Brief Biography of Imaam an-Nawawee
The Virtue of The Book, the Forty Hadeeth of Imaam an-Nawawee
Explanation of The First Hadeeth: Deeds are by intentions: On the authority of ʿUmar ibn Khaṭṭāb reported: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:

إِنَّمَا الْأَعْمَالُ 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
Verily, deeds are only with intentions. Verily, every person will have only what they intended. Whoever emigrated to Allah and His Messenger, then his emigration is for Allah and His Messenger. Whoever emigrated to get something in the world or to marry a woman, then his emigration is for whatever he emigrated for.

Class # 02 – 07.05.2017

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The Ḥadīth of Jibrīl:ʿUmar ibn Khaṭṭāb narrated, “One day while we were sitting with the Messenger of Allāh (ﷺ), there appeared before us a man dressed in extremely white clothes and with very black hair. No traces of journeying were visible on him, and none of us knew him…..

Class # 03 – 14.05.2017

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Ḥadīth Three: Islām is built upon five: On authority of ʿAbdAllah ibn ʿUmar ibn Khaṭṭāb who said I heard the Messenger of Allāh (ﷺ) say, “Islām has been built on five [pillars]: testifying that there is no deity worthy of worship but Allāh and that Muḥammad is the Messenger of Allāh, performing the prayers, paying the Zakāt, making the pilgrimage (Ḥajj), and fasting in Ramaḍān.”

Class # 04 – 21.05.2017

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Ḥadīth Four: Deeds Are By Their Final Actions: ‘AbdAllah ibn Mas’ūd reported: The Messenger of Allāh (ﷺ), said: Verily, the creation of each one of you is brought together in his mother’s womb for forty days as a drop, then he is a clot for a similar period, then a morsel for a similar period, then there is sent to him the angel who blows the spirit into him and he is commanded regarding four matters: to write down his provision, his life span, his deeds, and whether he is happy or miserable. By Allah other than whom there is no God, one of you acts like the people of Paradise until he is but an arm’s length from it, and what is written overtakes him so he acts like the people of Hellfire and he enters it. Verily, one of you acts like the people of Hellfire until he is but an arm’s length from it, and what is written overtakes him so he acts like the people of Paradise and he enters it.

Class # 05 – 09.07.2017

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Ḥadīth Five: Religious Innovations: Aisha reported: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: Whoever innovates something into this matter of ours which does not belong to it will have it rejected.
In another narration, the Prophet (ﷺ) said: Whoever performs a deed that is not in accordance with our matter will have it rejected.

Class # 06 – 16.12.2018

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Ḥadīth 6: Lawful and unlawful are clear: Al-Nu’man ibn Bashir reported: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:Verily, the lawful is clear and the unlawful is clear, and between the two of them are doubtful matters about which many people do not know. Thus, he who avoids doubtful matters clears himself in regard to his religion and his honor, and he who falls into doubtful matters will fall into the unlawful as the shepherd who pastures near a sanctuary, all but grazing therein. Verily, every king has a sanctum and the sanctum of Allah is his prohibitions. Verily, in the body there is a piece of flesh which if upright then the entire body is upright, and if corrupt then the entire body is corrupt. No doubt it is the heart.
In another narration, the Prophet (ﷺ) said: Make between yourself and the unlawful a barrier of what is lawful. Whoever does so will clear himself in regard to his honor and his religion. A shepherd who grazes near the side of a sanctum will nearly fall into it. Verily, every king has a sanctum and the sanctum of Allah is his prohibitions.

Class # 07 – 23.12.2018

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Ḥadīth 7: Religion is Sincere Advice: Tamim al-Dari reported: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: Verily, the religion is sincerity. We said, “To whom?” The Prophet (ﷺ) said: To Allah, His book, His messenger, the leaders of the Muslims, and their common people.

Class # 08 – 30.12.2018

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Ḥadīth 8: Jihād in the path of Allah: Jabir reported: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: I have been commanded to fight the people until they say there is no God worthy of worship besides Allah. If they say there is no God worthy of worship besides Allah, then they will be granted protection from me for their lives and property, except by right of justice, and their reckoning is with Allah.

Then, the Prophet (ﷺ) recited the verse:

إِنَّمَا أَنْتَ مُذَكِّرٌ لَسْتَ عَلَيْهِمْ بِمُصَيْطِرٍ

So remind them (O Muhammad (ﷺ)), you are only a one who reminds. You are not over them as a dictator.(88:21-22)

Questions asked in the QA Session with corresponding answers for minute markers:
- Q.1) The ḥadīth about the five animals permissible to kill referring to the mad dog, does this refer to all animals that go mad? [00:29:49]
- Q.2) What is the ruling of vaginal discharge that necessities wuḍū? Does it refer to all discharge i.e non sexual secreted from a woman? As it is normal for woman to discharge. Does this mean she has to renew her wuḍūʿ for each ṣalāh ? As this discharge is pure, is she required to make Istinjā’ along with the wuḍūʿ? [00:32:35]

Class # 09 – 06.01.2019

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Ḥadīth 9: Responsibility within one’s capacity: Abu Huraira reported: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: Avoid what I have forbidden for you and do what I have commanded you as much as you are able. Verily, the people before you were destroyed only because of their excessive questioning and differing with their prophets.
In another narration, the Prophet (ﷺ) said:Leave me with what I have left you. When I narrate a saying to you, then take it from me. Verily, the people before you were destroyed only because of their excessive questioning and differing with their prophets.

Class # 10 – 13.01.2019

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Ḥadīth 10: Restriction to what is lawful and wholesome: Abu Huraira reported: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: O people, Allah is pure and He accepts only what is pure. Verily, Allah has commanded the believers as He commanded His messengers.

Allah said:

يَا أَيُّهَا الرُّسُلُ كُلُوا مِنَ الطَّيِّبَاتِ وَاعْمَلُوا صَالِحًا ۖ إِنِّي بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ عَلِيمٌ

O (you) Messengers! Eat of the Taiyibat [all kinds of Halal (legal) foods which Allah has made legal (meat of slaughtered eatable animals, milk products, fats, vegetables, fruits, etc.], and do righteous deeds. Verily! I am Well-Acquainted with what you do.

And Allah said:

يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا كُلُوا مِن طَيِّبَاتِ مَا رَزَقْنَاكُمْ وَاشْكُرُوا لِلَّهِ إِن كُنتُمْ إِيَّاهُ تَعْبُدُونَ

O you who believe! Eat of the lawful things that We have provided you with, and be grateful to Allah, if it is indeed He Whom you worship.(2:172)

Abu Huraira added:Then, the Prophet (ﷺ) mentioned a man who traveled far, becoming disheveled and dusty and he raises 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 is nourished by the unlawful, so how can he be answered?
Questions asked in the QA Session with corresponding answers for minute markers:
- Q.1) What is the correct position regarding the ma’mūm’s [follower of the Imām] recitation of Sūrat al-Fātiḥah? [00:41:40]
- Q.2) The question is regarding the placement of the hands on the chest in ṣalāh for the women. Is the general vicinity on the chest/breasts, for example very endowed women find it more comfortable to place the hands below or under the bosom. Would this be considered too low? [00:53:43]
- Q.3) If it is know that a Salafī is affiliated with, prompted or defended an individual that was once Salafī but has now been refuted by the Ulamāʾ, are we to assume he is still with that person that has been refuted up until he has clarified his position? Or are we to assume he is with ‘Ulamāʾ that has refuted this individual? What is the aṣl of this person and this affair with regard to a scholar or a student of knowledge vs a layman? [00:57:10]

Class # 11 – 20.01.2019

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Ḥadīth 9: Refrain from doubts: Al-Hasan ibn Ali reported: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: Leave what makes you doubt for what does not make you doubt. Verily, truth brings peace of mind and falsehood sows doubt.
Questions asked in the QA Session with corresponding answers for minute markers:
Q.1) The question resolves around a narration in regards that Umm Salamah (may Allāh be pleased with her) was asked about what clothes a woman should pray in. She said: “She should pray in a khimār (head cover) and a long garment that covers the tops of her feet.” (Narrated by Abū Dawood, 639) Imām Ahmed said “two clothes minimum, a khimār and a long garment”. If a woman wears one flowing piece, from head to floor, then what would constitute the second piece? Is this one flowing piece sufficient if it fulfils all the conditions of the ḥijāb? Can a woman pray in this flowing piece without any clothes under (i.e pants, shirts etc), providing the clothes isn’t thin? Does the under garament consistute a second garment? Or is this for preventing transparency and clothes sticking to the body? [00:43:30]
Q.2) What is the ruling on praying with a niqāb without any strange men present? Shaykh ‘Abdul-‘Azīz ibn ‘Abdullāh ibn Bāz says ‘It is makrūh’. And we also see some saying it is sunnah. Which is the correct opinion? [00:49:29]

Class # 12 – 27.01.2019

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Ḥadīth 10: Leaving what does not concern the Muslim: Ali ibn Hussein reported: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: Verily, from the perfection of Islam is that a person leaves what does not concern him.
Questions asked in the QA Session with corresponding answers for minute markers:
- Q.1) In regards to this ḥadīth we have just covered ‘leaving alone that which does not concern you”, many of the people of desires use this narration to say that the Muslim should unrestrictedly not get involved in the disputes between the scholars and the mashāyikh, even if one of them is refuted and openly disparage by one of the major scholars. Is this correct? And what should be the stance of the laymen in these sort of disputes? [00:32:46]
- Q.2) Regrading the conditions of the ḥijāb, if a woman prays in clothes which imitates the men or the kuffar, even though it fulfils the other conditions of the ḥijāb, e.g covers the ‘awrah, not being transparent and not being tight etc. What effect would this have on her ṣalāh? Would this invalidate her ṣalāh or make it deficient? A further example, if a woman wears a man’s thobe at home to pray in and this those covers her ‘awrah and satisfies all the conditons of ḥijāb, how does affect her ṣalāh? [00:49:56]

Class # 13 – 03.02.2019

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Ḥadīth 13: Perfection of faith: Anas ibn Malik reported: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:
None of you will have faith until he loves for his brother what he loves for himself

Class # 14 – 10.02.2019

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- Ḥadīth 14: Sanctity of Muslim life and causes of its nullification:Abdullah ibn Mas’ud reported: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:
  لَا يَحِلُّ دَمُ امْرِئٍ مُسْلِمٍ يَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَأَنِّي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ إِلَّا بِإِحْدَى ثَلَاثٍ الثَّيِّبُ الزَّانِي وَالنَّفْسُ بِالنَّفْسِ وَالتَّارِكُ لِدِينِهِ الْمُفَارِقُ لِلْجَمَاعَةِ It is unlawful to shed the blood of a Muslim who testifies that there is no God but Allah and I am the Messenger of Allah, except in one of three cases: the married person who commits adultery, legal retaliation for murder, and a person who abandons their religion and secedes from the community.

Class # 15 – 24.02.2019

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Ḥadīth 15: Islamic Manners:Abu Huraira reported: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:
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 goodness or remain silent. Whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day, let him honor his neighbor. Whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day, let him honor his guest.

Class # 16 – 24.03.2019

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Ḥadīth 16: Prohibition of anger: Abu Huraira reported: A man said to the Prophet, “Advise me.” The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: لَا تَغْضَبْ Do not be angry.The man repeated his request, and the Prophet: لَا تَغْضَبْ Do not be angry.

Class # 17 – 13.06.2021

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Ḥadīth 17: Command to slaughter in the best manner:Shaddad ibn Aws reported: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:
إِنَّ اللَّهَ كَتَبَ الْإِحْسَانَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ فَإِذَا قَتَلْتُمْ فَأَحْسِنُوا الْقِتْلَةَ وَإِذَا ذَبَحْتُمْ فَأَحْسِنُوا الذَّبْحَ وَلْيُحِدَّ أَحَدُكُمْ شَفْرَتَهُ فَلْيُرِحْ ذَبِيحَتَهُ Verily, Allah has prescribed excellence in everything. If you have to kill, kill in the best manner. If you have to slaughter, slaughter in the best manner. Let one of you sharpen his knife, so his animal is spared of suffering.

Class # 18 – 27.06.2021

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Ḥadīth 18: Good character:

Abu Dharr reported: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:

اتَّقِ اللَّهِ حَيْثُمَا كُنْتَ وَأَتْبِعْ السَّيِّئَةَ الْحَسَنَةَ تَمْحُهَا وَخَالِقِ النَّاسَ بِخُلُقٍ حَسَنٍ Fear Allah wherever you are, follow a bad deed with a good deed and it will erase it, and behave with good character towards people.

Class # 19 – 04.07.2021

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Ḥadīth 19: Be mindful of Allah and he will protect you:Ibn Abbas reported: I was riding with The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and he said:
يَا غُلَامُ إِنِّي أُعَلِّمُكَ كَلِمَاتٍ احْفَظْ اللَّهَ يَحْفَظْكَ احْفَظْ اللَّهَ تَجِدْهُ تُجَاهَكَ إِذَا سَأَلْتَ فَاسْأَلْ اللَّهَ وَإِذَا اسْتَعَنْتَ فَاسْتَعِنْ بِاللَّهِ وَاعْلَمْ أَنَّ الْأُمَّةَ لَوْ اجْتَمَعَتْ عَلَى أَنْ يَنْفَعُوكَ بِشَيْءٍ لَمْ يَنْفَعُوكَ إِلَّا بِشَيْءٍ قَدْ كَتَبَهُ اللَّهُ لَكَ وَلَوْ اجْتَمَعُوا عَلَى أَنْ يَضُرُّوكَ بِشَيْءٍ لَمْ يَضُرُّوكَ إِلَّا بِشَيْءٍ قَدْ كَتَبَهُ اللَّهُ عَلَيْكَ رُفِعَتْ الْأَقْلَامُ وَجَفَّتْ الصُّحُفُ Young man, I will teach you some words. Be mindful of Allah and He will protect you. Be mindful of Allah and you will find Him before you. If you ask, ask from Allah. If you seek help, seek help from Allah. Know that if the nations gathered together to benefit you, they could not benefit you unless Allah has decreed it for you. And if the nations gathered together to harm you, they could not harm you unless Allah has decreed it for you. The pens have been lifted and the pages have dried.

Class # 20 – 11.07.2021

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Ḥadīth 20: Modesty is part of faith: Abu Mas’ud reported: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:
إِنَّ مِمَّا أَدْرَكَ النَّاسُ مِنْ كَلَامِ النُّبُوَّةِ إِذَا لَمْ تَسْتَحْيِ فَافْعَلْ مَا شِئْتَ Verily, among the words people obtained from the Prophets are this: If you feel no shame, do as you wish.

Class # 21 – 18.07.2021

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Ḥadīth 21: Sufyan ibn Abdullah reported: I said, “O Messenger of Allah, tell me of a saying in Islam after which I will not need to ask anyone after you.” The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:
قُلْ آمَنْتُ بِاللَّهِ فَاسْتَقِمْ ‏‏ Say, ‘I have faith in Allah,’ and then remain steadfast.

Class # 22 – 25.07.2021

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Ḥadīth 22: Adhering only to obligations:Jabir ibn Abdullah reported: A man asked the Messenger of Allah, saying, “O Messenger of Allah, do you think if I pray the five prescribed prayers, I fast the month of Ramadan, and I uphold what is lawful and unlawful without adding anything to it, will I enter Paradise?” The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: نَعَمْ Yes.

Class # 23 – 03.02.2019

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Ḥadīth 18: Good character: Abu Dharr reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace, and blessings be upon him, said: Fear Allah wherever you are, follow a bad deed with a good deed and it will erase it, and behave with good character towards people.

Class # 24 – 03.02.2019

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Ḥadīth 18: Good character: Abu Dharr reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace, and blessings be upon him, said: Fear Allah wherever you are, follow a bad deed with a good deed and it will erase it, and behave with good character towards people.

Class # 25 – 03.02.2019

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Ḥadīth 18: Good character: Abu Dharr reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace, and blessings be upon him, said: Fear Allah wherever you are, follow a bad deed with a good deed and it will erase it, and behave with good character towards people.

Class # 26 – 03.02.2019

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Ḥadīth 18: Good character: Abu Dharr reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace, and blessings be upon him, said: Fear Allah wherever you are, follow a bad deed with a good deed and it will erase it, and behave with good character towards people.

Class # 27 – 03.02.2019

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Ḥadīth 18: Good character: Abu Dharr reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace, and blessings be upon him, said: Fear Allah wherever you are, follow a bad deed with a good deed and it will erase it, and behave with good character towards people.

Class # 28 – 03.02.2019

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Ḥadīth 18: Good character: Abu Dharr reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace, and blessings be upon him, said: Fear Allah wherever you are, follow a bad deed with a good deed and it will erase it, and behave with good character towards people.

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