Imam Muhyi ddin Abi Zakariyya Yahya ibn Sharaf al-Nawawi known simply as Imam Nawawi was born in the village of Nawa in southern Syria. He spent most of his life in Damascus where he lived simply, devoted to Allah, engaging single-mindedly in worship, study, writing and teaching various Islamic sciences.
Although best known for his works in hadith, Yahya ibn Sharaf al-Nawawi (d. 676/1277) was also the Imam of the later Shafi'i school of Jurisprudence, and widely acknowledged as the intellectual heir to Imam Shafi'i. He was a renowned scholar and jurist who dedicated his life to the pursuit of Islamic learning.
Imam Nawawi died at the young age of 44 years, leaving behind him numerous works of great effort and knowledge. He is well known for books which are easy to understand.
About Shaykh Yusuf Al-Nabhani
Shaykh al-Qadi Yusuf bin Isma'il bin Yusuf bin Isma'il bin Muhammad Nasir al-Din al-Nabhani (1849–1932) born in Ijzim in Palestine, now south of Haifa in Israel, was a Palestinian Sunni Islamic scholar, judge, prolific poet, and defender of the Ottoman Caliphate. He initially studied among the scholars of his home town Nabhan, Palestine and then at al-Azhar in Egypt. After receiving Ijaza's he came back to his locality in Nabhan. He also studied under scholars of Sham and Madinah. He passed away in 1932.
Author: Imam Yahya ibn Sharaf an-Nawawi
Translator: Mariam Madge Conlan
Format: Hardback
Pages: 637
Publisher: Turath Publishing
Published: 2018
Dimensions: 24 x 17 x 5 cm
ISBN: 9781906949471