Imam Nawawi's collection of forty two hadith brings together some of the most important and pivotal Prophetic traditions. Each tradition encapsulates a great rule of the religion of Islam, described by Islamic religious scholars as an "axis" in Islam. The commentary of the great hadith master Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Daqiq al-'Id is simple but erudite. Mokrane Guezzou is a well-known translator of over ten works including the Qur'an commentary Wahidi's Asbab al-Nuzul . Ibn Daqiq al-'Id (d.1302) is accounted as one of Islam's great scholars in the fundamentals of Islamic law and belief. Imam Nawawi (1233-77) was an authority on hadith and a biographer, lexicologist, and Sufi. Mokrane Guezzou: Mokrane Guezzou is the author of Shaykh al-Hashimi: His Life and Works , and the well-known translator of over ten works including Qur’an commentary Wahidi’s Asbab al-Nuzul and al-Buzaydi’s The Adab of the True Seeker . He lives in Jordan. Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Daqiq al-?Id: Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Daqiq al-?Id (d.1302), is accounted as one of Islam’s great scholars in the fundamentals of Islamic law and belief, and was an authority in the Shafi?i legal school. Imam Nawawi: Imam Nawawi (1233-77), the author of the hadith selection, was an authority in the Shafi?i legal school, hadith master, biographer, lexicologist and Sufi.