Books in the Treasury in Islamic Thought and Civilization series

The version of Rumi that has become known as 'the best-selling poet in North America' is not a true one.

This beautiful collection discusses the legal and moral implications of some fundamental Islamic principles. With an emphasis upon concision and concentration of meaning each aphorism, and its accompanying commentary, is full of value and significance.Dr. Shahrul Hussain is Lecturer in Islamic Studies at Markfield Institute of Higher Education, United Kingdom. He studied classical Islamic studies and Arabic before attending the University of Al-Azhar, Cairo, Egypt, where he graduated from the Faculty of Islamic Jurisprudence and Law in 2001. In 2010 he completed his PhD at the University of Aberdeen, Scotland.

Imam Nawawi's collection of forty two hadith brings together some of the most important and pivotal Prophetic traditions. Each tradition encapsulates a great rule of the religion of Islam, described by Islamic religious scholars as an "e;axis"e; in Islam. The commentary of the great hadith master Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Daqiq al-'Id is simple but erudite.Mokrane Guezzou is a well-known translator of over ten works including the Qur'an commentary Wahidi's Asbab al-Nuzul.Ibn Daqiq al-'Id (d.1302) is accounted as one of Islam's great scholars in the fundamentals of Islamic law and belief.Imam Nawawi (1233-77) was an authority on hadith and a biographer, lexicologist, and Sufi.