Jami al-Ulum wal-Hikam English Ibn Rajab al-Hanbali

Jami’ al-Ulum wal-Hikam (The Compendium of Knowledge and Wisdom) by Ibn Rajab al-Hanbali (d. 795 AH) is a seminal work in Islamic scholarship. It serves as an in-depth commentary on fifty essential, comprehensive hadiths (sometimes stated as forty-two, which includes Nawawi’s Forty Hadith), known for encapsulating the core principles of Islam. Ibn Rajab meticulously analyzes these narrations, drawing out their legal, moral, and doctrinal implications. The book is highly praised for its breadth of knowledge, integrating various streams of jurisprudence and theology, making it an indispensable resource for understanding the depth and universality of the Prophet’s sayings.