Sahih Kunuz al-Sunna al-Nabawiyya
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Sahih Kunuz al-Sunna al-Nabawiyya (The Authentic Treasures of the Prophetic Sunna) is a modern hadith compilation authored by Bari Irfan Tawfiq, dedicated to assembling authentic and sound narrations from the Prophet Muhammad across various topics of worship, ethics, supplications, and righteous conduct.
Composition and Purpose
In the opening dedication, the author dedicates the work to his late father and his mother in gratitude for their encouragement during its writing. The author grants printing and publishing rights to any Muslim on the condition that the author is informed. The work serves as a thematic handbook compiling verified Prophetic traditions for the benefit of general readers and students of Islamic knowledge.
Structure and Content
The book is arranged into thematic chapters focusing on practical religious matters, virtues, and invocations. Its principal sections include:
- Remembrance and Invocations (Dhikr and Du'a): Narrations on the merit of remembrance, specific formulas of praise, daytime and evening remembrances, and manners of supplication.
- Relief from Hardship: Chapters dedicated to supplications and deeds for paying off debts (Daf' al-Dayn) and relieving worry and grief (Tafrij al-Hamm wa-l-Ghamm).
- Acts of Worship: Sections on the virtues and rulings of voluntary and obligatory fasting (al-Siyam), the Night of Decree (Laylat al-Qadr), and night prayers.
- Virtues and Conduct: Topics addressing interpersonal mercy, aiding the oppressed, humility, characteristics of the believer, obedience to rulers, spiritual ruqyah, the intercession (Shafa'a) of the Prophet ﷺ, and deeds that earn dwellings in Paradise or shield from Hellfire.
The book concludes with a list of references and a comprehensive thematic index.
Method
Within several chapters, the author subdivides the traditions based on their status into rigorous authentic narrations (al-ahadith al-sahiha) and fair narrations (al-ahadith al-hasana). Each narration is numbered and paired with its primary attribution to classical hadith collections, including al-Bukhari, Muslim, Ahmad, Abu Dawud, al-Tirmidhi, al-Nasa'i, Ibn Majah, al-Tabarani, Ibn Hibban, and al-Hakim. The author occasionally inserts concise lexical definitions for uncommon words or notes scholarly commentary, such as citing interpretations by al-Qurtubi.
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