Imam Hafiz An-Nasai Language: English | Format: PDF | Pages: 3208 | Size: 94 MB
For the first time ever in English, after
years of painstaking efforts at Dar-us-Salam, Sunan An-Nasa’i is now
available, complete in 6 volumes! Like the other translations of the six
books of hadith, Dar-us-Salam, has taken great care in correct
translation, simple and clear modern English language and high quality
publishing.
Sunan An-Nasai has the fewest weak
ahadith after the two Sahih collections. This Sunan is one of the six is
al-Mujtaba or as-Sunan as-Sughara, which is a synopsis of a large
collection of ahadith which he considered to be fairly reliable. In the
smaller collection, only those ahadith which he considered to be
reliable have been included.
It was compiled by the great scholar of
hadith, Abu Abdur-Rahman Ahmad bin Shu’aib bin Bahr An-Nasai (Nasa’ of
Khurasan) (214-303AH). Imam An-Nasai, like other great scholars of
hadith traveled to Baghdad, Ash-Sham, Egypt, Mecca, and many other
cities to seek knowledge. He received the praises of many scholars
including Ad-Daraqutni who said about him: “He is given preference over
all others who are mentioned with this knowledge from the people of his
time”. Some scholars consider his compilation to have the least number
of defective or weak narrations among the four Sunan. This great book of
his contains 5761 ahadith, making it as an invaluable addition to
anyone’s library.
This translation by Dar-us-Salam Publications has several advantages including:
– A final verdict about the authenticity
of every hadith (in parentheses at end of every hadith) by the committee
of scholars at Dar-us-Salam
– Comments in English after many ahadith to explain unclear points and to further explain the hadith
– Translation from old manuscripts of hadith to get the most authentic version
– Revision by three different levels of scholars to get as close to the original meaning
– Arabic and English side by side for easy access
– As always on all Dar-us-Salam books, the paper quality, binding, design and the print are unmatched. Alhamdulillah
Note:
– All the Ahadith of this collection have
been documented, referenced and traced by the research scholar, Hafiz
Zubair ‘Ali Za’i.
– The original Arabic texts of the Ahadith contain complete chain of
narrators while in translation, for the sake of simplicity, only the
name of the first narrator is mentioned who narrated the Hadith from the
Prophet.
After numerous collections of Hadith had
been made during the third century of Islam six works became recognised
as authoritative. Two of them are believed to be completely authentic,
namely the Sahih al-Bukhari and the Shih Muslim.
The other four known as the Sunan Sahih al-Tirmidhi, Sunan Ibn Majah,
Sunan Abu Dawud, and Sunan Nasa’i are also highly esteemed but it is
regarded lower in category to Sahih Bukhari and Muslim
‘Mawara-un-nehr, in Central Asia has
given the world many religious scholars whose names are inscribed for
ever on the pages of Islamic history. Among them we find such a
distinguished person as Abu Abdur Rahman Ahmad bin Shu’aib an Nasai’i.
His book Sunan occupies an outstanding place among six principal Hadith
collections (Sihah Sittah) known in the Muslim world. Imam Nasa’i was
very careful while selecting materials for his work. This is why many
scholars consider that the book Sunan Nasa’i occupies third place in
Hadith collections after Sahih al-Bukhari and Sahih Muslim. It contains
5764 tradition, said to have been carefully collected out of 500,000.’
Imam Abu Abdur Rahman Ahmad ibn Shu’aib an-Nasa’i (r.a) – [215 – 303 A.H.]
Imam an-Nasa’i was born in the town of Nasa’ in the province of
Khorasan. After gaining hadith from the teachers in his own city, Imam
an-Nasa’i travelled through Khorasan, Iraq, the Hijaz, Syria and Egypt
collecting ahadith. Egypt was where Imam an-Nasa’i settled and
established his center for teaching and studies here.
He Died in Makkah in 303 Hijri
About this Translation:
The translations of the the Six Books of
Hadith by Darussalam is based upon Darussalam’s previously published
Arabic editions of the Six Books.
These Arabic texts were verified by a team of scholars, under the
supervision of Shaykh Salih bin `Abdul-`Aziz Aal ash-Shaykh, the head of
the Saudi Arabian Ministry of Islamic Affairs. The verification process
was based upon the most important previously published editions and
manuscripts, from Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Tunisia, Lebanon, Pakistan,
India, and Turkey, as well as other lands.
For over five years, a grand team of
highly qualified translators and editors, from various nations reaching
across the globe from Saudi Arabia to America, worked on bringing these
texts – among the Usul (fundamental texts) of Islam – into a clear,
refined and precise English translation, so that the average English
reader may have access to these important Islamic texts that were
otherwise never made available to them in their entirety.
Compiled by: Imam Hafiz Abu Abdur-Rahman Ahmad bin Shu’aib bin Bahr An-Nasai
Ahadith edited and referenced by: Hafiz Abu Tahir Zubair Ali Zai
Translated by: Nasiruddin al-Khattab (Canada)
Final Review by: Abu Khaliyl (US)
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