In the name of Allah, the Most Compassionate, the Most Merciful

Introduction

All praise is due to Allah, Lord of the worlds. May Allah’s peace and blessings be upon our Prophet Muhammad, his family, his Companions, and those who follow them with righteousness until the Day of Judgment; to proceed:

The most thing that a Muslim should pay attention to in terms of recitation, reflection, pondering, learning, and applying—after the Book of Allah—is the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). The Prophet (ﷺ) said: "I have left among you, O people, that which if you cling to, you will never go astray: the Book of Allah and the Sunnah of His Prophet." Narrated by Imām Mālik. Allah Almighty says: {Whatever the Messenger gives you, accept it, and whatever he forbids you, refrain from it.} [Surat al-Hashr: 7] Therefore, the Islamic Content Service Association in Languages and the Community Awareness Association in Rabwah were keen to prepare an encyclopedia for Prophetic Hadīths and translate it into several languages.

Allah Almighty has made it possible to select a group of Hadīths from this encyclopedia that a Muslim needs in terms of his religious and worldly affairs, along with a brief explanation and clarification of their meanings and connotations and some of the lessons derived therefrom, and to present them in this book titled: "Al-Muntaqa from the Encyclopedia of the Prophetic Hadīths" The work is based on translating them into all living languages in the world so as to spread benefit from their content and convey the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) to humankind in their different languages.

We ask Allah to accept this work, make it blessed and rendered purely for His sake, and reward everyone who helped prepare, translate, and publish it.

And may Allah's peace and blessings be upon our Prophet Muhammad.

Brief Overview

The Prophet's Hadīths are the second source of legislation. Allah Almighty says: {He does not speak out of his own desire. It is but a revelation sent down [to him].} [Surat an-Najm: 3-4]

This Muntaqa (Selection) from the Hadīth Encyclopedia comprises a group of comprehensive Hadīths that a Muslim needs in terms of his religious and worldly affairs, along with a brief explanation and clarification of their meanings and connotations and some of the lessons derived therefrom, translated into a number of the living languages in the world so as to spread benefit from their content and convey the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) to humankind in their own languages.