al-Tuhfa al-Rabbaniyya fi Sharh al-Arba'in Hadithan al-Nawawiyya
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- 1417 AH
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al-Tuhfa al-Rabbaniyya fi Sharh al-Arba'in Hadithan al-Nawawiyya (The Divine Gift in Explaining al-Nawawi's Forty Hadiths) is a concise commentary on prophetic traditions authored by the Saudi researcher and scholar Ismail ibn Muhammad al-Ansari (d. 1417 AH / 1996 CE) .
Scope and Contents
The work provides an exposition of the widely circulated forty-hadith collection compiled by Imam al-Nawawi (631–676 AH / 1233–1277 CE), alongside the eight additional traditions appended by Ibn Rajab al-Hanbali (736–795 AH / 1335–1393 CE), bringing the total number of explained traditions to fifty . The book concludes with the fiftieth tradition narrated on the authority of 'Abd Allah ibn Busr regarding constancy in the remembrance of God .
Method and Structure
For each hadith, the author adheres to a structured, deductive arrangement designed to elucidate the core objectives of the text for students of Islamic knowledge :
- Matn (Hadith Text): Citing the prophetic tradition alongside its primary narrators and referencing its original compilers, such as al-Bukhari and Muslim .
- al-Mufradat (Vocabulary): Defining difficult lexical items, clarifying linguistic derivations, and explaining terms concisely .
- Yustafadu Minhu (Extracted Lessons): Deriving doctrinal, legal, moral, and practical benefits and rulings from the hadith in an enumerated format .
Publication
The work was published by al-Maktaba al-Salafiyya in Egypt in 1380 AH (1960 CE), incorporating both al-Nawawi's core selection and Ibn Rajab's additions .
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