Imam Nawawi's collection of forty hadeeth is one of the most important collections of hadeeth. These forty hadeeth should be memorized by any student of knowledge because they are chosen out of many ahadeeth. The forty hadeeth selected by an-Nawawi (rahimahullah) cover different topics of Islam. Every Muslim should know them especially the new Muslims should make an effort to read them.
This translation is phrase by phrase and this makes reading and memorizing the Hadeeth easier. Also, you will pick up the Arabic vocabulary and learn Arabic when reading the Hadeeth in Arabic.
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