Forty Hadith on the Islamic Personality

"This is a concise book which contains forty authentic ahadeeth from the fine sayings of the Chosen Prophet (saw) which I gathered as a reminder for myself and my brothers. They contain guidance for the cultivation of souls, purification of the hearts and refinement of character..." "The Islamic personality is a clear and distinct personality. Its fabric is the Book of Allaah, and its thread is the Sunnah and these two are inseparable from it. It is a sincere and determined personality educated and refined upon a precise methodology which does not contain even the slightest deficiency, and how could it since it is the Religion of Allaah, Lord of all the worlds!" "I write this book for the enthusiastic Muslim youth who does not find, whilst swimming in the ocean of enthusiasm and excitement, the helping hand of one who knows the poison and is aware of the cure, one who can guide him to the correct way and correct thinking so that these youths can with their minds and thoughts like the Companions of the Prophet (saw)... So let us all hasten to be like them, and to resemble them since the affair is as it was said: We are not in comparison to those who came before except like small herbs growing beside the trunks of tall palm trees... So what I have written is knowledge which is the path to action, a reminder which leads one to obey and follow, and advice which is essential for the attainment of benefit." [Taken from the Introduction and the Epilogue]