40 Hadith from Sunan abu Dawud

Thisbook is a selection of forty beautiful Hadith from Sunan Abu Dawud. The Hadith are accompanied with aneasy to follow explanation accessible to readership of all levels and all ageranges. The aimof this book is to give the reader a flavour of Hadith literature within SunanAbu Dawud. The themes of the Hadithwill reflect the unique Hadith collection in Sunan Abu Dawud. The ideais to present a selection of Hadith showing various aspects of the Islamicteachings. The Hadith will mainly reflect themes regarding manners and etiquettes, characterof a Muslim, exhortations and admonitions, remembrance of Allah, knowledge andaction and beliefs. The goal is to select Hadith with the view to build character, promotespirituality, morals, manners and ethics. Within this volume is a simplediscussion of the theoretical parameters of praiseworthy characters everyMuslim should aspire to achieve, supererogatory virtuous acts of worship, andthe moral philosophy (in particular normative ethics) of these Hadiths. It ishoped that this will open the doors for readers to enquire more about Hadith.