Imam Nawawi's commentary on Sahih Muslim is one of the most highly regarded works in Islamic thought and literature. Accepted by every sunni school of thought, and foundational in the Shaafi school, this text, available for the first time in English, is famed throughout the Muslim world. After the Qur'an, the prophetic traditions are the most recognised source of wisdom in Islam. Amongst the collected Hadith, Sahih Muslim is second only to the the collection of Imam Bukhari. With a commentary by Imam Nawawi, whose other works are amongst the most widely-read books on Islam, and translated by Adil Salahi, a modern scholar of great acclaim, this immense work, finally available to English readers, is an essential addition to every Muslim library, and for anybody with an interest in Islamic thought.
This volume includes The Book of Government Chapter 50 onwards, The Book of Game and Slaughtered Animals, The Book of Sacrifice, The Book of Drinks, The Book of Food, The Book of Clothes and Adornment, The Book of Good Manners.
Transliteration Table
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x
Preface
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...................... xi
Before You Read
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..... xiii
BOOK OF GOVERNMENT
Chapter 50: Keeping Watch for Gods Cause...................................
3
Chapter 51: Types of
Martyrs.............................................................. 5
Chapter 52: Encouragement for Learning Archery......................... 10
Chapter 53: Defenders of the
Truth.................................................... 13
Chapter 54: Taking Care of Mounts When Travelling.................... 20
Chapter 55: Travel is a Piece of
Suffering.......................................... 23
Chapter 56: Discouragement From Returning Home at Night...... 25
THE BOOK OF GAME AND
SLAUGHTERED ANIMALS
Chapter 1: Hunting with Trained
Dogs........................................... 33
Chapter 2: Finding Game After Having Missed it......................... 48
Chapter 3: Predator Beasts and Birds of Prey Are Forbidden...... 51
Chapter 4: Dead Maritime Animals Are Permissible.................... 57
Chapter 5: The Prohibition of Domestic Donkey Meat................. 68
Chapter 6: Horse Meat Is
Permissible.............................................. 79
Chapter 7: The Permissibility of Eating Lizards............................
83
Chapter 8: Eating
Locusts.................................................................. 96
Chapter 9: Eating
Rabbit....................................................................
98
Chapter 10: The Permissibility of What Helps in Hunting and
Against the Enemy..........................................................
100
Chapter 11: Proper Slaughter and
Killing......................................... 104
Chapter 12: The Prohibition of Using Animals as Targets............. 106
THE BOOK OF SACRIFICE
Chapter 1: The Time of
Sacrifice....................................................... 113
Chapter 2: The Age of a Sacrificial
Animal..................................... 127
Chapter 3: The Desirability of Sacrifice and
Its Recommended Practice............................................. 133
Chapter 4: What Tools Should Be Used for Slaughter?................. 139
Chapter 5: The Abrogation of Restricting Eating
Sacrificial Meat to Three Days Only............................. 148
Chapter 6: The Prohibition of Idolatrous Sacrifice.........................
163
Chapter 7: The Time When No Hair May Be Cut.......................... 167
Chapter 8: Sacrifice for Anyone Other Than God is Forbidden.. 173
THE BOOK OF DRINKS
Chapter 1: The Prohibition of Intoxicating Drinks........................
179
Chapter 2: The Prohibition of Making Vinegar Out of Wine....... 194
Chapter 3: Wine May Not Be Used as a Medicine......................... 196
Chapter 4: All Fermented Grapes and Dates Are Wine................ 198
Chapter 5: Fermenting Dates and Raisins Together...................... 200
Chapter 6: Fermentation in Certain Containers.............................
209
Chapter 7: Whatever Intoxicates Is Wine and Forbidden............. 235
Chapter 8: Punishment for Alcohol Addiction...............................
243
Chapter 9: Fermented Non-intoxicating Drink Is Permissible..... 246
Chapter 10: Drinking
Milk.................................................................. 257
Chapter 11: Drinking and Covering Containers..............................
263
Chapter 12: Useful
Precautions.......................................................... 267
Chapter 13: Table
Manners..................................................................
275
Chapter 14: The Discouragement of Drinking Whilst Standing.... 288
Chapter 15: Drinking Zamzam Water Standing.............................. 291
Chapter 16: Drinking With Three
Breaths......................................... 296
Chapter 17: Go Right When Circulating Drinks..............................
299
THE BOOK OF FOOD
Chapter 1: Licking Fingers and Plates,
Eating Dropped Morsels................................................ 309
Chapter 2: When an Uninvited Guest Joins....................................
318
Chapter 3: Taking Someone Else to Ones Host.............................
323
Chapter 4: Eating Food With Sauce, Pumpkin, etc........................ 344
Chapter 5: A Guest Prays for His
Host............................................ 347
Chapter 6: Eating Cucumber With Dates........................................
350
Chapter 7: Humility When
Eating.................................................... 351
Chapter 8: When Eating With
Others.............................................. 353
Chapter 9: Storing Dates and Similar Foods for
Ones
Children.................................................................
356
Chapter 10: The Excellence of Madinah Dates.................................
358
Chapter 11: Truffles and Their
Benefit.............................................. 361
Chapter 12: The Black Fruit of the Arak
Tree................................... 365
Chapter 13: Vinegar as
Seasoning...................................................... 367
Chapter 14: Garlic Is Permissible, but to Be Avoided Socially....... 372
Chapter 15: Giving Priority to Ones
Guest...................................... 377
Chapter 16: When Food Is
Scarce....................................................... 395
Chapter 17: A Believers Approach to
Eating................................... 398
Chapter 18: No Criticism of
Food....................................................... 403
THE BOOK OF CLOTHES AND
ADORNMENT
Chapter 1: The Prohibition of Gold and Silver Utensils............... 409
Chapter 2: What Is Forbidden of Gold, Silver, Silk, etc?............... 415
Chapter 3: Wearing Silk Is Forbidden for Men..............................
427
Chapter 4: Wearing Silk for a Skin Complaint...............................
453
Chapter 5: No Clothes With Red Dye for Men...............................
456
Chapter 6: Adorned
Clothes............................................................. 461
Chapter 7: Humility Reflected in
Dress........................................... 463
Chapter 8: Using a
Bedcover............................................................. 468
Chapter 9: No Need to Keep What Is Surplus................................
471
Chapter 10: Trailing Ones Garment in Arrogance..........................
473
Chapter 11: The Prohibition Against Walking Proudly.................. 481
Chapter 12: Gold Rings Are Forbidden for Men..............................
484
Chapter 13: The Prophets Silver
Ring............................................... 489
Chapter 14: The Prophets Use of His
Ring...................................... 494
Chapter 15: Discarding
Rings............................................................. 496
Chapter 16: Wearing a Silver Ring With a Stone.............................
499
Chapter 17: Wearing a Ring on the Little Finger.............................
501
Chapter 18: No Ring on the Middle
Fingers..................................... 503
Chapter 19: The Desirability of
Footwear......................................... 506
Chapter 20: How to Wear
Sandals..................................................... 507
Chapter 21: Disapproved Ways of Wearing Clothes....................... 511
Chapter 22: No Lying on Ones Back With One Leg
Over the
Other................................................................. 514
Chapter 23: Lying Down With One Leg Over the Other................ 516
Chapter 24: No Garment Dyed With Saffron for Men.................... 519
Chapter 25: Dying Grey
Hair.............................................................. 521
Chapter 26: Using Hair
Dye................................................................ 522
Chapter 27: The Prohibition of Making Images of Animals, etc.... 525
Chapter 28: Taking Dogs and Bells on a Journey.............................
552
Chapter 29: The Disapproval of a Necklace for Camels................. 554
Chapter 30: The Prohibition of Hitting and Branding an
Animal on the Face..........................................................
556
Chapter 31: Branding
Animals........................................................... 559
Chapter 32: Partial Shaving of a Boys
Head.................................... 563
Chapter 33: The Right of the
Road..................................................... 566
Chapter 34: No Alteration of Gods
Creation................................... 568
Chapter 35: Women Who Are Clothed and Unclothed.................. 582
Chapter 36: The Prohibition of All False Claims..............................
584
THE BOOK OF GOOD MANNERS
Chapter 1: Lawful and Unlawful Names and Appellations........ 589
Chapter 2: The Disapproval of Certain Types of Names.............. 600
Chapter 3: Changing Foul
Names.................................................... 605
Chapter 4: Forbidden Names and
Titles......................................... 609
Chapter 5: Rubbing the Palate and Naming a Newborn.............. 612
Chapter 5 [ R]: Appellation of a Childless Person............................
622
Chapter 6: Saying My Son to an Unrelated Child....................... 624
Chapter 7: Seeking Permission to
Enter.......................................... 627
Chapter 8: The Need to Identify Oneself When Requested......... 637
Chapter 9: The Prohibition of Looking Inside
Someones Home.............................................................
639
Chapter 10: A Sudden
Glance............................................................. 643
Adil Salahi is a scholar, author and translator, who has written or translated into English various books on Islam. After working for the BBC Arabic Service for several years, he worked for the Arabic daily, al-Sharq al-Awsat. He continues to publish many Articles in various Publications including Arab News, an English daily published in Saudi Arabia. Adil Salahi taught at the Markfield Institute of Higher Education, Leicester, England. His popular biography of the Prophet, Muhammad: Man and Prophet, is widely respected and has been translated into multiple languages.
