The Meadows of the Righteous

Riyad as-Salihin, The Meadows of the Righteous, or The Gardens of the Righteous (رياض الصالحين), is a compilation of verses from the Quran supplemented by hadith narratives written by Al-Nawawi from Damascus (1233–1277). The hadith by al-Nawawī belongs to the category of canonical Arabic collections of Islamic morals, acts of worship, and manners, which are from the Hadith.

Description
The Meadows of the Righteous (Gardens of the Righteous) by Al-Nawawi contains a total of 1,896 hadith divided across 344 chapters, many of which are introduced by verses of the Quran. The content of the book were studying the Hadiths in effort to translate the teaching from Quran verses into Sunnah, or practical tradition in the form of Islamic-based jurisprudence and ethics. The Sunnah which covered by Nawawi includes the practice of Sahabah, which were viewed by Malik ibn Anas as "living Sunnah" who transmit the rulings directly from Muhammad.

Sections
The book is organized into sections each representing a subject matter such as listed hereafter:


 * 1) The Book of Miscellany
 * 2) The Book of Good Manners
 * 3) The Book of the Etiquette of Eating
 * 4) The Book of Dress
 * 5) The Book of the Etiquette of Sleeping, Lying and Sitting
 * 6) The Book of Greetings
 * 7) The Book of Visiting the Sick
 * 8) The Book of Etiquette of Travelling
 * 9) The Book of Virtues
 * 10) The Book of I'tikaf
 * 11) The Book of Hajj
 * 12) The Book of Jihad
 * 13) The Book of Knowledge
 * 14) The Book of Praise and Gratitude to Allah
 * 15) The Book of Supplicating Allah to Exalt the Mention of Allah's Messenger
 * 16) The Book of the Remembrance of Allah
 * 17) The Book of Du'a (Supplications)
 * 18) The Book of the Prohibited Actions
 * 19) The Book of Miscellaneous Ahadith of Significant Values
 * 20) The Book of (Asking) Forgiveness

Chapters
The book is organized into 373 chapters of variable length and are listed below. Some Chapters by different publishers have been included under Chapter headings which leads to a discrepancy in the Chapter numbers. Each Chapter heading is a summary of the primary texts (i.e. a Quranic verse or Ḥadith) contained under that heading.