Islamic scholars, motivated by a tradition from the Prophet Muhammad, which promises Divine Rewards for scholars who collect forty traditions, compile hadith narrations in groups of forty.This text is the Second revised edition of a detailed commentary on 40 selected traditions narrated through the Prophet (S) and his Ahl al-Bayt (a) on topics of ethics...Read More

While the significance of hadīth in almost every field of Islamic learning is readily acknowledged, this is not reflected in the scholarly literature. There are several good introductions to the Quran; there are also a couple of good introductions to the life of the Prophet Muhammad, but when it comes to the hadīth, introductory works...Read More

Various researches have been carried out by Islamic academicians, especially Islamic academicians from the past, related to fields they had explored such as beliefs (aqidah), Islamic jurisprudence (fiqh), mystical dimensions of Islam (tasawuf), interpretation (tafsir), hadith, astronomy (falak), philosophy etc. These academicians had used various research methods when exploring their fields of study. Hence, most...Read More

Both the Qur’an and the sayings of the Prophet Muhammad (Hadith) frequently mention animals. The Qur’an declares that God does not shy away from drawing comparisons, even with a gnat, and two of the Suras (chapters) are indeed named after insects: the ant and the bee. The Qur’an speaks of animals being ‘communities like yourselves’,...Read More