Organizer: KHIDMA
The Forty Hadith of Imam al-Nawawi
For Brothers & Sisters
The Prophet Muhammad, may Allah bless him and give him peace, said:
“Whosoever memorises and preserves for my people forty hadith relating to their religion, Allah will resurrect him on the Day of Judgment in the company of jurists and religious scholars.”
“Every person wishing to attain the Hereafter should know these ahadith because of the important matters they contain and the
directions they give in respect of all forms of obedience, this being obvious to anyone who has reflected upon it.”
– Imam al-Nawawi –
For generations countless men and women have persevered to preserve the words of the blessed Prophet (peace & blessings of Allah be upon him). These narrated events, called hadiths, contain within them timeless wisdom for all who wish to benefit.
Khidma is proud to present “The Forty Hadith”, a unique study of Imam Nawawi’s well renowned 40 hadith, Al-Arba’in, a practical and comprehensive collection of a hadith that sheds light on every branch of our lives. This course offers a spiritual journey in a classroom setting, in the company of a qualified instructor who has devoted several years solely in pursuit of Islamic Knowledge.
This course caters to brothers and sisters of every level wishing to enhance their education and spiritual relationship with Allah and his noble Messenger (peace & blessings of Allah be upon him). Some of the expected benefits from this study are the invaluable life lessons on one’s journey to Allah. The ahadith provide guidance on strengthening your relationship with Allah and improving your interaction with fellow humans. These lessons may be applied to your worship, work, studies, marriage, and family and community life in the short-term. In the long-term, our Beloved Prophet (peace & blessings of Allah be upon him) left us with these words so that we could prepare ourselves for the appointed meeting with Allah.
Imam al-Nawawi
Imam Yahya ibn Sharaf al-Nawawi (d. 676/1277) was born in the village of Nawa in Southern Syria. He spent most of his life in Damascus where he lived in a simple manner, devoted to Allah, engaging single-mindedly in worship, study, writing and teaching various Islamic sciences. The life of this world seems scarcely to have impinged upon him. He was a versatile and extremely dedicated scholar whose breadth of learning was matched by its depth. Imam Nawawi died at the young age of 44 years, leaving behind him numerous works of great importance, the most famous of these being:
- al-Arba’in (The Forty Hadith)
- Riyadh us-Salihin
- al-Maqasid.
- Kitab al-Adhkar
- Minhaj al-Talibin
- Sharh Sahih Muslim
Although best known for his works in hadith, al-Nawawi was also the Imam of the later Shafi‘i school of Jurisprudence, and widely acknowledged as the intellectual heir to Imam Shafi‘i. He was a renowned scholar and jurist who dedicated his life to the pursuit of Islamic learning. May Allah be pleased with him.
Course Details:
Date: Tuesdays (bi-monthly); first session Tuesday 20th March 2012.
Time: 7.30pm – 9.00pm
Venue: Dawson House, 1st Floor, Ladbrooke Road, Chalvey, SL1 2SR (next to YMCA)
Duration: Approximately 12 Months
Registration & Fee: £50
*. This course is for brothers & sisters. Register by completing the registration form. Payment must be made to complete your registration for the course.
*Khidma does not wish to restrict the seeking of knowledge. Those who are unable to afford the course fee, please email us at education@khidma.org.uk
Teacher
In 1998 Ustadh Faiz left the UK to study in Damascus, Syria, focusing on the Arabic language, grammar, morphology, rhetoric, tajwid and hadith terminology. In 2001 he furthered his studies in Tarim, Hadramaut, Yemen. Whilst in Yemen he studied several disciplines including jurisprudence, Arabic, logic, legal theory, hadith and theology. His teachers include Shaykh Salim b. Ahmad al-Khatib, Habib Kazim al-Saqqaf, Habib Hashim b. Sahl, and Shaykh Muhammad Amin al-Chinquite and the noble Habib Umar b. Hafiz. He has taught for the Greensville Trust and Crawley Education Institute, and has carried out pastoral work for the Prison Service. He worked for almost three years with long-term sufferers of mental health illnesses, and is currently employed to undertake spiritual and pastoral care in Broadmoor High Security Hospital.
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