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Al-Arba'in an-Nawawiyyah (40 Hadith Nawawi)

The renowned compilation of 42 foundational Hadiths embodying the core legal, ethical, and spiritual pillars of Islam, compiled by Imam an-Nawawi.

Compiler: Imam Yahya ibn Sharaf an-Nawawi (d. 676 AH)
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#1Sincerity of Intention (Ikhlas)
Amir al-Mu'minin Abu Hafs Umar ibn al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him)

إِنَّمَا الأَعْمَالُ بِالنِّيَّاتِ، وَإِنَّمَا لِكُلِّ امْرِئٍ مَا نَوَى، فَمَنْ كَانَتْ هِجْرَتُهُ إِلَى اللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِ فَهِجْرَتُهُ إِلَى اللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِ، وَمَنْ كَانَتْ هِجْرَتُهُ لِدُنْيَا يُصِيبُهَا أَوِ امْرَأَةٍ يَنْكِحُهَا فَهِجْرَتُهُ إِلَى مَا هَاجَرَ إِلَيْهِ.

“Actions are according to intentions, and every person will have only what they intended. So whoever emigrated for the sake of Allah and His Messenger, their emigration was for Allah and His Messenger. And whoever emigrated for worldly gain or to marry a woman, their emigration was for what they emigrated for.”
Source:Sahih al-Bukhari (1) and Sahih Muslim (1907)
Sahih (Muttafaq 'Alayh)
#2The Pillars of Islam, Iman, and Ihsan (Hadith Jibril)
Umar ibn al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him)

بَيْنَمَا نَحْنُ عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ إِذْ طَلَعَ عَلَيْنَا رَجُلٌ شَدِيدُ بَيَاضِ الثِّيَابِ شَدِيدُ سَوَادِ الشَّعَرِ لاَ يُرَى عَلَيْهِ أَثَرُ السَّفَرِ وَلاَ يَعْرِفُهُ مِنَّا أَحَدٌ... قَالَ: يَا مُحَمَّدُ أَخْبِرْنِي عَنِ الإِسْلاَمِ... فَقَالَ: هَذَا جِبْرِيلُ أَتَاكُمْ يُعَلِّمُكُمْ دِينَكُمْ.

“One day while we were sitting with the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him), there appeared before us a man with very white clothes and very black hair. No marks of travel were seen upon him, and none of us knew him... He said: 'O Muhammad, inform me about Islam...' At the end, the Prophet said: 'This was Jibril (Gabriel) who came to teach you your religion.'”
Source:Sahih Muslim (8)
Sahih
#3The Five Pillars of Islam
Abu Abd al-Rahman Abdullah ibn Umar ibn al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with them both)

بُنِيَ الإِسْلاَمُ عَلَى خَمْسٍ: شَهَادَةِ أَنْ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ وَأَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ، وَإِقَامِ الصَّلاَةِ، وَإِيتَاءِ الزَّكَاةِ، وَحَجِّ الْبَيْتِ، وَصَوْمِ رَمَضَانَ.

“Islam is built upon five pillars: testifying that there is no god but Allah and that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah, establishing the prayer, paying the Zakat, performing the pilgrimage to the House, and fasting during Ramadan.”
Source:Sahih al-Bukhari (8) and Sahih Muslim (16)
Sahih (Muttafaq 'Alayh)
#4Stages of Human Creation and Divine Decree (Qadar)
Abu Abd al-Rahman Abdullah ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him)

إِنَّ أَحَدَكُمْ يُجْمَعُ خَلْقُهُ فِي بَطْنِ أُمِّهِ أَرْبَعِينَ يَوْمًا نُطْفَةً، ثُمَّ يَكُونُ عَلَقَةً مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ، ثُمَّ يَكُونُ مُضْغَةً مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ، ثُمَّ يُرْسَلُ إِلَيْهِ الْمَلَكُ فَيَنْفُخُ فِيهِ الرُّوحَ، وَيُؤْمَرُ بِأَرْبَعِ كَلِمَاتٍ: بِكَتْبِ رِزْقِهِ، وَأَجَلِهِ، وَعَمَلِهِ، وَشَقِيٌّ أَوْ سَعِيدٌ...

“Verily the creation of each one of you is brought together in his mother's belly for forty days in the form of a seed, then he is a clot of blood for a like period, then a morsel of flesh for a like period, then there is sent to him the angel who blows the breath of life into him and who is commanded with four matters: to write down his sustenance, his life span, his actions, and whether he will be happy or wretched...”
Source:Sahih al-Bukhari (3208) and Sahih Muslim (2643)
Sahih (Muttafaq 'Alayh)
#5Preservation of Sunnah and Rejection of Innovation
Umm al-Mu'minin Umm Abdillah Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her)

مَنْ أَحْدَثَ فِي أَمْرِنَا هَذَا مَا لَيْسَ فِيهِ فَهُوَ رَدٌّ.

“Whoever introduces into this affair of ours anything which does not belong to it, it is rejected.”
Source:Sahih al-Bukhari (2697) and Sahih Muslim (1718)
Sahih (Muttafaq 'Alayh)
#6Scrupulousness, the Lawful, and Rectitude of the Heart
Abu Abdillah al-Nu'man ibn Bashir (may Allah be pleased with them both)

إِنَّ الْحَلاَلَ بَيِّنٌ وَإِنَّ الْحَرَامَ بَيِّنٌ وَبَيْنَهُمَا أُمُورٌ مُشْتَبِهَاتٌ لاَ يَعْلَمُهُنَّ كَثِيرٌ مِنَ النَّاسِ فَمَنِ اتَّقَى الشُّبُهَاتِ اسْتَبْرَأَ لِدِينِهِ وَعِرْضِهِ... أَلاَ وَإِنَّ فِي الْجَسَدِ مُضْغَةً إِذَا صَلَحَتْ صَلَحَ الْجَسَدُ كُلُّهُ وَإِذَا فَسَدَتْ فَسَدَ الْجَسَدُ كُلُّهُ أَلاَ وَهِيَ الْقَلْبُ.

“That which is lawful is clear and that which is unlawful is clear, and between the two of them are doubtful matters about which many people have no knowledge. Thus he who avoids doubtful matters clears himself in regard to his religion and his honour... Verily in the body there is a piece of flesh: if it is sound, the whole body is sound, and if it is corrupt, the whole body is corrupt. Verily, it is the heart.”
Source:Sahih al-Bukhari (52) and Sahih Muslim (1599)
Sahih (Muttafaq 'Alayh)
#7Sincere Goodwill (Nasihah)
Abu Ruqayyah Tamim ibn Aws ad-Dari (may Allah be pleased with him)

الدِّينُ النَّصِيحَةُ. قُلْنَا: لِمَنْ؟ قَالَ: لِلَّهِ وَلِكِتَابِهِ وَلِرَسُولِهِ وَلأَئِمَّةِ الْمُسْلِمِينَ وَعَامَّتِهِمْ.

“The religion is sincere advice. We said: 'To whom?' The Prophet replied: 'To Allah, His Book, His Messenger, and to the leaders of the Muslims and their common folk.'”
Source:Sahih Muslim (55)
Sahih
#8Sanctity of Life, Faith, and Wealth in Islam
Abdullah ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both)

أُمِرْتُ أَنْ أُقَاتِلَ النَّاسَ حَتَّى يَشْهَدُوا أَنْ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ وَأَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ وَيُقِيمُوا الصَّلاَةَ وَيُؤْتُوا الزَّكَاةَ فَإِذَا فَعَلُوا ذَلِكَ عَصَمُوا مِنِّي دِمَاءَهُمْ وَأَمْوَالَهُمْ إِلاَّ بِحَقِّ الإِسْلاَمِ وَحِسَابُهُمْ عَلَى اللَّهِ.

“I have been commanded to fight against people until they testify that there is no god but Allah and that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah, and establish prayer, and give Zakat. If they do that, their blood and wealth are protected from me, except by a right of Islam, and their reckoning is with Allah.”
Source:Sahih al-Bukhari (25) and Sahih Muslim (22)
Sahih (Muttafaq 'Alayh)
#9Obligations According to Capacity
Abu Hurairah Abd al-Rahman ibn Sakhr (may Allah be pleased with him)

مَا نَهَيْتُكُمْ عَنْهُ فَاجْتَنِبُوهُ، وَمَا أَمَرْتُكُمْ بِهِ فَأْتُوا مِنْهُ مَا اسْتَطَعْتُمْ، فَإِنَّمَا أَهْلَكَ الَّذِينَ مِنْ قَبْلِكُمْ كَثْرَةُ مَسَائِلِهِمْ وَاخْتِلاَفُهُمْ عَلَى أَنْبِيَائِهِمْ.

“What I have forbidden you, avoid. What I have ordered you, do as much of it as you can. For what destroyed those before you was their excessive questioning and their disputing with their prophets.”
Source:Sahih al-Bukhari (7288) and Sahih Muslim (1337)
Sahih (Muttafaq 'Alayh)
#10Lawful Sustenance and Acceptance of Supplications
Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him)

إِنَّ اللَّهَ تَعَالَى طَيِّبٌ لاَ يَقْبَلُ إِلاَّ طَيِّبًا، وَإِنَّ اللَّهَ أَمَرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ بِمَا أَمَرَ بِهِ الْمُرْسَلِينَ... ثُمَّ ذَكَرَ الرَّجُلَ يُطِيلُ السَّفَرَ أَشْعَثَ أَغْبَرَ يَمُدُّ يَدَيْهِ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ يَا رَبِّ يَا رَبِّ وَمَطْعَمُهُ حَرَامٌ وَمَشْرَبُهُ حَرَامٌ وَمَلْبَسُهُ حَرَامٌ وَغُذِيَ بِالْحَرَامِ فَأَنَّى يُسْتَجَابُ لِذَلِكَ.

“Allah the Almighty is Pure and accepts only that which is pure. And Allah has commanded the believers to do that which He has commanded the Messengers... Then he mentioned a man who, having journeyed far, is dishevelled and dusty, and who spreads out his hands to the sky saying 'O Lord! O Lord!', while his food is unlawful, his drink is unlawful, his clothing is unlawful, and he has been nourished by what is unlawful; so how can his supplication be answered?”
Source:Sahih Muslim (1015)
Sahih
#11Conscientiousness and Avoiding Doubt
Abu Muhammad al-Hasan ibn Ali ibn Abi Talib (may Allah be pleased with them both)

دَعْ مَا يَرِيبُكَ إِلَى مَا لاَ يَرِيبُكَ.

“Leave that which makes you doubt for that which does not make you doubt.”
Source:Jami' at-Tirmidhi (2518) and Sunan an-Nasa'i (5711)
Sahih (at-Tirmidhi declared it Hasan Sahih)
#12Mindfulness and Avoiding Unnecessary Matters
Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him)

مِنْ حُسْنِ إِسْلاَمِ الْمَرْءِ تَرْكُهُ مَا لاَ يَعْنِيهِ.

“Part of the perfection of a person's Islam is his leaving that which does not concern him.”
Source:Jami' at-Tirmidhi (2317) and Sunan Ibn Majah (3976)
Hasan
#13Brotherhood and Altruism
Abu Hamzah Anas ibn Malik (may Allah be pleased with him)

لاَ يُؤْمِنُ أَحَدُكُمْ حَتَّى يُحِبَّ لأَخِيهِ مَا يُحِبُّ لِنَفْسِهِ.

“None of you truly believes until he loves for his brother what he loves for himself.”
Source:Sahih al-Bukhari (13) and Sahih Muslim (45)
Sahih (Muttafaq 'Alayh)
#14Sanctity of Muslim Life
Abdullah ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him)

لاَ يَحِلُّ دَمُ امْرِئٍ مُسْلِمٍ يَشْهَدُ أَنْ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ وَأَنِّي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ إِلاَّ بِإِحْدَى ثَلاَثٍ: الثَّيِّبُ الزَّانِي، وَالنَّفْسُ بِالنَّفْسِ، وَالتَّارِكُ لِدِينِهِ الْمُفَارِقُ لِلْجَمَاعَةِ.

“The blood of a Muslim who confesses that there is no god but Allah and that I am the Messenger of Allah cannot lawfully be shed except in three cases: the married person who commits adultery, a life for a life, and the one who forsakes his religion and abandons the community.”
Source:Sahih al-Bukhari (6878) and Sahih Muslim (1676)
Sahih (Muttafaq 'Alayh)
#15Good Manners, Guarding the Tongue, and Generosity
Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him)

مَنْ كَانَ يُؤْمِنُ بِاللَّهِ وَالْيَوْمِ الآخِرِ فَلْيَقُلْ خَيْرًا أَوْ لِيَصْمُتْ، وَمَنْ كَانَ يُؤْمِنُ بِاللَّهِ وَالْيَوْمِ الآخِرِ فَلْيُكْرِمْ جَارَهُ، وَمَنْ كَانَ يُؤْمِنُ بِاللَّهِ وَالْيَوْمِ الآخِرِ فَلْيُكْرِمْ ضَيْفَهُ.

“Whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day, let him speak good or remain silent. And whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day, let him be hospitable to his neighbour. And whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day, let him be generous to his guest.”
Source:Sahih al-Bukhari (6018) and Sahih Muslim (47)
Sahih (Muttafaq 'Alayh)
#16Controlling Anger and Self-Restraint
Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him)

أَنَّ رَجُلاً قَالَ لِلنَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم: أَوْصِنِي. قَالَ: «لاَ تَغْضَبْ». فَرَدَّدَ مِرَارًا، قَالَ: «لاَ تَغْضَبْ».

“A man said to the Prophet: 'Counsel me.' He said: 'Do not become angry.' The man repeated his request several times, and each time the Prophet said: 'Do not become angry.'”
Source:Sahih al-Bukhari (6116)
Sahih
#17Excellence and Compassion in All Actions
Abu Ya'la Shaddad ibn Aws (may Allah be pleased with him)

إِنَّ اللَّهَ كَتَبَ الإِحْسَانَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ فَإِذَا قَتَلْتُمْ فَأَحْسِنُوا الْقِتْلَةَ وَإِذَا ذَبَحْتُمْ فَأَحْسِنُوا الذَّبْحَ وَلْيُحِدَّ أَحَدُكُمْ شَفْرَتَهُ وَلْيُرِحْ ذَبِيحَتَهُ.

“Verily Allah has prescribed excellence (Ihsan) in everything. So when you execute, execute with excellence, and when you slaughter, slaughter with excellence. Let each of you sharpen his blade and bring ease to the animal being slaughtered.”
Source:Sahih Muslim (1955)
Sahih
#18Taqwa, Repentance, and Excellent Character
Abu Dharr Jundub ibn Junadah and Abu Abd ar-Rahman Mu'adh ibn Jabal (may Allah be pleased with them)

اتَّقِ اللَّهِ حَيْثُمَا كُنْتَ، وَأَتْبِعِ السَّيِّئَةَ الْحَسَنَةَ تَمْحُهَا، وَخَالِقِ النَّاسَ بِخُلُقٍ حَسَنٍ.

“Fear Allah wherever you may be, follow up an evil deed with a good deed which will wipe it out, and behave towards people with good character.”
Source:Jami' at-Tirmidhi (1987)
Hasan (declared Hasan Sahih by at-Tirmidhi)
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Texts in this library are sourced from classical verified manuscripts of Al-Arba'in an-Nawawiyyah (40 Hadith Nawawi) by Imam Yahya ibn Sharaf an-Nawawi (d. 676 AH). Arabic texts are provided with full orthography, and English translations are aligned with recognized scholarly publications.