Nawawiyah Arba'in Hadith is a collection of 42 hadith of the Prophet collected by Imam Nawawi ra. and a book that is not alien to us Muslims, not only in Indonesia but all over the world. Muslims know him and are familiar with it, as widely discussed by scholars and become a reference in spreading Islam to the Muslims with regard to religious life, worship, muamalah and sharia.
Perhaps Imam Nawawi in collecting the hadiths ter inspired by the hadith of the Prophet narrated by Imam Ali, Abdullah ibn Masud, Muadh ibn Jabal, Abu Darda, Ibn Umar, Ibn Abbas, Anas bin Malik, Abu Hurairah, Abu Sa'id Al-Khudhri may Allah be pleased with them all-from a variety of methods periwayatan- that the Messenger of Allah said, "Whoever memorized from my Ummah 40 hadith in it-will-which contain matter his religion, then Allah will raise him on the day of Judgment together class of jurists and scholars ". In another narration, "Allah will resurrect him as a jurist and scholar". And in the history of Abu Darda, "I'm on the Day of Judgment will be intercessors and witnesses". And in the history of Ibn Mas'ud, "is said to him: Come thou on which door you like". And in the history of Ibn Umar, "There will be written together groups raised with the scholars and martyrs".