[happyman]

which is the best book of the 40 hadith of imam nawawi in english
thank you

[Chooriwrocaey]

if you are looking for the complete 40 hadith, with Imam Nawawi commentary... Get http://www.islamicbookstore.com/b2925.html

The comments are pretty short and concise, but it gives you an idea of why Imam Nawawi pick that particular hadith...

SBN: 9781842001158
Author: Imam Nawawi; Abdassamad Clarke (translator)
Publisher: Ta-Ha Publishers Ltd. (June 2009) 3rd Edition
Pages: 164 Binding: Paperback

Description from the publisher:

Imam an-Nawawi assembled his collection of forty-two ahadith together with the absolute minimum of fiqh and commentary necessary for people not to misunderstand their import. Ibn ’Uyaynah said, ”Ahadith are misleading except to those who have fiqh.” Ibn Wahb said, “Every man of hadith who has no Imam in fiqh is astray.” Of the huge number of collections of forty hadith, the one by Imam an-Nawawi is undoubtedly the most famous and most enduring. This is, to our Knowledge, that work’s first full translation into English and so we have called it “The complete Forty Hadith” of Imam an-Nawawi.

About the author: Muhyid-Din Abu Zakariyya Yahya ibn Sharaf an-Nawawi was born in Muharram of the year 631AH / October 1233 CE. He was one of the principle scholars of hadith in his day, and an important fiqh in the Shafi’I madhhab. Apart from his great learning, he was known for his fearless counseling of the leaders of his time and his doing without in the world. He died in his father’s house on Wednesday, 24th Rajab 676 AH / Dec.22, 1277CE

old edition ISBN 1897940742 1842000128

And then if you want a more complete commentary go for Imam Ibn Rajab commentary..... The Compendium of Knowledge and Wisdom (Ibn Rajab al-Hanbali)
http://www.islamicbookstore.com/b9411.html

ISBN: 9780954738020
Author: Ibn Rajab al-Hanbali; Abdassamad Clarke
Publisher: Turath Publishing (2007)
Pages: 819 Binding: Hardcover

Description from the publisher:

The Compendium of Knowledge and Wisdom is the translation by Abdassamad Clarke of the masterwork of Ibn Rajab al-Hanbali, the Jami' al-'ulum wa 'l-hikam, which is his commentary on fifty hadith including the Forty of Imam an-Nawawi. Every hadith is one of those considered by the 'ulama essential for knowledge of the deen. The topics range from the most exacting treatments of the affairs of the shari'ah to luminous expositions of the spiritual sciences of Islam.

Among the best known most referenced works of Ibn Rajab al-Hanbali is Jami’ al-‘Ulum wa al-Hikam, the commentary on al-Arba’in (the forty hadith) of Imam Nawawi. He added eight hadith to the original 42 and commented in detail on all of these fifty hadith. This commentary discusses all aspects of the hadith, the chain of narrations, the narrator and the text.