AL-QUSHAYRĪ'S FORTY HADITH

AL-QUSHAYRĪ'S FORTY HADITH

On the Rectification of Conduct
by Imam Abū ʾl-Qāsim ʿAbd al-Karīm ibn Hawāzin al-Qushayrī (d. 465 AH / 1072 CE)
Tr. Fahim Choudhury
Shore Road Press2026January 2026

This volume presents the first English translation of Imām Abū al-Qāsim al-Qushayrī’s Kitāb al-Arbaʿīn fī Taṣḥīḥ al-Muʿāmala (The Book of Forty Ḥadīths on the Rectification of Conduct), a classic collection devoted to the cultivation of character and spiritual refinement. Comprising fifty-six Prophetic reports arranged across forty thematic chapters, the work addresses foundational virtues such as repentance, sincerity, remembrance of Allah, humility, patience, and reliance upon Him. This bilingual edition features the complete Arabic text with full vocalization alongside an English translation of both the chains of transmission (isnāds) and the narrations themselves, together with source documentation (takhrīj), paragraph numbering, explanatory notes, a glossary of key terms, and comprehensive indices.

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41 Chapters
مُقَدِّمَةُ ٱلْمُؤَلِّفِ Author’s Introduction بَابُ طَلَبِ ٱلْعِلْمِ 1. Seeking Knowledge بَابُ ٱلتَّوْبَةِ 2. Repentance بَابُ ٱلْحَيَاءِ 3. Shame بَابُ إِرْضَاءِ الْخَصْمِ 4. Appeasing the Adversary بَابُ حِفْظِ ٱللِّسَانِ عَمَّا لَا يَجُوزُ 5. Protecting the Tongue from What is Not Allowed بَابُ هِجْرَانِ أَخْدَانِ ٱلسُّوءِ 6. Forsaking Evil Companions بَابُ تَرْكِ ٱلرَّجُلِ مَا لَا يَعْنِيهِ 7. A Man Leaving Aside What Does Not Concern Him بَابُ تَرْكِ مَا يَشْغَلُ عَنِ ٱللَّهِ تَعَالَى 8. Forsaking What Distracts One from Allah Most High بَابُ ٱلْكَسْبِ مِنَ ٱلْحَلَالِ 9. Earning from Lawful Sources بَابُ ٱلْوُقُوفِ مَعَ ٱلْكِفَايَةِ 10. Contentment with Sufficiency بَابُ بِرِّ ٱلْوَالِدَيْنِ 11. Being Dutiful to Parents بَابُ ٱلِٱسْتِقَامَةِ 12. Uprightness بَابٌ فِي تَرْكِ ٱلنَّمِيمَةِ 13. Abandoning Talebearing بَابُ ٱلْإِصْلَاحِ بَيْنَ ٱلنَّاسِ 14. Reconciliation between People بَابُ ذَمِّ مَنْ لَا يَصْدُقُ فِي إِخَائِهِ 15. Censure of Those Who Are Not Sincere in Brotherhood بَابُ ٱلتَّوَكُّلِ 16. Reliance بَابُ ٱلْقَنَاعَةِ 17. Contentment بَابٌ فِي ٱلرِّضَا 18. Satisfaction بَابُ ٱلذِّكْرِ لِلَّهِ تَعَالَى 19. Remembrance of Allah Most High بَابُ ٱجْتِنَابِ ٱلرِّيَاءِ 20. Avoiding Ostentation بَابُ إِسْبَالِ ٱلسَّتْرِ عَلَى ٱلْمُسْلِمِينَ 21. Concealing the Faults of Muslims بَابٌ فِي حُسْنِ ٱلظَّنِّ بِٱللَّهِ ﷿ 22. Thinking Well of Allah, the Mighty and Sublime بَابٌ فِي إِعَانَةِ ٱلْمُسْلِمِينَ 23. Aiding Muslims بَابٌ فِي حُسْنِ ٱلْمُعَامَلَةِ مَعَ ٱلْخَلْقِ 24. Good Conduct with Creation بَابُ صِلَةِ ٱلرَّحِمِ 25. Upholding Family Ties بَابُ ٱلرَّحْمَةِ عَلَى خَلْقِ ٱللَّهِ ﷿ 26. Mercy towards the Creation of Allah, the Mighty and Sublime بَابٌ فِي ٱلْمُؤْمِنِ يَجِبُ أَنْ يُحِبَّ لِأَخِيهِ ٱلْمُسْلِمِ مَا يُحِبُّهُ لِنَفْسِهِ 27. The Obligation of the Believer Loving for His Muslim Brother What He Loves for Himself بَابُ حُسْنِ ٱلْخُلُقِ 28. Good Character بَابُ حُسْنِ ٱلْخُلُقِ مَعَ ٱلْأَوْلَادِ وَٱلرِّفْقِ بِهِمْ 29. Good Character towards Children and Being Gentle with Them بَابٌ فِي حُسْنِ ٱلْخُلُقِ مَعَ ٱلْخَدَمِ 30. Good Character with Servants بَابٌ فِي ٱلْحُبِّ فِي ٱللَّهِ تَعَالَى 31. Love for the Sake of Allah Most High بَابٌ فِي أَنَّ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ كَنَفْسٍ وَاحِدَةٍ 32. The Believers as One Soul بَابٌ فِي ٱلْجُودِ وَٱلسَّخَاءِ 33. Munificence and Generosity بَابٌ فِي إِعَانَةِ ٱلضَّعِيفِ 34. Aiding the Weak بَابُ ٱلتَّوَاضُعِ 35. Humility بَابٌ فِي ٱلنَّصِيحَةِ لِلْمُسْلِمِينَ 36. Sincere Counsel to Muslims بَابٌ فِي فَضِيلَةِ صُحْبَةِ ٱلْمُسْلِمِينَ وَمُخَالَطَتِهِمْ 37. The Virtue of Befriending Muslims and Mingling with Them بَابٌ فِي حِفْظِ ٱلْبَصَرِ 38. Guarding the Gaze بَابُ ٱلْحِلْمِ 39. Forbearance بَابُ مَنْ لَهُ كِفَايَةٌ مِنَ ٱلْمَالِ مِنَ ٱلْحَلَالِ 40. Sufficiency in Lawful Wealth