Imam Muhyi al-Din Abu Zakariya Yahya bin Sharaf al-Nawawi,
for short Imam Nawawi, was born in the village of Nawa in the
vicinity of Damascus in 631 A.H. (1233 A.D.). He grew up in
Nawa and at the age of nineteen went to study in Damascus
which was considered the center of learning and scholarship.
During his stay at Damascus, Imam Nawawi studied from more
than twenty celebrated teachers, regarded as masters and
authorities of their fields and disciplines. He studied Hadith,
Islamic jurisprudence and principles, syntax and Etymology
from great scholars such as Abu Ibrahim Ishaq bin Ahmad AI-
Maghribi, Abu Muhammad Abdur-Rahman bin Ibrahim Al-
Fazari, Radiyuddin Abu Ishaq Ibrahim bin Abu Hafs Umar bin
Mudar Al-Mudari, Abu Ishaq Ibrahim bin Isa Al-Muradi, Abul-
Baqa Khalid bin Yusuf An-Nablusi, and Abul-Abbas Ahmad
bin Salim Al-Misri.
Imam Nawawi had endless thirst for knowledge. He used to
read twelve lessons daily and wrote commentaries on every
lesson. Whatever books he read, he would write marginal notes
and explanations on each book. His intelligence, hard work,
love, devotion and absorption in his studies amazed his teachers
and they became fond of him and began to praise and admire
him. Allah had also conferred upon him the gift of fast
memorisation and depth of thought. Imam Nawawi made full
benefit of his God given qualities and potentialities and earned
the highest degree of honor. One of the amazing things about him was that when he was young and the other children are playing he used to set a side from them, and didn't used to play with them when someone asks him. Why aren't playing with them? He used to say we weren't created for this. That shows you that he was especially child. Imam Nawawi led a life of singular piety, righteousness and
simplicity. After over 20 years, he returned to his hometown.
Soon after his arrival at Nawa, he fell ill and died in 676 A.H. (1278 AD). He was 45 years old. Just in 45 years he became the well-known imam of nawa. Imam Al Nawawi. be never get married.
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