THIS CLASSICAL SHORT COMMENTARY on Imam Nawawī’s famous collection of forty-two traditions of the Prophet Muhammad, may Allah bless him and give him peace, is an authoritative introduction to key Islamic principles and teachings. Accounted as a ḥadīth master, in this collection Imam Nawawī collated together those traditions that he considered were axial to the entire Islamic faith. This accessible translation is the first title in Kube’s Treasury Series in Islamic Thought and Civilization.