Forty Gems of Beauty — Page 15
The Collection of Forty A ha d i th With the above introductory note, this humble servant seeks beatitude in presenting the following forty select A ha d i th of the Holy Prophet (May peace and blessings of Allah be on him). These A ha d i th have been culled from popular and standard works of A ha d i th. A simple translation of each Hadith, with a brief explanatory note, has also been given. I hope that if Muslim men and Muslim women and children commit these A ha d i th to memory and grasp in their minds their sense and profit by acting in accord with their spirit, they will find it a source of bliss, mercy and forgiveness if it so pleases Allah, the Excellent. The A ha d i th have been purposely selected to the number of forty, firstly because number forty according to the Holy Quran signifies perfection, and secondly because, in a Hadith, the Holy Prophet (May peace and blessings of Allah be on him) says: “Whoso, with a view to the welfare and reformation of my people, committed to memory at least forty of my A ha d i th , Allah, the Excellent, will raise him up on the Day of Resurrection as a jurist and religious divine, and I will be his intercessor with Allah and a witness to his faith. ” 3 After this introductory note, I set down hereunder the forty A ha d i th that I have selected and arranged according to my choice and pray that God the Great may be pleased to make it for me and for its readers, a 3 Kanz al-‘Ummāl, Vol: 10: Hadith No: 29184