The Gardens of the Righteous (رياض الصالحين), pronounced Riyadh as-Salihin in the original Arabic, is a compilation of verses from the Qur'an and hadith by Al-Nawawi.
The author is Abu Zakaria Muhiy ad-Din Yahya Ibn Sharaf al-Nawawi (1233–1277) (Arabic: أبو زكريا يحيى بن شرف النووي), popularly known as al-Nawawi, an-Nawawi or Imam Nawawii (631–676 A.H./1234–1277)
Abu Zakaria Muhiy ad-Din Yahya Ibn Sharaf al-Nawawi had no academic or scholarly atmosphere and there were no religious academies or institutes where one could earn excellence in religious learning, so his father took him to Damascus, which was considered the center of learning and scholarship, and the students from far and wide gathered there for schooling. During that period, there were more than three hundred institutes, colleges and universities in Damascus. Imam Nawawi joined Madrasah Rawahiyah which was affiliated with the Ummvi University. The founder and patron of this Madrasah was a trader named Zakiuddin Abul-Qassim who was known as Ibn Rawahah. Madrasah was named after him. Noted and eminent teachers of the period taught in that Madrasah. Imam Nawawi says, "I studied in this institution for two years. During my stay in Madrasah Rawahiyah, I never had complete rest and lived on the limited food supplied by the institution." As a routine he used to sleep very little at night. When it became irresistible as a human being, he would lean and slumber for a while against the support of books. After a short duration he would again be hard at his scholastic pursuits.
The book, The Gardens of the Righteous (رياض الصالحين), is organized into sections. Each section represents a subject matter such as listed hereafter:
The Book of Miscellany
The Book of Good Manners,
The Book about the Etiquette of Eating
The Book of Dress
The Book of the Etiquette of Sleeping, Lying and Sitting..etc
The Book of Greetings
The Book of Visiting the Sick
The Book of Etiquette of Travelling
The Book of Virtues
The Book of I'tikaf
The Book of Hajj
The Book of Jihad
The Book of Knowledge
The Book of Praise and Gratitude to Allah
The Book of Supplicating Allah to Exalt the Mention of Allah's Messenger
The Book of the Remembrance of Allah
The Book of Du'a (Supplications)
The Book of the Prohibited actions
The Book of Miscellaneous ahadith of Significant Values
The Book of (asking) Forgiveness
The author is Abu Zakaria Muhiy ad-Din Yahya Ibn Sharaf al-Nawawi (1233–1277) (Arabic: أبو زكريا يحيى بن شرف النووي), popularly known as al-Nawawi, an-Nawawi or Imam Nawawii (631–676 A.H./1234–1277)
Abu Zakaria Muhiy ad-Din Yahya Ibn Sharaf al-Nawawi had no academic or scholarly atmosphere and there were no religious academies or institutes where one could earn excellence in religious learning, so his father took him to Damascus, which was considered the center of learning and scholarship, and the students from far and wide gathered there for schooling. During that period, there were more than three hundred institutes, colleges and universities in Damascus. Imam Nawawi joined Madrasah Rawahiyah which was affiliated with the Ummvi University. The founder and patron of this Madrasah was a trader named Zakiuddin Abul-Qassim who was known as Ibn Rawahah. Madrasah was named after him. Noted and eminent teachers of the period taught in that Madrasah. Imam Nawawi says, "I studied in this institution for two years. During my stay in Madrasah Rawahiyah, I never had complete rest and lived on the limited food supplied by the institution." As a routine he used to sleep very little at night. When it became irresistible as a human being, he would lean and slumber for a while against the support of books. After a short duration he would again be hard at his scholastic pursuits.
The book, The Gardens of the Righteous (رياض الصالحين), is organized into sections. Each section represents a subject matter such as listed hereafter:
The Book of Miscellany
The Book of Good Manners,
The Book about the Etiquette of Eating
The Book of Dress
The Book of the Etiquette of Sleeping, Lying and Sitting..etc
The Book of Greetings
The Book of Visiting the Sick
The Book of Etiquette of Travelling
The Book of Virtues
The Book of I'tikaf
The Book of Hajj
The Book of Jihad
The Book of Knowledge
The Book of Praise and Gratitude to Allah
The Book of Supplicating Allah to Exalt the Mention of Allah's Messenger
The Book of the Remembrance of Allah
The Book of Du'a (Supplications)
The Book of the Prohibited actions
The Book of Miscellaneous ahadith of Significant Values
The Book of (asking) Forgiveness