AL-WÄ€FÄ ª is a well-known Arabic book on the commentary of forty á ¸ ¥adÄ «ths compiled by the great jurist and á ¸ ¥adÄ «th scholar Imam AbÃ… « ZakariyyÄ  Yaá ¸ ¥yÄ  ibn Sharaf al-NawawÄ «, commonly known as al-NawawÄ « or Imam NawawÄ « (d. 676 AH).

The book is widely used in schools and religious classes. It has been translated into several languages and this is the first published English version.
It is authored by two of Damascus’ internationally well-known and respected scholars, Shaykh Muá ¹ £Ã¡ ¹ ­afÄ  DÄ «b Al-BughÄ  and Shaykh Muá ¸ ¥yÄ « Ad-DÄ «n DÄ «b MistÃ… «. Both are esteemed professors in the field of Islamic knowledge and authors of several critically acclaimed books.

This book is ideal for those who wish to read for personal edification as well as those who would like to conduct classes. Every á ¸ ¥adÄ «th is followed by a detailed explanation of its importance, its vocabulary, followed by its fiqh rulings, along with other insights that can be gleaned from it.