SUNAN AN-NABI by Allamah Sayyid Muhammad Husayn Tabataba'i - Printed in Canada 2007

A collection of Narrations on the conduct and customs of the Noble Prophet Muhammad S.A.W.A. 

AUTHOR’S PREFACE 
All praise is due to Allāh, Lord of the universe, and blessings and 
salutations upon our master Muḥammad  and his pure progeny. 
Said Muḥammad Ḥusayn ibn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad Ḥusayn 
al-Ḥasanī al-Ḥusaynī – may Allāh forgive his transgressions: This is 
what Allāh  made possible for us to compile from some of the 
narrations of the Muslim narrators, of the practices of our master, the 
Prophet of Allāh , in the limited time and restricted period 
available. We ask the Almighty  to grant us the ability to follow these 
practices as much as possible. 
The Almighty  has said: In the Apostle of Allāh there is certainly for you 
a good exemplar1 and the Noble Prophet  said in his advice to ʿAlī 
: “ ...And sixth is to follow my sunnah in my prayers and my fasting 
and my giving of charity.”2 And Imām ʿAlī  said: “Whoever 
disciplines himself and acquires the character that Allāh wants his 
1Sūrah al-Aḥzāb (33): 21 
2al-Maḥāsin: 17, al-Kāfī 8:66, al-Faqīh 4:188, Majmūʿat Warrām 2:91, Daʿāim al
Islām 2:347 
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servants to have, will be granted everlasting prosperity.”1 In addition, 
Imām al-Ṣādiq  said: “I would hate for a person to die before having 
adopted any one attribute from the attributes of the Noble Prophet 
.”2 
Indeed, following in his footsteps and adopting his traits is the true 
perfection and final goal, and it is by doing this that one can achieve 
success in this world and the next. 
We have left out the mention of Makrūhāt (abominable actions), as 
it is part of our beliefs that the Noble Prophet  never performed any 
Makrūh or Mubāḥ action in a way deemed Makrūh or Mubāḥ, and this 
has been proven by rational and scriptural proofs. 
We decided to remove the chains [of narrators] of the narrations for 
the sake of brevity, however we have mentioned the names of the 
books and their authors, and we have differentiated between the 
narrations with complete and incomplete chains so that anyone who 
wants to find the source of any narration can easily do so. 
We have also mentioned some things about his  nature because 
of its auspiciousness and because it relates to his moral character, even 
though it does not come under the subject of this book. We have not 
mentioned specific details of events but have instead concentrated on 
the general aspects, and from Allāh do we seek help. 
Sayyid Muḥammad Ḥusayn Ṭabāṭābaʾī