An authentic collection of Hadith on every aspect of life with translation and explanation from the great scholar of Hadith Maulana Manzoor Nomani. Revised and beautifully produced. 

If you want to buy just one hadith book (and every Muslim home must have at least one) this should be it. It is hard to think of Maulana Manzoor Naumani, Rahimahullah, without thinking of this seminal work by him. He is a compassionate teacher whose lucid explanations and pertinent comments are indispensable for a serious hadith student.

This latest edition is a pleasure to look at and delight to read. This is a complete translation of the entire Urdu original version. Overall the book is still very valuable because of the great content.

Table of Contents

Volume 1

• Preface
• Introduction by Sheikh Habibur Rahman Azami
• Introduction by Maulana Abul Hasan Ali Nadwi
• Kitab Ul-Iman (Book of Faith)
• Islam, Faith, and Sincerity in Action
• Tenets of Islam
• Life After Death: (Barzakh, Last Day, The Hereafter)
• Kitabur Riqaq (The Book of Soft-Heartedness)
• Contemptuous Disregard of the World
• Zuhud (Asceticism) and its Fruits
• Kitabul Akhlaq (The Book of Manners)
• Place of Morality in Islam
• Good Morals and Bad, Compassion and Lack of It
• Religious Brotherhood and Islamic Fellow Feeling
• Truthfulness and Trustworthiness
• Sincerity in Action and Single-Minded Devotion
• Kitabut Taharah (The Book of Purification)
• The Place of Cleanliness in Islam
• Virtue of Wudhu
• Miswak
• Wudu
• Janabat and Its Ghusl
• Mustahab and Masnoon Ghusl
• Tayammum
• Kitabus Salat (The Book of Prayers)
• Pre-Eminence of Salat
• Hours of Salat
• Azan
• Mosques
• Congregation
• Imamat
• Performance of Prayer
• Recital of Qur’an in Namaz
• Aameen at the End of Surah al-Fatiha
• Ruku and Sujud
• Qa’dah, Tashahhud and Salaam
• Invocating Blessings on The Prophet Sall-Allahu alayhi wa sallam
• Sunnah and Nawafil Prayer
• Qiyam al-Layl or Tahajjud
• Chast and Ishraq
• Nafl Prayers on Special Occasions
• Special Congregational Prayers: Friday and the Two ‘Id
• Eidul Fitr and Eidul Azha
• Qurbani
• Salat al-Kusoof and Salat al-Istisqa
• Namaz-i-Janaza and Other Related Matters
• Visiting of the Sick
• Things to be Done After Death
• Condolence
• Bathing and Shrouding of the Dead Body
• Graves
• Kitabuz Zakah (The Book of Zakah)
• Importance of Zakah
• Rules and Regulations
• Kitabus Saum (The Book of Fasting)
• Significance of Fasting
• I’tikaf
• Sighting of the Moon
• Sahr and Iftari
• Fasting on a Journey
• Nafl Fasts
• Kitabul Hajj (The Book of Hajj)
• Nature and Objects of Hajj
• Miqat, Ihram, Talbia
• Farewell Hajj
• Principal Rituals and Ceremonies of Hajj
• Holy Cities of Makkah and Madinah
• Visiting the Grave of the Prophet Sall-Allahu alayhi wa sallam

Volume 2

• Kitabul Azkaar Wad Da’waat    (The Book of Azkar and Ad Da’waat)
• The Significance of Zikr and its Blessings
• The Words of Zikr and Their Blessings
• Recital of the Noble Qur’an
• The Blessings of Specified Verses & Surahs
• Merits of Some Specified Verses
• Du’a (Supplication)
• The Supplications of the Messenger of Allah Sall-Allahu alayhi wa sallam
• Supplications at Different Hours and Situations
• Comprehensive Supplications
• Seeking Refuge in Allah
• Seeking Forgiveness & Repenting
• As-Salatu Wa As-Salam (Blessings & Peace on the Prophet)
• Kitabul Ma’amlaat Wal Muashrat (The Book of Affairs and Society)
• Importance
• Elementary Obligations of Parents
• Rights of Parents on Children
• Mutual Rights and Duties of Husband and Wife
• Rights of Neighbours
• Rights of Weaker and Poorer Sections
• Slaves and Servants
• Rights of Islamic Fraternity
• Rules and Proprieties of Meeting
• Teachings of the Prophet Sall-Allahu alayhi wa sallam Concerning Lying, Sitting, Sleeping, and His Own Practice
• Guidance Regarding Talking, Laughing, Sneezing, and Yawning in Company
• Eating and Drinking
• Liquids for Drinking
• Proprieties (of Eating)
• Dress
• Satr and Hijab
• Marriage and Other Related Matters
• Divorce and Period of Waiting
• Kitabul Mua’malat (The Book of Affairs)
• Importance of Economic Affairs
• Usury
• Buying and Selling
• Borrowing
• Gift
• Waqf (Charitable Fund)
• Will
• Legal Administration
• System of Government
• Kitabul Ilm (The Book of Knowledge)
• Kitabul E’tisaam Bil Qur’an Was Sunnah (Book of Holding Fast to the Qur’an and the Sunnah)
• Invitation to Piety
• Kitabul Fitan (The Book of Trials & Afflictions)
• Religious Decline & Trials Faced by the Ummah
• Signs of the Qiyamah
• Majors Signs of the Last Hour
• Kitabul Fazai’l Wal Manaqib (The Book of Virtues & Excellence)
• Merits of the Four Khalifas
• The Remaining of the Ten Given Glad Tidings [Asharah Mubasharah]
• Excellence of the People of the Prophet’s House (His Wives and Children)
• Sayyidah Khadijah
• Sayyidah Sawdah Bint Zama’ah
• Sayyidah Ayshah
• Sayyidah Hafsah
• Sayyidah Umm Salamah
• Sayyidah Zaynab Bint Jahsh
• Sayyidah Al-Hilaliyah
• Sayyidah Juwayriyah
• Sayyidah Umm Habibah
• Sayyidah Safiyah
• Sayyidah Maymuna
• The Prophet’s Children
• Sayyidah Zaynab
• Sayyidah Riqayyah
• Sayyidah Umm Kulthum
• Sayyidah Fatimah
• Sayyidna Hasan Ibn Ali
• Sayyidna Husayn ibn Ali
• Excellences of the Companions
• Sayyidina Hamzah ibn Abdul Muttalib
• Sayyidina Abbas ibn Abdul Muttalib
• Sayyidina Abdullah ibn Abbas
• Sayyidina Ja’far ibn Abu Talib
• Sayyidina Zayd ibn Harithah
• Sayyidina Usamah ibn Zayd
• Sayyidina Abdullah ibn Mas’ood
• Sayyidina Ubayy ibn Ka’b
• Sayyidina Abu Hurayrah
• Sayyidina Abdullah ibn Umar
• Sayyidina Bilal
• Sayyidina Anas ibn Malik
• Sayyidina Salman Farsi
• Sayyidina Abu Musa Al-Ash’ary
• Sayyidina Abu Ayyub Ansari
• Sayyidina Ammar ibn Yaasir
• Sayyidina Suhayb Roomi
• Sayyidina Abu Zarr Ghiffari
• Sayyidina Mu’az ibn Jabal
• Sayyidina Ubaydah ibn Samit
• Sayyidina Khabbab ibn Al-Arat
• Sayyidina Sa’d ibn Mu’az
• Sayyidina Abdullah ibn Salaam
• Sayyidina Mus’ab ibn Umayr
• Sayyidina Khalid ibn Waleed
• Sayyidina Amr ibn Al-Aas
• Sayyidina Abdullah ibn Amr ibn Al-Aas
• Sayyidina Abdullah ibn Amr ibn Hizam
• Sayyidina Jabir ibn Abdullah ibn Amr
• Sayyidina Zayd ibn Thabit
• Sayyidina Jarir ibn Abdullah Al-Bajali
• Sayyidina Hassan ibn Thabit
• Sayyidina Abu Sufyan
• Sayyidina Mu’awiyah

About The Author

Maulana Manzoor Naumani, Rahimahullah was a compassionate teacher whose lucid explanations and pertinent comments are indispensable for a serious hadith student. 

A contemporary of Sheikh Syed Ali Nadwi and had very close links with Nadwa. He Settled in Lucknow after he had begun his Deeni work in Bareilly. On the insistence of its, authorities, he taught hadith at Nadwa and remained a member of the administration for a very long period.

Moulana No'mani’s speech and writings speak volumes about his erudition and all-round knowledge of tafsir, hadith, fiqh and the deviated sects. Having obtained his knowledge from the likes of Allamah Anwar Shah Kashmiri, it is no wonder that he was so thoroughly versed and immersed in knowledge. He remained engrossed in Deeni activity till the end of his life

He also established the journal Al-Furqan, now under the editorship of his son Maulana Khalilur Rahman Sajjad Nu'mani.