Suhaib Webb – The History of alNawwawi’s Forty Hadith Collection

Before we continue our discussion on the first

hadith,

I think it's very important that you understand

the history of this text.

This text was not

solely written by Imam An Nawawi. In fact,

someone before him started it. He added to

it, and then someone after him completed it.

So Abu Amr ibn Salah, one of the

great, great scholars of the science of Hadith,

perhaps wrote one of the most important later

texts

on the science of Hadith.

He was in the area of Damascus. He

preceded Imam An Nawawi chronologically.

And he he began to compose a text,

which he felt were the foundational Hadith of

Islam.

So he wrote 26

like he compiled 26 excuse me, a hadith

and he began to teach them. And his

halakah was called

You know, the the halaqa of the foundational

hadith.

When he passed away, Sayna Imam An Nawawi

came and continued

collecting hadith, which he felt fell under this

idea of alqulia

until he reached 42.

Then after Saydna, Imam and Nawawi came Al

Hafath ibnurajib

Al Hambali,

who added 8 more ahadith. So the total

was 50.

And in fact,

amongst the people who know the book is

actually called Al Khamsin

Al

soon al Rajabiya. Because the imam said that

imam,

ibnur Rajib al Half of he's the one

who actually

finished it

up until 50.

It's important for you to know that man

that that there is a great history and

look at the cooperation and the fact that

you have these 3 brilliant

minds sifting through these Hadith,

extracting them

from the the gold mine of Hadith literature

until they reach these 50 foundational

hadith.