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Al-Nawawi

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Born in October 1233 and passing on 21 December 1277, Yahya ibn Sharaf al-Nawawi authored works such as The Meadows of the Righteous and Sharh Sahih Muslim, and was a jurist and hadith scholar.[1] Al-Nawawi died at age 45, having produced many lengthy writings on hadith, theology, biography, and jurisprudence.[1]

Life and work

Al-Nawawi was born at Nawa near Daraa, Syria, and his name's last part refers to his hometown.[2] Yasin bin Yusuf Marakashi saw him at age ten and urged his teacher to care for him as a future great scholar.[3] As a youth, he avoided play and remained busy reciting the Noble Qur'an.[3] He was renowned for extreme asceticism, eating one meal daily and never marrying.[4]

He drew the ire of Mamluk Sultan Baybars twice, once by writing against a heavy tax burden.[5] He died on 21 December 1277 and was buried the next morning.[6]

What the cited sources add

The TDV İslâm Araştırmaları Merkezi entry confirms his appointment as shaykh of the Eşrefiyye Dârülhadisi in 665 (1267) and that he continued until his death.[7] The 40 Hadithnawaw source states he was born in 631 AH (1234 CE) and died forty-four years later in 676 AH (1278 CE).[8] That same source notes he studied from more than twenty renowned teachers during his stay in Damascus.[8]

References

  1. Wikipedia, "Al-Nawawi" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Ludwig W. Adamec (2009), Historical Dictionary of Islam, pp.238-239. Scarecrow Press. .; Ludwig W. Adamec (2009), Historical Dictionary of Islam, pp.238-239. Scarecrow Press. .; Fachrizal A. Halim (2014), Legal Authority in Premodern Islam: Yahya B Sharaf Al-Nawawi in the Shafi'i School of Law, p. 1. Routledge. .; Chibli Mallat, "The Normalization of Saudi Law", Oxford University Press, 2022, p. 79 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
  2. Wikipedia, "Al-Nawawi" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Ludwig W. Adamec (2009), Historical Dictionary of Islam, pp.238-239. Scarecrow Press. . (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  3. Wikipedia, "Al-Nawawi" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Mubarakpuri, "Collection from Riyad us Saliheen", Darussalam, p. 5 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  4. Wikipedia, "Al-Nawawi" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Kandemir, "NEVEVÎ", TDV İslâm Araştırmaları Merkezi, 2007, p. 45–49 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
  5. Wikipedia, "Al-Nawawi" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Amon our perennial faculty", Zaytuna College; "Biography of Imam Al-Nawawi by Sheikh Navaid Aziz", 24 March 2013; Dekmejian, "Islam in Revolution: Fundamentalism in the Arab World Contemporary issues in the Middle East", Syracuse University Press, 1995, p. 38 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
  6. Wikipedia, "Al-Nawawi" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Al 'Attar, "كتاب تحفة الطالبين في ترجمة الإمام محيي الدين", Dar al-Athariyya, 2007, p. 216 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  7. Kandemir, "NEVEVÎ", TDV İslâm Araştırmaları Merkezi, 2007, p. 45–49. facts only, no text reused. islamansiklopedisi.org.tr
  8. "The Imam", 40 Hadithnawaw. facts only, no text reused. 40hadithnawawi.com

Each numbered sentence above was checked against the source it cites before publication. Sentences citing Wikipedia adapt text from the English Wikipedia article Al-Nawawi (contributors), used under CC BY-SA 4.0; this entry is available under the same licence. Other sources were used for facts only; no text or images are copied from them.

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