Imam Nawawi’s 40 Hadith Summarised

A one line summary of Imam Nawawi’s famous hadith collection, the Arabeen Nawawi.

  1. The reward of actions are by intentions
  2. We believe in Allah, his angels, books, messengers, resurrection and the divine decree
  3. There are five pillars shahadah, salah, zakah, Ramadhan, hajj
  4. Ihsan is excellence, and must be done in everything
  5. Be wary the hour is approaching, what have you prepared?
  6. Four aspects are determined before birth—sustenance (rizq), lifespan, actions, and ultimate fate (happiness or misery in the Hereafter).
  7. What Allah decrees is decreed, you can’t change it, don’t dwell on it
  8. Final deeds hold significant weight in determining one’s ultimate fate.
  9. Don’t change the deen, don’t add new things
  10. Guard against innovations
  11. Follow Halal, avoid haram and avoid the doubtful
  12. If the heart is sound, the whole body is sound
  13. Show you sincerity in your deen to Allah by obeying his commands, to the Prophet by following his sunnah, to the Quran by reading it, and following it, the leader by obeying him, to the people by giving them good advice
  14. Salah and Zakat are very important, fight the one who abandons it
  15. Follow what is given to you, don’t ask too many questions
  16. Allah only accepts pure and halal from people,
  17. Consume from lawful provisions
  18. Dua are not accepted from those who divulge in haraam
  19. Leave doubtful things
  20. Leave that which doesn’t concern you
  21. Love for your brother what you love for yourself
  22. The life of a Muslim is sacred, unless there is a valid reason to take it.
  23. Speak well or remain silent
  24. Honour and be generous to the neighbour
  25. Honour and be generous to the guest
  26. Do not execute on your anger
  27. Do things in an excellent manner
  28. Have taqwa of Allah where ever you are
  29. Follow a wrong with a right
  30. Treat people in a good manner
  31. Take account of your day, the good and the bad, and seek forgiveness
  32. Be mindful of Allah, and he will be mindful of you
  33. Ask Allah, he will give
  34. Trust that what is destined will come to pass, and what isn’t will never reach you.
  35. Remember Allah in times of ease to be remembered during adversity.
  36. Victory comes with patience, relief with affliction, and hardship with ease.
  37. Have istiqamah upon islam
  38. Have shame and modesty
  39. Perform at least your obligations for entry into Jannah
  40. Be a person of purity in appearance, environment, conduct, imaan, etc.
  41. Glorify Allah much
  42. Salah is a guidance for us
  43. Giving in charity proves we are of the Muslims
  44. Being patient leads to illumination
  45. The Quran will be evidence for you or against you
  46. Every person is responsible for his own soul on a daily basis
  47. Don’t oppress each other, nor the deen
  48. Seek guidance from Allah
  49. Allah provides food, drink and clothing so be mindful and grateful
  50. Seek forgiveness from Allah
  51. Allah’s provision do not end
  52. Praise Allah when things go well
  53. Acts of remembrance (tasbeeh, tahmeed, takbeer, tahleel) are forms of charity.
  54. Encouraging good and forbidding evil are also acts of charity.
  55. Fulfilling lawful desires, even personal ones, can bring reward if done with the right intention.
  56. Opportunities for earning reward are accessible to everyone
  57. Every joint wakes up in debt, it must give its charity
  58. Make use of your ability and gifts from Allah
  59. Settling disputes fairly is a form of charity.
  60. Assisting someone is charity.
  61. Speaking kindly is charity.
  62. Walking to mosque for prayer is charity.
  63. Clearing obstacles from the path is charity.
  64. Righteousness lies in having upright and ethical character.
  65. Wrongdoing is that which wavers the soul and causes uneasiness
  66. Have taqwa of Allah
  67. Listen and obey leader when they are on the deen
  68. Cling firmly to the teachings of the Prophet and the rightly guided caliphs.
  69. Cling on to the right way
  70. Do not neglect religious obligations
  71. Keep to limits and don’t overstep the mark
  72. Fasting is a shield; charity wipes away sin as water extinguishes fire; and the praying of a man in the depths of the night.”
  73. Great reward for the one who fulfils obligations, gives charity and prays an night
  74. Keep hold of your tongue
  75. Keep to all religious obligations
  76. And do not overstep limits
  77. Don’t make things hard for yourself
  78. Renounce the worldly matters and possessions
  79. Don’t harm others, and don’t be harmed
  80. The Sharia prevent people from unjustly claiming the wealth and lives of others
  81. Change evil with your hand, then tongue, then feel in the heart
  82. Do not envy one another
  83. Do not inflate prices for one another
  84. Do not hate one another
  85. Do not turn away from one another
  86. Do not undercut one another in trade
  87. Be slaves of Allah and brothers amongst yourselves.
  88. Don’t oppress your brother
  89. Don’t fail your brothers
  90. Don’t lie to your brother
  91. Don’t hold your brother in contempt
  92. Taqwa is in the heart
  93. Protect your Muslim brother’s blood, property, and honour
  94. Remove a worldly grief from a believer, Allah will remove from him one of the griefs of the Day of Resurrection.
  95. Alleviate the need of a needy person, Allah will alleviate his needs in this world and the Hereafter.
  96. Shields the misdeeds of a Muslim, Allah will shield him in this world and the Hereafter.
  97. Aid you brother, Allah will aid you
  98. Whoever follows a path to seek knowledge, Allah will make easy for him a path to Paradise.
  99. No people gather together in one of the Houses of Allah, reciting the Book of Allah and studying it among themselves, except that tranquillity descends upon them, and mercy envelops them, and the angels surround them, and Allah mentions them amongst those who are with Him.
  100. Your lineage will not help you if you are short of good deeds
  101. Whosoever intended to perform a good deed, but did not do it, then Allah writes it down with Himself as a complete good deed.
  102. If he intended to perform it and then did perform it, then Allah writes it down with Himself as from ten good deeds up to seven hundred times, up to many times multiplied.
  103. If he intended to perform an evil deed, but did not do it, then Allah writes it down with Himself as a complete good deed.
  104. If he intended the evil deed and then performed it, then Allah writes it down as one evil deed.
  105. Allah declares war upon the one who shows enmity toa friend of his
  106.  
  107. When a servant of Allah draws nears to him beyond the obligations, Allah loves him. And when He loves him, He is his hearing with which he hears, His sight with which he sees, and His hand with which he strikes, and His foot with which he walks. Were he to ask of something, Allah will surely give to him and were he to seek refuge, Allah would surely grant it.
  108. Allah is lenient with this ummah, their mistakes, their forgetfulness, and that which they have been forced to do under duress.
  109. Be in this world as though you were a stranger or a wayfarer.
  110. In the evening do not expect to live until the morning, and in the morning do not expect to live until the evening.
  111. Take advantage of your health before times of sickness, and take advantage or your life before your death.
  112. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said, “None of is truly believe until our desires are not beyond the Sunnah
  113. Allah the Almighty has said: ‘O Son of Adam, as long as you invoke Me and ask of Me, I shall forgive you for what you have done, and I shall not mind. O Son of Adam, were your sins to reach the clouds of the sky and you then asked forgiveness from Me, I would forgive you. O Son of Adam, were you to come to Me with sins nearly as great as the Earth, and were you then to face Me, ascribing no partner to Me, I would bring you forgiveness nearly as great as it [too].’

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