Riyad as-Salihin :
The Gardens of the Righteous,
Arabic with English Translation plus Annotation,
*[A5+] Compact/Flexi Cover Binding - 555 pages,
by Imam Muhy'ud-Din Yahya ibn Sharf al-Nawawi,
Published by Tughra Books, Turkey, (June 2014 Publication).
Description :Riyad as-Salihin (The Gardens of the Righteous), is one of the most famous works of the prolific author and
Hadith scholar Imam Abu Zakariyyah Yahyah ibn Sharf al-Nawawi,
may Allah be pleased with him, [d.1277
CE].
This work of Imam an-Nawawi has become so famous that it is commonly found in most Muslims' homes. In this compilation, along with taking the prime
Hadith references known as the Six Books (
Al-Kutub as-Sitta) as the basis, he related authenticated
Hadiths with their sources, and took the relevant verses from the Qur'an at the beginning of every Chapter. The
hadiths he preferred to include in his collection relate to
: ***Enhancing Morality,
***Purifying Hearts,
***Protecting Body-parts from Sin,
***Being a Means for Happiness in this World and the Next.
***Encouraging Goodness, warning against Evil, and revealing the Outward and
Inward Manners of Journeying on the Spiritual Path,
***Enjoining Good and Forbidding Evil.
This collection of authentic
hadiths can be briefly defined as a book of enhancing morals, mannerliness, encouraging goodness, and warning against the evil. This work consists of the wisdom of the noble Prophet,
peace and blessings be upon him, setting the criteria about the manners to be observed by individuals. Since the time it was published,
Riyad as-Salihin has been a must read on the way to deepening in Islamic teaching.
This work we present to you with pride is an abridged version of the full compilation. It consists of 876
hadiths chosen from among more than 1800
hadiths on 18 main topics. There are so many different annotated versions of this classic. In our version, we rather tried to translate the intended meaning to be derived from the
hadiths, rather than making a word for word translation. Annotations are added to clarify the meaning when needed. The Qur'anic verses and
hadiths are presented with their sources.
Table of Contents :
---Introduction.
Riyad as-Salihin (876 hadiths),
---Sincerity and Purity of Intention,
---Repentance,
---Patience,
---Truthfulness,
---Watchfulness (
muraqaba),
---Revering Allah and Piety (
taqwa),
---Certainty and trust in Allah (
tawwakul),
---Straightforwardness (
Istiqama),
---Hastening to Perform Good Actions,
---Striving (
mujahada),
---The Encouragement to Increase Good Actions in the Later Part of One's Life,
---The Clarification of the Many Paths of Good,
---Moderation in Worship,
---Perseverance in Good Deeds,
---The Command to Follow the Sunnah and it's Manners,
---Obligation to Obey the Judgement of Allah,
---The Prohibition against Innovations and New Matters,
---On those who Build Good or Bad Traditions,
---Showing the Way to Good, and Helping One Another to Goodness & Piety,
---Sincere Advice,
---Enjoining Good and Forbidding Evil,
---The Integrity of those who Enjoin Good and Forbid Evil,
---To Deliver Trusts,
---On Injustice and the Command to make Restitution in Cases of Injustice,
---Respecting the Rights of the Muslims, and having Compassion and Mercy for them,
---Veiling the Faults of Muslims and the Prohibition against Divulging them without necessity,
---Taking Care of the Needs of the Muslims,
---Respecting Muslims Even if they are Weak and Poor,
---Kindness to Orphans, Girls, the Weak, the Poor and the Downtrodden,
---Treating Women Well,
---The Rights of a Husband from His Wife,
---Spening on One's Family,
---Spending out of What One Loves and Spending what is Excellent,
---The Obligation to Command One's Family to Obey Allah, and to teach them proper Behaviour,
---The Right of the Neighbour and Treating him well,
---Dutifulness to Parents and Maintaining ties of Kinship,
---Respcting One's Parents, Relatives, Scholars and other Virtuous people,
---The Excellent of Love for the Sake of Allah,
---The Signs of Allah's Love for His Servant,
---Judging people according to the Outward while leaving their Secrets to Allah the Almighty,
---Fear of Allah,
---The Hope for Allah's Mercy,
---Living between Fear and Hope,
---The Excellence of Weeping from Fear and Respect of Allah,
---The Excellence of Ascetics,
---Leading a Simple lifestyle,
---Contentment, self-restraint, and moderation in lifestyle,
---The Encouragement to work and to be Contented,
---Generosity, magnanimity and spending in good ways with Trust in Allah the Almighty,
---Preferring and Helping Others,
---The Desire for in Matters which pertain to the Hereafter,
---The Excellence of the Grateful wealthy person,
---Remembering Death and Constraining expectation,
---Visiting the Graves,
---On wishing for Death,
---Scrupulousness and Abandoning Things things are Doubtful,
---The Recommendation to Withdraw when things are Corrupt,
---Humility and Being Gentle with the Believers,
---The Prohibition of Pride and Arrogance,
---Good Character,
---Forbearance, Patience and Kindness,
---Pardoning and Turning Away from the Ignorant,
---Seriousness and Sensibility in Religiousness Matters,
---The Leaders should be kind, Just and Compassionate,
---The Just Ruler,
---The Obligation to Obey those in Authority,
---The Prohibition against Seeking Authority,
---Encouraging those in Authority to Adopt Righteous Counsellors,
---Modesty,
---Keeping Secrets and Fulfilling the Covenant,
---Speaking good words and displaying a Cheerful Face,
---Speaking Plainly and Clearly,
---Worshipping with Calmness and Dignity,
---Conveying Good News and congratulating people,
---Saying Farewell and Asking for Supplication,
---The
Istikhara and Consultation,
---Using the Right First in things,
---Saying '
Bismillah' before commencing to Eat and
Al-hamdulilah afterwards,
---Table Manners,
---Dress Code,
---The Etiquette of Sleeping,
---The Etiquette of Gatherings,
---Dreams,
---The Greeting,
---Shaking Hands when Meeting,
---Visiting the Sick, Escorting the Dead and Praying over him,
---Setting out on a Journey,
---The Excellence of Reciting the Qur'an,
---Encouraging the Recitation of Certain
Surahs and
Ayahs,
---Meeting together in order to Recite the Qur'an,
---The Excellence of Ablution, (
wudhu),
---The Excellence of the
Adhaan, (Call to Prayer),
---The Excellence of the Prayers (
salaat),
---Persevering in the Prescribed Prayers,
---The Excellence of the First Row and the Command to make them Straight,
---The Excellence of Performing the
Sunnah Prayers,
---The
Witr Prayer,
---The
Duhr Prayer,
---The Prayer of Greeting the Masjid,
---Praying Two Units after doing
Wudhu,
---The
Jumu'ah Prayer,
---The Prostration of Gratitude,
---The Excellence of Rising in the Night to Pray,
---The
Tarawih Prayers,
---The Excellence of the
Siwak and the qualities of the Natural Form (
fitrah),
---The Obligation of
Zakah and It's Excellence,
---The Obligation to Fast during
Ramadan and it's Excellence,
---Generosity, Charity and doing much good in the month of
Ramadan,
---What one says when seeing the New Moon,
---The Excellence of
Suhur,
---The Excellence of Hastening to Break the Fast,
---Commanding the Person who is fasting to guard his Tongue and Limbs from incorrect actions, verbal abuse and the like,
---The Recommendation to fast three days of every month,
---The Excellence of giving the fasting person something with which to break the fast,
---The Obligation and Merit of
Hajj,
---The Excellence of
Jihad,
---The Clarification of those who are Martyrs,
---The Excellence of Freeing Slaves,
---The Excellence of Being Good to Slaves,
---The Excellence of Being Generous in Transactions,
---The Excellence of Knowledge,
---The Excellence of Praise and Thankfulness,
---The Prayer on the Messenger of Allah,
may Allah bless him and grant him peace,
---The Excellence of
Dhikr and Encouraging it,
---Morning and Evening Supplications,
---What to say when going to sleep,
---The Excellence of Supplication,
---The Excellence of Supplication for those who are Absent,
---The Miracles of the Friends of Allah (The
Awliya-Allah) and their Excellence,
---The Prohibition against Backbiting and the Command to Guard the Tongue,
---The Prohibition against Mischief-making and Slandering,
---The Censure of being Two-Faced,
---The Prohibition against Lying,
---The Prohibition against Envy,
---The Prohibition against Spying,
---The Prohibition against Despising Muslims and Deceiving Them,
---The Prohibition against Using a Gift to Cause a Sense of Indebtedness,
---Forbidding Muslims Dissassociating themselves from One Another for more than Three Days,
---The Prohibition against Two People Conversing to the Exclusion of a Third without His Permission,
---The Prohibition against cruelty to a Human Being or Animal without Legitimate Reason,
---Forbidding Showing-Off,
---The Prohibition against Looking at what is Prohibited,
---The Prohibition against being Alone with an Unrelated Woman,
---Forbdiing Men trying to Look Like Women and Women trying to Look Like Men in clothing, movement, etc,
---The Prohibition against being like
Shaytan and the Unbelievers,
---The Prohibition against Going against One's Own Nature,
---Forbidding Wailing over the Dead,
---The Prohibition against Going to Soothsayers, Astrologers, Diviners and Looking for Omens,
---The Prohibition against Believing in Bad Omens,
---The Prohibition of Images and Statues,
---The Prohibition against Keeping a Dog in the Home,
---The Etiquette and Behaviour to Adopt within the Mosque,
---The Method and Etiquette of Making an Oath, and the Prohibitions against it,
---The Prohibition against Adressing an Iniquitious Person or Innovator as ''Master''
---The Prohibition against Cursing the Wind, and what One says when it blows,
---The Prohibition against a Man attributing Rain to a Star,
---Forbidding Calling a Muslim an Unbeliever,
---Forbidding Obscene and Coarse Language,
---The Etiquette of Speech,
---The Serious Nature and Persistence in Supplications,
---The Rights of a Husband over His Wife,
---Not to Get ahead of the
Imam in 'coming up' or 'bowing or prostration,'
---It is Disliked to Pray when Food has been served or when one Needs to Go to the Lavatory,
---It is Disliked to look about in the Prayer without Reason,
---It is Forbidden to Pass in front of Someone Praying,
---It is Disliked to Single Out Friday to Fast or Friday Night for Praying at Night,
---Forbidding Continuous Fasting, which is to Fast Two or More Days without Eating or Drinking between them,
---It is Forbidden to Sit on Graves,
---The Prohibition against Relieving Oneself in the Road, Shady place, Water Sources, etc,
---It is Disliked to Show Preference to One Child over Others in Gifts,
---The Etiquette of Trade,
---The Prohibition against Squandering Money in Improper Ways,
---The Prohibition against Pointing at a Muslim with a Weapon, Seriously or in Jest,
---It is Disliked to Refuse Scent for No Reason,
---It is Disliked to Praise Someone to his face,
---The Warning Not to Commit what Allah Almighty and His Messenger,
may Allah bless him and grant him peace, Have Prohibited,
---Miscellaneous,
---Asking Forgiveness,
---On What Allah Almighty Has Promised the Believers in Paradise.
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