The Greatest Master Muhyiddin Ibn al-Arabi

Beginning With The Name Of, the tenderly Merciful and Infinitely Loving

MAY ALLAH MOST HIGH SEND His peace and blessings upon our Master Muhammad, upon his blessed family and his noble companions.

This servant, this poor faqir lost in the glory of Allah, Muhammad ibn 'Ali ibn Muhammad Ibn al-'Arabi at-Tai al-Hatimi al-Andalusi-- may Allah seal his life with the highest good---exclaims:

All praise flows to Allah, Lord of all the worlds. Felicity belongs to those who are immersed in awe before Allah, and there is no power and no strength except in Allah, the Exalted, the Magnificent. May peace and blessings be showered upon Muhammad, master of the divine knowers, upon the members of his pure household, upon his noble companions, upon his followers, and upon the entire community of believers. 

According to the noble companion Ibn 'Abbas, the Messenger of Allah-- may he be immersed in the highest peace-- has declared: "The one who preserves and transmits to my community forty hadiths of my teaching will receive my intercession on the Day of Resurrection." According to Ana ibn Malik, the Messenger of Allah-- may he be showered in divine peace-- has also stated: "The one who preserves and transmits to my community forth essential hadiths will be inscribed by Allah Most High as one of the sage of Islam."

Imbured with this perfect counsel of the Prophet-- divine peace be upon him-- and concerned more with the Hereafter than with than with this world, I have gathered these forty hadiths in Mecca-- may Allah Most High protect her-- during the year 599. I selected only those hadiths revealed directly by Allah the Exalted. There are followed by forty more, also divinely revealed, but lacking the chain of transmission from the Prophet of Allah, may he be showered in luminous peace. I will complete the selection with twenty-one more hadith qudsi in order to reach the definitive total of 101.

May Allah Most High grant us knowledge which is beneficial to us and to you, and may He place us among those who belong entirely to Him, through His exalted grace and His loving favor. His sublime power mercifully extends over all creation.