Muslim Bin Alhajaj Bin Muslim Al-Qshairi Al-Naisabori Language: English | Format: PDF, CHM, EPUB | Pages: 1804 | Size: 9 MB
Sahih Muslim: Muslims believe that Sahih
Muslim is the most authentic book of Hadith after Sahih Al-Bukhari. The
Muslim Scholars have agreed that all of the Ahadith in Sahih Muslim are
authentic. Thus, Darussalam realized the great benefit of publishing
Al-Hafiz Al-Mundhiri’s summarized version of Sahih Muslim in the English
language. Much care has been taken in rendering these Ahadith into a
clear and simple style of modern English. May Allah accept our work.
Summarized Sahih Muslim contains 2179 Hadith with 70 categories
(referred as books). Both volumes combined contain 1208 pages with index
and appendix.
A Note from the Compiler
All praises are due to Allah, the Most
Merciful, the Most Forgiving, the Most Generous, the Controller of the
hearts and the gazes, the All-Knowing of that which is open and that
which is hidden. I praise Him with a praise that is eternal, throughout
the night and the day. And I testify that there is no deity worthy of
worship except Allah Alone, Who has no partners. This is a testimony
that will save whoever says it from the torment of the Hell-fire. And I
testify that Muhammad is His chosen Prophet and His selected Messenger
from the noblest descent. May Allah’s blessing be upon him, his family,
his wives and his worthy Companions, with magnitude and greatness. May
this blessing be upon them always and forever, as long as the night and
the day remain.
Thus, to proceed, I have summarized this
book from the Sahih of Al-Imam AbulHusain Muslim bin Al-Hajjaj
Al-Qushairi An-Naisaburi. It is a summarization that makes memorization
easy for those who wish to memorize it. It also makes things easier for
the one who wants to investigate or look into the Sahih. I organized it
in a way that will help the one who is looking for something specific to
find it faster. With its small size it contains a great portion of the
intended information from the original Sahih.
I hope that Allah benefits with this book
its reader, its writer, whoever inspects it and myself. Verily, He is
the Most Nearer and the Answerer (of supplications).
Publishers Note
Ahadith (traditions) of the Prophet
Muhammad are his sayings, deeds and approvals which were memorized,
recorded and transmitted by the Companions and their followers. There
are many collections and compilations of Ahadith . Among these the most
famous are the six collections which are known as Kutub Sittah, these
are Sahih Al-Bukhari, Sahih Muslim, Sunan Abu Dawud, Sunan An-Nasa’i,
Al-Jami` litTirmidhi and Sunan Ibn Majah. The first two are regarded
more authentic and known as Sahihain. Out of these two, Sahih AI-Bukhari
has a higher position and is termed as the most reliable book after the
Noble Qur’an.
We have presented the translations of
Sahih AI-Bukhari in the English language in nine volumes, and also its
summarized edition in one volume. Now, we are presenting the English
translation of Summarized Sahih Muslim in two volumes. Although Sahih
Al-Bukhari is the most reliable collection of Ahadith, however, Sahih
Muslim has certain aspects of superiority. Imam Muslim adhered strictly
to most of the principles of the Science of Hadith which were somehow at
some places ignored by his teacher Imam Bukhari. Imam Muslim accepted
for his collection only such Ahadith which had been transmitted with an
unbroken chain of reliable narrators, free from all defects and were in
perfect harmony with the narrations of other narrators. He has recorded
only those Ahadith which were transmitted at least by two different
narrators from two different Companions. Imam Bukhari has sometimes used
the Kunyah (surname) of the narrators and sometimes their names. Imam
Muslim avoided this confusion. Imam Muslim is also particular in
pointing out the slightest difference in the text of the narrations.
Imam Bukhari has fragmented most of the Ahadith and presented the
portions under different chapters, while Imam Muslim presented them as a
whole narration. So, the works of both Imams provide different
approaches for the scholars and readers of Ahadith.
As about 58% Ahadith of Sahih Muslim are
also found in Sahih Al-Bukhari, we have based the translation of such
Ahadith on the translation of Sahih Al-Bukhari by Dr. Muhsin Khan. We
are also benefited from the translation of Sahih Muslim by Abdul Hamid
Siddiqi which was published in Pakistan. It took about five years to
complete the project, and various translators and editors of Darussalam
worked on it. Finally, Mr. Sidheeque M. A. Veliankode and Mr. Mohammad
Ayub worked on it and gave the present shape to it.
We hope that this presentation will be
appreciated by the readers and we ask Allah to give us strength and
means to work on other projects in the cause of Islam -Amin!
Abdul Malik Mujahid
General Manager Darussalam Publishers
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