summary of the primary texts (i.e. a Quranic verse or Ḥadith) contained under that heading.

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See also


Appendix

References

  1. Paula Youngman Skreslet, Rebecca Skreslet, The Literature of Islam: A Guide to the Primary Sources in English Translation, p 42. ISBN 1461673143 or ISBN 0810854082
  2. "The Book of Forgiveness - Riyad as-Salihin". sunnah.com. Retrieved 2020-08-13.
  3. The Meadows of the Righteous By Imam Nawawi. Translated By Ibrahim Ma'Rouf. Dar Al-Manarah (Egypt).
  4. Nu'man (2020, p. 171, Muwatta Imam Malik, no.3424. Nawawi take this ruling from Muwatta despite being Shafiite scholar)

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