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