<DIV><p>Imam Nawawi's collection of forty two <I>hadith</I> 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 <I>hadith</I> master Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Daqiq al-'Id is simple but erudite.</p><p><B>Mokrane Guezzou</B> is a well-known translator of over ten works including the Qur'an commentary <I>Wahidi's Asbab al-Nuzul</I>.</p><p><B>Ibn Daqiq al-'Id</B> (d.1302) is accounted as one of Islam's great scholars in the fundamentals of Islamic law and belief.</p><p><B>Imam Nawawi</B> (1233-77) was an authority on <I>hadith</I> and a biographer, lexicologist, and Sufi.</p><BR></DIV>