Nawawi biography
Nawawi biography.
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This biography is adapted from the introduction of IGI’s new translation of The 40 Hadith of Imam al-Nawawi, published in 2022.
Al-Nawawi is the Imam, the unique hafiz and exemplar, the Sheikh of Islam, the emblem of the saints, Muhyi al-Din Abu Zakariyyah Yahya ibn Sharaf ibn Murri al-Huzami al-Harani al-Shafi’i.
He is the author of many beneficial works.
His Life
Imam al-Nawawi was born in the month of Muharram in the year 631 AH (October 1233 CE) and moved to Damascus in the year 649 AH (1251-1252 CE). There, he stayed in the madrasah ‘al-Rawahiyah’ living off of bread.
He memorized al-Tanbih in four and a half months and spent the rest of the year studying and memorizing a quarter of al-Muhadhdhab with his sheikh, al-Kamal ibn Ahmad.
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After that, he performed hajj with his father and stayed in Madinah a month and a half. However, he was sick the majority of the trip.
Our Sheikh, Abu al-Hasan ibn ‘Attar stated that Sheikh Muhyi al-Din mentioned to him that.
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