Riyad as-Salihin, The Meadows of the Righteous, or The Gardens of the Righteous, is a compilation of verses from the Quran supplemented by hadith narratives written by Al-Nawawi from Damascus (1233–1277). The hadith by al-Nawawī belongs to the category of canonical Arabic collections of Islamic morals, manners, acts of worship, which are from the Hadith.

Description

The Meadows of the Righteous (Gardens of the Righteous) by Al-Nawawi contains a total of 1,896 hadith divided across 344 chapters, many of which are introduced by verses of the Quran. The content of the book were studying the Hadiths in effort to translate the teaching from Quran verses into Sunnah, or practical tradition in the form of Islamic-based jurisprudence and ethics. The Sunnah which covered by Nawawi includes the practice of Sahabah, which were viewed by Malik ibn Anas as "living Sunnah" who transmit the rulings directly from Muhammad.

Sections

The book is organized into sections each representing a subject matter such as listed hereafter:

Chapters

The book is organized into 373 chapters of variable length and are listed below. Some Chapters by different publishers have been included under Chapter headings which leads to a discrepancy in the Chapter numbers. Each Chapter heading is a summary of the primary texts (i.e. a Quranic verse or Ḥadith) contained under that heading.

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