Al-Lu'lu'wal-Marjan

by Fuwad Abdul Baqi, Muḥammad Fuʼād ʻAbd al-Bāqī

A collection of agreed upon Ahadith from Al-Bukhari and Muslim, which have been titled as "Pearls & Corals" due to the value and authenticity of the ahadith. A master piece book translated into very simple English language for every kind of reader. It should be a part of personal collection of books of each Muslim. This 2 volume books set contains a collection of sayings, actions, and approvals of the Prophet from the two most authentic Sources of Ahadith, Al-Bukhari and Muslim, which have been titled as diamonds and pearls due to the value and authenticity of the ahadith. In Imam Bukhari's "Al-Jami-al-Sahih' (Sahih Al Bukhari) the Imam had recorded all the Sayings of the Prophet which he found to be genuine after thorough examination and scrutiny. He spent sixteen years in research and examined more than sixty thousand Sayings from which he selected some 7,275 Sayings whose genuineness and accuracy he established beyond the slightest doubt. Deducting duplicates, the Imam's collection contain about four thousand distinct Sayings. Sahih Muslim comes next to Sahih Bukhari. However, in certain respects Muslim is considered superior. Imam Muslim strictly observed many principles of the science of Hadith which had been slightly ignored by his great teacher Imam Bukhari (may Allah have mercy on both of them). Imam Muslim considered only such traditions to be genuine and authentic as had been transmitted to him by an unbroken chain of reliable authorities and were in perfect harmony with what had, (been related by other narrators whose trustworthiness was unanimously accepted and who were free from all defects

511 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1995

Reviews

[asif rahman · Rating 4 out of 5]

a nice and simple book of stories of present and old in which one may extract many values and morals often forgotten.